Tengu Man

• Tengu Part 1 - General Tips
• Tengu - Rush Jet
• Shiriko da Gama
• Tengu Part 2 - General Tips
• Tengu Man - Boss Fight
• Bolt Locations - Tengu

Tengu Part 1 - General Tips

Mind the wind at your back. Going left against the wind is difficult. Ball jumping while facing left at the end of the bubble climb is near impossible.

The first bolt in the stage is technically slower than others, but it's the fastest bolt not collected in any% if you need an extra one.

Bubble Climb

The first half's Bubble climb is simply alternating ball jumps left and right. Remember to jump and shoot to the right at the peak so the wind doesn't kill you. You won't be able to move left (against the wind) into your mega ball.

 

 

Tengu - Rush Jet

General Jet Tips

With the exception of the mid boss, these are auto scroller sections. Nothing you do (such as enemy kill times, again except the mid boss) makes things faster or slower.

In the first half, Flash Grenade explosions "zoom off screen." In the second half, they don't.

There are 4 set party balls, 2 in each half of the stage. The friend you get from them is random. You can get more party balls to appear by dropping below half health.

You "lose" all friends between halves of the stage, and if you take a death.

After the mid boss, once you get the bolt and are out of the ship, go to the bottom right corner of the screen for a free small time save going into the bubble climb.

Bolts

The visible bolt after the mid boss is the only bolt collected in the rush sections in any%

If a bolt is duplicated for 40 bolts, the bolt in the ceiling is skipped entirely.

Friend Tier List

1. Beat - Hovers in front of you constantly doing lots of damage if you hold charge.  Fastest way to kill the mid boss, since holding Beat in its hit box will immediately hit after i-frames wear off.
2. Eddie - Lobs bombs doing lots of damage if you hold change. Second fastest way to kill the mid boss, only losing time to beat because of the timing of bomb launches.
3. Rush & Auto - Neither of these are suitable for the mid boss, due to reduced damage. i-frames generated from these friends take away the opportunity for something else to deal more damage.

In the first half of the stage, it doesn't matter which you take.

In the second half, you want beat and only beat. If you get Eddie out of the second party ball, he is a solid second choice to continue a run. If you see neither, the fastest strat is to take damage and force a third party ball to spawn.

Shiriko da Gama

This page lifted directly from the Mega Man 8 Compendium

HP: 33

Damage Chart:

Damage Values:

The best strategy for this midboss involves Beat.  If you have Beat entering the boss, then the fight is simply holding down a charge to position Beat correctly, and placing him inside the midboss.  Make sure you are damage boosting on the boss itself, as contact damage does significantly less than the laser.

If you get unlucky and don’t get Beat immediately, remember you can spawn additional party balls by being at half HP or less.  If you get to the boss and still don’t have Beat, we recommend using half-charged Buster shots.

Tengu Part 2 - General Tips

You stayed in the bottom right after getting the bolt before getting off rush jet, right? This actually saves a small amount of time.

Bubble Climb 2

The second half's bubble climb requires a little finesse but can be done damageless. Go to the right a slight amount for 5 ball jumps, then fully back to the left for three. This should get you part way onto the next screen and the wind. Ball jump to the right to get out - remember the wind won't let you ball jump left, and if you're too far right the ball will explode inside the wall.

Windy Screen

The window to slide after going under the first platform, before walking/getting pushed by the wind into the pit, is very tight.

Use small hops to grab the bolt under the platforms on this screen. It's possibly the most dangerous bolt any% collects (even if it feels easy with practice), and there is no specific reason to collect it other than it is a fast bolt to collect, so you can re-route this if it causes trouble.

Swapping to ice wave to kill the birds makes it almost guaranteed they all get hit, where a half charge may miss one.

Tengu Man - Boss Fight

From The Compendium

HP: 40

Damage Chart:

Damage Values:

The strat for Tengu involves using Ice Wave to hit him, even when he’s not on the ground.  Beginners can often find this difficult and awkward.  Thankfully, Tengu Man takes extra damage from the Mega Buster, so one easy alternative strategy is to use half Buster charges until he comes down, and then hit him with Ice Wave.

For a much more advanced strat, check out this video.

Also here’s a funny thing with Tengu and Ice Wave.

Other Notes

Ice wave will only freeze Tengu Man against the ground when he's actually standing on it, either after a swoop or a Tornado Hold. If you hit him before he's on the ground, he will not get frozen, and you won't get your second "Free" hit.

As the compendium notes, Tengu has a soft weakness to the Buster itself. Optimally you master the art of ball jumping and weapon swapping to ice to get an extra big hit in, but half charges are a solid way to deal damage.

Learn to read Tengu's movement patterns to anticipate attacks and get in his face. 

Bolt Locations - Tengu

There are 4 bolts in Tengu Man's stage.

Only 2 are collected in any% - the visible bolt after the mid boss in part two, and the low bolt on the last screen before Tengu.

If the last bolt is difficult to obtain, substitute the stage's first bolt.

Special - There is one bolt in the second half that requires a revisit after Search Man. The current rules of 40 bolts allow duplicating a bolt in Sword Man's stage to reach 40, and this is the longest bolt to reach, so it gets cut in favor of the duplicated bolt.

First Half

At the end of the first screen, either jump on the high platforms with the wind, or ball jump (from the left)

 

Second Half

The bolt labeled 2 in this image is free to collect after the mid boss. It's in an autoscroller, so grab it.

The bolt labeled one can only be collected on a revisit with Homing Sniper (Search Man). Fire the homing sniper to release the bolt.

 

This is the section immediately after the second bubble climb. Platforms spawn low to reach this bolt.