.. doesnt matter, the assault turret kills them all.
but seriously, since I use that thing, the game became much easier. Enemies often ignore it, seen elites standing next to my turret and shooting at my cover while it slowly but surely killed them, seems like it also aims at their weakpoints, or i'm just lucky. You can also use it to suppress enemies, just place it and assign the target. Works also great with some elites like snipers.
Maybe it is a bit overpowered, compared to some other skills, like the firefly demolisher which is only usefull against few specific enemies.
A sidenote regarding the firefly demolisher, against many elites it is nearly useless (chainsaw f.e.), but can "oneshot" some others, managed it to kill some grenade elites with a signle firefly demolisher.