Icarus Armor

Icarus Armor

Functions[]

• Helmet Parts I: While jumping, a blue field surrounds X. It can damage enemies, but disappears while X descends. This effect is similar to the helmet part of theFirst Armor, because both parts give the ability to destroy things above X. The only difference being that Head Part I has only offensive capabilities while the Head Part of the First Armor can prevent X from taking damage from objects falling onto him using the helmet.
• Body Parts I: Halves the damage X takes, and removes all recoil. All health X loses turns red, meaning he can be switched out and recover all of his health. However, if X is switched back before all his red bars of health is restored, the remaining red bars will be lost.
• Buster Parts I: X-Buster shots need to be charged one less level than normal. For example, normal shots become Level-1 charged shots, and Level-2 charged shots become Level-3 charged shots. The maximum charged shot becomes a powerful laser. However, X will freeze when the laser is fired, even in mid-air.
• Foot Parts I: Doubles the height of X's jump, allowing X to jump as high as Zero's double jump and reach places that normal X would usually be unable to reach.

In addition to the effects of the four parts, the full Icarus Armor supplies X with the ability to perform aGiga Crash, a full-screen attack. The Giga Crash gauge fills up over time. Unlike in previous games, the Giga Crash can be activated at any time, but if it is not fully charged, it has limited range and is less powerful.

Locations[]

	Buster Parts I
	Noah's Park (Crabs-Y)
	Upon returning after the first visit, the building's lower door will be open, allowing entrance to a room with a capsule.
	Body Parts I
	Metal Valley (Earthrock Trilobyte)
	After makingYellow Brontes turn around, follow it shortly until some gas tanks stacked in a cave on the right. UseMelt Creeper to detonate them and access to the capsule behind.
	Helmet Parts I
	Primrose (Gravity Antonion)
	After the mid-boss room, the next room contains a small tunnel of spikes. Traverse the spikes to find a teleporter to the capsule. The safest method is copying aRolleroid with Axl, but it can also be reached by manipulating gravity switches until the blocks fill up the tunnel.
	Foot Parts I
	Booster Forest (Bamboo Pandamonium)
	After the first mid-boss room, there is a ledge in the top left corner with a capsule and spikes on the side. It can be reached multiple ways, such as Zero'sRaikousen, damage boosting, a Prickle Barrier, carrying the ride armor this far into the level and jumping out at the air dash's end, or the flyingRasetsusen glitch.

Gallery[]

The Icarus Armor's Laser Charge Shot.

X using the Giga Crash.

Trivia[]

• The Icarus Armor is the only armor in theMega Man X series to have one of its four parts outside the eight Maverick stages, as the Buster Parts I are located in the game'sOpening Stage, Noah's Park. This is because the eighth stage,Dynasty, has no place for the player to find a Light Capsule due to its unique layout.