Epidemiologist

Epidemiologist
An ordinary zombie in a protective suit. It cannot be set on fire.
Main Stats
Health 78 Melee Damage 10 Melee Damage (crit.) 11 Poison Damage 5
Crit. Chance	85%
Crit. Damage	10%
Speed	5
Rage Drop	2
Behavior Stats
Agility	40
Aggression	20
Morale Stats
Charisma	-8
Charisma Radius	50
Resistances
Fire	100%

Epidemiologist is a Dark Skeleton dressed in a yellow hazmat suit with blue gloves and a cracked fishbowl helmet leaking blood.

Overview

Epidemiologist is a regular mid-game enemy. It's immune to fire damage, and can land critical hits at an extremely high rate. Said criticals are guaranteed to apply poison debuff on units struck by them.

Strategy

Epidemiologist poses a great threat for medium-level players relying on damagers like Grenadier, as almost every of its hits applies incurable poison. The best way to counter it is by using ranged units to shoot it down before it could attack, or poison-immune units like Firefighter. Fighters are also acceptable counters, since they are easily replaceable even if they are poisoned.

Epidemiologists often appear in massive swarms, usually accompanied by Slobs. Both of these zombies are immune to fire, so fire-based damage sources such as Molotov Cocktail and Flamethrower are unusable against them. However, Red Barrel is still applicable, thanks to its explosion. While Medkit is unable to block zombies, it can still be used to extend longevity of any units under attack.

Trivia

• In stage 3, mission 17, a cutscene shows two humans wearing the Epidemiologist's hazmat suits. One has the helmet closed while the other has it partially opened.
• Prior to it being remade in Dark Skeleton's image, Epidemiologist's sprite was based on Tipsy.
• Internally, Epidemiologist is reffered to as "Yellow".

Gallery

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  Journal entry.

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  Epidemiologist's appearance prior to update 1.3.1