Zombide

Zombide is a character with random stats. They use a whip, and their damage depends on their highest stat. They are unlocked by defeating *The Abomination*, the mini-boss of *The Hole* (ie. the first area). Their difficulty rating is **easy**.

## Attributes

At the start or a run, all stats are **randomly distributed** (Max HP, Armor, Strength, Technology, and Charisma). Their maximum possible value is 10, or 50% for Charisma.

After completing an arena, Zombide loses 35% of their highest stat (or 25% at level 5).

## Attack

Zombide uses a long whip to attack. It has good range, can hit enemies behind walls, and has a small initial arc that briefly increases its hitbox.

Vertical attacks (up/down) have lower range than horizontal attacks. This makes it harder to hit enemies above/below you, and makes bouncing off enemies with downward strikes more challenging to time correctly.

The whip's attack damage scales with their current highest stat, which also changes its color. The whip's current color is used by its exclusive whip Perks. For stats that use a percentage, 5% is equivalent to 1 point in a normal number stat (so 50% = 10 points, and 100% = 20 points).

## Stats

All stats are **randomly distributed**, among Max HP, Armor, Strength, Technology, and Charisma.

Their maximum possible starting value is 10, or 50% for Charisma.

## Upgrades

*Note: Levels 2 and 4 don't increase the max possible starting value of stats (which is always fixed at 10). They only allocate more points to spread across all applicable stats, up until a stat reaches its maximum of 10. Specifically, the initial number of stat points that can be allocated is 25; after levelling up to level 2 this is raised to 27, and at level it is raised to 29.*

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## Perks

Zombide has five exclusive Perks that enhance their whip attack, according to its current color. "*Basic attack*" here just refers to the whip.

## Challenges

Complete Challenges to unlock new content. Zombide's unlocks are very mixed, catering to many playstyles.

## Strategy

* Despite having an "easy" rating, a run with Zombide often involves meticulous planning and calculations.
* Be very careful not to increase one stat exclusively, and always keep in mind which stat will be the next one to get decreased.
* Try to keep at least 2 stats fairly high, so that you've always got a fallback.
* It's often a good idea to pick up multiple different whip Perks, even if they don't apply yet, since your highest stat can change multiple times across a run, and finding a whip perk is relatively rare.
	+ Before choosing a whip perk, it's also worth considering how long you'll be able to keep a stat for. For example, in most runs having a green, yellow or white color as your highest stat is comparatively rarer then having a red or blue stat.
	+ Note that prioritising whip Perks does mean you have less opportunities to take otherwise helpful Perks.
* Keep in mind that any stat could become your highest one. This gives you a lot of freedom in your Item purchases, and also lets you gain cheaper stats to protect whichever stats are your main ones.
	+ Stats like Spikes and Vampirism can be increased to protect your Armor and Max HP stats.
	+ There are many items that can greatly increase a secondary stat, like Thorns, Spikes, and Jump, for a relatively low cost. These can help you protect your main stats, or let you switch to a different color with a much lower investment cost than the core damage stats of Strength and Technology.
* Gaining Armor can also be an effective way to protect your damage-related stats from getting reduced after arenas, at the cost of losing it after an arena.
	+ Metal Scrapping can be very useful here, but be mindful that the Metal Scrapping stat itself can also be reduced.
	+ Wrench has potential to be useful here, letting you consistently keep your Armor above all other stats. However, this comes at the expense of being able to buy a variety of other items, which are otherwise needed to keep your main stats high enough.
* Dumbbell should be used with care. If used in an arena, the deduction will include any temporary Strength gained, leaving you with much lower Strength than if you hadn't used Dumbbell.

## Lore

* *Suggested by the entire SG Discord:* Zombide's head is Robbie