Assaultron (Fallout 4)

The assaultron is a type of robot encountered in The Commonwealth in Fallout 4.

Background
The assaultron robot was constructed by RobCo and sold to the US Military as a front-line wartime combatant. It is fast and deadly at close range, and employs a devastating laser at a distance. Some units can even employ stealth technology. Its perception seems to be significantly higher than other enemies', making it nearly impossible to sneak up on and hack without using a Stealth Boy.

Characteristics
The assaultron's body seems to be modeled after that of a female figure. They are highly aggressive, fast and some will attack the player character on sight. The assaultron's face will become surrounded with red energy when it is preparing its laser beam attack.

If the assaultron is allowed to charge its laser all the way, which can be halted by killing it or doing enough damage to its head, it will shoot a laser that, if not blocked by an object, will certainly kill its target nearly instantly, being known to completely vaporize legendary super mutant brutes. For this reason, an assaultron (unless it is the dominator variant, in which its laser will be replaced with a stealth field) should be the first target when engaging a group of hostiles.

It is vulnerable at the legs. However, when these are destroyed, the assaultron will keep on pursuing the target, even if crawling on the ground and if incapacitated enough, will do like the sentry bots and charge a potentially deadly explosion as a last desperate attempt to eliminate the target. Unlike the sentry bots they do not do this automatically after death and killing them before they can activate it will result in a normal death.

They can be very difficult for low level players to face head on due to their fast speed and aggressive attacks. A notable ability they have is being able to side step and they utilize that by avoiding attacks which can make weapons with slow fire rates a poor choice to use.

Assaultron dominator
The Dominator variant have a powerful attack that consists of stabbing the target's torso with two swords simultaneously and opening its arms sideways, more often than not, resulting in an one-hit kill. The legendary version in the FEV Lab will have both the melee and laser. It may explode upon death.

Locations

 * One leveled Assaultron always spawns in the FEV-Labs in The Institute. This can potentially be one of the hardest assaultrons to face during the game, depending on player skills, as the area where it spawns gives little room for cover from its beam or explosion.
 * A unique assaultron dubbed "The Iron Maiden" always spawns on the robot raceway track.
 * They often spawn near military installations and tend to move around a lot because of their high attack range. When left alone they can often be seen engaging wasteland creatures.
 * An Assaultron will attack you atop of the 35 Court building.

Notable assaultrons

 * KL-E-0
 * P.A.M.
 * Iron Maiden

Appearances
Assaultron appears in Fallout 4.

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