


Without recharge, it can throw 76 blades. The Metal Blade works in the same way as Mega Man 2. The only difference with the original is that Doc Robot's Metal Blades are orange, but the color is the same for Metal Man's blades in Mega Man: The Wily Wars. The Doc Robot from Mega Man 3 also used this weapon along with the weapons from the other Robot Masters in Mega Man 2, but the player can't take it from Doc Robot after defeating him in Spark Man's stage. Because of this, the general abundance of energy pick-ups, and the fact it can pass through walls, the Metal Blade is often considered the best weapon in the game, even borderline overpowered.

It uses barely any energy, consuming 1 energy for every four Metal Blades (a total of, without recharge, 112 blades). Air Man, Crash Man, Quick Man, Mecha Dragon, Guts Tank, Boobeam Trap and Alien are immune to the Metal Blade. This is also the secondary weakness of Picopico-kun and Wily Machine 2. The Metal Blade is generally considered to be the strongest weapon from Mega Man 2, as Bubble Man, Flash Man, and even Metal Man himself (in Wily Castle) are weak to this weapon.
