Shield Attacker
Shield Attackers are recurring flying enemies with indestructible faces. They can only be damaged by attacking its back or attacking it with some of the special weapons. They first made an appearance in Mega Man 4.
Variants
Shield Attacker
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The original Shield Attacker from Mega Man 4. It appeared in the stages of Dust Man and Skull Man, as well as the fourth Dr. Cossack's Citadel stage and the third Wily Castle stage. It will turn around when entering in contact with walls or with a solid level object. It comes in red and fuchsia and its direction can be set in the Level Builder.
New Shield Attacker
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The New Shield Attacker is an upgrade of the Shield Attacker that appears in Mega Man 5. This version has had its armor improved, which increases the enemy's health and damage amount, however, this is not reflected in Mega Man Maker and it instead has the same stats of other Shield Attackers. It only appeared in Crystal Man's stage. The New Shield Attacker has the same behavior of the Mega Man 4 Shield Attacker, including its customizable direction. It only comes in orange.
Shield Attacker GTR
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The Shield Attacker GTR is an upgrade of the Shield Attacker that appears in Mega Man 6. It now has spikes on its shield. It appeared in the stages of Blizzard Man and Tomahawk Man, as well as the fourth section of Mr. X's Castle and the second section of Wily Castle. Its direction is customizable as previous versions and it can come in either bright red or fuchsia.
Hannya Attacker
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Hannya Attacker is a variant of the Shield Attacker introduced in Mega Man 8 and that reappeared in Mega Man & Bass. In contrast to other Shield Attackers, the Hannya Attacker has a unique appearance that consists on an Oni mask. It has its own trajectory and it does not stop when touching walls and passes through terrain.
When spinning, this enemy is vulnerable to attacks until it fully turns its direction. Its direction can be customized with a button to go to left or right in the Level Builder.
Weakness
Shield Attackers are vulnerable to frontal attacks through their shield using Yamato Spear.
| Mega Man 4 | |
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| Weapons | Mega Buster • Ring Boomerang • Dive Missile • Skull Barrier • Flash Stopper • Dust Crusher • Drill Bomb • Rain Flush • Pharaoh Shot • Rush Coil • Rush Jet |
| Enemies | Skeleton Joe • Togehero • Shield Attacker • Super Ball Machine Jr. • Skullmet • Taketento • Gachappon • Minoan • Wall Blaster • Totem Polen • Pakatto 24 • Docron • Mummira • Garyoby • Ladder Press • Helipon • Ring Ring • Battan • Sea Mine • Ratton • Whopper |
| Level Objects | Dust Block • Cossack Platform • Ring Platform • Coil Platform • Quicksand • Fork Block |
| Bosses | Ring Man • Skull Man • Toad Man • Pharaoh Man • Cossack Catcher • Wily Machine 4 |
| Other Pages | Tilesets • Backgrounds • Music |
| Mega Man 5 | |
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| Weapons | Mega Buster • Power Stone • Gravity Hold • Napalm Bomb • Gyro Attack • Crystal Eye • Star Crash • Water Wave • Charge Kick • Rush Coil • Rush Jet • Super Arrow |
| Enemies | Train Met • Crystal Joe • Shield Attacker • Pukapelly • Lyric • Kouker • Bitter • Power Muscler • Bomb/Rock Thrown • Metall Cannon • Subeil • Giree • Tondeall • Pukapucker • Bounder • Sumatran • Bombier • Cocco • Jet Bomb • V |
| Level Objects | Falling Platform • Rotating Platform • Rolling Drill • Teckyun • Steam • Low Grav Section |
| Bosses | Stone Man • Crystal Man • Napalm Man • Charge Man • Dark Man 3 • Dark Man 4 • Big Pets |
| Other Pages | Tilesets • Backgrounds • Music |
| Mega Man 6 | |
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| Weapons | Mega Buster • Blizzard Attack • Wind Storm • Flame Blast • Silver Tomahawk • Knight Crusher • Yamato Spear • Plant Barrier • Centaur Flash • Jet Adaptor • Power Adaptor |
| Enemies | Colton • Shield Attacker • Fire Telly • Au Au • Ben K • Cannopeller • Twin Roader • Brain Break • Katonbyon • Curlinger • SRU-21/P • Gabgyo • Pooker • Cyber Gabyoall • Yaffu • Hotchkiss'n • Molier • Submarine Flier • Propeller Eye • Skull Walker • Brown • Squidon |
| Level Objects | Spring • Flip Platform • Cracked Block • Push Block • Oil • Fan • Plantform • Spike Platform • Ice Barrier |
| Bosses | Wind Man • Flame Man • Knight Man • Yamato Man • Plant Man • Wily Machine 6 |
| Other Pages | Tilesets • Backgrounds • Music |
| Mega Man 8 | |
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| Weapons | Mega Buster • Mega Ball • Tornado Hold • Flash Bomb • Thunder Claw • Flame Sword |
| Enemies | Shell'n • Bunby Tank DX • Joe Classic • Surumaker • Hannya Attacker • Crunchran • Fire Met • Fire Met Spawner • Wall Teck • Rabbiton • Penpen EV • Big Telly • Gori Three • Dodonpa Cannon • Romper • Hogale • Hogale Spawner • Ammoner • Sydecka |
| Level Objects | Thunder Claw Pole • TNT • Astro Gate • Astro Button • Astro Reset Button • Gori Three Rock • Ice Block • Ice Block Spawner • Explosive Crates • Bell Ringer |
| Bosses | Grenade Man • Astro Man |
| Other Pages | Tilesets • Backgrounds • Music |