Thunder Claw (サンダークロー Sandā Kurō) is Clown Man's Special Weapon from Mega Man 8. When equipped, Mega Man launches an "elastic" beam of electricity that can not only attack, but is tensile enough to swing from certain hooks; Mega Man can use these to make his way across big gaps. This is Grenade Man's weakness, and it can reflect Grenade Man's bombs back at him, but it is risky. (Grenade Man will also take the same damage if the Thunder Claws strike his body directly.) It's also effective against the Green Devil when its eye is exposed (although they cannot pierce the monster's body), and if Mega Man heads back to the intro stage, they deal the second most damage to the Yadokargo, their damage output being tied with the winds from a Tornado Hold and the explosion of the Flash Bomb. (although the Astro Crush's fireballs do more damage than the Thunder Claws).
For his own version of the weapon, Clown Man sticks his arms into the ground and tries to grab Mega Man from below; if this hits, he will deal damage to the Blue Bomber and call him a "baka."
Damage data chart[]
Damage values in units in Mega Man 8.
 Thunder Claw
| |
| Boss | Damage |
| Yadokargo | 4 |
| Tengu Man | 1 |
| Astro Man | 1 |
| Sword Man | 1 |
| Clown Man | 1 |
| Search Man | 1 |
| Frost Man | 1 |
| Grenade Man | 4 |
| Aqua Man | 1 |
| Atetemino | 1 |
| Bliking | 2½ |
| Bass and Treble | 1 |
| Green Devil | 5 |
| Wily Machine No. 8 | 1 |
| Wily Capsule | 0 |
| Cut Man | 4 |
| Wood Man | 2 |
- For Bliking, it is the only boss in Mega Man 8 to take a different amount of damage from each strike from the Thunder Claw (3 units of damage the first strike; 2 the second time; 3, 2, 3, etc.), hence the data value in its field above is listed in fraction form.
- Cut Man and Wood Man are available only in the Sega Saturn version of Mega Man 8.
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See also[]
- Strike Chain from Mega Man X2 and Mega Man Xtreme 2
| Electric Special Weapons and Techniques | |
|---|---|
| Special Weapons | |
| Mega Man series | Thunder Beam (1) • Spark Shock (3) • Thunder Bolt (7) • Thunder Claw (8) • Plug Ball (9) • Thunder Wool (10) • Scramble Thunder (11) • Electric Shock (V) • Lightning Bolt (M&B) • Force Field (DOS) • Bit Cannon (3DOS) |
| Mega Man X series | Electric Spark (X) • Triad Thunder (X3) • Lightning Web (X4) • Tri-Thunder (X5) • Volt Tornado (X7) • Thunder Dancer (X8, X's) • Plasma Gun (X8, Axl's) • Tri-Thunder (Xtreme 2) |
| Zero's Techniques and EX Skills | |
| Techniques | Raijingeki (X4) • E-Blade (X5) • Raijinshou (X7) • Raikousen/Raijinken (X8) • Lightning (Xtreme 2) • Tri-Thunder (Xtreme 2) |
| EX Skills | Spark Shot (Z2) • Sengatotsu (Z2) • Saber Smash (Z3) • V-Shot (Z3) • Shield Sweep (Z3) • Thunder Stab (Z4) • Tractor Shot (Z4) |