Mega Man Zero 3/Aegis Volcano Base: Blazin' Flizard

Mission Requirements

This stage has no particular requirements, and that's the reason it is recommended to be the first one.

Indeed, here is a summary of the main requirements for the other ones:

• Deathtanz Mantisk's stage is much easier using the Flame Chip, that is obtained from this boss.
• Childre Inarabitta's stage requires high speed, so it's better to practice the controls in some other stage first.
• Devilbat Schilt's boss battle can be quite difficult without the Ice Chip, obtained from Childre Inarabitta.

Aegis Volcano Base

When you first enter the stage, Ciel warns you that Neo Arcadia is creating a missile from this volcano base and that she would like to conduct an analysis. However, she can't do so due to time, therefore it's your job to have a little fun and destroy the base (thought I was gonna say have fun in another way, huh?).

Stage part I

The first enemies you'll meet in this fire-infested stage is turrets built upon totem-pole like contraptions. Shooting them a couple times can do the trick. After the two turrets, here comes the next part. As you pass the volcanoes in the background, they will shoot out rocks, which are rather easy to dodge. The main tip I could suggest is to keep moving and the rocks will be no problem, but keep an eye out for the turrets standing on the right side of the volcanoes. After this section, there should be a door that leads to Cyber Space. You can choose to go this way or the original route. For the sake of consistency, we'll go over the primary route first.

Passing by the Cyber Space entrance, you'll notice a sort of reactor-looking platform over a pit of lava. For a short path of straight terrain, you face off with a few Neo Arcadian soldiers, only to reach another reactor platform. From out of the blue, there's an open lava pit and out comes a red ball. These red orbs then bust into two halves, which land on both sides of the lava pit and become fiery spider robots. My suggestion would be to use the Z-Saber to exterminate these bugs, although the Buster Shot can work as well when they're moving uphill. I'd also like to take this moment, if you haven't guessed already, DON'T TOUCH THE LAVA! YOU WILL DIE!!! Anyway, make sure to try and get some practice in with the spider killing, because you have several more along the path.

After your spider-slaying days are over, you'll find yourself near a rather good-sized lava pit with platforms that raise up when lava spews up. And to make things more interesting, they put a Neo Arcadian soldier on the next platform. Now, these platforms move at a distinct pattern, so try and memorize it. After you kill the robot, jump to the next platform. Now, this next jump is a bit tricky, so try and get as close to the edge as you feel fit, then jump when the platform rises to the top. When you reach the next platform, you'll notice a small ledge on the top. You can easily reach this by waiting until the platform rises, then perform a dash jump to reveal a data chip and a soldier.

This bottom route now is the only way to proceed and at first glance, you have your doubts about it. In reality, however, this is as easy as a simple dash jumps. The first platform below the spikes only goes a tiny bit up, so it's safe to stand there. Now, just wait until the next platforms fall, then quickly dash jump across to safe ground.

The first stretch of the inside is a mix of ground turrets and floating turrets. The floating turrets share a characteristic as the robots from Ice Man in Mega Man 1: they can separate upon damage. That means you can attack the propeller and they will fall to the floor and continue to fire, or you can take out the base and destroy them altogether.

As you climb up the ladder, so begins the thoughts of suicide and self-doubt: a huge river of instant-death... dangerous... boiling... lava. Turning your attention to the ceiling, there are platforms that fall into the lava, however within seconds, they sink and *POOF*, they're gone. Now, this section takes A LOT of practice, but it mainly uses consistent dash jumping from platform to platform before they sink. If you tend to get ahead of yourself, don't hesitate to stop for a second before dashing to the next platform.

Travelling along, you notice some nice scenery, a few props, and then a robot flamethrower. Its backside is covered with a shield, so the only reasonable way to hit him is dash jump over him and take him out that way. After this robot is retired, climb down the ladder and take out the few security guards walking around (yes, I mean Neo Arcadian robots).

Miniboss: Crossbyne Onslaught

Once you reach the bottom, another door will be there and THIS will be the miniboss.

