Drill Man

Drill Man (ドリルマン) was created by Dr. Cossack for underground construction and mining until he was reprogrammed to be a combat robot by Dr. Wily in Mega Man 4. His main weapon, the Drill Bomb, is intended to pierce dense objects and explode, causing as much damage to the object as possible. Like Crash Man and Spark Man, Drill Man has no hands. Instead, he has two powerful, all purpose drills made for grinding through solid rock and dirt, which he incorporates into his attacking strategy.

Strategy
Drill Man will start the fight by burrowing his way into the ground, chasing Mega Man and drilling under him after five seconds of being underground. The player should hold their fire when Drill Man is burrowing, as his is invincible during that time. The player must slide from side to side of the screen so he misses the attack and is far enough for the player to shoot him. On the surface, he attacks by jumping where Mega Man is standing (which can be avoided by getting out of the way, best done by sliding), and by firing his Drill Bombs, which deflect all of Mega Man's attacks and can damage him if he is not careful enough. The player must avoid the Drill Bombs by simply jumping over them. Drill Man's weakness is the Dive Missile, which inflict three units of damage against him, which will home in on him when he jumps, but not when he is underground. They can also be deflected by his Drill Bombs and by his burrowing move.

Stage enemies

 * Boulder
 * Battonton
 * Count Bomb (Game Boy version only)
 * Hammer Joe (Game Boy version only)
 * Helipon
 * Jumbig
 * Metall EX (jump type only in Game Boy version)
 * Mono Roader (not present in Game Boy version)
 * Pakatto 24
 * Shield Attacker (Game Boy version only)
 * Taketento (not present in Game Boy version)

Damage Data Chart
Amount of damage in units that Drill Man receives from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 4.

*For the Mega Buster and Pharaoh Shot, the first digit is when the weapon is fired normally and the second is when it is fully charged.

Mega Man
Drill Man appeared in the episodes "The Big Shake", "Showdown At Red Gulch" and "Master of Disaster" from the Mega Man animated series. The only difference between his appearence in the show and his game counterpart is the increased size of his arms. He also had an action figure.

Other appearances
Drill Man also appeared in the manga Mega Man Megamix, Rockman 4 and Rockman 4Koma Great March.

Trivia

 * Ground Man was originally called Drill Man by his designer, Iwamoto Yoshihiro, but his name was changed because there was already a Drill Man.


 * Drill Man's weakness, Dive Missile, deals 3 damage in Mega Man 4, unlike all the other Robot Masters, with exception of Pharaoh Man, whose weaknesses do 4 bars of damage to them, Pharaoh Man's weakness doing none.