Hard Man

	“	Ohhh, what a drag...	„
		~ Hard Man

Mega Man 3 - Hard Man Stage

Background

Hard Man (ハードマン Hādoman) is a Robot Master created by Dr. Light and Dr. Wily, making his debut appearance in Mega Man 3. He has a hard, durable body made of ceratanium, which makes his body highly resistant to attacks and grants him remarkable defense. However, it also makes him very heavy, with his weight being three tons, and affects his movement speed considerably. His Special Weapon is the Hard Knuckle, which allows him to detach his fists and attack from afar with rocket-powered punches, and also has a compact rocket booster built into himself that allows him to jump high into the air. He can utilize his jumping ability in combination with his excessive weight to attack by leaping up and diving down onto his opponents to crush them, or to smash the floor and cause tremors that can stun nearby foes.

Statistics

Tier: 5-B

Name: Hard Man, DWN-020

Origin: Mega Man 3

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Robot Master

Status: Alive, Deceased in the X Series (Takes place many years in the future where all the prior classic series characters are long gone)

Alignment: Lawful Evil (A robot reprogramed by Dr. Wily for his revenge against Mega Man)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Planet level+ (Can harm Mega Man who was able to fight on par with beings such as Duo, who was at this level)

Durability: Planet level+ (Can take hits from Mega Man)

Striking Strength: Planet Class+

Lifting Strength: Class G (The Robot Masters are normally made to be on par or superior to Mega Man, who was able to hold up Dr. Wily's fortress at end of Mega Man 5, with Robot Masters such as Guts Man being superior in strength and Robot Masters such as Splash Woman having comparable feats such as lifting entire ships from the ocean)

Travel Speed: FTL (Is comparable to Mega Man, who can outrun black holes from robot masters such as Saturn and Galaxy Man)

Combat Speed: Massively FTL (Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed, where Duo is capable of traveling through galaxies while doing his job and likely travels across the universe doing his job to destroy the Evil Energy)

Reaction Speed: Massively FTL (Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed, where Duo is capable of traveling through galaxies while doing his job and likely travels across the universe doing his job to destroy the Evil Energy)

Stamina: Essentially Limitless due to being a robot

Range: Standard Melee Range to Hundreds of Meters

Intelligence: Gifted (Can keep up with Mega Man in combat)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2, & 3; All Robot Masters can breathe in space just fine, and as robots do not require food, sleep or sustenance), Inorganic Physiology (Type 2. Hard Man is a robot), Body Control (Can shoot out his arms to attack opponents with Hard Knuckle. He can also regenerate them instantly after shooting them), Paralysis Inducement and Vibration Manipulation (Hard Man is able to create an earthquake that leaves opponent stunned in place even if they are in midair), Immortality (Type 3; Through robots and reploids ability to regenerate back their body and data. Type 6; Robot Masters can survive wounds such as being cut in half, with ones such as Proto Man calling it merely "a flesh wound", being able to come back just fine after teleporting away to be repaired. Type 8; All robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". With data further being explored through here), Regeneration (Mid through Cartoon Physics; Can regenerate from being crushed by Mad Grinder. Should scale to all the other Robot Masters who all regenerate after being flattened in Mega Man Powered Up. Mid-Godly through their data; In Mega Man Xtreme, Sigma was trying to reproduce the past data of several mavericks in the mother computer to bring havoc to the world's peace and the only way the past data of previously defeated Mavericks from X1 and X2 could be stopped is if X goes inside as his data form. Inside the Mother Computer, X defeats Vile's data form along with the data forms of a bunch of mavericks he has previously defeated. However, despite defeating their data form, their data is still are able to come back for the rematches at the end of the game along with Vile being back in the hard mode's post game story. Despite destroying Vile's data twice, he was still able to come back and better then ever in Mega Man X8. In Mega Man ZX, Omega's soul data along with flashes of the past battle in Zero 3 are trapped in area O and even after defeat, he can come back without limit even after obtaining Model OX which contains his soul data. With data further being explored through here), Resurrection (Robots that are fought and defeated are able to be brought back as long as they still have their data, with this also extending to reploids being able to come back for rematches. With data further being explored through here), Information Manipulation (Can directly interact with, harm, and destroy a robots data, which all robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". With data further being explored through here)

Resistance to Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (As a robot, Hard Man does not have a soul or mind, and functions on AI programming)

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Standard Equipment

None Notable

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Other

Standard Tactics: Hard Man jumps around and causes an earthquake strong enough to paralyze opponents in midair and shoots Hard Knuckles while they are stunned.

Weaknesses: Magnet Missile. Is too heavy to swim. If his data is corrupted, he will be incapable of coming back.

Explanations

Explanation of data in the Mega Man series.

Battle Records

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