Preon

Preons are the most common enemies fought on Mega Man X: Command Mission. They appear in almost every area and come in a variety of different forms, each with a unique set of attacks and abilities. The list goes as followed:

Preon Chaser
Preon Chaser is the first type of the Preon series of robots in the game, and are very common.

This particular Preon has a stun gun that can temporarily Bind the player and lower your speed.



Preon Bitmaster
Preon Bitmaster is one of the first enemies encountered in the game, which summons helpers. You can either destroy the bits as it summons them (thus causing it to waste turns summoning more), or ignore them and take out the Bitmaster first.



Preon Spark
Preon Sparks are Thunder-based Preons, as their name implies. Their attacks are Thunder-based and have a chance of inflicting Bind on you.



Preon Pod
Preon Pods are Ice-based robots which use a freeze shot if they have time to charge up. Each Preon Pod opens the battle preparing its freeze shot attack. Hit it with a blow that knocks it over before its next turn to interrupt the shot (Or just destroy it outright).



Preon Gunner
Preon Gunner attacks with a machine gun which can inflict multiple hits, or strike the entire party. Although there is nothing terribly fancy about its normal attacks, it does have a special move which has a chance of inflicting Bind on the entire party. There seem to be two of these, though the game names them the same thing. This is a more durable variation that has Riot.



Preon Elite
Preon Elites order other Preons around, and block sometimes with their shields. It can also couple Preon Riot with its “Order” to give the party members commands as well.



Preon Soldier
Preon Soldiers have good defense and seem to parry a lot of blows. They can also heal themselves, though they don’t do it very often.



Preon Nurse
Preon Nurses heal and boost the stats of their allies. While normally you would want to focus on the healers in a particular battle and take them out first, in this case, if you leave the Nurse alone and destroy all of the other enemies on the battle field instead, the Preon Nurse will surrender in its next turn and heal your entire party. After that, defend until the Preon Nurse’s next turn, and it will leave the battle with a “Thanks.” This is a convenient way to regain the health of your party for free.



Preon Shielder
Preon Shielder uses a glowing blue shield a lot. While it has its shield up, it is weak against melee attacks and strong against shot attacks. Also, shot-based attacks will net you a counterattack. You can negate the shield by hitting it with a melee attack. If the Preon still has its shield when its next turn comes around, it will shoot it at one of your party members.



Preon Doc
Preon Doc acts similar to the Preon Nurse. The docs don’t surrender though. This is because, unlike the Nurses, the Docs can actually attack.

Preon Tank
The Preon Tank's attack can temporarily lower the player's resistance against Fire. The Preon also happens to be weak against Fire itself. You can win its Oil Can for your own use, which will even reverse someone who normally absorbs Fire and make them vulnerable to it again.



Preon Pressure
Preon Pressure is similar to the Preon Pod, except this one uses a hyper gravity weapon. This attack strikes your entire party, but almost always misses. When it does work, it seems to do about half of the target’s LE in damage. Either way, the player can interrupt this shot in the same way as with the Preon Pods.

Preon S Botos
This type of Preon uses Bit Shift, gaining helpers in the form of Bigbits. Other than this, they use Mega Fire occasionally. They also defend often.

Preon S Ferham
They can inflict multiple hits with their sabers, and sometimes block hits.

Preon S Face
These Preons “charge” for one round (when they are “taunting the player”). The more damage they receive, the more damage they will inflict in the next turn they attack. Destroying them first in battle is preferable, as two or more of them with low health can cause more damage to the player.

Preon S Epsilon
A sword-wielding Preon who has Codebreaker, which is probably its most threatening attack.

Preon Hybrid
Preon Hybrid is a mix of two or three different Preons. Only fought after defeating Mach Jentra.

