Wood Man

Wood Man (ウッドマン) is a combat Robot Master created by Doctor Albert Wily using a special coating material obtained from natural cypresses, his body being made almost completely out of wood, including some of his mechanisms. Because of this, Wood Man has great physical strength and resistance against physical blows, but is somewhat slow, and highly vulnerable to fire and cutting weaponry.

His weapon is the Leaf Shield, leaf-shaped electromagnetic pieces of metal, sharpened around the edges, that can be used to protect himself and attack enemies in different ways, including launching them in rings of four or eight, and summoning them down from the ceiling to fall down onto the player. Due to his flammable construction, his primary weakness is the Atomic Fire, but the Metal Blade and the Air Shooter are also good choices. If one can detonate a Crash Bomber next to him, the explosions will score for multiple hits.

Wood Man is apparently one of Dr. Wily's favorite robots, due to his unique, resiliant design, and according to the amount of times he has been called into action against Mega Man. It has been rumoured however, that unless laminated or otherwise treated, Wood Man's wooden parts may eventually rot over time, which would mean replacement parts would be needed every once in a while. However, it was mentioned in his CD data that he also has a thin layer of metal underneath his wooden armour for extra protection.

It should be noted that in the Normal Mode from the English NES version of Mega Man 2, Wood Man (when he's not defended by the Leaf Shield) can be destroyed with one hit of the fully charged Atomic Fire.

Mega Man 3: Doc Robot
Wood Man has a cameo appearance in Mega Man 3 as data of the Doc Robot in Shadow Man's stage. The Doc Robot with his data is weak to Needle Cannon and Search Snake.

Mega Man 8
He also appears as a mini-boss in the Sega Saturn version of Mega Man 8, as a one-time boss in Search Man's stage. He grants Mega Man a Bolt (relocated in the PlayStation version) when defeated, making it the only mandatory Bolt in the game.

Mega Man 10
In Mega Man 10, he makes a cameo appearance as data of the Weapons Archive and is weak to Triple Blade.

Super Adventure Rockman
Wood Man appears as the first boss of Episode Two. Here, it is revealed that after Mega Man obliterated Shadow Man at the end of the previous episode, that Wood Man was actually friends with him and had attempted to repair him, but was unable to do so. As a result, he is seen to be incredibly angry and vengeful towards Mega Man, vowing to kill him for what he did. However, he is defeated by Mega Man and Beat, later being revived by Doctor Wily and Ra Moon.

Mega Man & Bass CD data


Stage enemies
Enemies in Wood Man's stage in Mega Man 2:
 * Atomic Chicken
 * Bubble Bat
 * Hot Dog
 * Mecha Monkey
 * Pipi
 * Robo-Rabbit

Enemies in Wood Man's stage in the Game Boy game Mega Man II:
 * Atomic Chicken
 * Bubble Bat
 * Cannon
 * Hot Dog
 * Needle Press
 * Neo Metall
 * Robo-Rabbit

Damage Data Charts
Displays the amount of damage in units that Wood Man will receive from each Special Weapon from the original Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 8.


 * *For Atomic Fire, the first digit is the standard shot; second is when it's charged more; third digit is when it is fully charged.
 * * For Mega Buster, the first digit is the damage done when the weapon is fired normally; the second digit is damage done when the weapon is charged up.
 * * A fully-charged Mega Buster does the same damage in all of its forms (normal, Laser, and Arrow).



Mega Man
Wood Man appeared in episode 11 of the Mega Man animated series. In the cartoon, Wood Man's Leaf Shield takes the form of a large leaf-shaped shield made of treated metal, sharpened around the edges, and is wielded almost like a tennis racquet. He accompanied Doctor Wily, Cut Man and Guts Man to the titular island to assist them in the experimentation with the Stonebots.

Captain N: The Game Master
In episode 20 of Captain N: The Game Master, Wood Man and other robots from Mega Man 2 play soccer against the main characters. This version of Wood Man has a wooden shield on his left arm instead of the Leaf Shield, and his right arm is a blaster that can shoot vines.

Mega Man Megamix
In the story "Orders to Destroy R" from the manga Mega Man Megamix, Wood Man and his minions rescued Dr. Light's robots and try to convince them to join Dr. Wily. Elec Man and Ice Man went with him to the Wily Castle, but they only followed him to capture Wily, defeating Wood Man at the base.

In this manga, Wily developed Wood Man for combat in wooden areas, so he was designed with camouflage as a main feature. The Leaf Shield is an electromagnetic field that surrounds him with leaf-shaped units made of Ceramic Titanium, which are coated with a special substance that makes them impervious to all attacks.

Other appearances
Wood Man also appeared in the manga Rockman: Dr. Wily's Plot, Rockman World 2 and Rockman 4Koma Great March.

Trivia

 * Wood Man is one of the Robot Masters mentioned in the online video エアーマンが倒せない (I Can't Defeat Airman). The song states that in order to beat Air Man, they try to obtain Wood Man's Leaf Shield, but they are also unable to defeat Wood Man as well.


 * Despite Flame Sword being both a bladed weapon and a fire element, it does significantly less damage than his previous weaknesses. He may have been better prepared. However, it is still arguably his greatest weakness to date, since the Flame Sword can pierce and burn up his leaves, rendering his attacks harmless.


 * Ironically, not only is Wood Man resistant to the Rolling Cutter, a weapon designed for cutting down trees, but Wood Man's Leaf Shield is the best weapon to use against Cut Man in Mega Man: The Power Battle.


 * Wood Man's theme in Mega Man: The Power Battle is a remix of Crash Man's stage theme.


 * The first theme of Dr. Wily's castle in Mega Man 6 sounds like a remix of Wood Man's theme.


 * In the IPhone and IPod Touch versions of Mega Man 2, he is considered by some to be weaker than his original NES counterpart.


 * Wood Man is the first Robot Master to have a body made of natural resources, though despite this, it is said that to prevent rotting and other natural occurrences, his body is coated in a thin layer of metal.
 * Wood Man's Leaf Shield is one of the weapons that can be used by Mega Man in crossover fighting game Marvel vs Capcom along with Tengu Man's Tornado Hold from Mega Man 8 and the Mega Ball also in Mega Man 8.