Magma Dragoon

"... You're so naive. ... Listen closely. I let the Sky Lagoon fall! And I'd do it again! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

- Magma Dragoon

Magma Dragoon, known as Magmard Dragoon (マグマード・ドラグーン) in Japan, is one of the Mavericks in Mega Man X4. He also appeared as the boss of the training stage of Mega Man X5. As his name implies, he is based on a dragon.

Magma Dragoon betrayed the Maverick Hunters and became a Maverick himself, attacking in Sky Lagoon. He is sort of a tribute to the Street Fighter series, yelling out "Hadouken" and "Shoryuken" when attacking. X can defeat him easily with Double Cyclone. Zero has a bit of a harder time, and he will have to get creative in order to damage him with the Raijingeki. In the first encounter with him in the Volcano, if the player can bring the Ride Armor with close to full health, it may be possible to defeat Magma Dragoon before the Ride Armor gets destroyed.

When defeated in the first encounter, he apologizes for his actions, stating how he had always dreamed of fighting X/Zero, and that a mysterious man offered him that chance, which he simply couldn't refuse.

Most bosses show the ability that the player gains during the fight. For X, his Rising Fire is a fusion between Dragoon's Hadouken and Shoryuken. Zero's Ryuenjin is very similar to the Shouryuken as well, as he nearly does an uppercut action with his Z-Saber.

In X8, when Zero has the K-Knuckle equipped, his Enkoujin is changed to a move which is a downwards fire kick towards the ground, which is a move Dragoon did in X4 and originally belongs to Akuma from the Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom games.

Stage enemies
Enemies in Magma Dragoon's stage, the Volcano.
 * Batton Bone B81
 * Giga Death
 * Metall D2
 * Prominence
 * Raiden
 * Spiky Mk-2

Trivia

 * The battle with Dragoon is the first time in the series where players are allowed to bring a Ride Armor into the battle.
 * Magma Dragoon is the first Maverick based on a mythological or fantasy creature.
 * Magma Dragoon's necklace is similar to the one featured by the Street Fighter character Akuma.
 * There is a small plate under Dragoon's chest, which bears the "Heavenly Sky" symbol (天) that appears on Akuma's back.