Cannon Ball

Cannon Ball, known as Hougan (ホウガン, Hougan lit. "Cannonball") in Japan, is a Battle Chip in the Mega Man Battle Network series that is mainly obtained by defeating viruses from the HardHead family. It was named Howitzer in the first Mega Man Battle Network game, and is abbreviated as CannBall in other games, except for Mega Man Battle Network 4, where it is simply named Ball. Cannon Ball's rarity was four stars out of five stars in the first two games, but later its rarity went down to three stars, and is two stars in Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge.

Description

When the Battle Chip is used by a NetNavi, the NetNavi throws a black ball with an obtuse angle three squares ahead. If the ball contacts to the opponent, the target gets 80-150 damage, depending on the game. However, if the ball is thrown to a panel, the panel gets broken and causes no damage.

In Mega Man Battle Network 2, Mega Man Network Transmission and Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge, Cannon Ball has a weaker version named Wrecker, known as Tekkyuu (テッキュウ, Tekkyuu "Wrecking Ball") in Japan. Mega Man Network Transmission also has a stronger version named Hammer (ハンマー, Hammer).

In Mega Man Battle Network 3 Cannon Ball has an Aqua and a Fire element version: Ice Ball (コオリホウガン, Ice Ball Koori Hougan) and Lava Ball (ヨウガンホウガン, Lava Ball Yougan Hougan). They cause less damage than the normal version, except when used against the element weak to them. Instead of breaking a panel, Ice Ball will freeze the panel it hits, and Lava Ball will create a lava panel.

In Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation and toy versions of the Advanced PET and Progress PET, Cannon Ball has a variation named Cannon Ball Mode (ホウガンモード, Cannon Ball Mode Hougan Mode) that allows the NetNavi to throw several Cannon Balls for a limited time.

Data

Mega Man Battle Network

ID	Image	Name	Description	Damage	Code
35		Howitzer	Breaks panels Depth=3	150 (MMBN) 200 (OSS)	A,C,G,H,O

Mega Man Battle Network 2

ID	Image	Name	Description	Damage	Type	Memory	Code
49		Wrecker	Can break 3rd square ahead	80		16 MB	O, Q, S, U, W, *
50		CannBall	Can break 3rd square ahead	150		22 MB	O, P, Q, R, S, *

Mega Man Battle Network 3

Note: For Chip Traders (shortened as "Trader" in the table), all four contain Cannon Balls, while only Seaside Hospital's Chip Trader and the BugFrag Trader contain Ice Balls and Lava Balls. All Traders with these chips have all their codes available, but to keep the table shorter, they are not listed if the codes can be obtained by other means.

ID	Image	Name	Description	Damage	Type	Memory	Code and locations
Standard Chip 25		CannBall	Breaks 3rd panel ahead	160		33 MB	A (Trader) D (HardHeads in White version) F (Higsby's Chip order) L (Trader) P (HardHeads in Blue version) * (Green Mystery Data in Secret Area 2)
Standard Chip 26		IceBall	Freezes 3rd sqr. ahead	120		18 MB	F (Trader) I (Trader) M (ColdHeads, Higsby's Chip order) Q (Trader) S (Trader) * (Trader)
Standard Chip 27		LavaBall	Shoot lava 3rd sq. ahead	140		20 MB	B (Trader) C (Trader) H (HotHeads in White version, Higsby's Chip order) N (HotHeads in Blue version) W (Trader) * (Trader)

Mega Man Battle Network 4

ID	Image	Name	Description	Damage	Type	Memory	Code
Standard Chip 47		Ball	Breaks 3rd panel ahead	140		30 MB	B,T,V,*

Mega Man Battle Network 5

ID	Image	Name	Description	Damage	Type	Memory	Code
Standard Chip 44		CannBall	Breaks 3rd panel ahead	140		30 MB	C,T,Z,*

Mega Man Network Transmission

ID	Image	Name	Description	Damage	Type	Code	Stock	MP	Location
59		Wrecker	An attack that throws wrecking balls	80			20	16	NumberMan's shop Green Mystery Data (Power Plant Comp 1 and No Grav Area 1) Slot
60		CannBall	An attack that throws cannonballs	120			10	24	Hammer Joe Green Mystery Data (Bank Comp 2)
61		Hammer	An attack that throws hammers	160			5	32	Hammer Joe Blue Mystery Data (Undernet 1) Green Mystery Data (Zero Account)

Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge

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ID	Name	Attack	Element
49	Wrecker	Break40
50	CannBall	Break80

Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation

ID	Image	Name	Description translation	Damage	Type	Memory
Standard Chip 47		Hougan	Throws a Hougan 3 squares ahead! The attack can destroy a panel!	140		30 MB
Standard Chip 189		Hougan Mode	Throw a spree of Hougans for a while!			40 MB

Advanced PET

	Hougan (ホウガン)		CannonBall
	ID	044	Class	Standard
	Type	Attack Chip	Element	Neutral ()
	CP	4	AT	5
	Location (Japan)		Location (Worldwide)
	OS-03 Operation Battle Starter Metalman Deck RC-07 Battle Chip Collection Metalman		DoubleSoul Deluxe RollSoul MegaMan
	Hougan Mode (ホウガンモード)
	ID	283	Class
	Type	Attack Chip	Element	Neutral ()
	CP		AT
	Location (Japan)		Location (Worldwide)
	Battle Chip Gate Set

Progress PET

	Hougan (ホウガン)
	ID	556	Class	Standard
	Found in		Progress PET Keeper, General Operation Booster
	Hougan Mode (ホウガンモード)
	ID	794	Class	Mega
	Found in		Operation Battle Booster ​