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I know I said that updates would be frequent but what can I say I lied about that. No actually the only reason I am even updating this Faq is so I can tell you about my website that I did instead of updating this Faq. You can find my website at--> http://www.geocities.com/timessquare/ring/2088. Please go and let me know what you think!! Oh I also changed some stuff I had wrong or wasn't sure about, so thanks to those people who told me where I fucked up! Version 1.0 Set up the basic look of the Faq and did some of the strategies. I also put up some combos but there should be more at some time. I should be updating frequently! _____________________________________________________________________________ Oh email me at IrishRagan@aol.com or even PicABoo999@aol.com! Either will work but you will be answered quicker if you emial me at IrishRagan@aol.com! So thanks! _____________________________________________________________________________ Contents: 1) Basic Info 2) Legend 3) Basic Moves 4) Super Moves 5) Combos 6) Basic info on playing Megaman 7) Basic Strategy 8) Character Strategy 9) Copyright 10) Credits _____________________________________________________________________________ Basic Info: He's small, annoying but fun. If you play him good and win he is fun to use, but if you get beat badly you will get frustrated because you will think if you used somebody bigger you might have had a better chance. Don't get mad just keep with it, if you do you will be rewarded with wins. OK for you people that never played a Megaman (Rockman) Platform game, I will tell you Megaman's History! Megaman was the Mechanic Bot for Dr. Light and Dr. Wiley but Dr. Wiley went crazy and took all the bots that he could make into bots that could do massive damage to stuff. He left Megaman and Roll, who he thought were useless which they were before Dr. Light changed them!! Dr. Light knew he had to stop Dr. Wiley so he made Megaman into a combat effective bot. So it came to that Megaman became the Man and continually saved the day!! And if you ever played a Megaman Platform game you would probably know that! _____________________________________________________________________________ Legend: LP Light Punch MP Medium Punch HP Heavy Punch LK Light Kick MK Medium Kick HK Heavy Kick PPP All Punches KKK All Kicks C Crouching J Jumping F Forward B Back U Up D Down DS Dashing Dash F,F Roll B,DB,D+P Super Jump D,U or KKK Push Block PPP While Blocking _____________________________________________________________________________ Basic Moves: Mega Buster: HP This is the most useful move that Megaman has. It is useless uncharged however because it does very little to no block damage. The more you charge it the more hits and damage you do and the longer you have to go into a super move. Mega Upper: F,D,DF+P All this is, is Megaman's version of the Dragon Punch. If you miss your screwed because it is just like any other Dragon Punch move if you miss. All though you trade recovery time for damage so use this move carefully! Item/Weapon Change: D,DB,B+K Some little robot thing from his platform games runs out and throws out some little bubble that has a new item in it. Depending on which kick you use you will get a different item. Short gets you some useless ball thing, forward gives you the tornado hold, which you start with, and roundhouse gives you the Leaf shield. The leaf shield is the most useful in my opinion followed closely by the tornado hold. Now the ball I have not found a use for so if I were you I would just not even try to use it. Item/Weapon Use: D,DF,F+P This will use whatever you have equipped as your item. You will use that item until you change to a different one. Rockbal: He drops a ball and then kicks it, it bounces off the walls two or three times then disappears or hits your opponent and then disappears. I have only actually hit my opponent with it once or twice so I can't tell how much damage it does. Tornado Hold: This is what you start with every round. He throws something onto the ground and it shoots up a column of wind. The distance he throws it depends on which button you use, you will get a greater distance with the stronger buttons. This is a great move if you want to play keep away or you need something to set up the charged Mega Buster. Leaf Shield: This is the most useful one if you want to do fat damage or you are getting your butt kicked by a hack and slash character. You can take one physical hit without damage or sometimes even a fireball. This shield will stay for a while, until you get hit or until you shoot it. This move will hit 8 times and will go through any other normal fireball. This is great to link in combos. _____________________________________________________________________________ Super Moves: Hyper Megaman: D,DF,F+2P (Level One) Megaman turns into a giant robot and fries his opponent. If you remember Iron Man's super from past games you can hit him right into the beam if your opponent is to close. It can be tied to almost any combo and it does a great deal of damage, this is pretty much the only super I use of Megamans. Rush Drill: D,DF,F+2K(Level One) His little dog from the platform games turns into a drill and Megaman jumps into him. You are invincible while you are in the drill. You control the drill while the super is going on. You can hit them while the, are on the ground and do a lot of block damage if the block all of it. Beat Plane: D,DB,B+2K(Level One) Megaman's bird Beat flies in and turns into the Beat Plane and Megaman jumps in. You control it and fire with buttons. It is