Pickelman

Pickelman (ピッケルマン), known as Picket Man in some English sources, is a type of Met that has a humanoid appearance. It throws pickaxes and also uses a shield. Pickelmen also appear pilotting machines, using a bulldozer in Mega Man 3, a jackhammer-like machine in Mega Man III, and an excavator in Mega Man 11.

Basic Pickelman
Basic Pickelmans throw several pickaxes and protects their body with a shield. Fire Storm and Hyper Bomb can both defeat the enemy in a single hit as they ignore the defenses of the Pickelman's shield. It appears in Guts Man's stage in the first Mega Man game and Mega Man: Powered Up, in Buster Rod G's stage in Mega Man: The Wily Wars, and in Episode 2 of Super Adventure Rockman. Its shield can be knocked out in Super Adventure Rockman and Mega Man: Powered Up.

Mega Man Legacy Collection Data
An industrial robot created by giving arms and legs to a Metall. Back up, and attack from afar.

Hits Data Chart
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy a Pickelman.


 * A hyphen indicates that the freezing action is functional.

Pickelman Bull
Pickelman Bulls (ピッケルマン・ブル) are Pickelmans in a small bulldozer that can only be damaged in its head. It appears in Top Man, Hard Man, Shadow Man and Spark Man's stages. It is also one of the boss cards on RockBoard.

They show up again in Hard Man's and Top Man's Stage in Mega Man II.

They also appear in Buster Rod G's Stage and the 3rd Wily Tower Stage in Mega Man: The Wily Wars.

Hits Data Chart
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy a Pickelman Bull. Wily Wars shares the same damage values for Mega Man 3 weapons, hence their exclusion from the following table.

Pickelman Dada
Pickelman Dada (ピッケルマン・ダダ) is a Pickelman variant from Mega Man III that uses a loud jackhammer-like machine. It appears in Spark Man's, Gemini Man's and Shadow Man's stages. It is similar to the Dada enemy from Snake Man's stage.

Pickman (Mega Man 11)
Pickmans, known as Pickelmans in Japan, return in Mega Man 11. They behave almost exactly as they did in the first Mega Man game, but without their shields. Their most prominent appearance is on Pile Man's stage.

Pickman Digger


Pickman Digger, known as Pickelman Shovel (ピッケルマンショベル) in Japan, is a sub-boss in Mega Man 11, encountered in Impact Man's stage.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)
A Picket Man appeared in the second issue of the Mega Man comics published by Archie Comics. When Mega Man was trying to locate Guts Man and fight him, he encountered what looked like a human worker and tried to tell him to evacuate, although he eventually realized his mistake when he saw that "he" was actually a robot. Another one makes an appearance near the end of Mega Man Issue 8 (Archie Comics) where its seen working on the Wily Castle from Mega Man 2.

Pickelman Bull makes an appearance on the Variant Cover of Mega Man #40.

Other appearances
Pickelman and his variations appeared in the Rockman manga series.

Trivia

 * Despite resembling and having the same naming theme, Pickelman/Picket Man robots are completely unrelated to Robot Masters.
 * Pickelmans are very similar in their behaviour to a Hammer Bro. from the Super Mario series.

Similar enemies

 * Dig Labour
 * Met