Enemies (DA)
Zombies are enemies that the player encounters while playing the game.
There's a total of 21 different zombies and 2 bosses in the game. Majority of them have no official names, and so their monikers have been coined by the community or based off their appearance in Zombie Warfare.
| Enemies | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idle |  Free Hugs |
 Mooner |
 Tipsy | |||||||||
 Redhead |
 Undressed |
 Businessman | ||||||||||
 Cashier |
 Nurse |
 Cop |
 Donut | |||||||||
| Walking |  Builder |
 Spetsnaz |
 Convict |
 Businessman | ||||||||
| Running |  Fast Zombie |
 Runner |
 Jogger |
 Banshee | ||||||||
| Special |  Boomer |
 Armyman |
 Trash | |||||||||
| Bosses | ||||||||||||
| Regular | Super Boss | |||||||||||
Gameplay
The role of enemies in Dead Ahead depends on their category.
Running
Running enemies provide the biggest threat, as they are able to stop the bike and end current game session as a result. Their speed is slightly higher than that of the player's vehicle at the moment when an exact enemy spawns. For instance, if some Jogger spawned while player was driving at 80 km/h, she would run at roughly 90 km/h.
Running zombies can be gunned down with weapons, lured into hitting an obstacle or an idle zombie, or rode over by a bike in case they've managed to run past the player.
Banshee is a special running zombie, who charges at the player once she gets close enough at them. She is the only chaser zombie who has a unique ability.
Idle
Idle zombies pose no threat for the player, and can be safely ran over in order to increase the combo chain. Some of them might be slowly walking, what causes barely any inconvenience.
Boomer is a special idle zombie who explodes on death, dealing AoE damage to all other enemies in range.
Trash and Armyman are special, very rarely spawning zombies, who must be killed in order to unlock Slums area and Double Trouble bike, respectively.
Combo
Combo is a counter of how many kills the player has managed to land in a row. Combos are important, as they contribute a lot to the player's reward at the end of each run. The higher the combo, the more coins it adds.
In order to start the chain, the player needs to kill at least 2 enemies. The maximum allowed limit between each taken down enemy is 3 seconds. If the player takes longer than that to do another kill, the chain resets back to 1. Neither of Bosses contribute to combo.
There are certain combo milestones, upon reaching which a text will pop up at the top of the screen, with an announcer shouting it out:
- 10 kills: Nice combo!
- 20 kills: Killing spree!
- 30 kills: Unstoppable!
- 50 kills: Monster kill!
- 70 kills: Incredible!
- 100 kills: Unbelievable!
Trivia
- Out of the 21 zombies in Dead Ahead, only 9 of them would come back for Zombie Warfare. Free Hugs, Tipsy, Cop, Builder, Fast Zombie, Runner, Mooner would become the basic Zombie, Banshee would become Witch, and Boomer would become Fat Zombie.