Drummer Zombie (Timeless)

The Drummer Zombie is a zombie encountered in Terracotta Mausoleum as a minion spawned by and supporting the Belldozer during the bossfight. He wields two small drumming sticks in both of his hands, using them as weapons, and has a drum attached on his belly, providing protection against various shots
==Appearance and origins==
He generally spawn with 3 different categories of appearances.
The first one is an old man, wearing a large tunic, weathered pants, maybe a shoe, and has a few peculiar signs like a beard and sometimes a bald skull.
The second one represents a younger man, with usually the same clothes and sometimes even the rotten remains of a small hat, covering his moldy hairs and his losely-tied hair bun.
The last form is female, who wears similar clothing but with longer sleeves and slightly brighter colors ; she also is a bit thinner, and has a small hair bun hold above her head with a hairpin.
All models have degradations, and can have multiple injuries such as crossbow bolts in their chests, arrows loosely hanging from their body and traces of sword slashes, as well as cuts from dagger axes and what appears to be slit throats.
This zombie is based on a typical drummer from the antique china, where drums were very popular as ritual, folk and military musics ; the middle-aged and female forms have elements based on slightly older stuff, such as the hat and the dress which are from the late Warring States period and the very early Han Dynasty
==Attack Patterns==
This zombie will usually run towards player, and give swift kicks using the sticks, generally with a wide hangle and in a hacking motion ; particular moves include lunging forward with a strike and charging up a bit while exposing one of his flanks
==Strategies==
This enemy will be mainly summoned as a minion during a bossfight, and thus, like every minion, isn't very though nor very dangerous but relies mainly on swarming players and blocking them on corner of the arena ; this enemy however is slightly tougher and more annoying than your average swarming enemy, as he keeps a relatively large-size drum on his belly, making attacks sometimes kind of a pain to execute.
Thankfully, despite his drum protection, he wears no armor at all, and all his other sides or even the top of his chest are exposed ; same for his head, which is a pretty evident target, altough his low health makes bodyshots very reliable against him.
When you know some are coming, it is best to get your Ji or your Ge out and point the blade towards them ; if executed well, you won't need to give a single slash, and you can just thrust once they are very close to hit their throat, forcing critical hits and most likely killing them in no time. Maos can use the same strategy, altough they can only attack a single target and require to strike earlier, while Swordstaffs can just slay them all in a single but wide cutting motion.
In a close-range fight, you should avoid the Jin Gou, as its cleaving attack is powerful but leave you quite exposed, and you should instead use a normal Qin Jian, which is technically weaker but can strike faster and use thrusts to fight him better ; as always, a shield helps a bit, especially against the hacking movements which are their forte.
Finally, ranged attacks are pretty easy to do if you can aim somewhat well ; the drum is easy to avoid, and his low health allows him to get killed no matter what with just 2 bodyshots, and only a single headshot.
==Trivia==
*A similarly named zombie exist in Neon Mixtape Tour, and is called Drum Zombie
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