Doktorbot

Doktorbot is an 8 HP support robot from The Future chapter whose name means "doctor robot" in German. It is the primary sustain unit of the Future faction: each turn it heals a nearby ally, applying a random buff or cleansing a random debuff as part of the treatment. It also uses DoctorSpawn and DoctorPickup to deploy Schpidenbots — small but aggressive spider robots that directly threaten your cats while the Doktorbot keeps other enemies alive.

Doktorbot's healing and debuff-cleansing keep enemies in the fight far longer than they would otherwise survive. In encounters involving Überman, Überwoman, or Grosserbot, a Doktorbot keeping them at full health effectively doubles the time it takes to clear them. The Schpidenbots it spawns create additional targets that must be dealt with or ignored, forcing a difficult resource allocation decision.

Doktorbot should be treated as a near-immediate kill priority whenever it appears. At 8 HP it requires only a couple of hits from most builds, but leaving it alive for even two or three turns can undo significant damage done to other enemies. Kill Doktorbot first, then address the Schpidenbots it spawned, then return to the heavier threats. Allowing its healing to continue while fighting a durable enemy like Überman is one of the fastest ways to run out of ability resources in The Future.