Don’t shoot the newcomers when their ability is active. They are temporarily INVINCIBLE, and storing your energy for a massive attack on YOU. The more damage you do to them during the ability, the more damage they do in return. You can tell they are using their ability because a purple sphere will materialize in game; a purple bar appears below their health bar. Wait for the ability to conclude before resuming your attack.





The ability durations are eight seconds for the Ares, six seconds for Hades, and four seconds for Nemesis. It takes each bot double the time of their ability to cooldown (so 16 secs for Ares, 12 seconds for Hades, and 8 seconds for Nemesis). Within the active period, they will use some time to absorb damage and then return fire with the built-in weapons.



The current favo(u)rite bot appears to be Ares, which is the fastest and most fragile of the bunch. It has two medium and two light hardpoints, so the normal firepower is the same as a Griffin. However, its ability lasts the longest. It can, for instance, take four seconds to absorb as much damage as possible before unleashing it back on you for another full 4 seconds. Bear in mind that this bot’s built-in weapons are energy based, so physical shielded bots like Lancelot and Bulgasari have some resilience against this damage. We wouldn’t advise you to take advantage of this unless you have no choice.





University pilots faced a full squad (1%) yesterday and FIVE of them already had this bot. Get ready to see more of them, especially in beacon rush.





You can actually damage them while they are invincible if you are at point blank range. Like the Ancile shield, if you get up close and personal with them you can shotgun them in the face. Happy news for all you Mercury and Pursuer pilots - bring your Murder Machine





Finally, don’t panic if you see one - if you know what you’re doing, they can be pretty simple to take down. Stay close to cover, don’t shoot during the ability, make sure you’re behind cover when those built in weapons come out towards the end of the ability. Annihilate them directly after.





Like Falcon and the Descend robots, the "Pantheon" group robots have alternating periods of strength and vulnerability. There is a steep learning curve on these robots, and we haven't seen them in really skilled hands just yet. Make them pay while they’re still practicing!