Melee Droid

The Melee bot is an enemy that spawns in waves to attack the reactors. It is the only enemy in the game with a melee attack. It is brown in color, like all common enemies, and carries a sword in its right hand and a shield in its left.

Behavior
The melee droid will run straight at players, and once close enough it will swing its sword, inflicting 25 damage on its target.

Strategies
The easiest way to kill these enemies is to run straight backwards and shoot at them as they follow you. If you don't back up too far away from them, it's easy to hit their heads and deal double damage. However, if you're just going to back up in a straight line, make sure you're aware of what's behind you; you don't want to back up into a corner, or into fodder droids or other melee droids.

Because they chase you in a straight line and only hit you when close, these enemies are prime targets for grenades. Get then bunched up in a group, and then run away and throw a grenades into the ground. If you time it right, you'll damage the whole group of enemies.

When sniping, melee droids are easy pretty easy targets to take out. If you're sniping them, make sure you hit them in the head so that you don't waste extra shots. If they're accompanied by assault droids, it's probably better to pick off the assault droids first, and then focus on the melee droids.