Oh please...tanks and witches.
I'll make a short run down of why I chose hunter.
Regular zombies - Well, they're regular zombies, easiest to kill in the game, no real surprises, all weapons have a piercing effect, oh-teh-noes.
Smokers - The easiest infected to aid someone's escape from, a friend just has to punch you and you're free. The longer away the smoker is, the more window of opportunity you have before he ever starts doing damage, and compared to the other infected, it's not a lot.
Boomer - He makes you blind and sends zombies after you. Awesome. Not only am I and most of the community in L4D clever enough to avoid being puked on, when we are, even the AI on Expert is smart enough to handle the relatively small horde that comes around the corner. if you cant stand in a bathroom with a shotgun, this game might be a little to advanced for you.
Witch - 1 shot, any difficulty, don't even have to aim for the head. Get a shotgun, waltz right up to her, get behind her, and wait til she starts standing up. Place that shot right in her back and you're gauranteed to do 1100+ damage. Witch goes down. Sneaking past her isn't even that difficult, I dont know if this was a glitch, hard to believe it was since I did it twice in a row, but the witch spawned in a doorway I had to get past and I was doing speed runs. Twice I ran up to her, flashlight on, shooting zombies around her. I jumped over her and just kept running. She sat right back down until the AI showed up and startled her by being significantly less agile than a human player.
Tank - If you're full health (and unless it's hard or expert I dont see why you shouldn't) he isn't a problem. 4 people with auto-shotguns will kill him in seconds. Compared to other games with some juggernaut of doom he doesn't take a lot of footwork to sidestep. As long as you know where the walls are and how not to run into them while you're avoiding this beasty, he's an easy kill. Only time I've had trouble with this guy is Expert with 3 AIs or Expert with 3 people that made me wish I was playing with AIs.
The hunter does 25 damage on his initial pounce if at long range, then starts chopping down your health almost 1 tenth every second he's on you, almost 2 tenths if he's on FIRE at the time. And while it takes as much effort to get them off a friend as a Smoker, most people aim at chest height and where they may casually kill a boomer bearing down on you, or a smoker who has you in his grasp, they dont typically pop a hunter unless it's deliberate. The guy is fast, stealhty, and unless he's ready to pounce you dont hear him coming. With an incredibly strong swipe attack (mostly noticed in Versus mode) I nominate the Hunter as The Scariest Infected of Left 4 Dead.
*None of this is considering versus mode which changes my opinion greatly.
I'll make a short run down of why I chose hunter.
Regular zombies - Well, they're regular zombies, easiest to kill in the game, no real surprises, all weapons have a piercing effect, oh-teh-noes.
Smokers - The easiest infected to aid someone's escape from, a friend just has to punch you and you're free. The longer away the smoker is, the more window of opportunity you have before he ever starts doing damage, and compared to the other infected, it's not a lot.
Boomer - He makes you blind and sends zombies after you. Awesome. Not only am I and most of the community in L4D clever enough to avoid being puked on, when we are, even the AI on Expert is smart enough to handle the relatively small horde that comes around the corner. if you cant stand in a bathroom with a shotgun, this game might be a little to advanced for you.
Witch - 1 shot, any difficulty, don't even have to aim for the head. Get a shotgun, waltz right up to her, get behind her, and wait til she starts standing up. Place that shot right in her back and you're gauranteed to do 1100+ damage. Witch goes down. Sneaking past her isn't even that difficult, I dont know if this was a glitch, hard to believe it was since I did it twice in a row, but the witch spawned in a doorway I had to get past and I was doing speed runs. Twice I ran up to her, flashlight on, shooting zombies around her. I jumped over her and just kept running. She sat right back down until the AI showed up and startled her by being significantly less agile than a human player.
Tank - If you're full health (and unless it's hard or expert I dont see why you shouldn't) he isn't a problem. 4 people with auto-shotguns will kill him in seconds. Compared to other games with some juggernaut of doom he doesn't take a lot of footwork to sidestep. As long as you know where the walls are and how not to run into them while you're avoiding this beasty, he's an easy kill. Only time I've had trouble with this guy is Expert with 3 AIs or Expert with 3 people that made me wish I was playing with AIs.
The hunter does 25 damage on his initial pounce if at long range, then starts chopping down your health almost 1 tenth every second he's on you, almost 2 tenths if he's on FIRE at the time. And while it takes as much effort to get them off a friend as a Smoker, most people aim at chest height and where they may casually kill a boomer bearing down on you, or a smoker who has you in his grasp, they dont typically pop a hunter unless it's deliberate. The guy is fast, stealhty, and unless he's ready to pounce you dont hear him coming. With an incredibly strong swipe attack (mostly noticed in Versus mode) I nominate the Hunter as The Scariest Infected of Left 4 Dead.
*None of this is considering versus mode which changes my opinion greatly.
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