Tomahawk Man

Tomahawk Man (トマホークマン) is a combat Robot Master from Mega Man 6 designed as a Native North American warrior. Unlike the other seven Robot Masters from Mega Man 6, Tomahawk Man was built purposely for the First Annual Robot Tournament. However, he was reprogrammed by Mr. X to help him conquer the world, and was defeated by Mega Man.

His main weapon is the Silver Tomahawk, which he can throw and hit a target 100 meters away (328 feet, miscalculated 30 feet in his English CD data), but it moves in an upward arch, leaving a safe area for the opponent. To compensate for this, he can also attack by firing feathers horizontally from his headdress.

Mega Man 6
Tomahawk Man serves as one of the initial eight bosses. His stage contains the Energy Balancer, hiding behind a wall that can be broken with the Power Adaptor. He also possesses one of the Beat Plate parts if he is defeated in the correct boss room.

Tomahawk Man's battle can be quite difficult, and most of his attacks require some prediction to be avoided. He jumps across the screen to move. He has three types of jumps: a high jump, a long jump (both of them avoided by sliding) and a fake jump, which is just a small hop to get near Mega Man. His primary attack is shooting feathers of his headress, which can be avoided by sliding or jumping at the right time. He rarely uses the Silver Tomahawk, but it can be avoided by jumping over it at the right time. On the other hand, the player should only jump to avoid it if Tomahawk Man fires it near Mega Man, and not jump if Tomahawk Man fires it from far away, as Mega Man will likely get hit by it.

His weakness is the Plant Barrier, which defeats him in seven hits, but as the player has fair enough energy to destroy him with it and Mega Man must get near Tomahawk Man to hit him with it, it can be quite difficult to beat him with the Plant Barrier without taking damage.

Rockman Strategy
Tomahawk Man appears twice in this game, first as part of a tribe with Napalm Man and Pharaoh Man. Later, he and Elec Man serve as bodyguards to Pisces in Northeast Africa, in the level "In a Tornado".

Mega Man 6 stats
Energy: Solar Power

Height: 177 cm (5.8 feet)

Weight: 87 kg (192 lbs.)

Attack: 157

Defense: 71

Mobile: 149

Rockman Complete Works data
せんとう用にカイハツされたロボット. シルバートマホークのしかくをはね攻撃でうめたが、スライディングでぬけられる.

Stage enemies

 * Colton
 * Hotchkiss'n
 * Metall Potton
 * Molier
 * Power Slam
 * Shield Attacker GTR
 * Skull Walker
 * Teck
 * Twin Roader

Damage Data Chart
Displays the amount of damage in units that Tomahawk Man will receive from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 6.

Mega Man Megamix
In the manga series, Tomahawk Man is a robot from North America that entered in the first World Robot Championship in the story "The Strongest Enemy to Date".

Mega Man Gigamix
He appears in vol. 2 of the manga in the story "Moon of Darkness", where he is defeated by Pluto. He reappears repaired near the end of vol. 3.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)
Tomahawk Man appears in the Archie Comics Mega Man series, appearing earlier than the story of Mega Man 6 by debuting in the Worlds Collide special event. He and most of the other Robot Masters from the classic Mega Man series appear as part of an army that attacks Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and their allies when the group arrives at the Wily Egg in the Skull Egg Zone.

Other appearances
Tomahawk Man also appeared in the manga Rockman 6 and Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin, and a brief appearance in the Rockman &amp; Forte manga.

Trivia

 * Tomahawk Man has a cameo appearance in the opening scene of Mega Man 8.  Strangely, he never uses the move displayed (a slashing melee attack) in the game and there are no trees in his level.


 * In Tomahawk Man's mugshot in Mega Man 6, the piece of armor that covers his forehead is skin-colored instead of blue.


 * Tomahawk Man's weakness to the Plant Barrier might be a reference to the fact that flowers are a symbol of peace, since Tomahawk Man was built exclusively for fighting, thus being a symbol of war.
 * Tomahawk Man and his stage are believed to represent the mid-western United States. 