Puffer

Puffer
Runs straight at the enemy. Upon impact, infects them with poison.
Main Stats
Health 85 Melee Damage 12 Extra Attack 2 Extra Attack (crit.) Poison Damage 5
Crit. Chance	0% (normal) 100% (charge)
Crit. Damage	10%
Speed	6 (normal) 20 (charge)
Rage Drop	3
Behavior Stats
Agility	13
Aggression	13
Morale Stats
Charisma	-64
Charisma Radius	100
Abilities
Knockback Strength	25 (charge attack)
Resistances
Knockback	50%

Puffer is an infected dressed in black shorts with yellow stripes, brown shoes, and a black crop top. Its body is covered in yellow sacks and blisters that forces its head to point upwards constantly. The sacks pop on contact with anything.

Overview

Puffer is a runner type enemy. When it spawns, it charges towards the bus at high speed. Once charging Puffer makes contact with a unit or the bus, it hits them with a blow that's equal to double its regular melee damage. This attack counts as a critical, causes knockback, and applies poison on a struck target. After landing the blow, Puffer falls back, and then raises up and continues walking at normal speed.

Puffer possesses slight resistance to knockback.

Strategy

At its core, Puffer functions identically to Foreman, meaning that strategies that apply against that zombie will also work on Puffer. However, the poison damage it deals ends up causing a big difference, as it guarantees that your meat shielders won't live for longer than a few seconds. Trying to stop Puffer with either of the barrels might be a better idea, given that Puffer comes when you already have enough rage. Firefighter can also work as a living blockade, thanks to his poison immunity.

It's worth mentioning that Puffer has no bullet resistance. Depending on a mission's wave layout, it might be a good idea to whittle it down with shooters, preventing Puffer from poisoning any units in the first place.

Trivia

• Internally, Puffer is referred to as "Poison Naked".