Circuit Man (Rock Force)

**Circuit Man** is one of the earliest Robot Masters created outside of Light Labs and has worked for many years in a circuit manufacturing plant. His workplace creates many circuits intended for a series of larger machines, but recently these machines have begun going out of style. Circuit Man now fears that he may be scrapped soon once the demand for his specialty circuits completely diminishes. Despite his power to manufacture, lift, and destroy circuits, his older design is somewhat crude and exposing, making even minor electromagnetism a threat to his well-being.

## Appearances

### *Mega Man Rock Force*

#### Attack Pattern

Circuit Man has a simple pattern, as his only method of movement is to jump in the general direction of the player. After 1-3 jumps, he will use one of his attacks. He may pick up a Circuit Block (which gets thrown to him from the bottom of offscreen) and throw it along the ground. The Circuit Block slides until it explodes against a wall. Circuit Man has an aerial version of this attack where the Circuit Block is thrown above him, then he will jump to it and throw it directly at the player. Circuit Man's other attack is the Circuit Breaker combo. He will lift one of his hands up, then throw a Circuit Breaker in the direction the arm was facing. The Circuit Breaker travels straight forward and explodes with whatever it hits. Once Circuit Man throws a Circuit Breaker, he will do the same with his other hand, and finish off by throwing Circuit Breakers from both hands. Circuit Man can also throw Circuit Breakers downwards during a jump; the player can see this coming by paying attention to his legs.

On Easy Mode, the startup and endlag of his moves are significantly increased, making him a lot slower as a result. He never uses the aerial versions of Circuit Breaker and Circuit Block. When he uses the grounded Circuit Breaker, he will only throw in both directions at once.

On Hard Mode, the startup and endlag of his moves are significantly decreased, making him a lot faster as a result. He throws his Circuit Block right away, though he does not seem to use the aerial version. His regular jumps are a lot shorter in height, though his Circuit Breaker jumps are still very high.

Upon beating Circuit Man, Cut Man is freed and can be used moving forward.

#### Weaknesses

He is weak to Pulse Stopper and Tornado Man's Gyro Attack.

#### Weapon

His weapon is Circuit Breaker, which allows Mega Man to throw Circuit Breakers on both sides of him. It uses up 2 bars of ammo per use.

#### Fusion Masters

If any of the cardinal Robot Masters are defeated last (Circuit Man included), he fuses with Shock Man to create Power Man.

If any of the diagonal Robot Masters are defeated last, Charade Man fuses with Circuit Man to create Port Man.

## Trivia

* Circuit Man's stage was the very first stage completed for *Mega Man Rock Force*.
* Circuit Man's weakness to Pulse Stopper makes sense if you think about the name of the weapon literally stopping the pulses of a circuit, thus preventing it from functioning.
* His stage's music theme was first composed by symfonikev as a free-to-use piece, though it was first named "Stage 46 (Original)."