BurnerMan.EXE

BurnerMan.EXE is a fire NetNavi operated by Atsuki Homura.

Personality
In terms of personality, he is like his operator Atsuki: a hotheaded pyromaniac in the games. In the anime, he is shown to be violent and impatient.

Mega Man Battle Network 4
BurnerMan appears randomly in the Eagle/Hawk Tournament from Mega Man Battle Network 4. He is operated by Atsuki and is used to NetBattle Mr. Match and FireMan.EXE. BurnerMan and FireMan's battle cause fires around the Net, first in ACDC and then in the Park Area. He and Atsuki are convinced to stop battling when Lan Hikari and MegaMan.EXE reveal that they already beat Mr. Match and FireMan before in the past. Atsuki decides to fight Lan instead and BurnerMan jacks out from the Park Area. Later on, BurnerMan is defeated by MegaMan in the Eagle Tournament. Afterwards, Atsuki grew angry and ordered BurnerMan to light everything on fire. BurnerMan lights the NetBattle Machine, unintentionally burning Atsuki in flames and having the latter run away from the tournament in the process before he's able to recover off-screen.

Anime History
Unlike his video game counterpart, BurnerMan doesn't have an operator and rather instead, he is a Darkloid who serves under ShadeMan (and later LaserMan).

Abilities
BurnerMan has Heat Chasers which are on the top and bottom rows. They move back and forth and shoot flames, which engulf an entire column.


 * Strike Burner: BurnerMan stands at the leftmost column of his area and shoots a jet of flame from his hand which covers an entire row.


 * Burning Jet: BurnerMan can also run down rows and attack everything on them with his flame sabers.


 * BurnerMan's chips include summoning two Heat Chasers on opposite sides on two columns in front on him, and shoots a Strike Burner at the same time, two on one panel by Heat Chasers and three panels on rows by himself. This works best if the opponent is on the left or middle column and middle row.

Strategy

 * When fighting BurnerMan in Battle Network 4, one strategy is to use Fire Soul. Move to the leftmost column, and stand on either the top or bottom most row where the lighter is about to roll towards MegaMan. This will help block their way. Aqua Soul can perform the same strategy, as well as deal double damage with the Charge Shot alone.


 * While waiting for the lighters to roll toward MegaMan, use HellBurner (Fire Soul's charge attack). BurnerMan will eventually reach the players row and attempt a flame shot, but will end up getting hit by a counterattack. Even if he uses FlameSaber, he will ended up canceling the attack because he flinched.


 * After doing this, immediately move to the lower opposite column before the other lighter reach the end of column. Repeat these steps and BurnerMan can be defeated with ease. This strategy also applies if Aqua Soul is used.
 * Metal Soul is also useful against BurnerMan, as it removes the flame lighters from the field for a short time, reducing his attack options.

Trivia

 * Along with many other similarities, BurnerMan.EXE possesses the original's malicious grin.