Dark Ingsmashers are Ingsmashers that have been possessed by the Ing. They are similar in appearance to the Ingsmasher, but with a characteristic black-and-purple Ing texture on their armor plating. Dark Ingsmashers are slightly more resilient than their non-possessed brethren, with a weakness to Light energy when vulnerable. However, they still use an opposite-polarity system where they project light or dark energy, sometimes requiring Samus to fire at them with the Dark Beam. With this, except for the Emperor Ing itself, the Dark Ingsmashers are the pinnacle of Ing abilities to control light energy without harm. Dark Ingsmashers serve as sentinels in the Ing Hive, but unlike their light counterparts, they tend to respawn, however seldomly. The easiest way to defeat them is for Samus to drop a Power Bomb, incinerating the Ingsmasher immediately. Dark Ingsmashers appear in two locations: the Hive Portal Chamber and Hive Reactor.
Logbook entry[]
Dark Ingsmasher
Mechanism: Dark Ingsmasher
Darkling-possessed assault drone.
Mechanoid target enhanced by Ing possession. Target has darkling weakness to light energy as well.
Once the Ing discovered they could possess intelligent machines, the mighty Ingsmashers were top priority targets for the Horde. The drones retain all of their attacks-shock wave fists and missile launchers. It uses an energy shield in battle that can be adjusted to protect against a variety of beam weapons. The shield can be overloaded by opposite-polarity beams.
Trivia[]
- In Hive Portal Chamber, if the Dark Ingsmasher is ignored and Samus enters the Portal, upon returning to the room, the Dark Ingsmasher will be positioned alongside a wall near the center of the chamber close to the cave where it initially was housed at. It will appear to be in a standby sleep mode with its impervious body shield active, and will reactivate into battle once hit or it detects Samus nearby. When awakened, its battle theme will play.
- Also within the same room, a normal Ingsmasher is used as a placeholder model for where the Dark Ingsmasher loads into the room. Once the proper trigger is active and the Dark Ingsmasher is properly loaded for the first time, the normal Ingsmasher model quickly fades away.
- Also within the same room, if entering for the first time and if the fight hasn't been activated yet, if one listens closely, it can be sometimes heard speaking in a manner similar to the Luminoth.
Gallery[]
| Darklings | |
|---|---|
| Guardians | Amorbis • Chykka • Quadraxis |
| Sub-Guardians |
Bomb Guardian • Grapple Guardian • Spider Guardian • Power Bomb Guardian |
| Darklings | Chykling • Corrupted Sentreye • Dark Alpha Splinter • Dark Blogg • Dark Diligence Drone • Dark Grenchler • Dark Ingsmasher • Dark Missile Trooper • Dark Phlogus • Dark Pirate Commando • Dark Pirate Trooper • Dark Preed • Dark Quad MB/CM • Dark Shredder • Dark Splinter • Dark Tallon Metroid • Darkling Tentacle • Dark Trooper • Dark War Wasp • Nightbarb • Dark Luminoth |
| Unused |
Dark Luminoth • Dark Metaree • Dark Pirate Aerotrooper • Dark Shriekbat • Dark Sporb • Dark Triclops |
| Biomechanical | |
|---|---|
| Hybrids | Asborean • Chozo Statue • Darkling • Dark Samus • Dark Suit • Light Suit • PED Suit • Samus Aran • Omega Suit |
| Biomechanical | Aurora Unit • Security Robot B.O.X. • Cortex Chamber • Dark Diligence Drone • Dark Ingsmasher • Dark Quad • Fusion Suit • Mother Brain • Nightmare • Quadraxis • SA-X • Space Pirate Boarding Pod |
| Cyborgs | Crash Pillar • Ghor (-G) • Kyratian • Leviathan Battleship • Pirate Militia • Preed (Dark) • Puffer Mine • Ridley (Meta/Omega/Proteus) • Samus Aran • Slench • Space Pirate • Weavel • Zebesian (Cyborg/Super) Large Leviathan-class armed ship • U-ton |