Pharoah Man Fight

Damage Table

To Pharoah

From Pharoah

True Weakness / Beginner Option - Use Bright

This is the slowest option.

Pharaoh Man is weak to Bright Man's Flash Stopper. He is the only Robot Master that is frozen by it, at which point you simply mash lemons until he is defeated.

Given each lemon only does 1 damage, this is an extremely slow, if reliable, option. This is not recommended for speedruns.

Mega Buster

Whether doing Bright First of Pharaoh first, the Mega Buster and full charge shots are the recommended options. This is because the boss's invincibility frames in Mega Man 4 are longer than earlier games, to encourage the player to use the full charge.

Note that the Charge Shot does 3 HP, so after 9 full charges, Pharaoh Man would have 1 HP left. Most runners enter the room with a charge shot, and use the second shot to fire a lemon at Pharaoh, sometimes from a distance for a "CF0" build a charge while the lemon crosses the room strategy.

Research shows Pharaoh is less likely to jump around if you stay close to him, so stay close to Pharaoh. 

Dust Crusher

This strat would work in the early stages, but really only applies to refights.

Pharaoh has a soft weakness to Dust Crusher. This is faster than the other two options (Buster and Bright). In refights, remember to save enough Dust for Skull.

Magic Pixel

All 8 robots in Mega Man 4 have a magic pixel.