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Fast zombie

GamesInfected, still aliveRunsA parasite2000 to 2009

The skinless sprinter of Half-Life 2. Fast zombies climb gutters and jump between rooftops, and the magazine Edge singled out the running zombie's 'demented wail'.123

⚔️ Battle it
First appeared
2004
Half-Life 2 (2004)
Source work
Half-Life 2 (2004)
Valve
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
USA
What causes it
A parasite
A human host controlled by a fast headcrab, a variant of the alien parasite.
How you become one
A fast headcrab attaches to the head.
How it moves
Runs
Runs and climbs on all fours, scales buildings and leaps long distances.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
  • shotgun to the head
  • shooting it in mid-leap
  • ladders: it cannot attack a player on one

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2004

Half-Life 2 (2004)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Stripped of skin and most of its muscle and organs123

2

Wails when it attacks, so it is usually heard first123

3

Attacks in packs of three or four on the rooftops of Ravenholm123

4

In Episode Two some play dead123

5

Cut from Half-Life: Alyx because VR players could not react in time123

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (runs), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h
You, jogging about 10 km/h
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h
Fast zombie about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Fast Zombie - Combine OverWiki
  2. Half-Life 2 - Wikipedia
  3. Half-Life 2 - RAWG

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