Gaea Armor

The Gaea Armor is found in Mega Man X5. It sacrifices all special weapons and much manuverability for power and defense. It has complete invulnerability to spikes at all times, which is an exellent thing! When X dashes, a green field surrounds him that allows him to push black crates with a telltale V on them. The Gaea Armor's gripping functions are largely enhanced, allowing X to grab walls without sliding down them. The Gaea Armor is notably less manuverable than any other armor. Running speed and dashing have been noticably slowed down, and the air dash has been completely removed.

This armor lacks long-range attacks, but excels at short-range shots. The Gaea Armor's buster fires small green shots that dissapate before reaching the end of the screen. The charged shot is simply a larger, more damaging projectile, but the process of charging is much quicker than in any other armor. The Giga Attack is even more short-range than the armor's other attacks; When executed, X pulls his hands back and thrusts a large sphere of green energy forward, severely damaging anything directly in front of him.

Trivia

 * The Gaea's foot upgrade is the very first in a Mega Man game that offers protection against instant-death spikes.
 * Some fans speculate that the Gaea Armor is the basis for the character Fefnir in the Mega Man Zero series.