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Weapon analysis
When you start the game, the Mega Buster is all you have. Its projectiles aren't particularly useful. If you're looking for a little challenge, this weapon is enough to finish the game with, even if it's a bit difficult.
R.E. stands for "required energy". Every special weapon has an energy bar with 28 units: the required energy is the number of units used up every time the weapon is shot.
| Weapon | Robot Master | Trajectory | Effect | R.E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mega Buster
|
Mega Man | (Straight) | Charge up: press and hold  ; to get the most out of this, charge it up to do three times the damage.
|
0 |
 Flame Blast
|
Flame Man | Arc: it shoots in an arc; when the projectile hits the ground or a wall, it erupts into flames vertically or horizontally, respectively. | Wall destroyer: it can melt ice walls to access some side areas. | 1 |
 Blizzard Attack
|
Blizzard Man | Wide: it shoots four small snowflakes from behind Mega Man to the direction in which he's facing at angles. | Gabyoall: it's the only weapon that can destroy them. | 3 |
 Plant Barrier
|
Plant Man | Barrier: a shield weapon; it disappears when it hits an enemy (or absorbs a projectile). | Shield: it also absorbs projectiles. | 4 |
 Silver Tomahawk
|
Tomahawk Man | Parabolic: when shot, it flies in front of Mega Man in a parable shape therefore flying up into the sky. | - | 1 |
 Yamato Spear
|
Yamato Man | (Straight, but at two slightly different heights.) | Piercer: it pierces the shields or barriers of armored enemies. | 1 |
 Knight Crush
|
Knight Man | Multi-directional, boomerang: it can be shot in three directions (forward, fwd-up, fwd-down); press  or  while shooting; the projectile will turn counterclockwise and come back to Mega Man.
|
- | 1 |
 Centaur Flash
|
Centaur Man | Full-screen: it damages every enemy on the screen. | - | 4 |
 Wind Storm
|
Wind Man | Along floor: it is a small tornado that moves along floors; it bounces back if it hits an armored robot. | - | 1 |
Damage chart
Cells in green highlight the most effective weapon against a boss. Cells in red highlight the weapon obtained from the same Robot Master.
| M. Buster |
Rush Power |
F. Blast |
B. Attack |
P. Barrier |
Silver T. |
Y. Spear |
K. Crush |
C. Flash |
W. Storm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Req. en. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Flame Man | 1;3 | 2;2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Blizzard Man | 1;3 | 2;2 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Plant Man | 1;3 | 2;2 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tomahawk Man | 1;3 | 2;2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Yamato Man | 1;3 | 2;2 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Knight Man | 1;3 | 2;2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Centaur Man | 1;3 | 2;2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Wind Man | 1;3 | 2;2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| M. Buster |
Rush Power |
F. Blast |
B. Attack |
P. Barrier |
Silver T. |
Y. Spear |
K. Crush |
C. Flash |
W. Storm | |
| Rounder 2 | 1;3 | 2;4 | ||||||||
| Power Piston | 1;3 | 2;4 | ||||||||
| Metonger Z[1] | 1;3 | 2;4 | ||||||||
| X's Crusher | 1;3 | 2;4 | ||||||||
| Mechasaurus | 1;3 | 2;1 | ||||||||
| Tank Type-CS2 | 1;3 | 2;4 | ||||||||
| Wily's Machine | 1;3 | 2;4 | ||||||||
| M. Buster |
Rush Power |
F. Blast |
B. Attack |
P. Barrier |
Silver T. |
Y. Spear |
K. Crush |
C. Flash |
W. Storm |
- ↑ Metonger Z is a refernce to the very famous manga and anime Mazinger Z by the equally famous Go Nagai.