EX Skill

EX Skills in Mega Man Zero 2.

An EX Skill (EXスキル) is a type of ability in the Zero era. It was initially a powerful attack used by bosses when Zero is at a high Level. Starting in Mega Man Zero 2, Zero can obtain EX Skills of his own as an evolution of the Techniques from the X era. However, they are only obtained if the boss is defeated under certain circumstances; otherwise, the EX Skill is not obtained in that playthrough.

In the Games

Mega Man Zero

In Mega Man Zero, only bosses use EX Skills. They only do so if Zero is at Level A or higher. These abilities are usually extra powerful or difficult to avoid, increasing the difficulty of the boss battle. To see the EX Skills of each boss, see their respective pages.

Mega Man Zero 2

EX Skills for Zero debuted in Mega Man Zero 2. The player must complete the stage and defeat the boss with a Level A or higher in order to receive the EX Skill — in other words, Zero can only obtain the EX Skill if the boss is able to use theirs too.

There are four EX Skills available for the Buster Shot, four for the Z-Saber, one for the Shield Boomerang, and one for the Chain Rod. Once obtained, the player can toggle EX Skills on or off on the Sub Screen. Buster Shot skills can only be used one at a time, since they are all alterations to its Charge Shot and require the appropriate Element Chip to be equipped. If performed without the corresponding Element Chip, the skill will lack elemental properties. Oddly, Sharp Edge is the only Z-Saber EX Skill with a localized English name rather than a transliterated Japanese one.

Name	Icon	Boss	Weapon	Element
Blast Shot		Fighting Fefnir	Buster Shot	Fire
Laser Shot		Hyleg Ourobockle	Buster Shot	None
Spark Shot		Panter Flauclaws	Buster Shot	Thunder
Triple Shot		Poler Kamrous	Buster Shot	Ice
Sengatotsu		Kuwagust Anchus	Z-Saber	Thunder
Sharp Edge		Fairy Leviathan	Z-Saber	Ice
Tenshouzan		Phoenix Magnion	Z-Saber	Fire
Kougenjin		Sage Harpuia	Z-Saber	None
Filter Shield		Rainbow Devil	Shield Boomerang	None
Energy Chain		Burble Hekelot	Chain Rod	None

Mega Man Zero 3

In Mega Man Zero 3, EX Skills return largely unchanged. There are four available for the Buster Shot, four for the Z-Saber, two for the Shield Boomerang, and two for the Recoil Rod.

Name	Icon	Boss	Weapon	Element
Blizzard Arrow		Blizzack Staggroff R	Buster Shot	Ice
Burst Shot		Blazin' Flizard	Buster Shot	Fire
Reflect Laser		Copy X MK. II	Buster Shot	None
V-Shot		Volteel Biblio	Buster Shot	Thunder
Gale Attack		Tretista Kelverian	Z-Saber	None
Saber Smash		Devilbat Schilt	Z-Saber	Thunder
Split Heavens		Hanumachine R	Z-Saber	Fire
Throw Blade		Childre Inarabitta	Z-Saber	Ice
Orbit Shield		Glacier le Cactank	Shield Boomerang	Ice
Shield Sweep		Anubis Necromancess V	Shield Boomerang	Thunder
1000 Slash		Deathtanz Mantisk	Recoil Rod	None
Soul Launcher		Cubit Foxtar	Recoil Rod	Fire

Mega Man Zero 4

In Mega Man Zero 4, EX Skills are slightly altered. They are now dependent on weather conditions instead of rank — if the stage's weather favors the boss, then they can use their EX Skill and Zero can obtain one by defeating them. Additionally, Zero does not need to equip an Element Chip in order to use elemental EX Skills. There are four skills available for the Buster Shot and four for the Z-Saber, while there are none available for the Zero Knuckle.

Name	Icon	Boss	Weapon	Element
Burning Shot		Sol Titanion	Buster Shot	Fire
Ice Javelin		Tech Kraken	Buster Shot	Ice
Time Stopper		Popla Cocapetri	Buster Shot	None
Tractor Shot		Mino Magnus	Buster Shot	Thunder
Ice Blade		Fenri Lunaedge	Z-Saber	Ice
Flame Fang		Heat Genblem	Z-Saber	Fire
Sky Chaser		Noble Mandrago	Z-Saber	None
Thunder Stab		Pegasolta Eclair	Z-Saber	Thunder

Trivia

• In the English version of Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works, there is an error where the names of Zero's EX Skills were used in place of the names of the bosses' EX Skills.