Brute

The Brute is an enemy in Ion Fury. It's a cybernetic torso with a completely mechanic lower body on treads, a tracked robot with a buzzsaw and a sort of a plasma launcher as its weapons. While they can both attack with their bouncing plasma launcher and buzzsaw, in general you don't face them in claustrouphobic spaces to get near you enough to slash you. Brutes are first encountered in the third chapter Institutionalized's secret level Grand Slam. If skipped player will face them first at Countryside Carnage chapter. Their movement pattern seem to be random at best and will try to dodge your shots better by changing direction, reacting as you shoot, scaling with the difficulty level.

It is a scaled-down version of the Mega Brutalizer Twins, just like Warmech having a lesser counter-part and a boss variation. While the Brute is no where near any kind of Warmech in terms of hitpoints or firepower, they can stand as a formidable resistance infront of important gates or can be used to flush you back. It is much less durable than its larger counterparts, but is still better-armored than most other enemies in the game.

At a distance a few Disperser grenades to its upper torso will be a safe bet if you can take cover properly. However, Clusterpuck's cluster mode would be the best choice if you can stand at a distance. When there's nothing to take cover with, then charged shots to head from Ion bow dispatches them in a blink when needed. They can soak up Chain gun bullets and Disperser buckshots with ease, these only seem to be effective if it's focused on its head to perforate him. Penetrator seem to be ineffective as they're more cybernetic than organic tissue.