Autolance

Autolance
An Autolance using its stab attack.
Level(s) appears in	The Battlefield Fortress The Ruins The Research Facility II Battleship Halberd Interior Battleship Halberd Exterior (display room only) The Subspace Bomb Factory II Subspace II The Great Maze
Point worth	1300

Autolances (キャタガード Kyatagādo, Cataguard in Japan) are some of the more powerful enemies in The Subspace Emissary and first appear in The Battlefield Fortress level. They move on treads and use giant lances attached to their fronts to ram and attack. Autolances do not flinch at any attack, making them somewhat threatening, especially when coupled with other enemies. An Autolance's weak spot is inside its armored-helmet head in the form of an emergency light.

Autolances have two different types of attacks - the first is a long-range move where it launches a giant lance at the player which can be reflected. The second is a close-range slash attack.

Name origin

Autolance's name is a combination of the prefix auto- (possibly automotive), being a machine capable of moving by itself, and lance, the weapon it uses to attack. Its appearance seems to based on the helmet of a medieval knight. The -lance part could also come from ambulance, since under the helmet is a siren. Once its helmet is knocked off, an Autolance gains speed, the same way an ambulance speeds to the scene of injury.

Damage taken

Damage taken	×0.08	×0.08	×0.08	×0.08	×0.08	×0.08	×0.08	×0.08	×0.08	×0.08	×0.08
Emergency light	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5

Trophy description

The Autolance trophy from Brawl.

An enemy that moves on caterpillar treads and uses the giant lance attached to its front to ram and sometimes shoot you. Looking for a weak spot? It's inside that armored-helmet head in the form of an emergency light. But.. Autolances aren't Subspace Army emergency vehicles-why would they need an emergency light? Aah, the mystery!