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The Martial Arts Zombie is an enemy that appears in Serious Sam 2. They are zombies that have been modified by Mental to serve as troops on the planet Chi-Fang.

Overview[]

The Martial Arts Zombie serves as both law enforcement and as a servant of Prince Chan. Mental created the zombies by killing them, taking out their intestines, and removing their brain, implanting hostility towards anything that moves.

Pretty soon, Mental had a pretty decent army of martial arts wannabes, as they only seemed to learn one move: a flying cycle kick. Since the zombies usually have decomposed flesh, hitting something with a rotten foot would surely cause it to fall apart. Mental figured it would be easier to attach some hooves on their legs. But even that wasn't enough by his standards, so soon they each received a pair of deadly shurikens to deal with long-range threats.

Appearances[]

Martial Arts Zombies are rare enemies, and appear only on the Chi-Fang levels.

Behavior and skills[]

The Martial Arts Zombie has three attacks; throwing a shuriken, performing a flying cycle kick, and a melee attack. The shuriken is the Zombie's ranged attack, but he will usually try to get in close and use his melee attack, which propels him towards the player much like the Scythian Witch-Harpy's kick attack. Merely touching a Zombie will be counted as a melee attack. The Zombie can also leap at the player with a more powerful flying cycle kick, which is as damaging as a Kleer Skeleton's leap attack.

Tactics[]

  • The sawblade can be quite dangerous because of how fast it is, even faster than a Kleer's chainballs, so the player should always be on alert for them while fighting off Zombies.
  • The Double Shotgun is very effective against a single or small group of Martial Arts Zombies. One blast at up to medium range will kill him in one hit regardless of difficulty settings, and the short time between shots ensures that the player can quickly get off hits.
  • When a Zombie gets close and performs his flying cycle kick, sidestep to avoid getting hit, and then blast him with either the Double Shotgun or the Auto Shotgun.
  • The Uzi, XM214-A Minigun, and XPML30 Rocket Launcher are highly effective against large groups of Zombies.
  • The Zombie's threat level depends on how many there are; if there are a few, they can be ignored for a bit while focusing on other enemies, but a large group of Zombies should be prioritized immediately because dodging them can be very difficult.

Trivia[]

  • The Martial Arts Zombie has the most unique death sounds of any enemy in the series, with 12 of them. Half of them are variations of him saying "Sayonara" (さよなら), which is Japanese for "goodbye".
  • The Martial Arts Zombie's vocal sounds are normally high-pitched, and are pitch-shifted to sound deeper in his sound schemes in the editor.
    • The unaltered sounds can be heard in the cutscenes.

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