Titanic Monarch Zone Boss

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Titanic Monarch Zone Boss

Titanic Monarch Zone Boss
Game: Sonic Mania
Level: [[Titanic Monarch Zone]]
Hits to defeat: 16

Sonic Mania's pseudo final boss (penultimate boss if confronted with Sonic and all seven Chaos emeralds), the Phantom Egg is a fearsome bodysuit worn by Eggman, suspended in the air by four appendages, and powered by the Phantom ruby

Defeat Strategy

When the boss begins, the Phantom Egg is surrounded by an impenetrable red shield that deflects all attacks, including from super characters. In this state, the doctor hops around the room, occasionally firing the four missiles on his back at the heroes, leaving visible crosshairs where they will strike. Eventually the scientist lands, electrifies the appendages, and removes the barrier; the appendages become deenergized shortly before the shield goes back up, buying the heroes a chance to land a hit or two before it becomes invincible again (alternately, super characters or those with Lightning shields can attack the doctor for the duration of the time his shield is down). Occasionally, Eggman will produce two phantom hands that will drift towards the player until he grabs them, warping them to another room temporarily to be attacked by one of the Hard Boiled Heavies - Heavy Gunner attacks with rockets fired from the background, Heavy Shinobi bounces or charges around the room as a giant shriuken and occasionally fires the spines off temporarily before summoning them back to himself, Heavy Magician has three enormous cups that spin around each other before revealing herself (the other two fire enormous lasers), and Heavy Rider will place the hero on an autoscrolling obstacle course that continues until he hits a wall. If the player survived the attack by the heavy, they are warped back to Eggman and the fight resumes.

Dealing four hits will destroy one of the Phantom Egg's appendages and make it easier to strike the doctor; the eighth hit destroys the second appendage (allowing Eggman to float in midair at times instead of bouncing), the twelfth hit blows the third appendage off, and landing the sixteenth and final hit destroys the machine outright. If the player is Sonic with all seven Chaos emeralds, the Emeralds will interact with the Ruby and warp Sonic, Eggman, and Heavy King to Egg Reverie zone; otherwise the Phantom Egg cracks and drops a tantruming doctor on the ground, prompting the player to flee with the other heroes in a rocket car nearby as Titanic Monarch goes up in flames.