Magmatic Brute

A Magmatic Brute from Onslaught

Magmatic Brutes were huge lumbering Plasma Operatives who spawned two Plasma Minions named Volt and Cinder.

They did not actually lock you down, Volt locked you down and Cinder would breathe cone-shaped fire attacks, once locked down the brute would walk over and pummel the hero with its fists.

Lore

Magmatic Brutes arose from plasma lagoons of planet Cryos. Originally simple geophages who peacefully tunneled their homeworld, they gained hyper-charged metabolisms via Darkspore mutation. Able to digest raw ore, magmatics excrete the tailings via vents on their backs molten rock in streams or chunks capable of wounding or killing anything they touch. Their massive strength enables them to devastate any creature in grappeling or head-striking distance. Two drones protect each magmatic brute, one exhaling explosive gases that engulf foes in flame, and the other employs unkown means to snare targets in place for magmatic destruction.

Strategy

Magmatic Brutes, like all Lockdown Agents, only appeared in Co-op and their goal was to trap and kill heroes. Volt and Cinder were your main concern when fighting them because Volt marched to a player's position to lock them down, and Cinder followed close behind getting ready to fire its explosive breath on the hero.

The best way in dealing with a Brute was to keep killing the Volt it spawned. Sage's Strangling Briars was perfect when dealing with Volt because it had low health, so saving a locked down player was quite easy. Magmatic Brutes although were dangerous with a group of Darkspore because Volt could sneak around the other Darkspore and trap a hero while they were busy fighting the other Darkspore.

Once Volt and Cinder were dead the Brute was quite easy to deal with because it did not attack until Volt and Cinder were successfully spawned.

Trivia

• They had Lumin's hands and Blitz's feet and Zrin's drop-loot weapon, the Forge Bludgeon, on their backs.
• They were the only Darkspore Operatives who did not lockdown the player themselves.
• Because of the Forge Bludgeon on their backs, Magmatic Brutes counted as armored Darkspore.
• They actually had Blitz's head. The Storm Striker's bony plates made the mouth and "beard" of the Magmatic Brute.
• Some resourceful players "farmed" the Magmatic Brute's spawns for DNA points, since they had very low health.