the most useless super of Megaman's I think but it is the funniest!! It is useful if you get behind a character and want to do decent damage and piss your opponent off!! _____________________________________________________________________________ Combos: Ground Magic Seris: Stronger Jump Magic Series: ZigZag Superjump Magic Series: ZigZag Simple But Affective Combos D.S.Jab, S.Strong, Mega Buster You can charge the Mega Buster to do more damage! C.Short, Forward, Roundhouse, (OTG)Tornado Hold(LK) S.Roundhouse /\ S.J.Jab, Short, Strong, Forward, Mega Buster Once again you can Charge the Mega Buster for more damage! Charge Mega Buster, C.Roundhouse-->Mega Buster Release(OTG) Cheap as fuck if the Mega Buster is charged a lot!! Should be able to go into the Rush Drill, don't know just thought about it now, maybe even a Hyper Megaman!!! Somebody needs to tell me!! Harder Combos Activate Leaf Shield, D.S.Short, Forward, Rounhouse /\ S.J.Jab, Short, Strong, Forward, Leaf Shield D.C.Short, C.Forward, C.Roundhouse, (OTG) Rush Drill D.S.Short, S.Rounhouse /\ S.J.Jab, Strong, Hyper Megaman(air) Charge Mega Buster, Jab Tornado Hold-->Mega Buster Release--> Hyper Megaman The Mega Buster has to be charged enough for it to keep hitting your opponent to be hit by the Hyper Megaman. I recommednd about 7 hits to gaurentee the Hyper Megaman to hit! I have done this but it is rather complicated because it will not work if the Mega Buster is not timed right or isn;t charged enough! In corner only: Tornado Hold, S.Roundhouse/\ SJ.Jab, SJ.Strong, SJ.Forward-->Me ga Buster/Roundhouse/Leaf Shield(must have activated for it to be put in the combo to do damage!) It just works good!!! _____________________________________________________________________________ Basic info on playing Megaman: There are three ways to play Megaman that I know of. Some work better for different people. Now I don't use just one of these methodes of playing Megaman. I trade off between charging the Mega Buster and getting in the other characters faces and playing keep away with them. However I use the charged Mega Buster method a lot more because it seems to be a lot more effective. The way I tell you how to play him is the way I find the best to use him is the way I will be doing the strategy. The first way is my way. It is to always be charging the Mega Buster. For some people this may not work because they want to do all the attacking and no running, but I found that this is the only way to do great deals of damage with Megaman. Another way to play Megaman is the keep away game.I also use this methode too just not as often. In this method you will be using the Tornado Hold a lot more. I personally find this way to be annoying and it seems like a way for pussys to play Megaman. That is if this is the only way you play with Megaman. Another way I have seen to play Megaman that was effective was to overload the screen with fireballs. This method uses Megaman's ability to have more than one fireball on the screen at once. ______________________________________________________________________________ Basic Strategy Megaman's basic strategy is to charge the Mega Buster, set it up using a combo and let it rip to tear the guy a new asshole! This doesn't seem to be the one that is used most though, it seems like most people who use Megaman use him the way I hate and find very annoying, although I tend to use it sometimes. It is the keep away methode. They don't charge the Mega Buster instead they tak e advantage of his ability to shoot two fireballs onto the screen at once. They also are the ones that use the Tornado hold to keep you away from them. I hate this way of using Megaman but yet when I am being overwhelmed by Wolverine or Spiderman I use this strategy to ease the attcks and give me a chance to do something other than get the shit kicked out of me. Another way to use him is to just run around charging the Mega Buster and wait for them to attack and make a mistake and bust him with the Mega Buster into a super. I tend to use this the most because it pisses people off and it is so easy to do good damage if you have the super meter charged up. ______________________________________________________________________________ Strategy Against Characters Hulk: Hulk is one of the easist characters to beat if you play him early in the game if of course you are playing the computer. The computer is so stupid when the use him early in the game it is scary. Just jump around and charge the Mega Buster and when it is charged jump in kick, do the slide and if it hits release the Mega Buster. Or you can just wait for him to be stupid like he does oh so well and then hit him with the Hyper Megaman! If you are playing against someone that is any good with Hulk it becomes a whole different ball game and you have to look for patterns that he is using and figure out a way to combat it. If you lose to somebody using Hulk that is any good don't get mad, just go with the flow. I know how it feels to feel the power of Hulk being my friend sp anks me with him on a regular bases!!! Zangief: Zangief tends to be an easier character to beat whether he is being us ed by a player or the computer. This is because all of the major damage he does is throws so all you have to do is keep from being stuck in the corner so that he can run in a grab you. This is the character that I just play keep away with because when the computer uses him you can do like most people did in Street Fighter 2 to beat him, just throw fireballs at him cuz he just walks straight into them. No if a person is using Zangief you can use the same methode to beat him. Mega