Search Man

a two-headed Robot Master from Mega Man 8 who was created by Dr. Wily, designed to look like a camouflaged soldier. During Search Man's construction, Wily had the idea that if he had two minds, he could be twice as smart and powerful as a normal Robot Master, and went with the idea of a two-in-one sniper robot. Unfortunately, Wily forgot to install two personalities, so Search Man just has one personality that keeps switching back and forth between his two heads. Search Man switches himself from head to head so frequently he even gets himself confused. He is one of the four Robot Masters that protected the barrier to the Wily Tower; he was stationed somewhere in the forest of the Congo, Africa.

An expert marksman and ambusher, his primary method of defense is to hide behind a series of strategically-placed bushes; hiding nothing behind one, bomb-rigged decoys behind two, and himself behind the last one. Equipped with a powerful missile launcher and tracking system, his primary methods of attack are to utilize his Special Weapon, the Homing Sniper, to quickly and accurately hit opponents with guided missiles, and to throw spiked discs that descend from the ceiling. Much like Grenade Man, he is also equipped with an overdrive system that increases his power, which he uses as part of an attack he calls the Deadly Storm; this enables him to rapidly launch barrages of missiles towards his foes. However, due to regularly using foliage as camouflage, he is particularly vulnerable to attacks that can set it on fire, specifically the Flame Sword.

Although he is not very sociable around other people, Search Man actually has a surprisingly positive outlook on life for a robot of his profession, albeit mostly when fighting. He is cowardly, disliking direct confrontation with his foes, and instead prefers to use a more varied approach in combat. To this end, he mostly relies on his knowledge of setting traps, sniping from a distance, and the element of surprise over sheer brute force to defeat his foes.

Overview
General breakdowns of passive abilities, gimmicks, and their movement + health.

Main
Homing Sniper

You have to lock on first, (which isn't affected by gravity,) which is shown with a target cursor. When it touches someone, will them lock on to them. You can target up to 4 people, and the longer the target is on an opponent, the more missiles will be shot at them.

Alt
Search Disk

Search Disk is a disk which bounces off walls.

Item
Camouflage

Summons 3 bushes horizontally. If Search Man stands in these bushes, he will be hidden. Teammates can also hide in these. You can use this to set up cheeky hiding spots to home in on people discretely from.

Reload
High Jump

Your reload is a high jump and if you press mainfire, you will shoot a barrage of missiles. Pressing altfire will shoot a faster Search Disk.

Basic Tips & Strategy
General strategy

Gondola V1.0

 * HP 85 > 90
 * Item Bushes removed
 * Imported ECL1P5E Patch Search Man (credit to ECL1P5E for changes there)
 * Mainfire while using reload now does Deadly Storm, stops doing Deadly Storm when hitting the ground
 * Altfire while using reload now fires ECL1P5E's Empowered Search Disc
 * Empowered Search Disc damage 14 > 28
 * Empowered Search Disc scale 2.5 > 3
 * Empowered Search Disc size 12x12 > 16x16

Gondola V1.7

 * Deadly Storm double missiles fixed (thank god)

Gondola V1.7H

 * Homing Sniper damage 13 > 10

Gondola V2.4

 * Receives bush item again, now in a plus-shape instead of a line
 * Homing sniper always consumes 50 ammo, no longer returns all ammo on hit
 * Ammo consumption on Homing Sniper 1 > 2
 * Homing Sniper reticle is now lagless

Gondola V2.6

 * Movespeed 0.76/.78 > 0.78/0.8
 * New HUD by Pegg

Gondola V2.6.1

 * Homing Sniper ammo regen 50 per tic > 10 per tic
 * NoAmmo Homing Snipers now properly no longer have lockon

Trivia

 * Add some trivia and lore! Try to stick to lore about the character's move-set or the community (like how NeedleMan plays like TF2 Heavy), and not about the character itself.

Notable Players

 * Comp players