Neutral Armor

The Neutral Armor is an armor from Mega Man X8. It gives X no enhancements on its own. However, it has the ability to mix and match parts of the Icarus Armor and Hermes Armor to give a customized group of abilities. Having a complete and matching suit will unlock the Giga ability of that armor. Upon completion, the armor will glow more brightly, compared to the dull glow of an incomplete armor.


 * Icarus Armor - An Armor system that focuses on attack power and aerial abilities. When the armor set is complete, X can use the Giga Crash. Like the previous version, it will attack all on-screen opponents. The damage dealt is strictly proportional to the amount of weapon energy X has at the time of activation.
 * Foot Parts I - X's jumping height is doubled, allowing X to reach higher places where he won't be able to reach normally.
 * Body Parts I - Damage done to X is reduced to 50%. In addition, recoil is eliminated. All the life energy bars lost will turn red and is recoverable if X is switched with his reserve Hunter to recover all his damage.
 * Arm Parts I - X's charge shot is changed to a powerful beam attack. He can also charge special weapons. In addition, his standard shots now become level 1 charged shots, and his fully charged shot is a powerful laser that can blast through multiple enemies at once. X will freeze on the ground or in mid-air when he fires the laser shot.
 * Head Parts I - X will create a force field while jumping that can damage enemies, and can also destroy certain ceilings with this attack.


 * Hermes Armor - An Armor system that focuses on movement speed and mobility. When the armor set is complete, X can use the X-Drive. Upon activation, X will receive a boost in movement speed, jump height, charge speed and number of charged projectiles. The enhancement will last until the weapon energy is drained or a character switch is made.
 * Foot Parts H - X's movement speed and dash speed is doubled with the added bonus of shadow-dashing through enemies with this part equipped. The abilities are further doubled when X-Drive is in effect.
 * Body Parts H - X will take 2 less units of damage than he normally would. Against enemies that only hit for 1 or 2 units of damage, X is completely invulnerable. Invulnerablilty period is doubled when X-Drive is in effect.
 * Arm Parts H - X's fully charged shot will be changed to a 3-way blast. He can also charge special weapons. Gains a fourth level charged shot of 5-way blast when X-Drive is in effect.
 * Head Parts H - X-Buster charge speed is doubled with this Part equipped. Charge speed is further doubled when X-Drive is in effect.