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- "Expect no mercy, Mega Man!"
- ―Ring Man, Mega Man: Robot Master Field Guide
Ring Man (リングマン Ringuman) is a combat Robot Master that was created by Doctor Mikhail Cossack specifically to terminate Mega Man in Mega Man 4. His Special Weapon is the Ring Boomerang, a literal ring-shaped boomerang that resembles a chakram. Having high penetration power and speed, and being throwable from almost any angle, it is both a powerful and unpredictable weapon.
Physical appearance[]
Ring Man is a humanoid robot built in a way that appears to be wearing a black suit, a red helmet with a yellow lining and a ring on it, a red torso with a blue circle surrounded by a yellow ring, yellow armor, white hands with four rings next to each of them, yellow knees, and red boots with yellow central linings on each of them. He has blue eyes.
Personality[]
Being built especially for fighting, Ring Man is a clever strategist who is confident in his abilities. However, he does not believe in showing mercy to defeated opponents, and tends to be egotistical. He enjoys playing quoits because it suits his ability to throw rings very well, but he dislikes children.
Video game appearances[]
Mega Man 4[]
Ring Man is one of the eight Robot Masters, and defeating him will reward the player with Ring Boomerang.
Attack Pattern[]
Ring Man has an extremely simple pattern that he will not deviate from, though it may be a bit challenging because of the speed of his attacks. He always starts off by throwing his Ring Boomerang forward. The Ring Boomerang flies very quickly and goes straight ahead until it crosses the player's position, which then has the Ring Boomerang returning to Ring Man at the same speed, even if he is airborne. After throwing the Ring Boomerang on the ground, he will jump straight up and throw a second Ring Boomerang in mid-air. When he lands, he will run to the player's position, and once he overshoots it a little bit, he will restart the pattern. If he is getting shot at while running, he will retaliate by throwing a Ring Boomerang mid-run.
Weakness[]
Ring Man's main weakness is Pharaoh Shot, with the fully charged version killing him in five hits. The uncharged version does two damage on its own as well. As with most other bosses, Ring Man takes 3 damage from a fully-charged buster shot.
Mega Man IV[]
Ring Man is part of the first wave of 4 Robot Masters, which all come from Mega Man 4.
Attack pattern[]
Ring Man's pattern has been modified slightly. To start, he always starts the fight by running to Mega Man instead of throwing a Ring Boomerang. The Ring Boomerangs are slightly slower in speed, but the most interesting twist for Ring Man is that he actually throws his Ring Boomerangs loosely at Mega Man's position, instead of just straight forward. This means the player has to adapt to a different strategy with fighting Ring Man in this game.
Weaknesses[]
Ring Man is weak to Pharaoh Shot, which a charged version doing 6 damage and killing him in just 4 hits, or 3 charged shots and 1 uncharged. Speaking of, the uncharged version does 2 damage as well. Ring Man also has a secondary weakness to Charge Kick: although it can only be used in the rematches, it does 2 damage and can help Mega Man slide through Ring Man without having to jump over him. As with most other bosses, Ring Man takes 3 damage from a fully-charged buster shot.
Other appearances[]
- Ring Man has a cameo appearance in the museum stage of Mega Man 7
- Ring Man appears in the CD database from Mega Man & Bass.
- Ring Man appears as data of the Weapons Archive in Mega Man 10 when it uses the Ring Boomerang. His data is weak against Solar Man's Solar Blaze (a solar energy-based attack like the Pharaoh Shot) and Punk's Screw Crusher.
- Ring Man appears as Battle Memory in Rockman ×over.
Data[]
Mega Man & Bass CD data[]
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Rockman Complete Works data[]
セントウ用につくられたロボット。リングブーメランはすばやくて強力なので、はやめにジャンプしてかわそう。
Translation: A robot built for combat. Ring Boomerang is fast and powerful, so jump early to dodge it.
Stage[]
Damage data chart[]
Amount of damage in units that Ring Man receives from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 4.
| Mega Man 4 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Flash Stopper | Rain Flush | Drill Bomb | Pharaoh Shot | Ring Boomerang | Dust Crusher | Dive Missile | Skull Barrier | Wire Adaptor | ||
| 1:3 | 0 | 1 | 1:1 | 2:6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
*For the Mega Buster and Pharaoh Shot, the first digit is when the weapon is fired normally and the second is when it is fully charged.
Other media[]
Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)[]
Ring Man in the Mega Man cartoon show.
Ring Man appeared in the episodes Mega-Pinocchio and Bad Day At Peril Park from Ruby-Spears' Mega Man animated series. In the cartoon, Ring Man makes Ring Boomerangs appear from the top of his head.
