Mega Man X8

This is an outdated any% guide from 2015, however much of the information is still useful for beg...

This information applies to New Game Runs. Character Choice There are two general character con...

Most stages have at least one room with a required challenge. One of those rooms is potentially a...

In case you're looking for them. Sub Tank (Life Tank) The sub tank in Sunflower's stage is the ...

While neither route focuses on weaknesses, it's valuable to know the weaknesses as a backup. Mos...

This only works on the original 2004(?) PC release, and the original PS2 release. It was patched ...

Mavericks in Mega Man X8 typically follow a few common rules They enter invincibility frames e...

The first section of the intro stage is easily handled with dash jumps and X full charges. When ...

X should leave after the first crab encounter, leaving you in control of Axl. Unlike X7, hoverin...

X's armor capsule is in this section before the door, under The Bee. It can only be acquired in t...

This entire stage is just a chase after the boss. You have to shoot Gigavolt enough to trigger th...

"Cheese and friiiiiiiiiiiiiies!!!" Attack Patterns A short range lightning burst An arc of m...

Dodge the things, then dodge the fans. You can fall down the shaft just expect damage. Get into t...

Burn Rooster's stage has 3 vertical shaft autoscrollers. The first one if the easiest, as it can ...

Both encounter rooms are the same...unless you routed Vile into the second room. Both involve de...

The middle room of the stage is in the running for worst room in the game.  

If you are not fighting Vile, use the same tactic as Encounter Room 1.  

You cannot fly in the corner of this shaft to bypass it. Be mindful of your air dashes and double...

Burn Rooster has seemingly random movements and can do a lot of damage.  it is recommended to ha...

The stage is not over after the boss fight. The escape sequence is fairly simple after memorizin...

In any%, you can skip the entire robot chase sequence. This requires Zero Fly (and as such will n...

This stage is a series of training rooms, with small movement puzzle rooms in between. You are gr...

This is the timed encounter that sets your initial grade. There is no moving faster through this ...

This is a classic Elevator fight stage. There are no other obstacles to worry about. Your two be...

The biggest change between refights and the stage encounters is you will have the option of using...

Sigma is weak to Zero's spin attack. Use it.

There is one final Vile encounter, and he uses his Ride Armor here. A three cycle fight is inten...

Sigma teleports around and uses large attacks. This is a fight where the Shock Absorber is extrem...