Pharaoh Shot

Pharaoh Shot (ファラオショット) is Pharaoh Man's special weapon straightforward or diagonally. It fires a small fireball. This is the only weapon besides the Mega Buster that can be charged in Mega Man 4 and Mega Man IV. While charging, a large fireball forms over Mega Man's head, which can damage enemies who comes into contact with it without draining the weapon's energy or canceling the charged attack. In Mega Man 4, the fireball can hit weak enemies several times, but disappears if it hits a strong enemy. In Mega Man IV, it disappears when it hits something, but keeps appearing while the attack button is held, being able to be used several times without using energy. When charged, Mega Man can fire the large fireball by releasing the attack button, and the fireball on his head disappears if it is still present. Skull Man is immune to the Pharaoh Shot.

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


 * For Pharaoh Shot, the first number is when the weapon is fired normally; the second is when it is fully charged.

Capacity
In both Mega Man 4 and Mega Man IV, an uncharged shot uses 1 weapon energy unit, and a fully charged shots use 2 units, and can still be charged if only 1 unit remains. With a full weapon energy gauge, Mega Man can fire a total of 28 normal shots or 14 charged shots in Mega Man 4, and 19 normal shots or 10 charged shots in Mega Man IV.

However there is a glitch in the games programming. You can use the weapon without ever wasting a bar of energy.

First, start holding the attack button as you select the weapon initially. Mega Man will begin gathering energy overhead without wasting a shot first.

DO NOT fire the energy, just carry it. If it hits something and gets deflected, pause the game and unpause, and he'll begin charging up another ball of energy. This can be done over and oer and never waste a bar of weapon energy. As the energy doesn't get taken from your meter until you release the shot. So long as you hold the shot button, the energy is saved.

Also, if it does get deflected, you CAN still fire off a fully charged shot even though it doesn't appear to be there anymore.

Bosses weak against Pharaoh Shot

 * Mega Man 4: Ring Man, Cockroach Twin and Wily Capsule
 * Mega Man IV: Ring Man, Napalm Man, Wily Capsule

Other media
Mega Man uses the Pharaoh Shot in the Mega Man animated series.