Gyro Attack
Gyro Attack (ジャイロアタック Jairo Atakku) is Gyro Man's Special Weapon, a green propeller-shaped cutter that is fired forward and can change direction, up or down, once per shot.
Game appearances[]
Mega Man 5[]
Mega Man obtains Gyro Attack after defeating Gyro Man. When the propeller is fired, pressing up or down while it is flying will change its trajectory to the pressed direction, but only once per propeller. Each usage of the Gyro Attack uses 1 weapon energy unit. With a full weapon energy gauge, it can be used 28 times. Gyro Attack is the weakness of Crystal Man and Circring Q9, and is also helpful against Dark Man 3.
Mega Man: The Power Battle[]
Gyro Attack is obtained by defeating Gyro Man in the "Mega Man 3~6" course. It functions like Mega Man 5, but can be fired only 14 times due to the game's smaller weapon energy gauge. It is most effective against Plant Man and Yellow Devil.
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters[]
After defeating Gyro Man in the "Search for Wily!" course, Gyro Attack can be obtained by the player that takes his Special Weapon Item first. If it isn't taken before vanishing, it will be lost.
Unlike previous appearances, the player can't control the direction of the propeller. Instead, it acts like Magnet Missile, firing a propeller-shaped cutter forward that moves up or down when close to a target. Each usage of the Gyro Attack uses 1 weapon energy unit. With a full weapon energy gauge, it can be used 16 times. Centaur Man is weak against this weapon.
Also, Gyro Man says "Gyro Attack" when he does a fast dive attack in this game.
Damage data chart[]
Damage values in units in Mega Man 5.
 Gyro Attack
| |
| Boss | Damage |
| Gravity Man | 1 |
| Wave Man | 1 |
| Stone Man | 1 |
| Gyro Man | 1 |
| Star Man | 1 |
| Charge Man | 1 |
| Napalm Man | 1 |
| Crystal Man | 4 |
| Dark Man 1 | 1 |
| Dark Man 2 | 1 |
| Dark Man 3 | 2 |
| Dark Man 4 | 1 |
| Big Pets | 1 |
| Circring Q9 | 4 |
| Wily Press | 1 |
| Wily Machine 5 | 1 |
| Wily Capsule II | 1 |
Other media[]
Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)[]
Mega Man getting Gyro Man's (above) and Spark Man's (below) powers in the cartoon show
Gyro Attack appeared in the episode Cold Steel. In the cartoon, Gyro Man throws his own propeller like a boomerang instead of smaller propeller-shaped cutters. Mega Man obtains his power and Spark Man's power at the same time, being able to fly with the former and attack with the latter.
Gyro Man attempts to shoot his propeller at Mega Man and cuts a tree, Spark Man slipped after Mega Man shot the snow to reveal the ice and Gemini Man was clueless so he bumped into Spark Man and they fell on the tree that fell on Gyro Man.
Mega Man Megamix[]
Gyro Attack is only seen being used by Gyro Man once, being his dive attack from Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters rather than a projectile. While the small propellers don't appear even in concepts, Gyro Man's profile notes that he can use Gyro Attack, which works like bamboo-copters to fly vertically and hit enemies at different elevations. Gyro Man controls this movement by sending remote signals to the propellers and adjusting the speed of their rotation.
Rockman 5 (manga)[]
Mega Man got Gyro Attack after a difficult battle against Gyro Man. In the manga Mega Man throws the blades from his hands instead of firing them from his buster.
Gallery[]
Gyro Attack in Mega Man 5
Gyro Attack in Mega Man 5
Gyro Attack in Mega Man 5
Gyro Attack in Mega Man 5.
Mega Man using Gyro Attack in Mega Man: The Power Battle
Mega Man using Gyro Attack in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Proto Man using Gyro Attack in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Bass using Gyro Attack in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Duo using Gyro Attack in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Mega Man with Gyro Man's weapon in the Ruby-Spears cartoon
Gyro Attack in the Rockman 5 manga
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Gyro Attack Mega Man
| Cutter / Boomerang Special Weapons | |
|---|---|
| Mega Man series | Rolling Cutter (1) • Metal Blade (2) • Quick Boomerang (2) • Shadow Blade (3) • Ring Boomerang (4) • Gyro Attack (5) • Silver Tomahawk (6) • Slash Claw (7) • Flame Sword (8) • Triple Blade (10) • Wheel Cutter (10) • Screw Crusher (III) • Tengu Blade (M&B) • Shark Boomerang (3DOS) • Blade Launcher (3DOS) |
| Mega Man X series | Boomerang Cutter (X) • Sonic Slicer (X2) • Spin Wheel (X2) • Spinning Blade (X3) • Twin Slasher (X4) • Crescent Shot (X5) • Magma Blade (X6) • Wind Cutter (X7) • Shadow Runner (X8) • Ray Claw (Xtreme 2) |
| Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters |
|---|
| List of Playable Characters |
| Mega Man • Proto Man • Bass • Duo |
| List of Bosses |
| - Search for Wily! - Shadow Man • Plant Man • Gyro Man • Centaur Man • Bubble Man • Heat Man Mad Grinder - Rescue Roll! - Cut Man • Stone Man • Shade Man • Elec Man • Dive Man • Slash Man Yellow Devil - Recover the new parts! - Guts Man • Pharaoh Man • Air Man • Quick Man • Gemini Man • Napalm Man Mecha Dragon - Dr. Wily - Wily Machine |
| List of Special Weapons |
| Shadow Blade • Plant Barrier • Gyro Attack • Centaur Arrow • Bubble Lead • Atomic Fire Rolling Cutter • Power Stone • Noise Crush • Thunder Beam • Dive Missile • Slash Claw Super Arm • Pharaoh Wave • Air Shooter • Quick Boomerang • Gemini Laser • Napalm Bomb |
| Support Items |
| Rush • Beat • Treble |