In "Mega-Pinocchio", Ring Man, Cut Man and Guts Man attack Dr. Petto's laboratory and are stopped by Mega Man, Ring Man being defeated by Rush when he took a returning Ring Boomerang. Later, Dr. Light beats up and knocks down Ring Man with a mechanical hand to escape the trash compactor in his laboratory.
He later returns in "Bad Day At Peril Park", where he attacks the heroes using an Air Raider and his Ring Boomerangs, taking out one of their engines. He was then stopped by Mega Man atop the Rush Jet, being shot down over the sea. He was last seen swimming in the water after crash-landing.
Ring Man is voiced by Garry Chalk.
Mega Man Megamix[]
Ring Man in Mega Man Megamix.
In the manga, Ring Man was created by Dr. Cossack as a police robot to counteract the increasing amount of crime involving robots, having enhanced abilities to be able to deal with a wide variety of robots. His main weapon, the Ring Boomerang, was designed with a ring shape to make it easy to hold and avoid fatally injuring human culprits. Due to this safety-conscious design, Ring Man does not have to worry about inadvertently breaking any of the Three Laws of Robotics. In order to fight Mega Man, all of his safety settings were removed, but he was still defeated.
After the events of Mega Man 4, Skull Man was reactivated by Dr. Wily in "The Grim Reaper of Resurrection" and he goes after Cossack, attacking his citadel, but the doctor wasn't present. Ring Man is damaged in the attack and he travels to Dr. Light's Laboratory to ask for help, but Cossack was captured by Skull Man during a broadcast at the time he arrived, and he collapses. Dr. Light repairs Ring Man and later he goes after Mega Man and the others to help rescue Cossack, and defeats Dust Man, who was taken during the attack on Cossack's home along with Pharaoh Man and Drill Man. After defeating the three robots, Bright Man repairs them and Cossack's seven robots fight against Skull Man alongside Mega Man. Mega Man manages to defeat Skull Man, who apologizes and asks Cossack to never create a combat robot like him again, and is deactivated.
In "The Strongest Enemy to Date", Ring Man secretly helps Roll and Dr. Light's six robots escape from the jail. However, Roll knows Ring Man was helping them, and she loudly thanks Ring Man from afar when escaping. Busted, the police robots send Ring Man to the same cell as Auto.
In Mega Man Gigamix, Ring Man and Cossack's other six robots appear to help Mega Man in the battle against the Stardroids, and they defeat Uranus by attacking him together. Later, Ring Man faces Pluto alone and has difficulty during the battle due to Pluto's high speed, but is able to defeat him.
Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]
Ring Man is featured in the Mega Man comic series from Archie Comics, making his debut-as most of the Robot Masters do-in the Worlds Collide crossover event with the Sonic the Hedgehog comic. He appears as part of an army of Robot Master "time-cloned" by Wily and Dr. Eggman to battle Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and their allies. Humorously during the battle, Sonic picks up a couple of a defeated Ring Man's rings, mistaking them for the Power Rings of his own world.
Other appearances[]
Ring Man also appeared in the manga Rockman 4, Rockman: Yomigaeru Blues, Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin and Rockman Battle & Chase.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Ring Man appears as No. 28 (DWN-028) in the credits of Mega Man 4. This is Pharaoh Man's number, who appears with Toad Man's number, who appears with Ring Man's number.
- In Mega Man Megamix and Mega Man Gigamix, Ring Man is shown to wear a trenchcoat and hat when on duty as a police robot, reminiscent of iconic fictional inspectors.
- Ring Man is the only character whose NetNavi counterpart is the opposite gender from the original.
- Ring Man's and Drill Man's themes change pitch when they loop.
| Mega Man IV | |
|---|---|
| Robot Masters | |
| Bright Man • Toad Man • Pharaoh Man • Ring Man Stone Man • Charge Man • Napalm Man • Crystal Man | |
| Other bosses | |
| "Satellite Cannon" • Ballade • "Bridge" • Hunter • Wily Robo Iron Golem | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Flash Stopper • Rain Flush • Pharaoh Shot • Ring Boomerang Power Stone • Charge Kick • Napalm Bomb • Crystal Eye • Ballade Cracker | |
| Support items | |
| Rush Coil • Rush Jet • Beat | |
| Locations | |
| Dr. Light's Laboratory • Bright Man Stage • Toad Man Stage • Pharaoh Man Stage • Ring Man Stage Wily Station • Stone Man Stage • Charge Man Stage • Napalm Man Stage • Crystal Man Stage • Wily Battleship | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart • Enemies • Script | |