Automaton and Sentinel Automaton

Factory creatures
Level 1
Halfling
Halfling Grenadier
Level 2
Mechanic
Engineer
Level 3
Armadillo
Bellwether Armadillo
Level 4
Automaton
Sentinel Automaton
Level 5
Sandworm
Olgoi-Khorkhoi
Level 6
Gunslinger
Bounty Hunter
Level 7a
Couatl
Crimson Couatl
Level 7b
Dreadnought
Juggernaut
Towns

Statistics
Automaton
Cost per troop  350
	Attack 12 Defense 10 Damage 7 Health 30 Speed 8 Movement Ground Size 2 Growth 5 AI Value 669
Special abilities:
• Mechanical • Detonation at death
Sentinel Automaton
Cost per troop  450
	Attack 12 Defense 10 Damage 9 Health 30 Speed 9 Movement Ground Size 2 Growth 5 AI Value 947
Special abilities:
• Mechanical • Detonation at death • No enemy retaliation
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Automatons and Sentinel Automatons are level 4 creatures of Factory. They are recruited from the Manufactory.

Heroes with a specialty

• Todd the Artificer has Automatons as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any Automatons or Sentinel Automatons for each level attained after 4th level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.
• Frederick the Artificer has Automatons as a specialty, which increases the damage dealt by the explosion of Automatons and Sentinel Automatons by 5% for every level (rounded up).

Special Ability: Detonation

If Detonation is on when the stack dies, the automatons explode, dealing damage to all adjacent creatures. Detonation removes the corpse from the battlefield, making the Automatons impossible to repair. Detonation can be turned on without using a turn. Once it is turned on, it can not be turned off. Detonation deals damage equal to 70 + 5x. X is the number of Automatons that remained in the stack before they were destroyed in one attack.

Detonation works on Cloned Automatons.

Protection from fire doesn't reduce damage.

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The Clone spell may be the best way to use the Detonation ability, as a clone stack is guaranteed to be entirely destroyed at the first hit, provoking the best explosion damage the stack can provide. It may even be useful to keep a stack of non-upgraded Automatons so that their clones can attack, provoking retaliation and subsequent detonation. Eovacius, with his Cloning specialty, provides an especially interesting synergy.

See also:

• List of creatures

• Comparison of Level 4 Creatures