Elements (Mega Man Zero and ZX series)

In the Mega Man Zero and Mega Man ZX series, there is a simple element system consisting of Fire, Thunder, and Ice.

History

In the first Mega Man Zero, Zero must equipped with an Element Chip and use charged attack.

The EX Skills has been added in the last three Mega Man Zero games. In the Mega Man Zero 2 and Mega Man Zero 3, EX Skill also need to equip with an Element Chip to have element, but their elements are fixed. Buster Shot's EX Skills will replace charged shoot, and its EX Skills are incompatible with each other. Other weapons have no such restriction，they are all non elemental when not equipped with Element Chip.

There is no Element Chips in the Mega Man Zero 4, so charged attack no longer has elements, but EX Skills will have elements by default. In addition to EX Skills, there are two ways to use elemental attacks: using Zero Knuckle to seize the weapon with element from enemis, and using the Cyber-elf's animal ability with level 3/4/5.

In the Mega Man ZX series, element attacks requires the use of specific Biometal or A-Trans.

The three elements show restraint relationship: Thunder is weaker than Ice, Ice is weaker than Fire, Fire is weaker than Thunder. The weakness is only applicable to the enemies, and protagonist always has no weakness, even if it is equipped with element chip or transformation with an element.

• Fire is strong against Ice and may burn targets for a while, causing additional damage. Thunder enemies are resistant or immune to Fire.
• Ice is strong against Thunder and may freeze targets for a while. Fire enemies are resistant or immune to Ice.
• Thunder is strong against Fire and may stun targets for a while. Ice enemies are resistant or immune to Thunder. It can also send electricity to some machines.

Besides the three elements, player attacks may also have the following attributes, which are more prominent in Mega Man ZX Advent:

• Cutting attacks, like saber slashes, can split most defeated targets in half. In the Mega Man ZX games they also split large energy items into smaller items.
• Piercing attacks, such as charge shots, pass through most targets, damaging all targets in the way. May leave a hole on a defeated target in Mega Man ZX Advent.
• The charged Recoil Rod, Vulturon's Guitar Hammer, and other attacks can blow away some targets. The impact also damages the target behind.
• Some obstacles can only be destroyed by specific attacks, examples including Model F's Megaton Crush and Bifrost's Ice Bite.

Abilities

Element	EX Skills	Zero Knuckle		Biometals and A-Trans
Null	Laser Shot Tenshouzan Sengatotsu Sharp Edge Kougenjin Energy Chain Filter Shield Reflect Laser Gale Attack Throw Blade Saber Smash Split Heavens 1000 Slash Soul Launcher Shield Sweep Orbit Shield Time Stopper Sky Chaser	2-Way Shot 3-Way Bomb Balloon Bomb Beam Shot Bee Rod Bend Laser Blade Shield Bound Tire Burst Bomb Cannon Buster Card Key Cross Shot Death Pierce Drill Rod Drill Shot Egg Bomb Gear Bomb Gyro Boomerang Hive Bomb IM Shot	Iron Pipe Joint Bomb Long Snapper MagPunch N MagPunch S Mega Axe Mega Hammer Mini Craban B Mini Craban R Reflect Laser Search Shot Sharp Shield Spread Shot Steel Claw Tang Rod Tri Shot Vertical Shot Water Gun Wide Buster	Model X Model ZX Model P/PX Model OX Model A Model a Vulturon Argoyle
Thunder	Spark Shot Sengatotsu (enhance) V-Shot Saber Smash (enhance) Shield Sweep (enhance) Orbit Shield Tractor Shot Thunder Stab	Electric Arm Electric Rod Electric Nail Neon Bomb		Model H/HX Model OX's Shinkuujin Rospark Hedgeshock
Fire	Blast Shot Tenshouzan (enhance) Burst Shot Split Heavens (enhance) Soul Launcher (enhance) Shield Sweep Orbit Shield Burning Shot Flame Fang	Blaze Shot Flame Sword Heat Sabre Lamp Burner Rising Bomb Wave Bomb		Model F/FX Model OX's Ryuenjin Buckfire Queenbee
Ice	Triple Shot Sharp Edge (enhance) Blizzard Arrow Throw Blade (enhance) Shield Sweep Orbit Shield (enhance) Ice Javelin Ice Blade	Ice Buster Ice Shield		Model L/LX Model OX's Arc Blade Chronoforce Bifrost

Bosses

Element	Mega Man Zero series	Mega Man ZX series
Null	Golem Guard Orotic Hidden Phantom Hittite Hottaid Pantheon Ace Rainbow Devil Copy X Mega Scorpia Hyleg Ourobockle Burble Hekelot Elpizo Deathtanz Mantisk Crea and Prea Tretista Kelverian Omega SubDesert Core Carnage Force 0 Noble Mandrago Popla Cocapetri Craft Hell the Giant Randam Bandam Cyball Dr. Weil	Giga Aspis Rayfly Girouette (Model Z) Purprill the Mandroid Protectos the Goreroid Prometheus (Can also be Fire elemental) Serpent (Model W) Omega Dogu the Giant Siarnaq (Model P) Vulturon the Condoroid Aile/Vent (Model ZX) Argoyle & Ugoyle the Shisaroids Master Albert
Thunder	Aztec Falcon Sage Harpuia Herculious Anchus Copy X (Second form) Golem Type E Panter Flauclaws Kuwagust Anchus Hellbat Schilt Anubis Necromancess (Z3) Volteel Biblio Pegasolta Eclair Mino Magnus	Hivolt the Raptoroid Hurricaune the Wolveroid Pandora (Can also be Ice elemental) Rospark the Floroid Aeolus (Model H) Hedgeshock the Erinaceroid
Fire	Pantheon Core Maha Ganeshariff Fighting Fefnir Hanumachine Asura Basura Golem Type F Phoenix Magnion Blazin' Flizard Cubit Foxtar Sol Titanion Heat Genblem	Fistleo the Predatoroid Flammole the Moleroid Prometheus (Can also be none elemental) Buckfire the Gaxelleroid Atlas (Model F) Queenbee the Hymenopteroid
Ice	Anubis Necromancess (Z1) Blizzack Staggroff Fairy Leviathan Golem Type I Poler Kamrous Childre Inarabitta Glacier le Cactank Tech Kraken Fenri Lunaedge	Lurerre the Abysroid Leganchor the Gelroid Pandora (Can also be Thunder elemental) Chronoforce the Xiphosuroid Thetis (Model L) Bifrost the Crocoroid

Trivia

• Elements were proposed at the end of Zero 1 development, this resulted in some bosses like Anubis Necromancess and Asura Basura don't have corresponding elemental designs.
• The weakness of elements is based on the first Mega Man X: thunder is weaker than ice, ice is weaker than fire, fire is weaker than wind. The wind and thunder were merged into the same element, which makes elements form a cycle