Corrosive zombie/doc

The corrosive zombie is one of the most common and ultimately weaker special variations of the average zombie. It is, along with the shocker zombie, a ranged fighter that will spit at you from a short distance away. Unluckily for you and for all nearby its saliva (and blood for that matter) is actually a horrid, flesh-melting, highly corrosive acid.

The special attack

A corrosive zombie will only perform its special spit attack when closer than 10 tiles from the player, when performed, this attack will spit an acid glob at the target. This can also blind on a hit. This does not leave puddles of acid on the ground.

The zombie can also barf sticky acid on nearby targets, which if you aren't armoured enough can stick and do damage over time.

Fighting

The corrosive zombie is a slightly better combatant than its normal counterparts. It is not worth it to engage it in melee due to the acid barf. Pick it off from a distance, or run away as it is slow. Beware that, even if you are too far away for the acid barf, it can still do ranged damage via spitting.

Notice however, that while corrosive zombies themselves are immune to their acid, other zombies aren't, so with some clever positioning and appropriate timing, you can lure other pursuing zombies through the death puddle, or have have their spit hit other zombies, often damaging them considerably.

Notes

• When killed it spawns a puddle of acid on the location of its death.
• smashing the corpse of a corrosive zombie will produce acid puddles around the corpse, which will have the expected results on you and anything nearby.
• Acid has no effect on traps or on vehicles, items inside vehicles are also safe.