Venus

Venus (ビーナス) is one of the first four Stardroids Mega Man must fight in Mega Man V for the Game Boy. He is a very aggressive Robot Master that walks sideways like a crab, as he is unable to walk forward. Venus loves cleanliness and washes his head with shampoo every morning, despite the fact that he doesn't have hair.

Strategy
Venus walks in an attempt to damage Mega Man by touching him, but when Mega Man attacks Venus, he jumps and fires a small homing Bubble Bomb or a large stationary Bubble Bomb that lands where Mega Man is standing, trying to smash him. The small Bubble Bomb can be avoided sliding and shooting at it before it reaches the player, but the large one has to be destroyed by staying out of its way and shooting at it until it explodes. After Venus loses half of his energy, he will shoot three small Bubble Bombs at once, one on the floor, one while jumping in the air, and another after he lands back on the ground. Venus is vulnerable to attacks in mid-air while shooting the Bubble Bomb, regardless of its size and when he lands. His weakness is the Photon Missile, which for better results can be fired in mid-air so Venus jumps and falls in the trap by either running into it or being attacked by it when the missile accelerates, and then shooting another on the ground after Mega Man lands to make him fall on the trap again. It can also penetrate through him and destroy any Bubble Bomb on its way, but the bubble would destroy the missile if that happens, except when it is accelerating. It takes him out in seven missiles. After his defeat, Mega Man not only gains Venus' weapon, but also Rush Coil adapter.

Stage enemies

 * Shabohn
 * Nibul
 * Feeber
 * Baby Flies
 * Fankurow

Damage Data Chart
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Mega Man V

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 * style="text-align: center; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Break Dash
 * style="text-align: center; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Salt Water
 * style="text-align: center; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Spark Chaser
 * style="text-align: center; background-color: #C6E2FF;"|Tango
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Mega Man Gigamix
In the manga, the Stardroids are powerful space robots that are attacking Earth, destroying several robots in the process, Venus defeating Plant Man. Venus and Jupiter later attack Dr. Light's laboratory, fighting against the robots present at the time. At first they have the advantage over Light's robots and Shadow Man, but when Venus was going to attack Dr. Light and Dr. Wily, Duo appeared and almost destroyed him without effort. He finally falls at the hands of Mega Man during the final battle.

Trivia

 * Venus is named after the planet Venus, which is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Being an aggressive robot, Venus doesn't seem to fit in any of them, but the name of the goddess' Greek equivalent, Aphrodite, is derived from the word "aphros" (sea foam). He also uses shampoo, which may be derived from Venus's beauty part.


 * Venus is the only Stardroid to have green eyes in the official artwork.
 * Venus might be the inspiration for Bubble Crab from Megaman X2.