Red

Red (レッド) is the leader and namesake of the group Red Alert, a syndicate that hunts Mavericks, but he himself became Maverick. His organization was progressing along pretty well until Red met up with “the Professor” (Sigma) and changed his plans. Eventually, he regrets forming the alliance with the Professor, and, after being defeated by Axl, tells him and his friends to leave him to die in his base (he earlier set it to self destruct).



Battle Hints
Red appears and disappears throughout the entire battle, reappearing on random platforms. Never stand in the center of a platform because otherwise he might appear right on top of you. He also has two “ghosts” of himself that attack the player - there is no way to hurt these, so just jump to another platform to avoid them. There are two main strategies here — one is to wait until Red appears, then quickly jump over onto his platform (try to approach him from behind; he won’t notice you as quickly then) and hit him with the Explosion/Hadangeki weapon, then immediately leap off onto another platform. Red will freeze for a moment, then produce a tornado and disappear. This technique works best for Zero, because X and Axl will run out of weapon energy long before he’s through. The other strategy is to use X or Axl and hit Red from a distance. He counter-attacks every time he is hit, so either jump to another platform to avoid it, or dodge where you are. (Jumping onto another platform is easier, but you risk getting knocked into the river.) With X, hit him with fully-powered shots. For Axl, try the rifle he gets while equipped with the Explosion weapon. Notice that sometimes Red appears and immediately begins forming tornadoes on some of the platforms around him; he can’t be harmed when he’s doing this and he disappears immediately after, so just concentrate on finding a safe platform. The Volt Tornado also takes a good chunk off his life, so you can mix that in with your other attacks as well.



Sources:
 * MMHP