Prisoner

Prisoner
An ordinary zombie that turns into another zombie when it dies.
Main Stats
Health 350 Melee Damage 40
Crit. Chance	0%
Speed	8
Rage Drop	2
Behavior Stats
Agility	50
Aggression	50
Morale Stats
Charisma	-8
Charisma Radius	50
Abilities
Activation Chance	5%

Prisoner is an infected convict dressed in a torn orange prison jumpsuit. Several lumps of skin and blue energy bulge out across his head and back.

Overview

Prisoner is a regular end-game zombie, who has extremely high stats for its enemy type.

Upon death, Prisoner disintegrates and spawns a Small Insectoid in its place. This SI will have the same level as the Prisoner it appeared out of.

Strategy

Prisoner is arguably the most dangerous basic enemy in the entire game, as he has notably higher stats than other enemies with similar behavior, and turns into another nasty zombie when slain.

While Prisoner certainly requires using fully prepared units against it, there's no particular strategy of fighting it as, for the most part, stage 8 requires players to focus on much more dangerous threats. It's recommended using ranged units with spread damage against Prisoners, as they can quickly dispatch both Prisoner and his other form, Small Insectoid, in close range. Policeman Diaz is the best option for this as he also benefits from taking reduced melee damage and may be able to take out the spawned Small Insectoid as well. Farmer/Lester is also acceptable as they both have shorter preparation times and cost a bit less courage. However, they are generally more vulnerable as a trade-off, so unlocking their special ability can greatly increase their survivability against Prisoner as well as other enemies. Ranged units with the high rate of fire perk are also a great option as well. Sonya is the most recommended as she not only has very high DPS but is also capable of keeping Prisoner away if he manages to get too close. Carlos is also an acceptable choice as he has a low courage cost and with his special ability unlocked, he can ignite Prisoner with his incendiary bullets for extra damage. However, he will be more vulnerable compared to Sonya due to his lack of the knockback perk and slow reload speed.

While Prisoner's very high damage can kill any melee units effectively, Private Rodriguez and Mechanic are the recommended melee units of choices. Private is fast, both in movement and attack speeds, and his critical hits can knock Prisoner back. Mechanic can deal major damage with his additional damage attack, possibly killing Prisoner immediately. It's advised unlocking his special ability first and using Fury buff for maximum effectiveness against groups of Prisoners. In a lot of cases, using higher-costing melee units will simply prove ineffective as Prisoner can kill them just as quickly as spam melee units.

Trivia

• When killed, Small Insectoid always spawns facing towards the barricade regardless of where Prisoner was actually facing. This can be exploited by short-ranged units to get the first hit on.
• Incendiary attacks on Prisoner will give the spawned Small Insectoid a charred appearance (despite its fire immunity) once Prisoner has been killed.
• Prisoner does not have a proper death animation and its death spawns are bugged. This is evident in Supply Runs, where if it is the last remaining zombie on the field in the first two rounds, it will just disappear without spawning a Small Insectoid, unlike Putrid, whose spawned Rottens still have to be killed.

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