During The End, The Foundation infiltrates The Bridge and saves Agent Jones from his cell, while groups of IO Guards try to stop them. Slone and a pair of IO Guards create a Convoy and reach to the IO Staging Facility. IO Guards set up Camps around Abduction Sites and guard the Satellite Stations. The guards fail, and Batman reaches to The Zero Point.ĭoctor Slone and a group of IO Guards try to prevent the destruction of The Spire, but fail. IO evacuates The Bridge but leave IO Guards as security, and they fight against Batmam and his team of escaped Loopers. They arrive at Apollo by Elevators that rise from The Bridge, and attack anyone on sight. The IO Guards are first seen running around aimlessly at The Bridge, after The Devourer of Worlds Event. They are mostly stationed in The Bridge, and work under the command of Doctor Slone. They are picked from skilled combatants from The Loop, whether a Snapshot or the real person. IO Guards are an army of soldiers trained by Imagined Order to guard their bases. Maybe "they" pluck skilled combatants from The Loop to use as security?
Doctor Slone's entourage guards are stronger than normal IO guards.IO Guards are not a guaranteed spawn, as they can either not deploy at all from the location, or the Elevator will be replaced by a variety of different objects.This Outfit can also be obtained by eliminating an IO Guard as the Mystique outfit, and using her Shapeshifter Emote to temporarily transform into one.The Outfit can be obtained on developer accounts and is called IO Trooper with the Uncommon Rarity.IO Guards use a very similar player model to the Sledge outfit.IO Guards first appeared in the Chapter 2: Season 5 Story Trailer, in which they were seen frantically running around The Bridge.During Chapter 2: Season 5, in the Unvaulted LTM, IO Guards could drop an Epic or Legendary Tactical Submachine Gun, as well as a Bandage Bazooka instead of their normal loot.
IO Guards have 250 total HP, with 100 Health and 150 Shield, plus 100 Health whilst knocked. Players can shake down an IO Guard to reveal other Guards in the area, as well as loot at the location they spawned from. All IO guards will be eliminated once all in the area are knocked, and they will attempt to revive each other if they remain alive. They will attack the player on sight after a brief period of time, and are alerted immediately if the player is spotted by a Sentry Camera or Doctor Slone. IO Guards are Henchman which usually spawn at IO related locations.