Centaur Man

Centaur Man (ケンタウロスマン) is a Robot Master that originally worked in an old museum. After he heard about the 1st Annual Robot Tournament, he entered the competition to restore the museum with the prize money, but was reprogrammed by Mr. X.

In Mega Man 6, he's equipped with an arm cannon on his right arm whose shots spreads on impact, and his Centaur Flash has space distortion abilities, allowing him to temporarily halt time, although he has to consume a large amount of energy to activate it. He is weak to Knight Man's Knight Crush.

In Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters he uses the Centaur Arrow, an energy arrow shot diagonally up or down from his arm cannon. He also uses a shield for defense, a naginata, and has the help of Heli Metalls. He's weak to Gyro Attack in this game.

Mega Man 6
Centaur Man attacks by shooting a plasma bullet that splits onto seven and spread out when it comes on contact with a wall. The player has to avoid it by finding an opening through the bullets and going through it. After that, he has two attacks: he may also run to tackle Mega Man, which is avoided by jumping over him, or also dissapear into another dimension, then reappear where Mega Man was when he dissapeared and attack. He also activates the Centaur Flash to stop time sufficient enough to shoot a bullet to the wall and make the spread out bullets hit Mega Man. His weakness is the Knight Crush, and defeats him in seven hits.

Mega Man 6 stats

 * Energy: Dry Battery
 * Height: 155 cm (5.09 feet)
 * Weight: 172 kg (379 lbs.)
 * Attack: 35
 * Defense: 47
 * Mobile: 205

Rockman Battle & Fighters data
でんせつじょうのいきものをモチーフにかいはつされたロボットで、こだいはくぶつかんのにんきものであったがしょうきんではくぶつかんをたてなおすために、ロボットせんしゅけんにしゅつじょう. どのようなのうりょくをもっているかはこうひょうされていない.

Translation: A robot developed with the motif of a legendary creature, was popular in a antiquities museum, wants the prize of the robot championship to rebuild the museum. What kind of ability he has is unknown.

Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters data
Dr. Light: You can go through his legs by sliding if you can time it right. Centaur Man can't jump. Remember this!

Stage enemies

 * Choker Oh
 * Gabgyo
 * Pelicanu
 * Pooker
 * Squidon
 * SRU-21/P
 * Submarine Flier
 * Tatebo
 * Wall Blaster II

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

Mega Man Megamix
Centaur Man appeared in the story "The Strongest Enemy to Date" from the manga, where he is a robot from Greece that entered in the first World Robot Championship.

He also later reappears in Rockman Gigamix in the story "Moon of Darkness", where he is defeated by Saturn.

Rockman 6 manga
In the Rockman 6 manga, Centaur Man is a long-haired woman disguised as a man, and loves Knight Man.

Trivia

 * In Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Centaur Man's theme is a remix of Junk Man's theme.


 * He has a cameo appearance in the opening scene of Mega Man 8.


 * In terms of timeline, Centaur Man is the first Robot Master to be based on a mythical creature.


 * Centaur Man is the only Robot Master in Mega Man 6 that does not have a MegaMan Battle Network series counterpart.


 * Centaur Man's stage, being aquatic as a reference to the lost city of Atlantis, is believed to be near Greece.


 * Centaur Man is one of the Robot Masters to give Mega Man two different weapons. The others are Pharaoh Man, Tengu Man and Astro Man.


 * Centaur Man's second weapon, Centaur Arrow refers to centaurs' favored weapons: bows and arrows.


 * Centaur Man's dislike of whips might be referring to actual horses, where they are given the signal to move by lashing a whip.