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[[File:Boost_Ball_Guardian.jpg|left|thumb|The Boost Ball Guardian during the fight's opening cinematic.]]
[[File:Boost_Ball_Guardian.jpg|left|thumb|The Boost Ball Guardian during the fight's opening cinematic.]]


The Boost Guardian's defining characteristic is its ability to use the Boost Ball attack.  Samus cannot inflict damage on the Guardian while it is in its Boost Ball form.  The Guardian will continually boost, though it will disintegrate into a shadow puddle momentarily between bouts of boosting.  The only way Samus can break the cycle herself is by dropping [[Morph Ball Bomb]]s onto floor near the boss's puddle form.  This does not inflict actual damage upon the Guardian, but it does force it into its more vulnerable standard form.  Once Samus has forced it to stand up, a brief cutscene will play and Samus will begin the proceeding fight in her typical form, facing the Boost Guardian.  On the occasion that the Boost Guardian resumes its normal form by its own will, Samus must manually shift out of her [[Morph Ball]], as the game will not play the cutscene.  The Boost Guardian will occasionally spawn [[Inglets|inglets]], which Samus can kill for slight health and ammo boosts.
The Boost Guardian's defining characteristic is its ability to use the Boost Ball attack.  Samus cannot inflict damage on the Guardian while it is in its Boost Ball form.  The Guardian will continually boost, though it will disintegrate into a shadow puddle momentarily between bouts of boosting.  The only way Samus can break the cycle herself is by dropping [[Morph Ball Bomb]]s onto floor near the boss's puddle form.  This does not inflict actual damage upon the Guardian, but it does force it into its more vulnerable standard form.  Once Samus has forced it to stand up, a brief cutscene will play and Samus will begin the proceeding fight in her typical form, facing the Boost Guardian.  On the occasion that the Boost Guardian resumes its normal form by its own will, Samus must manually shift out of her [[Morph Ball]], as the game will not play the cutscene.  When one of the four pillars in the room is destroyed, [[Inglet]]s may appear, which Samus can kill for slight health and ammo boosts.


[[File:Boost_Ball_MP2E.jpg‎|right|thumb|The Boost Ball powerup directly after the Guardian's defeat.]]
[[File:Boost_Ball_MP2E.jpg‎|right|thumb|The Boost Ball powerup directly after the Guardian's defeat.]]