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Mephiles the Dark is one of Shadow's bosses in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). The player encounters him in two battles, first after defeating Iblis Phase 2, and finally after clearing Dusty Desert. Both boss fights are also included in the DLC stage, Shadow Boss Attack.

Mephiles Phase 1[]

Such foolishness... very well, let's see if you can entertain me.


— Mephiles the Dark, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Boss guide[]

The battle is played in two parts: the player controls Shadow in the first part and Omega in the second. In the first part of the battle, Mephiles can be seen in the ground, becoming Shadow’s shade. The player cannot hit Mephiles in this state, although Mephiles himself will not attack at all. Instead, he commands his shadows to attack. The player must store up enough Light Cores to fill the Action Gauge and activate Chaos Boost by destroying the minions.[1] Between intervals, a group of shadows will encircle around the player's location (though they do not follow the player throughout the attack) and then dive into the center, grabbing onto the player should they get too close. If enough shadows grab the player, they will explode and deal damage. As attacking the shadows one at a time with Homing Attacks takes too long, the player should instead wait for the shadows to surround them. Then when the shadows dive in, the player should use Shadow’s Spin Kick to eliminate several of them at a time to quickly fill the Action Gauge.

When the player activates Chaos Boost, the shadows retreat and Mephiles takes his corporeal form.[1] At this point, the player can attack Mephiles directly. When the Action Gauge is completely drained, Mephiles becomes Shadow's shade again and the player must refill the gauge by destroying the shadows. Mephiles attacks with purple energy balls that grow in size as they chase the player through the arena. The best course of action is to dodge these, though it is advised to close the gap between Mephiles and the player. The player can damage Mephiles with the Homing Attack and Chaos Attack combo, but he will often slip away after being hit a few times. Freezing Mephiles for a few seconds with a Chaos Lance then moving in for a Chaos Attack is an effective tactic.[2] The player must attack Mephiles until his health is fully depleted in order to progress the stage to the next part of the battle.

For the second part of the battle, the player controls Omega while Mephiles remains in his physical form for the entirety of the fight. Mephiles will try to hide behind his horde of underlings, so use Omega’s Lock-On Shot to keep the distance and target multiple enemies. As long as Mephiles is directly in front of the player when in the targeting phase, one of the shots is likely to hit him when the player release the attack button. After the player strikes Mephiles a couple of times, he sends forth his shadows to dive at the player. When this happens, run around the arena to avoid getting pelted by them as they smash down towards the ground. Mephiles also fires the purple energy balls at the player. These balls move in a straight line, so as long as the player keeps moving, none of them will hit Omega. Do not try to target Mephiles during this attack, because as soon as the player slows down to line up a shot, he will blast Omega with a purple ball. Keep repeating this until Mephiles is defeated.

It should be noted that in Shadow Boss Attack, only the first part of the fight is played.

Music[]

Name Artist(s) Length Music track
"[Boss] Mephiles" Hideaki Kobayashi 2:48

Video[]


Mephiles Phase 2[]

I'll make sure you regret this, Shadow the Hedgehog.


— Mephiles the Dark, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Boss guide[]

The player will not be able to damage Mephiles when the battle begins as he will simply block any attacks from the player. Rather, the player should pick up Rings around the arena. Eventually, the shadows hovering around in the air will begin to fall and dive into the arena at random areas, damaging the player on contact. Afterwards, Mephiles himself will dive and disappear into the ground. Soon, up to four Mephiles's monstrous form enemies begin to form from the ground at four different points of the arena. After some time, they will attack by firing a laser out of their eyes or slamming their hands at the ground. As they prepare to attack though, the player should attack their flashing "eye-like" cores (ideally with the Homing Attack and Chaos Attack combo). The player has to defeat enough of them to earn Light Cores to fill up the Action Gauge in order to use the Chaos Boost.[3]

Once the Chaos Boost is activated, the ground returns to normal and any of the monstrous form enemies will dissipate.[4] Mephiles will spawn up from the ground, allowing the player to attack him. If the Action Gauge is depleted, the player would need to repeat the above to fill the Action Gauge to use Chaos Boost again. Much like the previous battle, if the player attacks Mephiles a few times, he will move around the arena to get away from the player and will try to fight back. He can unleash purple energy balls across the arena, sometimes attacking with multiple clones in order to distract the player from hitting his real self. Towards the end, Mephiles will move slowly into the air in a spiral motion, releasing a clone at intervals. The player will need to follow Mephiles using the Homing Attack at the clones as "steps" to reach Mephiles to deal the final blow and defeat him.

Trivia[]

  • In the "Mephiles Phase 2" battle, a glitch occurs if the player uses Chaos Snap on Mephiles repeatedly in quick succession when he is flying above Shadow, which will cause the ground to turn black and the player to fall into a bottomless pit.

Music[]

Name Artist(s) Length Music track
"[Boss] Mephiles Phase 2" Hideaki Kobayashi 3:50

Video[]


References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sonic Team, Blindlight (14 November 2006) Sonic the Hedgehog. Xbox 360. Sega. Area/Level: Mephiles Phase 1. "Shadow: Defeating Mephiles' shadows will build up the Chaos Gauge. When the Chaos Gauge is full, use the right trigger to do a Chaos Boost. In this state, where I'm radiating power, I should be able to drag him out of my shadow."
  2. Sonic Team, Blindlight (14 November 2006) Sonic the Hedgehog. Xbox 360. Sega. Area/Level: Mephiles Phase 1. "Shadow: Now that he's materialized, he's faster. But my Chaos Spear should be able to stop him..."
  3. Sonic Team, Blindlight (14 November 2006) Sonic the Hedgehog. Xbox 360. Sega. Area/Level: Mephiles Phase 2. "Rouge: You'll have to defeat that big one if you want to build up your Chaos Gauge. I bet his weak point is that eye. Watch it carefully, and when it opens, attack it!""
  4. Sonic Team, Blindlight (14 November 2006) Sonic the Hedgehog. Xbox 360. Sega. Area/Level: Mephiles Phase 2. "Omega: You should be able to get rid of these shadows with your Chaos Boost."

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