Corrupted sentinel with a red wrench icon flying over it

[gwelty]

The wrench icon follows the sentinel wherever it goes. I can't find anything online about this. Is it just telling me it's the kind of sentinel that heals its buddies?

[Jaggid Edje]

Yes, I believe that's an indicator that it is a healing sentinel (or in the case of a corrupt sentinel, that it is in healing mode, seeing as they switch roles).

[Foxglovez]

Healer, kill them first, always, as they spawn.

[gwelty]

Wow, interesting. I've fought lots of healers in lots of battles with corrupted sentinels, because they're always coming over and healing the guy I'm shooting. But this is the first time I've seen a wrench icon over a sentinel.

[Jaggid Edje]

I believe the wrench only shows up when they are 'actively' healing (or trying to heal at least.). Corrupted sentinels switch roles during combat, so there's no such thing as a dedicated healing corrupted sentinel.

[mystikmind2005]

I think ALL the drone sentinels can heal..... i know because it made my first settlement project a nightmare, since i was not allowed to kill any of the sentinels because of this relentless healing, and they heal FAST, VERY VERY FAST and if you go for the ones doing the healing, someone else heals those ones too... its an impenetrable lattice of back and forth healing brick wall leaving no chance for the player with an early weapon.

But you should have seen the grin on my face when i equipped my first pulse spitter!

[dreamrider]

Only the black Healer 'normal' floater Sentinels, and ANY Corrupted floater Sentinel can heal/repair.

You can prove it to yourself by always killing the Healers first in a normal battle wave, You will see that the other units now retain their accumulated damage (assuming you have killed ALL of the little Healer gnats in the wave.)

Best way to deal with Corrupted floaters shifting into Healer mode is to immediately damage any CS floater that shifts to Healing mode. Damaging them will interrupt the healing ray for a few seconds. So you can either switch back to the destroy the target they came to heal, or continue to destroy the temporary Healer, since both units are damaged now.