It should be noted however that this can be tiring for the fingers and that nothing short of button spamming, can cause the character to be touched by the blobs rendering the entire strategy tiring. By doing this the blobs will not harm the player and when Shadow Devil's blobs fall to the ground to reform, the player can dash over and resume the fight normally. To do this the player should position itself at the wall opposite to that of Shadow Devil and then Wall Kick constantly and as fast as possible to remain at the very top of the wall. It is entirely possible to avoid any and all damage from the split attack. When it reforms, the eye will appear for a brief moment and it will shoot from the eye. Three patterns consist of the parts simply moving to the other side, while the other three has half of the the parts going to one side then switching places with other parts before finishing to move to the other side. The order the parts move varies, having six patterns. The parts will move one by one to the other side until all parts move. When the Shadow Devil melts and breaks apart into sixteen parts, avoid the blobs as they travel across the room. With E-Blade, because of how the move works, Zero has a chance of performing the move into the Shadow Devil and take a hit, so it is safer to perform the C-Sword instead. This is a direct throwback to the original Yellow Devil's weakness to Elec Man's Thunder Beam (which itself is nearly identical to the Tri-Thunder). It is weak to the Tri-Thunder (as X) and E-Blade (as Zero). The eye can appear in six spots, five being around the body and one in the foot. When the eye shows up, try to fire a fully charged shot on it. The Shadow Devil can only be damaged on its bright-red eye, which is hidden most of the time. Also, unlike most Devil robots, Shadow Devil's split attack has six patterns instead of only one. The Shadow Devil can be a tough boss as its attacks can heavily drain the life gauge and may also lead to an instant death if the player is unprepared.

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