Armament Claw

Armament Claw
Stage	Bio-Base
BGM	Recalcitrance
Previous	Evil Core
Next	Faust

Armament Claw (アーマメント・クロー, Āmamento Kurō^?) is the ninth and penultimate boss from Thunder Force IV.

Details

Armament Claw appears as a large crab-like mecha. In the first phase of the fight the player must get behind it and destroy its laser cannons on the back. After this the boss will move back to the right of the screen and begin shooting a spread of bullets from its core and a barrage of small cannon shells before firing two streams of fire forward. Once the core's protection is destroyed it will begin opening and closing its arms, firing the cannon shells and pouncing the player. Eventually one of the claws will be destroyed, so the boss will once again change its pattern, firing the cannon shells at the player and a stream of fire in a clockwise motion. Upon the boss being destroyed, it will try one last-ditch attack by slowly moving towards the player to crush them before it self-destructs along with the base itself.

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Trivia

• The more damage the Armament Claw receives, the more damaged it becomes. This is the indirect indication of this boss' health.