Metal Anchor

Metal Anchor (メタルアンカー) is the Special Weapon that X gains from defeating Metal Shark Player in Mega Man X6. In normal fire, X sends out an anchor that bounces about for a while before self-destructing. Up to two Metal Anchors can be on the screen at once. Charged up, it rains down a barrage of metal statues shaped like Storm Eagle that travel in a diagonal pattern across the screen. If X is hit at any time the charged attack is executed, the attack will be interrupted and Weapon Energy will be wasted. Metal Anchor is the only weapon in X's arsenal that can destroy the otherwise indestructible Nightmare Iron blocks that can found in certain stages.

This weapon is the primary weakness for Shield Sheldon, Nightmare Mother and Sigma's first form.

Damage Data Chart
Damage values in units in Mega Man X6.

Counterpart to this Weapon

 * Rakukoujin

Trivia

 * The statues of Storm Eagle raining down may be a reference to Metal Shark Player using DNA resurrection, as Storm Eagle is "resurrected" from a previous game.