Zangief:Mega Zangief is the character that is the easiest to beat. He can' t block but he can walk through supers, so you have to be albe to judge your rang e on the Tornado hold and just throw those out there and when you have the super meters just let the supers rip and teach him how much more powerful Megaman is than Mega Zangief!! Venom:Well what can I say than not to get hit by the grab of hos where he puts you into the web cocoon. If he does get it on you shake the joystick to get out of it and make sure you block after you get out of it. If he gets you into the grab look out for an air combo. Other than that you have to find a way that sui ts your needs for beating Venom whether the computer uses him or a player is using him. When I play somebody that is good with Venom it usually comes down to how good I am with my other character. Spiderman:I hate people that use this little bastard, they are almost as bad as the people that use Wolverine. But it is easy enough to beat him, just charge the Mega Buster and when they jump in on you block high and then go straight to a low block. If somebody uses a different combo other than this on you please t ell me because I have yet to see one. Most good players will go to an air combo the n a shot that will put you on the ground into another air combo. So if this happe ns be sure to roll away from where you landed or where he is dropping to. Wolverine:Well if you actually read the part about Spiderman you know I hate hi m. But I have found a way of beating him. Sure they will get all up in your face a nd try to overwhelm you. That must be like a law to people who use Wolverine. But most people who use him aren't prepared for the same thing to happen to them when yo u are using Megaman, so just get all up into them and don't let them take the offensi ve. You either have to be all defensive and wait for them to make a mistake or you have to be all ofensive and take the chance of making a mistake!! If you don't like taking the offensive then the all defensive methode would probably work better for you along with making you feel safer. Ryu:Oh yeah!! If you can't beat Ryu in this game you shouldn't play to often!! For the very reason that Ryu has been around since Street Fighter, which was about 11 years ago. So if you can't beat him you are seriously having problems. But I am not saying that he is easy to beat, actually he is one of the hardest people to bea t I think. If you want to lose to an all around character this is the man to do it to. But anyways getting to beating him. Pretty much you have to figure out a way to beat him yourself. This is because he has been around so long that a lot of people h ave had a lot of time to figure out a way to play with him that is a little different f rom a way that somebody else uses him. I still have trouble beating him and I really hope I always will because otherwise it will show that Capcom is finially making him weaker which would be a major downfall to how games are played!!!!! Captain Commando: Ok this guy really screws with the way I use Megaman!! He is such a major keep away character that it hard to get close to him to sweep him and hit him with the charged Mega Buster! This is pretty much bullshit if the compu ter is using him however for the very reason that the computer doesn't play keep aw ay that often!! If you are fighting a person who is good with CapCom you will need to keep from getting into the habit of using the same technique forattacking him. Pretty much you want to change your plan of attack in the middle of battle so y ou don't get into a pattern of attack. When you super jump in to attack him, which is the best way I have found to ataack him, you should hold back to block that dam n Captian Corridor!! Other than that you really don't have to worry to much!! Exc ept for the all mighty Combo of the Supers which is his Captian Storm into a short into the Luancher into the Captian Sword!! Talk about massive damage!! Chun Li:What can I say she is fast and annoying. But somewhat simple to beat. Just make sure you block high for the flip kick!! Also you must remember that she can triple jump or some amount like that. So when you go to hit her with a super I don't recommend doing it just out of nowhere unless you know she will have to block the super otherwise she will get behind you and hit you with the ball super!! I t is somewhat safe to jump into her but I just hang back and keep it so they can't j ump by using Megaman's advantage of being able to have more than one fireball on th e screen. I keep them pinned to the far corner by jumping using the Mega Buster then thro wing one when you are on or near the ground. If they can't get to you they can't rea lly hurt you. War Machine:Well he is powerful but is slow!! All you have to do is make sure y ou block when you jump in unless you are sure he is not going to do the Proton Cannon. I f you get hit by the Proton Cannon coming down it is just like the Hyper Megaman, it set you right into the beam and you take the full effect of the super which I hate to say it but is possibly the most in the game! If War Machine starts to fly all you r eally can do is jump and shoot Mega Buster blasts trying to knock him out of the air or you can do the Beat Plane which is rather effective for this use (actually I think this is the only real use for this super)!!! If War Machine jumps in on you figure he i s going to use the knee thing in on you. I forget what it is called but the jets bast f rom his feet and he dives down with his knees. If you have good timing you can hit him with a Mega Upper or you can just block