Annabelle is impressed both by X's skill and the claws. Ryan's doing well too, for that matter.

Annabelle is still aiming for head shots to get around the problem of thick body armor. There will be more Combine getting shotgun pellets in the face.

Cover complicates things. Annabelle keeps part of her attention on looking for ways to either remove the cover or use it against the Combine. A lot of her attention is, of course, on moving between bits of cover herself.

A nice, large piece of architecture that could be shot loose to fall on hiding Combine would be nice...