Sheep Man (シープマン Shīpuman) is a Robot Master from Mega Man 10. He can turn into four clouds of wool that hover in the air, and uses electric attacks.
Originally a sheep herding robot, Sheep Man left that job to work in the static resistance test division of a circuit board manufacturer after one day noticing static build-up on his wool. Being easily bored, however, he considered changing jobs again before he became infected with Roboenza.[1]
Strategy
- See also: Cyberspace Stage (Mega Man 10)
Sheep Man only has two attacks normally. His first attack is the Thunder Wool, in which he will jump high into the air and split into four clouds of wool, which will each move to a different location. Then each wool will fire a thunderbolt to the ground that shocks a small area, and the last cloud will launch an electric spark along the floor, and then turn back into Sheep Man. This indicates that the last cloud to move/attack is him; if the player shoots it, Sheep Man will take damage and fall, canceling the rest of the attack. His other attack is a fairly fast orb of electricity that bobs up and down.
On Easy Mode, none of Sheep Man's Thunder Wools create shockwaves or sparks. On Hard Mode, the Thunder Wool clouds have far less delay in between dropping thunderbolts. The first cloud will also launch sparks along the floor along with the last cloud. Hard Mode also adds a new attack, in which he will hop in the direction he's facing. When he lands from a hop, he will release electric sparks across the floor.
His weakness is the Rebound Striker. Not only is it a good weapon for reaching him while he's airborne, but it can also destroy his Thunder Wool clouds in one hit and cancel the attack completely if the player hits the cloud that Sheep Man changed into.
Players using Bass can finish the battle quicker, as Bass can aim and shoot down Sheep Man when he has separated into clouds.
Damage data chart
Displays the amount of damage in units that Sheep Man will receive from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 10.
| Mega Man 10 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Proto Buster | Triple Blade | Water Shield | Commando Bomb | Chill Spike | Thunder Wool | Rebound Striker | Wheel Cutter | Solar Blaze | Mirror Buster | Screw Crusher | Ballade Cracker |
| 1 | 1:3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Sheep Man's weakness to Rebound Striker causes him to take more damage the more the ball bounces, for a maximum of five units of added damage.
Other media
Sheep Man had a brief appearance in Rockman 10 -Extra F-.
Mega Man (Archie Comics)
Sheep Man first appeared in several issues of the Worlds Collide crossover event as part of Dr. Wily and Dr. Eggman's Robot Master army.
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Trivia
- Sheep Man was the first boss from Mega Man 10 revealed.
- In his concept art, Sheep Man was going to have a more humanoid body.
- It's possible that Sheep Man could be a reference to Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? It should also be noted that Sheep Man's stage music is titled "Cybersheep's Dream".
- Sheep Man is the only Robot Master in Mega Man 10 who has blue eyes in his official artwork.
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