C-Flasher

C-Flasher, abbr. for "Chaos Flasher", or Messenkou (滅閃光) in Japan, is the Giga Attack Zero obtains after Izzy Glow's defeat in Mega Man X5. Zero punches the ground, sending out nine violet energy projectiles in different directions. Unlike Rakuhouha from Mega Man X4, the projectiles of light produced by C-Flasher are unstoppable, going through and destroying enemies in its path. As this weapon is a Giga Attack, any damage that Zero receives is converted into weapon energy, refilling the Weapon Energy bar for C-Flasher.

This Giga Attack is the weakness for Dark Dizzy, and most bosses take quite a large amount of damage from C-Flasher as well.

Damage Data Chart
Damage values in units in Mega Man X5.


 * For Rangda Bangda W's Sun component, since the floor becomes lined with spikes when Zero fights it, he is only allowed to preform few of his techniques and Saber slashes under normal circumstances. If the player intentionally makes Zero make contact with the Sun component and take damage, however, they can actually use C-Flasher by taking advantage of the temporary invincibility to the spikes before it wears off and gets immediately killed from the spikes thereafter. However, it is not wise to do so, as the Sun component cannot take damage from C-Flasher anyway.

Shin Messenkou
Shin Messenkou (真・滅閃光) is a stronger version of C-Flasher that is only used when X fights against Zero or Awakening Zero in Mega Man X5 and the Zero Nightmare in Mega Man X6. Zero punches the ground and a series of projectiles shoot from the floor to the ceiling. This version of the attack seems to resemble the Earth Gaizer.

Similar Techniques

 * Earth Gaizer from Mega Man Xtreme 2
 * Rakuhouha from Mega Man X4
 * Rekkouha from Mega Man X6
 * Bakuenjin from Mega Man X7
 * Tenshouha from Mega Man X8

Counterpart to this Technique

 * F-Laser