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{{robotmaster
|titlebg=#993D4F
|titletext=#FFFFFF
|name=[[File:DecoyManMugshot.png|left|Decoy Man's mugshot]]Decoy Man[[File:DecoyManMugshot.png|right|Decoy Man's mugshot]]
|image=[[File:DecoyManArt.png|270px|Artwork by Karakato]]
|caption=Artwork by '''Karakato'''
|designer=[[The Great Metaphor]]
|programmer=The Great Metaphor
|artist=The Great Metaphor
|gender=Male
|hp=28
|at=6 (contact)<br>5 (decoy element)<br> 2 (buster shot)

|weak=[[Break Dash]], [[Rec Can]]
|stage=[[Decoy Man (stage)]]
|MaGMMLAppear= [[Make a Good Mega Man Level 3|MaGMML3]] (Boss)
|sprite=[[File:DecoyMan.png]]
}}

{{quote|I decided to seek companionship, but I cound'nt(sic) do it in my old form. I built myself a body out of the Robot Master technology, and I gave it the ability to create a hologram of itself to fool attackers in case I needed to defend myself... I called myself Decoy Man, based on my hologram weapon. And I fled here, but I was still lonely.|Decoy Man|through signs in his level}}

''Decoy Man'' is a Robot Master from ''[[Make a Good Mega Man Level 3]]'', found at the end of [[Decoy Man (stage)|his titular level]]. As is explained in the level, Decoy Man is actually the [[Energy Element]] he drops upon defeat, having gained more sapience than others of its kind, and constructed a Robot Master-esque body around itself in an effort to find true companionship.

==Battle==

After landing in the center of the arena, Decoy Man will fire a single horizontal shot in Mega Man's direction, then repeat a simple pattern:
* Jump about a quarter of the arena's width toward Mega Man.
* Fire a horizontal shot in Mega Man's direction and generate a damaging "decoy element" in the current location of his Energy Element. It lingers for about a second, blocking bullets until it fully disappears.

When his health reaches 20 or lower, Decoy Man will create a hologram duplicate of himself. The duplicate looks like Decoy Man without an energy element in its "chest", and it mirrors Decoy Man's position relative to the center of the arena. It deals no contact damage to Mega Man.

When his health reaches 13 or lower, Decoy Man's duplicate will fire buster shots in tandem with the original. These ''can'' hurt Mega Man.

Destroying Decoy Man's robot body will not make the decoy elements disappear any faster. Mega Man risks getting hurt if he tries picking up the [[Energy Element]] too hastily.

{{Damagetable3
|buster=1/1/3
|spark=0
|laser=1
|water=2
|tornado=0
|thunder=3
|magnetic=0
|ice=3
|break=4
|tape=0/0/N
|lantern=1
|prismatic=1/2/3
|beet=0
|rec=4/4
|banshee=0
|propeller=0
|cable=3
|shoes=1
|royal=2
|bait=1/1
|power=3
|notes=
}}

==Trivia==
* There is a glitch with Decoy Man’s simplistic pattern that can kill him immediately. He only determines whether to jump left or right depending on Mega Man’s position, so by standing against one of the arena walls (or not moving at all upon entering), Mega Man can “trick” Decoy Man into jumping through the wall and out of the arena. This will defeat him and eventually teleport the Energy Element where Mega Man can pick it up.

[[Category:Robot Masters]][[Category:Bosses]][[Category:Make a Good Mega Man Level 3 Bosses]][[Category:Tier 4 (MaGMML3)]]

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 |notes=
 }}
-==Trivia==
+==Notes==
 * Decoy Man's lore builds off of a plot point raised in ''[[Make a Good Mega Man Level 2]]'' — the idea that Energy Elements are sentient to some degree. The time gap between ''MaGMML3'''s submission period and the game's release ultimately did away with the idea, with [[Make a Good Mega Man Level: Episode Zero|other]] [[Make a Good 48 Hour Mega Man Level|games]] writing it out and [[Tako Trash]] confirming their non-sentience in one of its stories.
 * A bug with Decoy Man can cause him to clip through the walls of his boss room and fall offscreen, killing him instantly.

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 '''Decoy Man''' is a Robot Master from ''[[Make a Good Mega Man Level 3]]'', found at the end of [[Decoy Man (stage)|his titular level]]. Rather than being a "true" robot, he is supposedly a sapient [[Energy Element]] that constructed a robot body for itself in a bid to find companionship. This body has the ability to create a hologram of itself to confuse his enemies.
-After clearing the [[Wily Stadium]], Decoy Man's hologram appears as an NPC in [[Limestone Pagoda]].
+After clearing the [[Wily Stadium]], Decoy Man seems to appear as an NPC in the [[Limestone Pagoda]], but is in fact only a hologram that doesn't speak.
 ==Battle==

