The first of the Elite Four mounts a gigantic leaping vehicle. In its first phase, a quadrupedal (four-legged) form, there are two attack patterns, the first of which consists of jumping around the screen and firing three mortar cannons as well as a forward gun, all of which have to be destroyed with your lock on weapons. Before you destroy the four targets, consider take out the mech's front legs. Their destruction is required to achieve 100% hit rate but otherwise they do not serve to damage the machine whatsoever. Occasionally the mech will make a large leap directly at you and release energy orbs all around it when it lands.