The brute is a Yuri anti-armour infantry unit in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge.
Official description[]
| “ | Yuri’s anti-tank infantry unit is the Brute, a genetically engineered monstrosity designed to crush everything that blocks its path. Dogs will avoid Brutes and will not attack them. - Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge manual(src) |
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Game unit[]
Brutes were fielded as dedicated anti-armor units, with their speed allowing them to easily reach and destroy any ground vehicles, with immunity to Mind Control and attack dogs.
Counters[]
Due to their very short range, Brutes are vulnerable to artillery in addition to base defenses and advanced anti-infantry units, such as the desolator's radiation cannon and Terror Drones Against most other infantry, matchups tend to be risky, as attacking one allow others to mob the Brute. The Battle Fortress is also able to run them over.
AI behavior[]
Brutes controlled by the AI have the following attack patterns:
Easy[]
- 2x targeting vehicles, accompanied by 1 Yuri Clone
Medium[]
- 1x targeting infantry, accompanied by 4 Initiates and 1 Yuri Clone
- 2x targeting infantry, accompanied by 1 Virus and 1 Yuri Clone
Medium/Hard[]
- 2x targeting infantry
- This strike force will only be constructed if the enemy owns 5 or more Attack Dogs
- 5x targeting vehicles
- 4x targeting base defenses, accompanied by 2 Lasher Tanks, 2 Gattling Tanks, 4 Magnetrons and 1 Mastermind
Hard[]
- 3x targeting production structures; accompanied by 2 Viruses and Yuri Prime
Quotes[]
When selected[]
- Huh?
- Give me something to break!
- I want to play!
- I like big toys!
- Ready to crush!
When moving[]
- Turn me loose!
- Is clobbering time, no?[sic]
- Heh-heh-heh!
- Okay!
- Goody!
When ordered to attack[]
- Come to papa!
- They're not my friend!
- Give me your lunch money!
- It's playtime!
- I will break you!
When suppressed[]
- Ouch! That hurt!
- I wanna go home!
- I was only playing!
- You make me mad!
Gallery[]
Concept art by Tom M. Baxa
Concept art of two Brutes escorting Yuri Prime
SHP sprite
Cameos[]
The English and French versions share the same cameos.
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Trivia[]
- Mutant marauders, who appear in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, have voices that are similar to the brutes'.
- They are similar in appearance to a Marvel comic book character Hulk (in early appearances, the Hulk even had a gray skin personality named Joe Fix It, like the Brutes). Additionally, their line "It is clobbering time, no?" is a reference to Joe Fix It, and The Thing, another comic book character in the Marvel universe.
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