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One-Armed Woman In An Ass Spanking Contest

I just... don't really know what Mega Man DOES that lets him effectively 1v1 Samus. Like, I get it, he'll likely use an early loop to do some lasting damage, get in a Marvel super or whatever, but most of Mega Man's tools are made to enable team plays, and he's... pretty much having to go solo here. Of all of his weapons, the ones I see doing any significant contribution are:

Atomic Fire (Damage)
Rain Flush (Damage)
Gravity Hold (Damage)
Slash Claw (Damage)
Astro Crush (Damage)
Homing Sniper (Damage)
Laser Trident (Damage)
Black Hole Bomb (Damage)
Time Stopper (Escape)
Centaur Flash (Escape)
Spark Shot (Escape)
Concrete Shot (Escape)

Ice Slasher (Threat If He Specifically Targets Her Missing Limb)
Tundra Storm (Threat)

Now that's a lot of weapons when I put them in a list that I think are viable! However, I don't think that a single one trades well with the Power Bomb, and I think in all exchanges other than "super and then IMMEDIATELY stall Samus and peace out", Mega Man has a losing trade there. This assumes Mega gets the drop on Samus every single time and she's not prowling about actively hunting his friends, because once she has them in her sights and Mega Man can no longer go back to base camp to learn what to do next from the 10-year old child, that's game. He HAS to kill Samus before then, and he just... doesn't have enough firepower. Using the ice weapons to specifically target her missing arm would give hope - Metroid DNA makes her weak to ice and "200 degrees below freezing" is a pretty good attack to use on someone like that, but the Gravity Suit is otherwise insulated. And I don't see "knowing Samus' capabilities out of fear" ending up being like "she is a terror who can absolutely murder is... but also she hates ice so if we pour a bucket of ice down her back she'll go down easy. BUT OTHERWISE WE'RE DOOMED". Can Rock possibly sus out that weakness? ... if he had less options to try, maybe, but even with loops, I don't see how he's getting that info back to Rika and choosing one of two weapons that can both target her weak point AND are her weakness (most of the other ice ones either go along the ground or are weird snowflake shotguns) .

tl;dr, I just don't think Mega Man has the firepower to beat Samus in trades before she either beats him or kills all his friends, even if he tries like 20 times. The sheer gap in durability vs firepower is too much. Give Mega Man some more support, remove BJ, or replace Mega Man with a stronger damage dealer (I think Joker or Zeratul does WORK here) and we might have a miracle.

Miracles aren't real.