CloudMan.EXE

This article is about the NetNavi CloudMan.EXE. For his Earth anime counterpart, see CloudMan.EXE (anime). For his Zoanoroid counterpart, see Zoano CloudMan.EXE. For his Robot Master counterpart, see Cloud Man.

"I'll fog ya up! DarkCloud!"

―CloudMan, Mega Man Battle Network 5

CloudMan.EXE (クラウドマン, Kuraudoman) is a Darkloid from Mega Man Battle Network 5 that manipulates thunderclouds. Throughout the game, he captures NetNavis (MegaMan and their team leader). Sending them to Nebula's base, so they can be corrupted with the Dark Power from Dark Chips. CloudMan uses Greek terms in his dialogue.

Apperance[]

CloudMan has some design changes in comparison to his original counterpart, such as a Greek style battle helmet and a mouth added below his eyes, making CloudMan.EXE look more humanlike in appearance. CloudMan.EXE's cloud is also grey.

Personality[]

CloudMan is always moody and rarely speaks. You can immediately tell when he's in a bad mood when the lightning from his thundercloud is stronger than usual^[1].

History[]

Mega Man Battle Network 5[]

CloudMan attacks the Net and occupies the SciLab Area under Dr. Regal's orders and spreads clouds everywhere to block the way, using a Dark Chip. With the help of GyroMan and/or ShadowMan, the Dark Chip is destroyed and the way is cleared. CloudMan is fought and deleted; however, a cloud appears after the mission and captures MegaMan. CloudMan reappears when Meddy/ToadMan try to break into the Undernet. He tries to delete them, but ProtoMan/Colonel takes the blow and are seemingly deleted.

CloudMan appears once again in Nebula base in Factory Computer 2. He absorbs GyroMan/ShadowMan into the Dark Galaxy, but he is then deleted by MegaMan. CloudMan reappears, trying to stop MegaMan in SoulNet Computer, but is stopped by the members of Team ProtoMan/Colonel who have returned from the Dark Galaxy and is deleted.

He reappears again in Nebula Area 3 in a Liberation Mission and is deleted once again.

Locations[]

CloudMan (クラウドマン, Kuraudoman), 700 HP:
Liberation Mission 3 (SciLab Area 3).
CloudMan Alpha (CloudMnα), known as (クラウドマンＶ２, CloudMan V2) in Japan, 900 HP:
Set encounter in Factory Computer 2.
CloudMan Beta (CloudMnβ), known as CloudMan V3 (クラウドマンＶ３, CloudMan V3) in Japan, 1200 HP:
Set encounter in SciLab Area 3 after defeating Alpha.
CloudMan Omega (CloudMnΩ), known as CloudMan SP (クラウドマンＳＰ, CloudMan SP) in Japan, 1500 HP:
Random encounter in SciLab Area 3 after defeating Beta.
CloudMan Dark Soul (CloudMDS) (クラウドマンＤＳダークソウル, Kuraudoman Dāku Souru), 3000 HP:
Unused, cannot be encountered in the game.

PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS ABOUT MATERIAL THAT HAS NOT BEEN LOCALIZED OR DUBBED OUTSIDE OF JAPAN OR OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES, AND USES THE ORIGINAL TERMS AND NAMES.

Other media[]

Anime[]

Main articles: CloudMan.EXE (anime) and Zoano CloudMan.EXE

CloudMan has two different counterpart in the anime. The first is a Darkloid who serves under Dark Rockman. The second is a Zoanoroid who serves as a follower of Falzer.

END OF UNLOCALIZED MATERIAL.

Manga[]

In the MegaMan NT Warrior manga, CloudMan appears in Volume 10. He appears disguised as members of the Netopian Military and unleashes Batty viruses in Charlie Airstar's helicopter computer in order to draw MegaMan out prior to his fight. Eventually, MegaMan shows up and exposes CloudMan. Soon TomahawkMan joins the fight as well, but despite MegaMan's anti-darkness program, he is overwhelmed by CloudMan's strength, claiming that the Darkloids have "evolved even further". Determined not to lose to the Darkloids, MegaMan gains the Tomahawk Soul and deletes CloudMan, ending his threat.

Abilities ^[2]^[3]^[4][]

CloudMan stays in the back row at all times, making him vulnerable to the Battle Chip Lance, Dark Chip Dark Lance and Tomahawk Chaos' Charge Shot.

Many Cloud (メニークラウド, Menī Kuraudo):
CloudMan starts the battle with five thunderclouds. These clouds can be destroyed with a Buster shot, but will regenerate. This is named Minicloud in the English BradyGames Strategy Guide.

Goro Thunder (ゴロサンダー, Goro Sandā):
When the player lines up with a thundercloud, it will fire a paralyzing lightning ball down the row.

Cross Spark (クロススパーク^[5], Kurosu Supāku):
CloudMan summons a thundercloud that will hit in a + fashion.

Elec Storm (エレキストーム^[6], Ereki Sutōmu):
CloudMan disappears and summons a series of thunderclouds, along with a large thundercloud that will move towards the player. This attack can be stopped by damaging the cloud that is shaking, which has CloudMan hiding inside. He moves to other clouds quickly, so attacking immediately is recommended. This attack can also be prevented if the players quickly attack him with chips that cause him to flinch when he was about to initiate this move.

Dark Cloud (ダーククラウド, Dāku Kuraudo):
Overworld Liberation Mission attack. CloudMan summons a cloud and fogs them up. The foe takes damage and becomes paralyzed for a turn. While Magnet Barrier and KnightMan passive defensive ability protects from damage, the paralyze effect still goes through them. The only exception to both damage and paralyze effect is if the Navis was under the protection of 1 Phase Invisibility effect from Bonus Panel.