Metal Beast Large anti-personnel short-range infantry
Statistics
Hit Points	36
Attack Damage	6dmg
Double Team	Fire Breath (2.5dmg/sec)
Counter Unit To	Infantry
Fan Cost	200
Load	4 (1 unit, 4 load each)

“	Lita: I wasn't riding them. I was holding on for my life. There's no way to really ride these things. The Baron: Not true, the Zaulia do it all the time.	”
–Lita Halford and The Baron, on herding the Metal Beasts

The Metal Beast is an Ironheade short-range infantry unit that specializes in destroying infantry.

Contents 1 Story 2 Role 3 Double Team 4 Trivia 5 Gallery 6 Achievements/Trophies

StoryEdit

“	Tamed only by the gentle touch of the Zaulia, Metal Beasts are a vicious foe in battle against infantry.	”
–Tour Book

The only people who can tame Metal Beasts are the Zaulia, a tribe of warrior woman living in the Temple of the Zaulia. Wild Metal Beasts are found in the Jungle and Swamp regions of the Brütal Land, while those ridden by the Zaulia can be found accompanying Ironheade squads in the same areas and in the ruins surrounding the Sea of Black Tears.

The Metal Beasts play a major role during the mission "A Number Of The Beasts", in which Eddie Riggs concocts a plan to enlist them into Ironheade. With the help of Lita Halford and The Baron , he captures a few Metal Beasts, but before he can figure out how to tame them, the group is surrounded by the Zaulia, warrior-women who are the companions and protectors of the beasts. After revealing that he is the son of Riggnarok, Rima and her beasts join the cause.

RoleEdit

Large short-range infantry, melee infantry-killer. Metal Beasts are an alternative to Fire Barons in terms of the player's anti-infantry arsenal. They are most effective against massed infantry, as their fire breath can hit more than one enemy standing in front of them. As infantry units, they can also be healed by Thunderhogs between skirmishes.

Double TeamEdit

Ridable infantry. Eddie can Double Team with the Metal Beast, after which he can aim and fire the Beast's potent breath weapon.

Like the regular fire breath, this attack can hit more than one enemy if they are inside the flame cone. Eddie can perform this double team with both wild Metal Beasts wandering the jungle (after the Zaulia join Ironheade) and Metal Beasts tamed and ridden by the Zaulia.

TriviaEdit

• The Zaulia riders of the Metal Beasts are voiced by Nika Futterman, Grey DeLisle and Lita Ford as Rima.
• If at any time during a Stage Battle, there are no Metal Beasts on the field, the next Metal Beast built will be ridden by Rima.
• The Metal Beasts are modelled more specifically towards the appearance of Gene Simmons (the bassist of KISS) in costume, as opposed to Rima resembling Peter Criss (the drummer of KISS) more so.
• Like some Drowning Doom units, Metal Beasts can lose body parts when they sustain damage (their ears and most of their tail).
• During the mission A Number Of The Beasts Eddie asks why he hasn't seen any Metal Beast kittens around, to which he does not get a reply.

GalleryEdit

Achievements/TrophiesEdit

Double Teaming with a Metal Beast is required to unlock the following Achievement/Trophy:

	A FACE LIKE A BEAST 10 Bronze Kill 15 enemies with a Metal Beast while wearing the Zaulia Threads. (Requires the Hammer of Infinite Fate DLC)