Shadow Runner

"A darkness-based weapon. A boomerang with homing capabilities."

- In-game text

Shadow Runner (シャドウランナー) is the Special Weapon that X earns from his victory over Dark Mantis in Mega Man X8. It is a shadowy boomerang that leaves a dark blue trail that hunts down and spirals around enemies. If there are no enemies present, the weapon merely spirals around the character and returns inside the character's body in a puff of black smoke. When X charges up Shadow Runner, he will shoot out five black boomerangs.

This weapon is Gravity Antonion's weakness, and it's also very useful against Copy Sigma and Lumine's second form.

Similar Weapons

 * Super Adapter from Mega Man 7

Counterparts to this Weapon

 * Rasetsusen
 * Black Arrow