Pyro Droid

Pyro Droids are hostile droids  that are first encountered in  Violent Volcano  and can be found in most other worlds after its initial debut.

Appearance
 1.0 

Pyro Droid 1.0, or its normal variant, has light orange skin with an orange torso and a helmet which has a gradient, with a light orange color that darkens at the bottom of the helmet. It has a different face to that of normal droids, smiling with orange fiery eyes. The eyes are colored darker with every variation.

 2.0 

Pyro Droid 2.0, its second variant, has a darker color scheme to that of Pyro Droid 1.0.

 3.0 

Pyro Droid 3.0, its third variant, has an even darker color scheme to that of the 1.0 and 2.0 variants.

Behavior

 * Pyro Droids chase you like any normal droid but it has practically infinite distance, and will immediately start chasing a player unless it is behind a wall (as Droids cannot see through solid walls).


 * Every second, it will make a beep sound. After three beeps/seconds, it will explode, players in the explosions radius. However, the explosion doesn't in any way effect the Pyro Droid itself and the explosions radius is around half the size of the visual explosion. After the initial explosion, it will count back down from 3 to 1.


 * Each counterpart decreases the amount of beeps before the explosion by 1. The 2.0 counterpart will explode after two beeps, whereas the 3.0 counterpart explodes after one.


 * When the Pyro Droid dies, its torso explodes after 1 second, similar to droids with the Explosive modifier.

Combat Tips

 * Pyro Droids move very slowly, but have high and, even more than that of the Tank Droids so its very tedious for you to kill them. You should always kite them to deal more damage, making the fight quicker. Still beware of the explosions while kiting and don't get too close.


 * Unless you are on low health and don't want to risk getting damaged, you shouldn't waste too much (more than 10) when fighting this droid as it is fairly easy to kite.


 * As the explosion attack damages any player too close to the droid, back away from the droid before it explodes. And since the swords  lunging speed is similar to the rate of the beeping, you can use your attacks to time your retreat. For example, against a regular Pyro Droid, you can usually hit it 3 times before backing away. Finally, when the Pyro Droid dies, you should avoid the torso or wait for it to explode before collecting the.


 * With, Pyro Droids become much less of a threat as you can completely ignore all from its explosions, making the Pyro Droid just a glorified Tank Droid.


 * is twice as powerful against Pyro Droids, so ice-based weaponry is more effective against them. If the shop  right before Violent Volcano/ Elemental Heights sells an ice-based weapon, it is usually a good idea to buy it. For example, you can use the  Ice Sword  if you have bought it.

Trivia

 * The Pyro Droid used to be able to heal itself every time it exploded, but this was removed.


 * The Pyro Droid is one of the few Droids in the game that can damage the player after it is defeated.