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 {{quote|I decided to seek companionship, but I cound'nt{{sic}} do it in my old form. I built myself a body out of the Robot Master technology, and I gave it the ability to create a hologram of itself to fool attackers in case I needed to defend myself... I called myself Decoy Man, based on my hologram weapon. And I fled here, but I was still lonely.|Decoy Man|through signs in his level}}
 '''Decoy Man''' is a Robot Master from ''[[Make a Good Mega Man Level 3]]'', found at the end of [[Decoy Man (stage)|his titular level]]. Rather than being a "true" robot, he is supposedly a sapient [[Energy Element]] that constructed a robot body for itself in a bid to find companionship. This body has the ability to create a hologram of itself to confuse his enemies.
 ==Battle==

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 ==Damage Table==
 {{Damagetable3
-|buster=1/1/3
+|buster=1/2/3
 |spark=0
 |laser=1

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 {{robotmaster
-|titlebg=#993D4F
+|titlebg=#B767A3
 |titletext=#FFFFFF
 |name=[[File:DecoyManMugshot.png|left|Decoy Man's mugshot]]Decoy Man[[File:DecoyManMugshot.png|right|Decoy Man's mugshot]]
 |image=[[File:DecoyManArt.png|270px|Artwork by Karakato]]
 |caption=Artwork by '''Karakato'''
 |designer=[[The Great Metaphor]]
 |programmer=The Great Metaphor
 |artist=The Great Metaphor
 |gender=Male
 |hp=28
-|at=6 (contact)<br>5 (decoy element)<br> 2 (buster shot)
+|type=Crystal
 |weak=[[Break Dash]], [[Rec Can]]
-|stage=[[Decoy Man (stage)]]
+|stage=[[Decoy Man (stage)|Decoy Man]]
-|MaGMMLAppear= [[Make a Good Mega Man Level 3|MaGMML3]] (Boss)
+|MaGMMLAppear=[[Make a Good Mega Man Level 3|MaGMML3]] (Boss)
 |sprite=[[File:DecoyMan.png]]
 }}
+{{quote|I decided to seek companionship, but I cound'nt{{sic}} do it in my old form. I built myself a body out of the Robot Master technology, and I gave it the ability to create a hologram of itself to fool attackers in case I needed to defend myself... I called myself Decoy Man, based on my hologram weapon. And I fled here, but I was still lonely.|Decoy Man|through signs in his level}}
-{{quote|I decided to seek companionship, but I cound'nt(sic) do it in my old form. I built myself a body out of the Robot Master technology, and I gave it the ability to create a hologram of itself to fool attackers in case I needed to defend myself... I called myself Decoy Man, based on my hologram weapon. And I fled here, but I was still lonely.|Decoy Man|through signs in his level}}
+'''Decoy Man''' is a Robot Master from ''[[Make a Good Mega Man Level 3]]'', found at the end of [[Decoy Man (stage)|his titular level]]. Rather than being a "true" robot, he is supposedly a sapient [[Energy Element]] that constructed a robot body for itself in a bid to find companionship. This body has the ability to create a hologram of itself to confuse his enemies.
 ==Battle==
-After landing in the center of the arena, Decoy Man will fire a single horizontal shot in Mega Man's direction, then repeat a simple pattern:
+Upon reaching 18 HP or less, Decoy Man will create a hologram of himself, identical save for the lack of an Energy Element in its chest. It mirrors Decoy Man's current action and position, but cannot be harmed, create element rings, nor inflict contact damage. When Decoy Man has 13 or less HP, it will start firing harmful projectiles whenever he does.
 {{Damagetable3
 |buster=1/1/3
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 |notes=
 }}
 ==Trivia==
-* There is a glitch with Decoy Man’s simplistic pattern that can kill him immediately. He only determines whether to jump left or right depending on Mega Man’s position, so by standing against one of the arena walls (or not moving at all upon entering), Mega Man can “trick” Decoy Man into jumping through the wall and out of the arena. This will defeat him and eventually teleport the Energy Element where Mega Man can pick it up.
+* Decoy Man's lore builds off of a plot point raised in ''[[Make a Good Mega Man Level 2]]'' — the idea that Energy Elements are sentient to some degree. The time gap between ''MaGMML3'''s submission period and the game's release ultimately did away with the idea, with [[Make a Good Mega Man Level: Episode Zero|other]] [[Make a Good 48 Hour Mega Man Level|games]] writing it out and [[Tako Trash]] confirming their non-sentience in one of its stories.
+* A bug with Decoy Man can cause him to clip through the walls of his boss room and fall offscreen, killing him instantly.
-[[Category:Robot Masters]][[Category:Bosses]][[Category:Make a Good Mega Man Level 3 Bosses]][[Category:Tier 4 (MaGMML3)]]
+* Decoy Man is programmed to occasionally shoot several projectiles in random directions if the [[Megamix Engine]]'s difficulty is set to Hard. Since ''MaGMML3'' doesn't use difficulty settings, this behaviour cannot be seen in-game.