The Motorized Patriot is BioShock Infinite’s first Heavy Hitter enemy

Irrational Games has begun revealing BioShock Infinite’s Heavy Hitter enemy types, starting with The Motorized Patriot.

Heavy Hitters have been designed to offer a greater variety of powers, as Irrational co-founder Ken Levine told X-Play.

“These are enemies that are used to not just be more powerful, but to augment the abilities of the more traditional BioShock enemies,” said Levine. “You’re going to come across them in certain areas of the game, and they’re going to provide a really unique challenge.”

The Motorized Patriot is a clockwork simulation of George Washington, sporting a porcelain face, two huge flags, a fearless nature and a Gatling gun named pepper-mill.

“Unlike most of the enemies, he’s completely fearless,” explains Levine. “He doesn’t have a sense of self-preservation, so he’ll just keep coming at you and coming at you.”

Levine adds: “Once he destroys the Patriot, Booker can actually go pick up the pepper-mill and use it as a heavy weapon. The only place you can get it is from a destroyed Motorized Patriot.”

BioShock Infinite will be released October 19 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.