Fire Man

**Fire Man** (ファイヤーマン *Faiyāman*) is a Robot Master from the original *Mega Man*. He was built by Dr. Light to work in an incinerator at a waste management facility and is able to wield flames that can reach 7000-8000 degrees. Fire Man can melt or burn through almost anything with his Special Weapon, the Fire Storm, whose weapon system excellently combines offense and defense. Fire Man's and Bomb Man's development began at the same time, and despite being warned by Rock that working with both explosives and fire could be dangerous, Dr. Light went on believing that Ice Man could handle the situation in case anything happened. A few flash fires did occur, but Ice Man ran away saying he doesn't like saunas.

A hot-blooded and charismatic, albeit hot-tempered individual, Fire Man sees himself as something of a hero, obsessed with fire and the ideals of justice, often referring to himself as the "Flame of Justice". He enjoys camping in the summer, but has a particular dislike for rainy days and the cold, particularly from his weakness, the Ice Slasher.

## CD Data

 **Dislike:** | Rainy day

## Official Appearances

### *Mega Man*

#### Attack Pattern

Fire Man is one of the easiest bosses in the game, but his difficulty is wildly dependent on how much you know about his pattern. Fire Man’s movement is restricted to walking back and forth, and he will continue to do this until he is triggered to attack. He will only attack if he takes damage, or the player crosses a set distance. He will attack by shooting a huge Fire Storm wave, which quickly travels forward. Upon passing Mega Man, it leaves a small ember underneath him, so the player has to jump and move. He always runs away from the player after he finishes an attack. Basically, if you go in spamming, he will spam back. If you instead keep close to him and just follow him, he will not attack unless he gets shot, making the fight extremely easy.

In *The Wily Wars,* his ability to spam Fire Storm has been removed, making it more plausible to fight him from afar.

#### Weapon

Fire Man's weapon is Fire Storm, which shoots a fiery projectile straight forward. In addition, a spherical fireball will rotate around the player at a very high speed, acting as a pseudo-shield that can also damage enemies. Like with most weapons, it is very powerful and will one-shot most enemies in the game. Each shot uses up 1 ammo.

#### Weaknesses

Fire Man's weakness is Ice Slasher, which will defeat him in 7 hits. If that is not available, the Mega Buster is a secondary weakness that does 2 damage. The Rolling Cutter also does 2 damage, but is a bit harder to use.

### *Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge*

Fire Man is part of the first wave of 4 Robot Masters, which all come from *Mega Man 1.*

#### Attack Pattern

Fire Man is one of the easiest bosses in the game. He retains the same movement from *Mega Man 1,* but has been heavily simplified. Fire Man now only shoots his Fire Storm (which has been scaled down in size) once he is a set distance from the player. Fire Man also only shoots one Fire Storm at a time, no longer being able to spam. The Fire Storm itself does not spawn a little flame underneath the player, so jumping in place is all that is needed to dodge the attack. This brings along 2 strategies to defeat him:

* The player can simply stay in one spot and keeping jumping straight up to dodge the Fire Storm. Fire Man will not move at all as long as the player doesn't go left or right.
* The player can stay close to Fire Man and keep shooting him as he runs away. As Fire Man does not counterattack if he gets hurt, he will just run back and forth provided the player can stay close to him.

#### Weapon

Fire Man's weapon is still Fire Storm, which behaves the same way and does multi-hit damage. The pseudo-shield also rotates a bit slower. Each shot uses up 1 ammo.

#### Weakness

Fire Man's weakness is Ice Slasher, which will kill him in 5 hits. He also has a secondary weakness to Rolling Cutter, taking 2 damage from from each hit, though the weapon's nature will allow it to deal multiple hits in one throw.

### *Mega Man Powered Up*

In *Mega Man Powered Up*, Fire Man appears as a boss, but he becomes a playable character if he is defeated by Mega Man using only the Mega Buster. He can use his Fire Storm whenever he wants, but if he runs into water, he will lose the ability to launch waves of fire (though he will still be able to summon a fiery sphere around him) until he comes back into contact with lava or fire.

## Fan Game Appearances

### *Mega Man Rock Force*

Fire Man appears in *Mega Man Rock Force* as one of the members of the eponymous **Rock Force**. When Mega Man began inducting members into his team, Fire Man was a complete no-brainer. Fire Man's primary concern has always been about justice; in fact, it was he who suggested the name **Justice Man** for Mega Man's assistant robot. Even though he is a bit menacing at first glance, his demeanor is quite the opposite; you couldn't find a more friendly robot! It is because of Fire Man's power and team skills that Mega Man feels he will be indispensable to the Rock Force. However, Fire Man can be a bit of a hot head sometimes.

He can be rescued in Photon Man's stage, and from there, becomes playable for the rest of the game. His moveset is more close-range oriented, as his Fire Storms will do the most amount of damage when they're accelerating to max speed. He also has incredible mobility thanks to being able to shoot Fire Storms downwards as to launch himself upwards. His moveset is:

* Attack: Fire Man shoots a Fire Storm forward, which pierces and does the most damage when it first comes out.
* Up + Attack: Fire Man shoots a fireball straight up from his head.
* Down + Attack: Fire Man shoots a Fire Storm downward, which launches him upwards. He can do this move twice in mid-air before having to touch the ground, giving him a double and triple jump.
* Underwater: Fire Man's attacks turn into auto-fire bubbles, which can do still damage and act much like Bubble Splash from *Mega Man X2.*

Fire Man's Fire Storms are the primary weaknesses of Virus Man and Polar Man. His 'Bubble Storm' is also effective against Fish Man.

### *Mega Man Rock 'N' Roll*

In *Mega Man Rock 'N' Roll*, Fire Man was kidnapped and brainwashed yet again by Dr. Wily. He can be knocked back to his senses on Drake Man's stage. Saving him is necessary for achieving the good ending, as he destroys a computer in the Weapons Depot in order to save Proto Man. Fire Man can also be seen in the credits being taught by Polar Woman how to ice skate.

## Trivia

* Fire Man is the only Robot Master from the original *Mega Man* to have the same weakness in all of the games he appears in.
* Fire Man is the first Robot Master in the original *Mega Man* series not to have any hands. He is also the first Robot Master to have more than one arm cannon.
* As with the other Robot Masters in *Dr. Wily's Revenge,* Fire Man is not fought again because there are no rematches.