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This article is about the character. For the ability, see Beast Out.
"Challenging my unit was both foolish and reckless! You are nothing more than my prey... One that is soon to be retired!"
―Slash Beast, Mega Man X4

Slash Beast, known in Japan as Slash Beastleo (スラッシュ・ビストレオ), is a lion-based Reploid and one of the Maverick bosses in Mega Man X4.

Characteristics[]

Slash Beast is a tall Reploid with the head and long claws of a lion. His armor is a sandy brown, and he has the Repliforce insignia on his shoulder.

Slash Beast shows dauntless courage in battle, fearing no one and loving the tension of a good fight. He appears to care little for status, loyalty, or morality, having joined Repliforce just so he could fight. In the manga, he is especially ruthless and his brave facade fails when he begs for his life in front of X.

History[]

Slash Beast joined the Repliforce military solely to satisfy his desires to carve enemies to pieces, and he garnered a reputation on the battlefield for never showing fear and challenging enemies that were even twice his size.[1] Beast rose to become the captain of Repliforce's Reploid Army. When the Repliforce began their coup d'etat, he supported it by running guard duty on military supply trains carrying weapons and ammunition to Repliforce units.[1]

The Hunters targeted his Military Train and destroyed numerous carriages within it, before engaging Beast in battle. The fearless soldier gave the Hunters an epic battle but not even he was able to overcome their power and he was thus destroyed, dying an honorable death on the battlefield.

Strategy[]

Slash Beast is a fast but somewhat predictable opponent. His jumps and Twin Slasher can be dodged with careful dashes. However, once Beast loses half his health and the train exits the tunnel, his moveset becomes much more dangerous. He gains a fearsome dash, a Twin Slasher counter, and a grapple attack.

Slash Beast is weak to X's Ground Hunter, which slips him up and breaks his claws to disable his Twin Slasher. Zero has no such luxury, as Hienkyaku deals no damage. The player may risk resorting to Raijingeki as the next best option, though its slowness leaves him open. At least Zero's Tenkuuha can nullify Beast's Twin Slasher.

MMX4 SlashBeast JumpAttack1
MMX4 SlashBeast JumpAttack2
Jump Attack (ジャンプ攻撃 Janpu Kōgeki)[2]
Slash Beast jumps and stomps with both feet.
When below half health, Beast may leap diagonally instead, attempting to grab the player in his jaws and slam them into a wall.
Damage: 7 (stomp), 9 (wall slam)
MMX4 SlashBeast TwinSlasher Twin Slasher (ツインスラッシャー Tsuin Surasshā)[2]
Slash Beast launches two energy cutters with a frontflip kick. When below half health, Beast may assume a defensive stance and counter with Twin Slasher when the player strikes. If he was struck by Ground Hunter, then he only releases one cutter going upwards.
Damage: 6
MMX4 SlashBeast Rush Charge (突進 Tosshin)[2]
Slash Beast dashes side-to-side with his claws extended, slamming into the walls and shaking them. Only performed below half health though he will always perform this attack after he is struck by Ground Hunter, regardless of his current health.
Damage: 9

Quotes[]

Dialogues[]

Slash Beast: Challenging my unit was both foolish and reckless! You are nothing more than my prey... One that is soon to be retired!


Slash Beast: You dared to attack my unit?! I'm gonna enjoy fighting you!


In-battle Quotes[]

Action Japanese Translation Audio
Pre-battle 超特急であの世に送ってやる!(Chō tokkyū de anoyo ni okutte yaru!) I'll send you to Hell on the Super Express!
Pre-battle 嬉しいぜ!久しぶりの戦いだ!(Ureshī ze! Hisashiburi no tatakaida!) I'm so happy! My first fight in a while!
Pre-battle 小僧!ちっとは楽しませてくれるんだろうな!(Kozō! Chitto wa tanoshima sete kureru ndarou na!) Hey brat! You’ll give me a bit of fun, won’t ya!
Roaring ガオオー!(Gaooo!) Grrr!
Jumping / Twin Slasher はあああ!(Haaa!) Haaa!
Rush ギャアアアアア!(Gyaaaaa!) Grraaargh!
Unused くたばれ!(Kutabare!) Go to Hell!

Note: Pre-battle lines are only present in the Japanese version.

Other appearances[]

Slash Beast is fought alongside Crescent Grizzly in the X Challenge Vol. 1 from Mega Man X Legacy Collection.

Other media[]

Archie Comics[]

Slash Beast appeared in the Worlds Unite crossover event, in which he and his fellow Mavericks were revived by Sigma and fought against the unified heroes assembled by X, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mega Man.

Rockman X Giga Mission[]

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He was revived by the Extreme, becoming more powerful, but is defeated by X.

Rockman X4 (manga)[]

RX4M Slash Beast

Slash Beast's futile charge against Ultimate Armor X, which costs the former his life.

Slash Beast appears in the manga version of X4 as a member of the Repliforce, just as he was in the game. Prior to the coup d'etat, he is seen in a flashback assisting Zero on a mission to stop a dangerous volcanic eruption.

Beast leads his Repliforce freight train on a rampage throughout a city, destroying a smaller train in its path along with some buildings and structures. After Iris is critically injured and in a stasis pod because of Cyber Peacock's self-destruct causing computer terminals to blow up near her, the only way for her to be saved is with a special vaccine. The vaccine chip is in Beast's possession on the train, so Zero attacks it and kills several of Beast's underlings along the way.

Beast is very ruthless in the manga with little care for his underlings. When one of his subordinates tells Beast that one of their Repliforce trains had been destroyed by Zero's attacks, he ruthlessly murders the soldier by slicing him apart and then angrily shouts the soldier stained the Repliforce flag with his failure. Zero continues his mission to reach Beast and the vaccine, but X confronts him first wearing the Ultimate Armor that he got from Dr. Light's capsule. Beast confidently replies that he considers X to be nothing more than prey, and that he'll have fun killing him. He lunges at X, who then effortlessly kills him with his Buster. The power from X's attacks leaves Beast's entire body been blown to smithereens apart from his right hand which is holding the vaccine in its palm. X says Beast begged for his life before he killed him, which X found ironic since he had so casually murdered one of his Repliforce subordinates moments earlier.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Slash Beast may be a tribute to Guile and Charlie from the Street Fighter series (like Magma Dragoon is to Ryu, Ken and Akuma). Like them, he is military and his somersault attack is similar to their "Flash/Somersault Kick" special move.
  • Oddly, Slash Beast's artwork shows him as orange and yellow, although, in-game, he is tinted brown with yellow highlights.
  • Slash Beast is one of two Mavericks in the Mega Man X series to have two separate battle entrances. In the first encounter, he uses his speed to outrun the train and jumps on it. The second encounter, on the other hand, is just him inexplicably falling down from the top of the screen, simply due to the fact that there is no train on the Final Weapon. The other character to have this trait is Dark Mantis, if certain conditions are met in his stage.
  • The official soundtrack of Mega Man X4 features a longer version of the Slash Beast stage theme than is played during the actual stage. This version is also included in the music player of Mega Man X Legacy Collection.

See also[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mega Man X Legacy Collection Gallery
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boss File: Slash Beastleo, Compendium of Rockman X. p. 67.


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