Dark Ingsmasher

Dark Ingsmashers are Ingsmashers that have been possessed by the Ing. They are similar in appearance to the Ingsmasher, but with a characteristic black-and-purple Ing texture on their armor plating. Dark Ingsmashers are slightly more resilient than their non-possessed brethren, with a weakness to Light energy when vulnerable. However, they still use an opposite-polarity system where they project light or dark energy, sometimes requiring Samus to fire at them with the Dark Beam. With this, except for the Emperor Ing itself, the Dark Ingsmashers are the pinnacle of Ing abilities to control light energy without harm. Dark Ingsmashers serve as sentinels in the Ing Hive, but unlike their light counterparts, they tend to respawn, however seldomly. The easiest way to defeat them is for Samus to drop a Power Bomb, incinerating the Ingsmasher immediately. Dark Ingsmashers appear in two locations: the Hive Portal Chamber and Hive Reactor.
==Logbook entry==
==Trivia==
*In Hive Portal Chamber, if the Dark Ingsmasher is ignored and Samus enters the Portal, upon returning to the room, the Dark Ingsmasher will be positioned alongside a wall near the center of the chamber close to the cave where it initially was housed at. It will appear to be in a standby sleep mode with its impervious body shield active, and will reactivate into battle once hit or it detects Samus nearby. When awakened, its battle theme will play.
*Also within the same room, a normal Ingsmasher is used as a placeholder model for where the Dark Ingsmasher loads into the room. Once the proper trigger is active and the Dark Ingsmasher is properly loaded for the first time, the normal Ingsmasher model quickly fades away.
*Also within the same room, if entering for the first time and if the fight hasn't been activated yet, if one listens closely, it can be sometimes heard speaking in a manner similar to the Luminoth.
==Gallery==
dark ingsmasher scan.png|Logbook model.
Hive Portal Chamber Dark Ingsmasher Standby.png|A Dark Ingsmasher on standby mode.
Hive Portal Chamber Dark Ingsmasher Missile Launcher fire.png|Launching its missiles.
Dark Ingsmasher frozen.png|Frozen by the Entangler, when its HP is low.
Hive Portal Chamber Ingsmashers placeholder.png|Hive Portal Chamber. A placeholder Ingsmasher model vanishing as the Dark Ingsmasher loads in.
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Category:Ing Hive
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