Guardroid

Guardroid is a new generation Reploid and a common enemy soldier from Mega Man X8 that can be copied by Axl. Except for Rollerroid, Skyroid and Sphereroid, the abilities of other Guardroids copied by Axl are the same. Guardroid VR and Guardroid α can't be copied.

Guardroid
Guardroid is an enemy soldier that appears with varying equipment such as swords, laser guns, flamethrowers, freezing weapons, bomb launchers, missile launchers, grenades, two type of shields and jetpacks. Some of those are called Guardroid COM, Guardroid FIG, Guardroid FLY, Guardroid HIG, Guardroid KNI and Guardroid LIG. They appear in Pitch Black, Inferno, Booster Forest, Jakob and Sigma Palace.

Guardroid VR
Guardroid VR is a virtual Guardroid equipped with a jetpack that appears in the training program of Optic Sunflower's stage. Depending of the results in the stage, there are three variations of this Guardroid. In the lowest difficult only one Guardroid equipped with a giant hammer appear, and in the intermediate difficult the Guardroid is able to switch between a hammer and a machine gun. In the highest difficult two Guardroids will appear, one equipped with a hammer and the other with a machine gun.



Guardroid α
Guardroid α is a type of Guardroid from Sigma Palace that copies Sigma and attack with sword slashes or three projectiles. Some of them use a barrier for defense. Some Guardroid αs also briefly appeared in the beginning of the game emerging from the wreck of the vehicle, causing X some great concern when witnessing them in Sigma's form until Director Lumine told them to revert to their original forms.



Skyroid
Skyroid is the flying Guardroid in Burn Rooster's stage. Unlike the normal flying Guardroid, Axl can copy his abilities, which is needed to obtain Zero's T Breaker.



Rollerroid
Rollerroid is a type of Guardroid that appears in one room in Gravity Antonion's stage. They can move on spikes and shoot projectiles in three directions that bounce on walls.



Sphereroid
Sphereroid is a type of Guardroid without legs that appears in Bamboo Pandamonium's stage. When in their normal form, they can't move and attack with punches. They can change into a small sphere to attack with a dash.

