Engineer Robot
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| “ | These Grinch-like Smissmas cakewalk destroyers can skip huge areas of the path with their teleporting ability, and also teleport other robots forward instantly with their "telling other robots about the teleporter" ability.
— Mecha-Engineer publicity blurb
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Engineer Robots appear in Mann vs. Machine as enemies, being the only robot class to be added separately from the original Mann vs. Machine Update. It was originally announced on December 19th, 2012 as part of the Mecha Update.
Normal Variants
Engineer
| Icon | Name | Primary | Secondary | Melee | Attributes |
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Engineer |  Shotgun |
 Pistol |
 Wrench |
 500 HP Spawns by teleporting onto a preferred sentry nest location Builds teleporter exits that act as forward spawn points |
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Engineer (Type 2) |
Shotgun |
Pistol |
Wrench |
275 HP Spawns normally Builds teleporter exits that act as forward spawn points |
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Engineer (Type 3) |
Shotgun |
Pistol |
Wrench |
275 HP Spawns normally Does not build teleporters
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The Engineer robot is a support unit, its arrival and destruction always being announced by the Administrator. It has 500 health, much higher than the standard human Engineer. Its main role is to build teleporter exits so the robots can spawn closer to the bomb.
The Engineer spawns by teleporting onto a suitable sentry nest location near the bomb, and immediately builds a teleporter exit and a Sentry Gun. Both take some time to build but automatically become level 3 upon completion. From this point onwards, groups of robots can spawn through the Engineer's teleporter, and they will be invulnerable for a short duration after appearing. As the bomb moves forward, the Engineer will attempt to move up with it, setting up new bases closer to the objective. When an Engineer's teleporter is active, an icon appears on the HUD, and it can easily be found with a blue pillar of light that appears above it. The Administrator will announce if an Engineer is destroyed but still has an active teleporter on the field.
There are also two rarer varieties of Engineer robot, both of which have half the health of the standard variety. One type spawns normally instead of teleporting in, but still constructs a teleporter for the other robots to spawn at. The other type also spawns normally, but does not build Teleporters at all, instead only constructing a Sentry Gun.
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