Ground Dash (グランドダッシュ Gurando Dasshu) is the Special Weapon that Mega Man X gains from Ground Scaravich in Mega Man X6. When equipped with this weapon, X creates a medium-sized rock projectile, then fires it ahead. It has limited range, and is a slow-moving weapon. This weapon can be used to destroy or move the Nightmare Cubes created by Ground Scaravich's Nightmare Phenomenon - the rock projectile can destroy only the brown and red blocks but however does not have an effect on the black or blue blocks. In order to move such blocks, the player must have X touch the block and by pressing the Special Weapon Button, X will then dash at the block, causing it to move a certain distance depending on the block type (blue ones slide a distance, black ones move a slight bit; other block types are otherwise destroyed). Note that Weapon Energy will not be consumed if the player uses Ground Dash while X is standing directly next to the blue and black Nightmare Cube as no projectile is fired to move these blocks.
When Ground Dash is charged, X creates a large-sized rock projectile (freezing everything around him to do so), then fires it straight ahead. This is a medium-speed weapon, and has really good range.
Blaze Heatnix and Sigma's second form are especially weak to this weapon. For Blaze Heatnix, by default, using Ground Dash in its normal state does 5 units of damage to him, while the charged version of Ground Dash does 8 units of damage.
Damage Data Chart
Damage values in units in Mega Man X6.
 Ground Dash
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| Boss | Damage | |
| Normal | Charged | |
| D-1000 | -- | -- |
| High Max | -- | -- |
| Commander Yammark | 2 | 2 |
| Ground Scaravich | 0 | 0 |
| Blaze Heatnix | 5 | 8 |
| Blizzard Wolfang | 2 | 2 |
| Rainy Turtloid | 2 | 2 |
| Metal Shark Player | 2 | 2 |
| Shield Sheldon | 2 | 2 |
| Infinity Mijinion | 2 | 2 |
| Nightmare Snake | 5 | 8 |
| Nightmare Pressure | 6 | 8 |
| Illumina | 3 | 8 |
| Zero Nightmare | 2 | 2 |
| High Max | 3 | 5 |
| Dynamo | 2 | 2 |
| Nightmare Mother | 3 | 3 |
| High Max | 3 | 5 |
| Gate | 0 | 0 |
| Sigma: 1st Phase | 2 | 2 |
| Sigma: 2nd Phase | 6 | 8 |
Screenshots
Trivia
- Despite there being both a water and an ice-elemental weapon at X's disposal in Mega Man X6, Blaze Heatnix has a primary weakness to Ground Dash. It is assumed that when fire becomes too hot to douse or freeze with water, the ground can be used to suffocate or "stomp out" the flames, robbing it of its oxygen.
See also
Similar Weapons
- Silk Shot from Mega Man X2
Counterpart to this Weapon
| Earth / Mineral / Drilling Weapons and Techniques | |
|---|---|
| Special Weapons | |
| Mega Man series | Super Arm (1) • Drill Bomb (4) • Dust Crusher (4) • Power Stone (5) • Crystal Eye (5) • Junk Shield (7) • Concrete Shot (9) • Jewel Satellite (9) • Block Dropper (11) • Deep Digger (V) • Spread Drill (M&B) |
| Mega Man X series | Crystal Hunter (X2) • Silk Shot (X2) • Tornado Fang (X3) • Ground Dash (X6) • Gaea Shield (X7) • Crystal Wall (X8, X's) |
| Zero's Techniques and EX Skills | |
| Techniques | Earth Gaizer (Xtreme 2) • Drill Crush (Xtreme 2) • Sentsuizan (X6) |
| EX Skills | Sky Chaser (Z4) |
| Mega Man X6 | |
|---|---|
| Nightmare Investigators | |
| Commander Yammark • Ground Scaravich • Blaze Heatnix • Blizzard Wolfang • Rainy Turtloid Metal Shark Player • Shield Sheldon • Infinity Mijinion | |
| Other Bosses | |
| D-1000 • Zero Nightmare • Dynamo • Nightmare Mother • High Max • Gate • Sigma | |
| X's Special Weapons | |
| Yammar Option • Ground Dash • Magma Blade • Ice Burst • Meteor Rain • Metal Anchor • Guard Shell • Ray Arrow | |
| Zero's Special Techniques | |
| Yammar Option • Sentsuizan • Shoenzan • Hyoroga • Ensuizan • Rakukojin • Guard Shell • Rekkoha | |
| Armors | |
| - X - Falcon Armor • Blade Armor • Shadow Armor • Ultimate Armor - Zero - Black Zero | |
| Stages | |
| Opening Stage • Amazon Area • Central Museum • Magma Area • North Pole Area • Inami Temple • Recycle Lab • Laser Institute • Weapon Center • Secret Lab | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Walkthrough • Another Route • Parts • Injured Reploids • List of Enemies Damage Data Chart (X) • Damage Data Chart (Zero) • Game Script (X's story) • Game Script (Zero's story) | |