Speaking from experience, this has got to be a pretty grueling mini-boss if you're not good with maneuvering. What I mean by this is that the miniboss is a 30-second survival test. The enemies consist of robots that appear from wireframe and shoot off four pins in a cross direction at + or X formation. I can speak in defense that these enemies have the tendency to spawn right on top of where you're standing, so be on your guard at ALL times and you should be good. You don't have to kill the robots, but it's an easy way to ensure you don't take too much damage.

Stage part II

Walking down the plain, old hallway, you'll notice two things: an enemy and a Cyber Space doorway. As mentioned before, the Cyber Space area will be placed at the bottom after this run. Once again, for consistency purposes, we'll kill the soldier and travel upward. Now, in this upper area, the same spinning spike traps return from Phoenix Magnion's stage in Mega Man Zero 2. However, they are carefully placed to allow you safe access from the left wall. Soon enough, you'll come face-to-face with a LamplortX (the robot with the shield who uses a flamethrower). Not only that, but to the left of it there is a bed of spikes.

The next hallway holds a few enemies and as you keep moving, the floor turns to rock and you see a reddish tint on the horizon (Zero's point of view). In short, there's another river of lava... and this one flows! Now, use a combination of dash jumps to dash from platform to platform. The main idea is we have to dash jump up a river of lava using platforms that sink. It may take a bit of practice, but after a bit of "trial and error", success will be yours. Now, take out the flamethrower and enter the boss door. As usual, take this moment to relax, listen to the mysterious boss hallway music. When you're ready, enter the door and prepare for a heated battle (pun intended).

Boss: Blazing Flizard

As you step into the arena, you are greeted by Flizard in his human form. He begins talking to you about his failure in searching for a worthy opponent. He accepts the challenge you never gave him and turns into his combat form. With a few last words, the battle truly begins.

Blazing Flizard has three main forms of attack.

1. The first primary attack he uses is simple enough: a flamethrower built into his arm. This attack can be avoided by just staying clear. However, if he has you in a corner, just climb to the top of the wall and you should be safe from the flamethrower.
2. His next attack consists of his neck collar being thrown around the room. Similar in design of Armored Armadillo, it's easy to block. Once again, just stay clear of it and you should be fine.
3. The third attack is a blast of three small, glowing orbs from Flizard's tail. Upon contact with the ground, the orbs set off a small fire that goes away relatively quick. Just like with every other move in Flizard's arsenal, just avoid it and keep attacking him.
4. Now, his EX Attack is more of a pain to block. If you are currently Rank S or A, you'll most likely see this attack when his health bar drops to half. For his EX Attack, Flizard jumps into the middle of the room and begins spinning the collar around his neck and begins launching fire from the collar in a specific pattern. Once you have this pattern down, it should be easier to block when he uses it later on in the battle.

Once you deliver the final blow to Flizard, he'll go on and on about how Weil will get destroy you and he keeps making metaphors about engulfing the world in flames and never extinguishing the flames of the new world. As his death speech comes to an end, he spontaniously combusts, we teleport out of there, and achieve not only our progress reports, but also the Flame Chip. In additon, if you get A Rank or higher, you can capture the EX Skill of Blazing Flizard or any boss for that matter.

Items obtained from the boss:

• Flame Body Chip: Obtained after the boss fight.
• EX Skill: Burst Shot: Flame buster (Rank A or S only)

Items to collect

After the stage is cleared, visit it again to collect all the secret disks.

Secret disks obtained from enemies:

• Secret Disk No. 141 Enemy File: Volcaire: Destroy Volcaires.
• Secret Disk No. 146 Enemy File: Lamplort
• Secret Disk No. 152 Enemy File: Crossbyne: Destroy Crossbynes.

Other secret disks:

• Secret Disk No. 008 File B
• Secret Disk No. 026 Cyber-Elf Artan
• Secret Disk No. 047 Cyber-Elf Sloppe
• Secret Disk No. 072 Cyber-Elf Boomeras
• Secret Disk No. 073 Cyber-Elf Clokkle
• Secret Disk No. 102 50 E-Crystals
• Secret Disk No. 114 Boss File: Blazing Flizard