The horde in Dead Raid is not one zombie copied a hundred times. New types join as the rounds go up: runners, spitters, armoured ones, ones that explode, heal, freeze, burn or call for help. Here is every type, the round it first shows up in and the way to deal with it.
Health and speed are compared with a Walker of the same round. Hit is the damage of one attack; a survivor starts with 100 health.
ROUND 1+The standard zombie, and most of every horde. Its health, speed and bite are the baseline everything else is measured against.
How to beat it
Line them up and go for the head. Early on a few pistol headshots do it.
ROUND 1+Slower than a Walker but takes 40% more damage to put down and hits a little harder.
How to beat it
It is slow, so deal with the fast ones first and finish it at range.
ROUND 3+Sprints at 1.6 times Walker speed with a little less health.
How to beat it
Do not try to outrun a pack of them. Back into a corridor and shoot as they line up.
ROUND 4+Drags itself along the floor. Low health, but it is small, low and easy to miss in a crowd.
How to beat it
Aim down. Check the floor before you reload or rebuild a window.
ROUND 5+Blows up when it reaches you and when it dies, hurting anyone within about three metres.
How to beat it
Shoot it early and far away. Never knife it.
ROUND 6+A heavy with more than three times a Walker's health and a hit that takes over half of a fresh survivor's health.
How to beat it
Keep moving and keep shooting the head. Never let it corner you at a window.
ROUND 7+Spits acid from up to 14 metres when it can see you, instead of walking into your fire.
How to beat it
Kill it first, or step behind a wall: it needs a clear line to you.
ROUND 8+Riot armour halves the damage of every body shot.
How to beat it
Headshots and the knife ignore its armour. Aim high.
ROUND 9+Its scream makes every zombie within six metres run faster for three seconds, again and again.
How to beat it
Pick it out of the crowd and kill it first, before the pack speeds up.
ROUND 10+Leaves a cloud of poison where it dies that hangs for five seconds and hurts anyone standing in it.
How to beat it
Kill it away from your own feet and do not walk through the green cloud.
ROUND 11+Every hit it lands slows you down for two seconds.
How to beat it
Being slow in a horde is how runs end. Kill it before it reaches arm's length.
ROUND 12+Every hit it lands sets you on fire for three seconds.
How to beat it
Keep your distance. The burn keeps ticking after you get away.
ROUND 13+When it dies it splits into two Crawlers, each with 30% of its health.
How to beat it
Be ready to shoot the floor right after the kill. A Nuke kills it without the split.
ROUND 14+Jumps the last few metres at you instead of walking them.
How to beat it
It leaps from two to six metres with a clear line. Sidestep, then shoot while it lands.
ROUND 15+A pale, fast ghost with little health that slips straight through the rest of the horde instead of queueing behind it.
How to beat it
It dies quickly. Watch for the white shape coming through the crowd and shoot it first.
ROUND 16+Heals every zombie within five metres by 12% of its health every three seconds.
How to beat it
Always the first target. A Brute next to a Medic will not go down.
ROUND 17+Every hit it lands stuns you for most of a second: no moving, no shooting.
How to beat it
Never let it touch you while others are close. Kill it at range.
ROUND 18+A robed occultist that calls two weak minions in through the windows, over and over.
How to beat it
It is tough and stays back. Push to it and kill it, or the wave never ends.
ROUND 20+The boss of the late rounds: seven times a Walker's health, armour on the body and a hit that nearly kills.
How to beat it
Whole squad, headshots, upgraded guns. Kite it around a room and never get hit twice.
HOUND ROUNDSA burning hound, almost twice as fast as a Walker with about half the health. They only come in hound rounds.
