Wire Sponge

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Wire Sponge (Wire Hetimarl)
Weapon:	Strike Chain (Mega Man X2 and Xtreme 2) Lightning(Zero, Mega Man Xtreme 2)
Weakness:	Sonic Slicer (Mega Man X2) Drill Crush (Zero, Mega Man Xtreme 2)
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Main stage:	Weather Control
Appearances in games:	Mega Man X2 Mega Man Xtreme 2
Other appearances:	Rockman X (manga) Rockman Remix Rockman X Mega Mission
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Wire Sponge, known in Japan as Wire Hetimarl (ワイヤー・ヘチマール, Wire Hetimarl^?), is a sponge plant-type Maverick from Mega Man X2. He wreaks havoc in the Weather Control. His weapon is Strike Chain, which he uses like a whip. He is weak to the Sonic Slicer. If the final blow is done with the Sonic Slicer, he will split in half. He is also vulnerable to the Speed Burner.

When Zero faces him in Mega Man Xtreme 2, he can be defeated faster with the Drill Crush.

[edit] Data

Mega Man X2 stats:

• Power: 6400rp
• Speed: 4800rp

[edit] Stage enemies

Enemies in Wire Sponge's stages:

• Aclanda (not present in Mega Man Xtreme 2)
• Croak Hopper
• Scriver
• Sky Farmer
  • Rightod
  • Sabbotein
• Sole Solar
• Weather Crystal

[edit] Trivia

• Wire Sponge is modeled after the luffa, a vine plant that produces a cucumber like vegetable that is dried and sold.
• Although Wire Sponge is not an electric-type Maverick, Zero learns an electric-type attack from him (appropriately named "Lightning") in Mega Man Xtreme 2. This is most likely based off of the lighting attack Wire Sponge uses after being reduced to critical health in Mega Man X2.
• Wire Sponge's death animation with the Sonic Slicer is somewhat a precursor to the death animations of enemies in the Mega Man Zero series when killed with the Z-Saber.
• In the base of the Tower of Verdure, where the player fights Rospark the Floroid, one part of the tree looks like Wire Sponge. [1]
• Wire Sponge is the first Mega Man X boss that is a vegetable/plant followed by Split Mushroom, Axle The Red, Tornado Tonion and Optic Sunflower.