Armored Mutant

The armored mutant is an enemy in Ion Fury. Like regular Mutants, they are slow but are more durable and attack with corrosive vomit instead of an organic projectile attack. They appear to be fallen GDF members of shock response unit. They're heavily armored what looks to be very sturdy but weak at any exposed area, especially head. They let out a loud howl when they located the player for the first time at a distance.

It can be theoretized that their armor not protecting them but also preventing their acidic bile from bursting them open upon taking damage. Any bullet shot that land on their armor will be absorbed with a huge rating making them annoying to deal at long ranges where they require precise aiming or bigger more destructive weapons. Until killed, they will pose as a threat at narrow chokes effectively blocking your path while you try to deal with bigger issues at hand. When killed they leave behind a small pool of acidic bile just like mechanical Diopede units.

A precise shot from Loverboy or Disperser to their head usually enough to dispatch them. When encountered at a crowd you can ignore them until too close or they're blocking an area that you need to pass through in a hurdle, if that's the case quick use of explosives will get rid of them. It's hard to get them catch fire with Penetrator shots as their armor absorbs any shot were to be aimed at their body frame but they let out another scream of pain when lit on fire. They can be tazed by Electrifryer or Ion bow shots but given their armor, low hitpoints and close range projectile attack those options are not worth the attempt of precision.

Armored mutants are first encountered in the Countryside Carnage chapter.