General Techniques

Slide Canceling

Mega Man cannot jump out of a slide in Mega Man 6. Whether underwater or not.

Pressing A again in a slide will make Mega Man stand up. This leads to two ways to cancel your slides.

This behavior makes the game require fancy finger gymnastic to perform quick slides and jumps, such as the "Clutch Jumps" in Wind Man's stage.

It also makes identifying platforms where a single full slide can be made extra important. Several such "Raiden" slides are noted in guides.

Switching to Rush

Hold Start when swapping to Rush Power or Jet. This will immediately end the cutscene.

Yamato Spear Behavior

Knight Crusher

Boss Explosion Lag Reduction

Nobody, not even the TASers, know why, but jumping against the right wall of a boss's chamber will reduce the lad of the explosion. As such, it is ideal to end most boss battles close to the right hand wall.