The Champion of their Class: Rockman 6 to Rockman 10

Wily Emblem thanks to Joseph Collins

               Through Rockman 1 to 5, it appears that the Wily Robot Army is mastered by fast moving, blade wielding warriors.  With robots like Quickman and Ringman, slashing your opponent in half at mach speed was shaping up to be the winning strategy.  But in this next look at Wily Boss Robot Champions, access to raw energy and overwhelming them with it's barrage will likewise prove to be an extremely good method of success in the development of powerful warrior robots. 

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Rockman 6: DWN 054 Flameman

Art By: RotiX

              Competition among the contenders for the First Annual Robot Tournament is fierce, but the one that manages to stand out in my mind is Flameman.  This Thermal Energy Generator Robot scorches his competition with his high energy output.   His specialty arms Flame Blast covers both offense and defense, and even easily overpowers and deflects a fully charged shot from the Hyper Rockbuster.

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Known Special Attacks:

1. Flame Blast: A series of intense flame geysers that burn in a trail.  They move rapidly and in random variable distance from each other, making dodging difficult. The flame is intense enough to repel energy attacks. (Rockman 6)
2. *Flame Burst: A flaming fireball projectile (Rockman 6)

Rockman 7: DWN049 Freezeman

Art By: ナポ

               Ready to freeze his foes in their tracks,  Freezeman is an icy battle machine who was in part responsible of breaking Dr. Wily out of prison.  Unlike many of the other Champions on this list, Freezeman is here for his combat skills and dexterity.  Being an experimental energy production research robot, this robot cleverly utilizes ice (and his own immunity to it) strategically to limit his opponents movements while rushing them.

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_Known Special Attacks:

1. Freeze Cracker: An ice crystal bullet with fragmenting capabilities. Both bullet and it's shrapnel are able to encase their targets in a coat of ice, locking them in place. (Rockman 7, Power Battle)
2. *Terrain Frost: A powerful burst of cold used to encase surfaces in ice.  Seen used to make the floor slippery, freeze feet in place, and to create raining icicles from stalactmite riddled ceilings. (Rockman 7, Power Battle)
3. *Icicle Rain: Launched into the air, this attack produces a rain of sharp icicles from the sky. Used when a stalactmine ceiling isn't available. (Power Battle)

Rockman 8: DWN 058 Astroman

Art By: norfe

              While he is definitely the biggest coward of all of Boss Robots Wily has used for his conquests, Astroman makes up for it many times over with his power and unique abilities. As I had mentioned before,  Astroman is a master of the Astral Manipulation.  Be it Astral Projection, Teleportation, or Portals, Astroman has his field stacked against his foes with virtually another dimension at his disposal. 

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_Known Special Attacks:

1. Astro Crush:  Produces en-mass, a rain of Astral Projection Clones from above.  It has devastating attack power and covers a wide area. (Rockman 8)
2. Copy Vision: Produces an Astral Projection Clone of himself capable of shooting energy bullets to their own will.  Multiples can be made for simultaneous attacks. (Rockman & Forte)
3. *Astro Shot: A sparkling energy bullet that are projected from the hands.(Rockman & Forte)
4. *Orbit Bits:  Twin floating orbs that are extensions of Astroman.  They can move freely for physical strikes or release Astro Shot. (Rockman 8, Rockman & Forte)
5. *Teleportation:  Exactly what mechanism is never explained, but Astroman can blink from one location of a battlefield to another, and do so quickly. (Rockman 8)
6. *Shululun Hole: A beam of energy that produces an astral portal for a shululun robot to enter combat.(Rockman & Forte)

Rockman 9: DRN 068 Plugman

Art By: imbisibol

            It would seem Dr. Right's electric focused robots usually prove the most capable in combat, as this is the case with Plugman.  This Product Inspector Robot's electric controls abilities allows him to manipulate the powerful Plug Ball, a high energy weapon that is capable of moving rapidly and swarming opponents.  Most don't survive long against Plugman's high pressure fighting style.

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_Known Special Attack:

1. Plug Ball: A fast terrain crawling electric orb.  The direction of their movements can be influenced by Plugman.    (Rockman 9)

Rockman 10: DWN 080 Solarman

Art By: まるは

              With "all the powers of the sun", eclipsing this combatant is one definitely no easy task.  This Experimental Energy Research Robot specializes in energy harvesting, which allowing him to absorb energy attacks with little effort and turn it against his opponents.  A max output wave from his Solar Blaze can take out Rockman in merely four hits!

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_Known Special Attack:

1. Solar Blaze: A ball of solar energy is formed over the crown on his head.  It can absorb energy projectiles to add to it's power.  When released, it will split into twin waves of hot solar energy.  (Rockman 10)