Defensive Microbots

The  are a new item in Risk of Rain 2. They take the form of a small, mostly spherical robot that hovers around the Survivor. This robot uses a point defense laser to shoot down incoming projectiles. It can intercept most (if not all) projectile attacks, such as Lemurian fireballs, but can be overwhelmed by large numbers of attacks, and it is incapable of stopping hitscan and melee attacks.

The Captain receives one set of Defensive Microbots at the start of each level if he does not already have it, as part of his Passive skill of the same name.

Tips

 * The Defensive Microbots are capable of shooting down many attacks that aren't conventional projectiles, such as the Alloy Worship Unit's Alloy Supercharged Detonation or the Wandering Vagrant's Homing Orb Bomb.
 * The only way to obtain the logbook entry for Defensive Microbots as of the 1.0 update is to kill a captain clone and have them drop Defensive Microbots with Artifact of Vengeance active. This method also allows you to stack more Defensive Microbots.
 * Since Vengeance clones can only ever drop items they hold, a simple method of obtaining them would be rush down the first teleporter without picking up any items, secure the area, and wait for an Umbra to spawn.
 * Defensive Microbots can be given up to a Mili-Tech Printer, but because of the passive skill you get it back at the next level start.