and then hit him with the Upper (I am not sure if that works I will have to find out for sure)!! If he flys and does the Smart bombs j ust dash under him and initiate the Hyper Megaman, although if you are fighting a smart opponent or the computer this won't work most of the time but you might get lucky but yo u are probably better off just getting under him and doing a Mega Upper or staying wh ere he can't hit you! Jin:There isn't much I can say about Jin. I think he is one of the weakest char acters in the game unless of course he is used by somebody that has mastered him. But he is still rather easy to defeat! Pretty much all you have to do is make sure you bl ock the Tornado Drill because otherwise they will keep hitting you with hit and pretty much fuck you! Most of his moves are just simple push button moves so you really don't ha ve to worry a lot about major damage because it always seems that an easy move to do does little damage! But he has so many that if you get hit by one you get screwed.yo u have to watch out for all of his supers because when you get hit you take a good amo unt of damage on all of them. The most has to be the Blodia Vulcan because once you ge t hit once you keep getting hit. The best thing about it is the way he get s the site on y ou after he hops into the Mechs cockpit and it shows his view, so even if you get hit by it at least enjoy the scene because you have to admit it is cool!! Morrigan:Well I like using her so I really don't want to tell you all that much but since my main character is Megaman I will tell you!! Well I really can't tell y ou that much, for the very reason that she is like Ryu, there are a lot of different wa ys to play her. But you can bet for sure that when they get in a jam they will super jump in the air and throw fireball after fireball. When they do this you really don' t have any choice but to block and jump over the ones you can. Although you can super jump and do the beat plane super and try to shoot her out of the air. You can effectivly do this because her fireballs go down unlike Ryu's which goes straight across the scree n. If they stop throwing the fireballs and drops to the ground follow them and try to get the most out of your super. If they super jump up and drift over you, you should either block or try to do the Hyper Megaman and hope you hit them into the beam which I do quit e often which pisses people off a lot. And most of all make sure you remember that she has the air dash because if they jump and you initiate a super and they get behind you, you are effectivly screwed. Gambit:Well damn it I have to tell you how to beat him too!! I like using him m ore than Morrigan!!!! Gambit, ok you have to watch out for the sweep into the Royal Flush. If he sweeps you, you might want to roll or something because otherwise you cou ld suck a major super. And that super does do a lot of damage!! A lot of Gambits could combos tend to be started by dashing in. So you need to watch out for that and a the l auncher from him. If you get launched I recommend trying to come down with a block or y ou can get hit by an air combo. But if you get launched you are most likely not going to have enough time to block the air combo but it is always worth a try. The biggest th ing you don't want to do is try to counter the air combo because Gambit has so high of a priority in the air and on the ground. If you can and don't mind it too much I would recommend using the keep away methode against Gambit. At least in my expirence he does the majority of his damage in close and not far away, so it is best to keep him at bay in the corner. If you can do this and have good success at it then you should h ave no problem beating Gambit eventually or running him to the time and if you do good damage with your partner it shouldn't be a problem. Captain America:You know I think this might be the hardest character for me to beat with Megaman!! He is almost exactly like Ryu just his moves look different but he is basically the same. So accordingly I play him the same and it works the majori ty of the time. So if you want to know how to beat him just look at what I told you t o do to beat Ryu because thatis all I would tell you here so it saves me time and yo u having to read stuff twice! Strider:Out of all the characters in the game I hate Strider the most. He is al most as easy to use as Wolverine. Luckily it is hard to combo his supers so you are pretty safe there. I don't think I have any place to tell you how to beat a good Strid er player so if you know how to let me know. I would tell you how to but when I be at a good Strider player with Megaman I get lucky as hell!!! So if you know how to email me and let me know so I can tell everybody else. _____________________________________________________________________________ Copyright: I wrote with my knowledge of the game and by playing it. So if you use great and if you take stuff out give me some kind of credit. Ummmm, oh, Ryu and them belong to Capcom and the rest of the characters belong to Marvel! _____________________________________________________________________________ Credits; I would like to thank my friends for playing against me and helping me learn by spanking me. They also showed me some different ways to play Megaman so, thanks guys! I would also like to give credit to all of the people that made other faqs for this game because I didn't directly use information for this faq but I have read many faqs and used knowledge of reading those and put it into my faq. So thanks to all those people who wrote faqs that I read before I had the money to learn on my own.