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After collecting the Boots and Buster upgrades, it is possible to have a second jump in mid air. These have been termed "Neon jumps" after Mega Man's glow from firing the first full charge shot. This can be done with either the first or second pink and orange...

Just like X1, the first lemon fired during a dash does 2 points of damage. This is extremely useful for buster DPS (Damage per second) on bosses.

The Mega Buster will not charge while sliding in this game. As such, many times when a top runner is walking and charging, they did not miss a slide but instead are actively building a charge shot.

Beat will attack an enemy if Mega Man is motionless. This is usually on the ground, but also happens at the peak of a jump if you are not moving left or right. You can use this to make Beat attach while jumping over Dark Man's shields, or to be faster to attac...

The Super arrow takes two points of ammo to fire, though it can be fired with only 1 point of weapon energy remaining. You cannot walk (or slide) off the front of a moving arrow - it will catch you. Riding the Super Arrow drains 1 point of energy as Mega Man...

With proper timing, you can jump, create an ice wall, land on the created ice wall, and jump again. This is used in a variety of places across the speedrun, so it is a vital piece of tech. Screens can still be completed without it, but you will lose significan...

The little flame item in the shop is "The counter attacker." This item makes all attacks do 2 extra damage whenever Mega Man is under 8 HP. Beyond the obvious but annoying method of counting tiny bars on the screen, you can tell if your character is under 8 H...

When a Balloon is placed into a wall, it remains there for about 16 frames. This gives you time to land on the despawning ballon and jump again. This is most obvious in Ring Man's stage, and Cossack 2. Its worth noting that the time might be reduced due to ...

Most zipping in this game requires getting pushed into a wall by Ice Wall, then directing Mega Man up or down with Lightning or jumping. Getting Into The Wall At a high level, to get pushed into a wall, you jump, use Ice Wall, then move Mega Man into the ice...

You can grab the Magnet Beam without Guts (or Elec) by executing a ladder zip. Setup Get Mega Man to the top of the right ladder below the magnet beam (it does not matter how you entered the screen). To get Mega Man into the glitch position, you must push do...

Several points in the speedrun, notably the intentional deaths in the Crash and Wood Man zips, switch to Heat Man's weapon for seemingly no reason and begin charging it before falling into a pit. Mega Man 2's "death respawn timer" uses the sound effect of Meg...

In Mega Man 4, the boss fanfare and weapon get animation do not trigger until all bubbles leave the screen. This means the location of your kill can affect your stage time by up to 2 seconds. In the case of Dive Man, this includes Mega Man's periodic Air Bubb...

Why Cancel the Music? Mega Man 3's soundtrack, while amazing, generates lag. By removing the background music, the game simply runs faster. Technique By taking a spike death on the exact same frame as a screen transition, the "Mega Man dying" sound also cau...

Seriously. This weapon is much better than you think, it just has one major glitch that you can avoid once you know about it. It's actually quite powerful, just not as fast as other weapons in most situations for a speed run, mostly because at its core it's a ...

Weakness Order Mega Man 3 has 2 weakness loops Magnet > Hard > Top > Shadow > Spark > Magnet Snake > Gemini > Needle > Snake There are 2 soft weaknesses to "cross over" between the loops (at least 2 that are relevant to the speedrun routes), along with...

Technically not unique to Rush, this is most often experienced while riding Rush Jet or using Rush Coil. When Mega Man goes off the top of the screen, his Y-coordinate "wraps". This makes it possible to grab items low on the screen while jumping off the top o...

This page notes general truths about zipping. For specific zips (such as the Good Wood zip), check their stage pages and Duckfist's Tutorial. A-Trigger vs. B-Trigger Several zips will refer to an A-Trigger or a B-Trigger. A-Trigger zips require mega Man to ...

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. "Back cancel", by "pushing left" (assuming you are sliding right) "A-Cance...