How to beat it
Stand with your back to a wall so they come from the front, and shoot low.
| Zombie | First round | Health | Speed | Hit | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | 1 | ×1 | ×1 | 30 | The standard zombie, and most of every horde. Its health, speed and bite are the baseline everything else is measured against. |
| Shambler | 1 | ×1.4 | ×0.75 | 35 | Slower than a Walker but takes 40% more damage to put down and hits a little harder. |
| Runner | 3 | ×0.8 | ×1.6 | 25 | Sprints at 1.6 times Walker speed with a little less health. |
| Crawler | 4 | ×0.6 | ×1.1 | 20 | Drags itself along the floor. Low health, but it is small, low and easy to miss in a crowd. |
| Exploder | 5 | ×0.9 | ×1.1 | 20 | Blows up when it reaches you and when it dies, hurting anyone within about three metres. |
| Brute | 6 | ×4 | ×0.8 | 55 | A heavy with more than three times a Walker's health and a hit that takes over half of a fresh survivor's health. |
| Spitter | 7 | ×0.9 | ×0.95 | 15 | Spits acid from up to 14 metres when it can see you, instead of walking into your fire. |
| Armored | 8 | ×1.6 | ×0.9 | 35 | Riot armour halves the damage of every body shot. |
| Screamer | 9 | ×1 | ×1.2 | 25 | Its scream makes every zombie within six metres run faster for three seconds, again and again. |
| Toxic | 10 | ×1.1 | ×1 | 25 | Leaves a cloud of poison where it dies that hangs for five seconds and hurts anyone standing in it. |
| Frostbitten | 11 | ×1.2 | ×1 | 30 | Every hit it lands slows you down for two seconds. |
| Burner | 12 | ×1.1 | ×1.15 | 25 | Every hit it lands sets you on fire for three seconds. |
| Splitter | 13 | ×1.5 | ×1 | 30 | When it dies it splits into two Crawlers, each with 30% of its health. |
| Leaper | 14 | ×0.9 | ×1.35 | 30 | Jumps the last few metres at you instead of walking them. |
| Phantom | 15 | ×0.7 | ×1.5 | 30 | A pale, fast ghost with little health that slips straight through the rest of the horde instead of queueing behind it. |
| Medic | 16 | ×1.2 | ×0.9 | 20 | Heals every zombie within five metres by 12% of its health every three seconds. |
| Shocker | 17 | ×1.3 | ×1.1 | 35 | Every hit it lands stuns you for most of a second: no moving, no shooting. |
| Summoner | 18 | ×1.8 | ×0.85 | 25 | A robed occultist that calls two weak minions in through the windows, over and over. |
| Juggernaut | 20 | ×8.5 | ×0.7 | 80 | The boss of the late rounds: seven times a Walker's health, armour on the body and a hit that nearly kills. |
| Hellhound | hound rounds | ×0.55 | ×1.9 | 22 | A burning hound, almost twice as fast as a Walker with about half the health. They only come in hound rounds. |
Three things rise with every round: how many zombies come, how much health they have and how fast they move.
| Round | Zombies, solo | With 4 players | Walker health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 8 | 32 | 180 |
| Round 5 | 26 | 104 | 500 |
| Round 10 | 53 | 212 | 890 |
| Round 15 | 82 | 328 | 1,338 |
| Round 20 | 114 | 456 | 2,012 |
| Round 30 | 181 | 724 | 4,548 |
There are 20: Walker, Shambler, Runner, Crawler, Exploder, Brute, Spitter, Armored, Screamer, Toxic, Frostbitten, Burner, Splitter, Leaper, Phantom, Medic, Shocker, Summoner, Juggernaut, Hellhound.
The Juggernaut, which arrives in round 20. It has seven times the health of a Walker, armour that soaks up body shots and a hit that deals 80 damage. In a crowd, though, the Medic and the Screamer get more squads killed, because they make every zombie around them harder to stop.
Every fifth round, starting with round 5 (rounds 5, 10, 15 and so on). A hound round has no ordinary zombies, only Hellhounds.
Shoot it in the head or use the knife. Its armour halves the damage of body shots, but headshots and knife hits ignore it.
Each zombie is the same, but there are more of them: the size of a wave is multiplied by the number of players in the match.
The barricades. Zombies have to rip the planks off a window before they can climb in, and you can rebuild the planks, which also earns points. A Carpenter power-up rebuilds every window at once.
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