Skull Barrier

Skull Barrier (スカルバリヤー) is Skull Man's special weapon. It creates a skull-shaped energy shield around the user, protecting him from attacks. Unlike the Leaf Shield, Mega Man can walk around while the shield is active. In Mega Man 4, it automatically shuts off when it takes a hit, but it can stand against a maximum of three projectiles in Mega Man III, disappearing if it hits an enemy or the projectile is too strong to hold up against. It is also Dive Man's weakness and Bright Man's semi-weakness, although the latter is much harder to avoid and so close-up weapons are not recommended. Unlike Leaf Shield, the barrier cannot be thrown.

Damage Data Chart
Known damage values in units for Mega Man 4.


 * For Tako Trash, Skull Barrier doesn't harm him, but after the player hits him with Drill Bomb, it will do 1 unit of damage to him.

Capacity
Activating the Skull Barrier in Mega Man 4 and Mega Man III uses 2 weapon energy units. With a full weapon energy gauge, it can be activated 14 times in Mega Man 4 and 10 times in Mega Man III.

Boss weak against Skull Barrier

 * Dive Man: Mega Man 4 and Mega Man III

Trivia

 * The Skull Barrier is the only weapon from the eight bosses that isn't used by Mega Man in the Rockman 4 manga, and one of the two weapons he doesn't use in the Rockman World 3 manga.