Pickelman
Pickelman (ピッケルマン Pikkeruman), known as Picket Man in some English sources, is a type of Met that has a humanoid appearance. It throws pickaxes and also uses a shield. Pickelmen also appear pilotting machines, using a bulldozer in Mega Man 3, a jackhammer-like machine in Mega Man III, and an excavator in Mega Man 11.
Types of Pickelman[]
Basic Pickelman[]
Basic Pickelmans throw several pickaxes and protects their body with a shield. Fire Storm and Hyper Bomb can both defeat the enemy in a single hit as they ignore the defenses of the Pickelman's shield. It appears in Guts Man's stage in the first Mega Man game and Mega Man: Powered Up, in Buster Rod G's stage in Mega Man: The Wily Wars, and in Episode 2 of Super Adventure Rockman. Its shield can be knocked out in Super Adventure Rockman and Mega Man: Powered Up.
Mega Man Legacy Collection data[]
An industrial robot created by giving arms and legs to a Metall. Back up, and attack from afar.
Hits data chart[]
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy a Pickelman.
| Mega Man | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Rolling Cutter | Super Arm | Ice Slasher | Hyper Bomb | Fire Storm | Thunder Beam |
| 10 | 10 | ? | - | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mega Man: The Wily Wars | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Rolling Cutter | Super Arm | Ice Slasher | Hyper Bomb | Fire Storm | Thunder Beam | |
| 10 | 4 | ? | - | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Metal Blade | Air Shooter | Bubble Lead | Quick Boomerang | Crash Bomber | Time Stopper | Atomic Fire | Leaf Shield |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4:4 | - | 10:4:1 | 3 |
| Needle Cannon | Magnet Missile | Gemini Laser | Hard Knuckle | Top Spin | Search Snake | Spark Shock | Shadow Blade |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
- A hyphen indicates that the freezing action is functional.
Pickelman Bull[]
Pickelman Bulls (ピッケルマン・ブル Pikkeruman Buru) are Pickelmans in a small bulldozer that can only be damaged in its head. It appears in Top Man, Hard Man, Shadow Man and Spark Man's stages. It is also one of the boss cards on RockBoard.
They show up again in Hard Man's and Top Man's Stage in Mega Man II.
They also appear in Buster Rod G's Stage and the 3rd Wily Tower Stage in Mega Man: The Wily Wars.
Hits data chart[]
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy a Pickelman Bull.
| Mega Man 3 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Needle Cannon | Magnet Missile | Gemini Laser | Hard Knuckle | Top Spin | Search Snake | Spark Shock | Shadow Blade |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Wily Wars shares the same damage values for Mega Man 3 weapons, hence their exclusion from the following table.
| Mega Man: The Wily Wars | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Rolling Cutter | Super Arm | Ice Slasher | Hyper Bomb | Fire Storm | Thunder Beam | |
| 3 | 2 | ? | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Metal Blade | Air Shooter | Bubble Lead | Quick Boomerang | Crash Bomber | Time Stopper | Atomic Fire | Leaf Shield |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1:1 | - | 3:0:0 | 3 |
Pickelman Dada[]
Pickelman Dada (ピッケルマン・ダダ Pikkeruman Dada) is a Pickelman variant from Mega Man III that uses a loud jackhammer-like machine. It appears in Spark Man's, Gemini Man's and Shadow Man's stages, as well as Wily's Marine Fortress. It is similar to the Dada enemy from Snake Man's stage.
Pickman (Mega Man 11)[]
Pickmans, known as Pickelmans in Japan, return in Mega Man 11. They behave almost exactly as they did in the first Mega Man game, but without their shields. Their most prominent appearance is on Impact Man's stage.
Pickman Digger[]
Pickman Digger
Pickman Digger, known as Pickelman Shovel (ピッケルマンショベル Pikkeruman Shoberu) in Japan, is a sub-boss in Mega Man 11, encountered in Impact Man's stage.
Other media[]
Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]
A Picket Man appeared in the second issue of the Mega Man comics published by Archie Comics. When Mega Man was trying to locate Guts Man and fight him, he encountered what looked like a human worker and tried to tell him to evacuate, although he eventually realized his mistake when he saw that "he" was actually a robot. Another one makes an appearance near the end of Mega Man Issue 8 (Archie Comics) where its seen working on the Wily Castle from Mega Man 2.
Pickelman Bull makes an appearance on the Variant Cover of Mega Man #40.
Other appearances[]
Pickelman and his variations appeared in the Rockman manga series.
Gallery[]
Concept art of Picket Man from Mega Man: Powered Up.
Pickelman's render from Mega Man: Powered Up.
Pickelman in Super Adventure Rockman.
Pickelman in the comics.
Pickelman Bull cameo in the Rockman World 2 manga.
Pickelman Dada in the Rockman World 3 manga.
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Pickman
Trivia[]
- Despite resembling and having the same naming theme, Pickelman/Picket Man robots are completely unrelated to Robot Masters.
- Pickelmans are very similar in their behaviour to a Hammer Bro. from the Super Mario series.
Similar enemies[]
| Mega Man |
|---|
| Six Robot Masters |
| Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man |
| Other bosses |
| Yellow Devil • Copy Robot • CWU-01P • Wily Machine 1 |
| Mega Man's Special Weapons |
| Rolling Cutter • Super Arm • Ice Slasher • Hyper Bomb • Fire Storm • Thunder Beam |
| Mega Man's Support Items |
| Magnet Beam |
| List of enemies |
| Adhering Suzy • Blaster • Big Eye • Bunby Heli • Bombombomb • Changkey • Crazy Razy • Foot Holder • Gabyoall • Kamadoma Killer Bomb • Mambu • Metall • Pepe • Pickelman • Screw Driver • Sniper Joe • Super Cutter • Watcher |
| Miscellaneous |
| Script • Gallery • List of enemies • Damage data chart • Miscellaneous data |
| Mega Man II |
|---|
| The eight bosses |
| Metal Man • Air Man • Crash Man • Wood Man • Needle Man • Magnet Man • Hard Man • Top Man |
| Other bosses |
| Quint • Wily Machine II |
| Special Weapons |
| Metal Blade • Air Shooter • Crash Bomber • Leaf Shield • Needle Cannon • Magnet Missile • Hard Knuckle • Top Spin • Sakugarne |
| Support Items |
| Rush Coil • Rush Jet • Rush Marine |
| Locations |
| Metal Man Stage • Air Man Stage • Crash Man Stage • Wood Man Stage • Wily Castle Needle Man Stage • Magnet Man Stage • Hard Man Stage • Top Man Stage • Wily Station |
| Miscellaneous |
| Damage Data Chart • Enemies |
| Super Adventure Rockman |
|---|
| Characters |
| Mega Man • Beat • Rush • Dr. Light • Roll • Proto Man • Dr. Wily • Ra Moon Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man |
| Bosses |
| Metal Man • Bubble Man • Heat Man • Flash Man • Quick Man • Shadow Man Wood Man • Air Man • Crash Man • Snake Man • Needle Man • Gemini Man Magnet Man • Hard Man • Top Man • Spark Man • Ra Thor • New Yellow Devil |
| Special Weapons |
| Metal Blade • Bubble Lead • Atomic Fire • Time Stopper • Quick Boomerang • Shadow Blade Leaf Shield • Air Shooter • Crash Bomber • Search Snake • Needle Cannon • Gemini Laser Magnet Missile • Hard Knuckle • Top Spin • Spark Shock |
| Miscellaneous |
| Enemies • Energy Tank • Information Card • Item Box • Lanfront Ruins • Proto Shield |