Style Change (MMBN2)

Style Change is the main transformation system of Mega Man Battle Network 2. MegaMan will receive his first Style Change in Chapter 4, during ShadowMan's stage. Up to 2 Styles can be stored at a time.

How to Obtain

During battle, depending on actions you perform, a number of points will go towards the different Styles. The Style that has the most accumulated points at the end of a battle, will add 1 Style point to go towards the next Style Change. If highest total is shared among multiple Styles, then all those Styles get +1 Style point. When all Styles got 0 points (i.e. when you flinched at least once and killed all enemies with at most 1 non-NaviChip and/or elemental Power Attacks), then all Styles get +1 Style point.

During the next Style Change opportunity, MegaMan will transform into the Style that accumulated the most points. However, if the Style point count comes to a tie, the game will select one of them. The one selected is prioritized from this order: Shield > Team > Custom > Guts.

The element MegaMan gets with the Style is random. It takes 280 non-story virus battles to receive a new Style Change.

• If MegaMan already fought 280 battles before getting his first Style, the Style point count will stop.

Elements

There are 4 possible elements for a Style to have. The Style's element determines MegaMan's new Power Attack. There is also 1 special BattleChip that MegaMan can use if he's a specific element.

Heat

• Weakness: Aqua
• MegaMan can walk over Lava panels.
• Can use BigRedWave.
• Power Attack: Flamethrower.

LV1	LV2	LV3
50	75	100

Aqua

• Weakness: Elec
• Can use FreezeBomb.
• Power Attack: Bubbler.

LV1	LV2	LV3
30	40	50

Elec

• Weakness: Wood
• Can use Sparker.
• Power Attack: Zap Ring. Paralyzes.

LV1	LV2	LV3
10	20	30

Wood

• Weakness: Fire
• MegaMan will recover HP while on Grass panels.
• Can use GaiaSword.
• Power Attack: Twister. Can hit up to 8 times.

LV1	LV2	LV3
10	15	20

Non-elemental

• Weakness: No weakness
• Power Attack: ChargeShot. (5 x Buster Attack)

Style Types

There are 4 different types for a Style to have.

Guts Style

Guts Style
Action Requirement	1 pt: Use the MegaBuster normal shot. (Maximum: 255 shots) If the Custom Gauge is full, 1 shot counts as 5 shots. 10 pt: Use NormalStyle MegaMan's ChargeShot. (Maximum: 255 shots) If the Custom Gauge is full, 1 shot counts as 5 shots. Elemental Power Attacks does not count.
Abilities	Buster Attack Level is x2, up to 10. Rapid is always set to 1. Super Armor, MegaMan does not flinch aback.
Level Up	120 battles

Custom Style

Custom Style
Requirement	5 pt: Send Chip Data of 2 chips in one turn. 25 pt: Send Chip Data of 3 chips in one turn. 50 pt: Send Chip Data of 4 chips in one turn. 60 pt: Send Chip Data of 5 chips in one turn. 20 pt: Use a Program Advance. 30 pt: Use ADD function. Number of chips selected is not counted.
Abilities	Start the battle with 7 slots in the Custom Screen.
Level Up	160 battles

Team Style

Team Style
Requirement	50 pt: Send Chip Data of 1-2 Navi Chips in one battle. 50 pt x (NaviChips-2): Send Chip Data of 3 or more Navi Chips in one battle.
Abilities	Up to 8 Navi Chips can be put in your folders.
Level Up	130 battles

Shield Style

Shield Style
Requirement	45pt x (# of chips chosen): Send Chip Data of the following chip types in one turn. Defense-type: CrsShld1, CrsShld2, CrsShld3, Guard, PanlOut1, PanlOut3, Invis1, Invis2, Invis3, DropDown, PopUp, StoneBod, Shadow1, Shadow2, Shadow3 Barrier-type: Barrier, UnderSht, BblWrap, LeafShld, AquaAura, FireAura, WoodAura, ElecAura, LifeAur1, LifeAur2, LifeAur3 Recovery-type: Recov10, Recov30, Recov50, Recov80, Recov120, Recov150, Recov200, Recov300 5pt: Don't flinch aback in battle.
Abilities	Start battles with a Barrier. B+Left: Shield.
Level Up	100 battles

Non-Elemental Styles

These special styles do not have any elemental weaknesses and are not obtained like the above styles.

Normal Style

Normal Style
Requirement	None. MegaMan's initial form.
Abilities	Always available to switch to. Can use FighterSword, KnightSword, HeroSword.

Hub Style

Hub Style
Requirement	Must have 2 or more LV1 Styles, or 1 LV2 or LV3 Style. All V3 Navis except Bass must be defeated (to check, talk to the girl behind the trees in ACDC Town). Once the above conditions are fulfilled, MegaMan's next Style Change will be Hub Style. Hub Style is only offered once and will not appear again. So declining it means it can never be received, however it can be traded from other players.
Abilities	MegaMan's HP is halved and gains the following abilities: Buster Attack Level is x2, up to 10. Rapid is always set to 1. SuperArmor, MegaMan does not flinch aback. Start the battle with 10 slots in the Custom Screen. Up to 8 Navi Chips can be put in your folders. Start battles with a Barrier. B+Left: Shield.

Trading

You can trade Styles in the Network menu. If you trade the same Style to each other, MegaMan will comment on it.

Trivia

• If MegaMan already has Hub Style (from trading) and is offered Hub Style; When MegaMan accepts, it will overwrite the existing Hub Style.