Blade Armor

The Blade Armor (ブレードアーマー) is an armor focused on mobility and using the Z-Saber (which physically adapts itself into X's buster, rather than a separate entity). The most significant feature is an upgraded air-dash called 'Mach Dash'. If the jump or dash buttons are pressed while X is airborne, X will freeze mid-air until you release the button or after about five seconds from holding the buttons. After this, he will perform a quick air dash that covers a lot of distance and damages enemies upon contact. You can air-dash vertically or horizontally, a feature from Mega Man X3, and you can also air-dash down.

This armor's charged shot can differ. Normally firing the blast will produce a plasma projectile similar albeit smaller and weaker to the Plasma Shot of the Force Armor/Ultimate Armor, but if it is held, X will attack with an upgraded Z-Saber slash that covers a wider range than a normal Z-Saber slash and can destroy certain enemy projectiles when slashed. X will also not move while in mid-air and when clinging onto walls when he uses this move. The Blade Armor's Giga Attack is a very large slash. If executed in the air, two giant waves of energy will materialize and be fired off of the slash. The waves become more powerful when hit from a distance.

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Trivia

 * The head part of the blade armor, which is found on Scaravich's Stage, is that the chances are random. It is programmed to make it randomnly appear. So sometimes you can't get it on the first try but if you repeat and repeat you will get it also.
 * The Blade Armor's giga attack is very similar to Awakened Zero's Ultimate attack in X5.