Mega Man X/Sting Chameleon

Sting Chameleon!

Forest Stage

Sting Chameleon and many other nasty robots preside in a large forest. In this level, you'll find a Heart Tank and the awesome Armor Upgrade, which reduces damage taken by 50%. It features one sub-boss, but he's fairly easy.

Level start

Notice the Planty hidden in the water.

Go to the right and you'll notice a pit full of water, as well as an Amenhopper (the frog-like robot). Destroy it and jump over the pit (there's also a Planty in the pit... he's disguised as a small bush, but doesn't pose much threat).

Either avoid the Tombot or destroy him.

You can destroy the Tombot by simply shooting at him through the ground, or you can completely avoid him by jumping over his platforms. A long the way you'll encounter another Tombot and some more Amenhoppers and Planties.

Heart Tank

Before going down into the tunnel, jump into the pit right before it (sounds scary but don't worry) and destroy the blocks with your Leg Upgrade. Stand at the edge of the small platform and perform a dash jump, which will cause you to land on the platform that's on the other side; pick up the Heart Tank and go back the same way you came.

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  First jump into this pit...

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  ...then destroy the blocks and stand in the position shown.

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  Dash jump from there to reach the platform with the heart tank.

Armor Upgrade

Armor Enhancement

Smoke will start to come out of him when he's almost dead, and when he finally is, a capsule will appear. Step inside and get the Armor Upgrade, which reduces all damage taken by half, then head back into the tunnel from before.

Now scale the wall above the tunnel (by dash jumping from the cliff before the pit) and go to the right. Some falling rocks will block your exit, and the sub-boss, RT-55J, will appear. His head and chest are the only vulnerable areas; shooting his claw will only cause your shots to deflect. Just keep jump shooting, and when he tries to jump, simply dash to the other side and keep on firing. He may try to attack you with his claw, so if he does, just jump over it and deliver a fully-charged blast, then jump back out.

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  Scale this wall and get to the top.

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  Remember to keep shooting at his head and chest.

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  Jump over his claw if he uses it and then shoot him.

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  Smoke will appear when he's almost dead.

Tunnel

Careful of the rock guys on the ceiling!

When you go through the tunnel, you'll notice some oddly shaped rocks on the ceiling: these are actually enemies, and when you go near them, they'll fall and begin to attack you. As soon as they fall, deliver a fully-charged blast to quickly destroy them. You'll encounter four more of these guys as you go through the tunnel.

Once you get out of the tunnel, some woodpecker robots will try to attack you, but they can easily be dashed past. Scale the next wall and you'll encounter a Hoganmer: destroy him and take the extra life he was guarding, then scale the next wall.

Final Area

Ride the Mech Armor until you get to the dungeon entrance.

In the final area, you can ride a Mech Armor, similar to the one in Chill Penguin's stage. Jump inside and go into the mud. Careful though, because if you go too far into the mud, you'll have to jump out of the mech armor and go by foot. A long the way you'll encounter some flying robots and other Mech Armor riders. When you get to the end of the area, step inside the dungeon to fight Sting Chameleon.

Sting Chameleon

Sting Chameleon can be a challenging and unpredictable opponent, but with his weakness, the Boomerang Cutter, he's merely the opposite. He'll most likely start the fight by hanging from the ceiling with his tongue; when he hangs from the ceiling, several spikes will fall down, so try to dodge them. If he does this, shoot the Boomerang Cutter at him (remember to stand still so it goes upwards), which will cause him to jump down and hang from the ceiling yet again. Shoot it again, and he'll do the same thing over and over again until he's finally dead. Occasionally, he may crawl a long the walls and shoot tail spikes at you, or he may try to hit you with his tounge. Both attacks are easy to dodge and he can be shot with his weakness very easily when he's in those positions.

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  Start the fight off with a Boomerang Cutter, which will cause him to hang from the ceiling.

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  Once he gets hit by one, he'll stop what he's doing and hang from the ceiling again, opening him up for another attack.

Reward

You get Chameleon Sting!

Chameleon Sting! This fires a plasma ball which then separates into three spikes that travel diagonally upwards, straight ahead, and diagonally downwards. Another one cannot be fired until the spikes disappear off-screen.

Chameleon Sting demo.

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