"Accumulates energy and generates an illusion. Enemies will sustain damage if struck by the soul energy. Requires high energy expenditures however and will dissipate in time or if it sustains heavy damage."

―In-game text, Mega Man X4

Soul Body (ソウルボディ, Souru Bodi) is the Special Weapon that X obtains from Split Mushroom in Mega Man X4. This weapon is based off Spilt Mushroom's abilities to self-duplicate & create energy silhouettes. When equipped, a silhouette-like hologram of X is created in front of him. In its normal state, the hologram does nothing more than mimic X's actions and will disappear after a short period of time, or after taking enough damage. When charged, a solid, unarmored hologram of X is created. This hologram is restricted to the area of the current screen, and can be controlled by X - it can fire, but it cannot charge up like X can. Both X and the clone are immune during the duration. The clone hologram will disappear after a short period of time or if it falls into a bottomless pit.

This weapon is Cyber Peacock's weakness and is effective against Gunner Sigma in the final battle.

Mega Man X5[]

In Mega Man X5, X occasionally uses Soul Body and other X4 Special Weapons as a boss against Zero. Unlike in X4, however, X releases many holograms from his body towards Zero's position on the screen. In Normal Mode, Soul Body does 8 damage; on Easy and Xtreme modes, the attack powers are 6 and 10 respectively.

In the story, Soul Body leads their battle to a stalemate. When X is defeated, he uses Soul Body as a last-ditch blow on Zero before falling to the ground. When fighting Zero, he does the same after his defeat too, despite Zero being unable to use Soul Body in X4. His Soul Body attack highly resembles the W-Shredder technique he gains X5, suggesting it was actually this attack, though X does express surprise at Zero using Soul Body so it's possible it was intended after all.

Damage Data Chart[]

Damage values in units in Mega Man X4.

Soul Body
Boss	Damage
	Normal	Charged
Eregion	--	--
Web Spider	1	1
Split Mushroom	0	1
Cyber Peacock	4	1
Storm Owl	1	1
Magma Dragoon	0	1
Frost Walrus	0	1
Jet Stingray	2	1
Slash Beast	0	1
Tentoroid	0	1
Generaid Core	2	1
Eyezard	0	1
DG-42L	0	2
Colonel	0	1
Double	0	0
General	0	1
Reaper Sigma: 1st Phase	0	0
Reaper Sigma: 2nd Phase	0	1
Earth Sigma	0	0
Gunner Sigma	3	0

• For Soul Body, the first number is damage done with the hologram, and the second number is damage inflicted with the buster shots fired from the solid hologram; the solid hologram itself cannot inflict damage to bosses.

Screenshots[]

Mega Man X4[]

Weapon Get screen of Mega Man X obtaining Soul Body.

Mega Man X with a Soul Body hologram in front of him.

The Soul Body hologram copying X's moves exactly, such as jumping.

Mega Man X using Soul Body to destroy an enemy by contacting it with the hologram.

Mega Man X using Soul Body against Cyber Peacock in Final Weapon.

Mega Man X using Soul Body against Sigma's gun form in Final Weapon.

Mega Man X using Soul Body in its charged state. The player can take control of the solid hologram that X has projected.

The unarmored X clone firing at enemies while the real X stays in place, invincible.

Mega Man X5[]

Zero fighting Mega Man X using Soul Body.

Mega Man X using Soul Body as a last-ditch attack on Zero.

Zero using Soul Body as a last-ditch attack on Mega Man X.

Animation[]

X using Soul Body in Mega Man X4.

X using charged Soul Body in Mega Man X4.

X using Soul Body as a boss in Mega Man X5.

See also[]

Similar Weapons/Techniques[]

• Copy Vision from Mega Man & Bass
• Twin Dream from Mega Man X5 (Zero only)
• Argoyle & Ugoyle A-Trans form from Mega Man ZX Advent

Counterpart to this Weapon[]

• Kuuenbu/Kuuenzan