Scuttlest

Scuttles are insect-like viruses that appear in the MegaMan Battle Network series.

In the first game, they were only found with the Life Virus, the final boss of the game. They emerged from holes in the front row of their grid (also preventing any changes to that column), attempting to line themselves up with MegaMan and attack with the element corresponding to their color.


 * Red: Fire Towers


 * Blue: Aqua Towers


 * Green: Wood Towers


 * Yellow: Homing thunder balls that cause damage every time you move and resets time limit to remove damage.

In the second game, they appeared in the secret area. Their attacks were somewhat changed, with the Scutz shooting off fire bombs and the Scuttles launching ice blocks, and they now have Life Auras, like their master. They were also finally named in this game. There is also a new version called the Scuttlest that has an enhanced Life Aura that is even stronger then the Life Virus' aura. (Life Aura 2) They would drop the Life Aura 1 Battle Chip when defeated (With the Scuttlest dropping Life Aura 2, respectfully)

In the third game, Scuttles made their final appearance (so far). Once again, they were found in the secret area, armed with auras and dangerous elemental attacks.


 * Scutz: Red body, 300HP, 100HP aura; attacks with a stream of fire pillars similar to FlamMan.EXE.


 * Scutzer: Green body, 300HP, 100HP aura; attacks by raising vines below MegaMan's feet, trying to capture him and drain his energy (similar to a Viney ).


 * Scuttle: Blue body; 300HP, 100HP aura; attacks by pushing ice blocks straight ahead. Blocks fill the last cell on MegaMan's grid, destroying any existing obstacles. This can be used against offending Scutzers, as the ice blocks can stop the vines.


 * Scuttler: Yellow body; 300HP, 100HP aura; attacks with lightning bolts dropped from above its target. Able to crack panels. Very dangerous when paired with Shakers.


 * Scuttlest: White body; 200HP, 200HP aura; fires a large green laser straight ahead. Can easily abuse its AI and defeat it with Poison Face, if you have it.


 * Scuttle Ω: Black body; 300HP, 200HP aura; fires a large green laser straight ahead. Very rare, only encountered three times in-game. (A job post, the Scuttlest Boss, and the Silver Monument)

The first four versions usually give up Zenny or a Life Aura chip when deleted.

These viruses also, amazingly, have their own Virus Chip. Their attacks are pretty much the same, but the Scutz' attack homes in on enemies automatically, the Scuttler launches bolts that hit enemies simultaneously, and the Scutzer's vines attack from below, like PlantMan.EXE, only hitting once in the initial strike but doing tremendous damage when doing so. The "Boss", a Scuttle Ω, can be found in a hidden jack-in in Wily's Castle. Right as you get off the boat, go towards the opening in the wall and Jack-In. Its in one of the corners. BEWARE: This is probably the hardest Virus Boss fight in the game! But the payoff is worth it- it does twice as much damage as the Scuttlest's laser, doing a whopping 200 damage.