Elites

The strongest elite currently in the game, the giant Steeltoe in Ambush. Possesses a Swap Inhibitor and the Induction Barrel and Stacked Shells upgrades, rewarding a total of 480 points on kill(with no variety multiplier).

RAM features special enemies known as Elites that have one or more special effects, making them stronger and requiring extra thought to take down or work around. There are currently two possible effects for elites: Swap Inhibitors and Upgrades. Killing an enemy with any of these effects will grant extra Fitness points. These effects stack with each other, such that stronger elites will grant more bonus points when defeated.

Swap Inhibitors

An example of swap inhibitor on a Deadlift on Chasm

A Swap Inhibitor is a simple shield around a target that prevents the player from swapping into the bot with the shield. Damaging it will break the shield and allow you to swap into or kill the bot.

Swap Inhibitors can have a range of health values, with some being destroyed quickly, and some, like the one belonging to the Ambush Elite, taking great effort to destroy.

Note: The Colossal Pounding Unit has a unique Swap Inhibitor that is weakened by interrupting its attacks, not by taking damage.

Upgrades

Enemy Elites can be spawned with one or more upgrades, with their skin being determined by the upgrade. In the case that an Elite is spawned with multiple upgrades, the skin closer to the top of the table will take priority. These Elites will retain their upgrade when swapped into(usually stacking its effect with upgrades already possessed).

Bot	Skin	Image	Icon	Upgrade	Effects
	Induction			Induction Barrel	Bullets are converted into piercing flames.
	Marine			Soldering Fingers	Bullets are converted into slugs which fragment on impact.
	Hazard			Stacked Shells	Steeltoe can reload an additional time to increase the amount of bullets fired.
	Firewall			Careful Packing	Grenade explosion is significantly larger and deals more damage
	Torrent			Bulk Delivery	Router throws an additional grenade..
	Incognito			Self-Preservation Override	Colliding with enemies deals damage to the enemy and yourself.
	Magnesium			Aerated Fuel Tanks	Self-Destruct explosion is significantly larger.
	Krypton			Distended Spigot	Increases the lifetime and burn duration of tar.
	Carbon			Laminar Outflow	Heat builds up more slowly when firing.
	Hypoxic			Whiplash	Melee attacks fire a large, piercing projectile.
	Olympia			Hassotobi	Deadlift is quickly pulled towards grappled enemies.
	Plate			Yorikiri	Deadlift is no longer pulled towards grappled enemies and is immune to knockback.

Notes:

• Elites with stackable upgrades such as Aerated Fuel Tanks or Careful Packing will add 1 to the player’s count for that upgrade, even if the player already has the maximum stack for that upgrade. For non-stacking upgrades such as Whiplash, possessing an elite to gain a second stack will have no effect.
• As of version 0.3.11, enemy Steeltoes can spawn with Reload Coroutine. These "stealth" Elites will possess the default skin, and are not intended to spawn normally.
• Enemy elites can also spawn with no upgrades but still be tagged as elites, awarding bonus points.
  • Due to a programming oversight, Aphid Elites with Laminar Outflow will also fall into this category and not have the Carbon skin.