Zombies: Weaknesses

6th

The zombie's strength level is at normal human-levels, but they are considerably slower that average humans, possessing poor agility and coordination. Most zombies have difficulty with simple mechanical objects and obstacles such as doorknobs, latches, stairs, and fences. When confronted individually, zombies appear rather weak, but the creature's true threat is revealed when they are encountered in huge numbers. These relentless legions of tireless, flesh-eating machines will assault you on every side and corner until you fall and there comes the lunch.

kaimera

weakness: vulnerable to headshots?

chin_grin

Complex algebra. Hurts their braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaains.

edit: sorry to make a serious post, how about a helicopters rotors. Seem to be VERY effective.

Doctor DooM

6th wrote: »

The zombie's strength level is at normal human-levels, but they are considerably slower that average humans, possessing poor agility and coordination. Most zombies have difficulty with simple mechanical objects and obstacles such as doorknobs, latches, stairs, and fences. When confronted individually, zombies appear rather weak, but the creature's true threat is revealed when they are encountered in huge numbers. These relentless legions of tireless, flesh-eating machines will assault you on every side and corner until you fall and there comes the lunch.

Decapation. Works for most undead, as well.

Possibly some kind of combine harvester machine for when they attack en masse?

Duggy747

Any serious blow to the head can have the potential to either stumble them to the ground for a few seconds or hopefully extinguish their existence.

Their limbs can be removed much easier due to rapid decomposition. So if one does grab you from the front try grabbing one arm and kick them square in the chest. Hopefully they should become detached from the arm thus giving you a few valuable seconds to flee. Beating the zombie down with his own arm is optional though ill-advised.

Dragan

Just don't set them on fire. It doesn't work half as well as you think it would and then you have burning zombies trying to eat you.

Creature

I would have thought that zombies have higher than human strength? After all they are seen tearing people apart, pulling off limbs etc.

Anyway their greatest weakness is their mindlessness/lack of intelligence.

Feral Mutant

I'd say one of their greatest weaknesses is the whole being dead thing. It means they can't heal. When we get cut or bruised we heal, when they get cut or bruised they stay that way. When we over-stretch a muscle it grows back stronger, when they over-exert they never will again. Give it three to five years and without their cells regenerating, zombies will basically erode.

TomCo

Depends on the type of zombie tbh

Cravez

Dragan wrote: »

Just don't set them on fire. It doesn't work half as well as you think it would and then you have burning zombies trying to eat you.

I would agree, don't want some grilled rotten corpse knawing at me but i do believe that zombie's do not favour fire at all and will try to avoid it if necessary. Those small wieldable propane torches would be ideal to bring along to drive them away from getting any closer to you

I guess it all depends on the type of Zombie we are dealing with. If they are merely re-animated flesh, then severing limbs will just lead to severed limbs coming after you.

Ieatzombies

Deleted User wrote: »

I guess it all depends on the type of Zombie we are dealing with. If they are merely re-animated flesh, then severing limbs will just lead to severed limbs coming after you.

Yeah, but how would arms,legs...etc. turn you undead? I mean, arms could give you a good whacking, but besides that they couldn't bite you. Plz reply!:p

SmileyPaul

I would have actually thought that because they have no pain receptors they can use their full potential of strength, which I've heard is up to 5 times that of a normal person.

Along with the point about fire, I would say any bright or flashing light would totally dazzle them, if there brain works slower than a normal persons (making them seem stupid) that would also include the rate their pupil would close... this should mean that a very bright light will blind them for a lot longer than it would blind a normal person, has this ever been taken into account?
could be interesting

Nerin

woah, a zombie thread on the zombie forum. been waiting a while for this

Micky Dolenz

First thing to remember is they don't feel pain, so the brain has to be destoryed, although cutting one up is fun, if they are able to move they will.

I have found fire an effective weapon against them but you need to keep your distance, as pointed out if you directly set them on fire they will continue to try and eat you, the no pain thing kicks in.

I'm all up for no frills, a heavy object to the skull area is usually enough to put them down permanently.

Mac Masters

Well if Buffy the Vampire Slayer has taught us anything, which it has! The weakness of the undead are hot females who know martial arts and how to kick ass! Fact!

Professey Chin

Dragan wrote: »

Just don't set them on fire. It doesn't work half as well as you think it would and then you have burning zombies trying to eat you.

Youve been training with Burn, Zombie, Burn! also I assume:)

uber gamer

I say let them keep burning(it allows you to see them better).

cyberwolf77

I like taking advantage of their poor sense of balance. Lure them close to a pit of some kind. Knock them in. Shoot fish in barrel.

Sabre0001

If Left4Dead is anything to go by; pipebombs. The beeping noise appears to draw them in...and then ends their existence in a shower of body parts. Quite a beautful sight!

cyberwolf77

True, a radio left playing somewhere is a great way to lure them into the slaughter zone.

X AcT X EviL

Radio + Mounted turret + Zombies = Bloodbath!
Also
Deep pit + High Explosives + Zombies = Big Mess!

cyberwolf77

Try this:
Deep pit+ Acid+Zombies= No more zombies & ease of cleanup.

Olterior

How about
BIG GUN WITH UNLIMITED AMMO + ZOMBIES= OVERKILL ?

X AcT X EviL

Olterior wrote: »

How about
BIG GUN WITH UNLIMITED AMMO + ZOMBIES= OVERKILL ?

Its never overkill with zombies......

ScumLord

I thought we went over all this super human zombie stuff?

First of all and most importantly zombies are dead! Even if their just infected they're still not going to be able to match a humans strength for any length of time. People have argued outside this thread that because they can't feel pain they could reach the full potential of their strength which is false. If they over excert their muscles they will tare the muscle apart, pain discourages the living from doing this but anyone that lifts weights will know about muscle tares.

The dead won't be able to move fast for the same reason. They'll be in a state of decay and unable to regrow any tissue, including muscle. Without food the body will have to devour itself and won't be able to provide the proper substances to sustain the body at peak condition or anywhere close to it.

This is true for infected too, there is no illness that makes you better at anything.

Valmont

TomCo wrote: »

Depends on the type of zombie tbh

There is only one type of zombie, and it doesn't run.

Kareir

ScumLord wrote: »

I thought we went over all this super human zombie stuff?

First of all and most importantly zombies are dead! Even if their just infected they're still not going to be able to match a humans strength for any length of time. People have argued outside this thread that because they can't feel pain they could reach the full potential of their strength which is false. If they over excert their muscles they will tare the muscle apart, pain discourages the living from doing this but anyone that lifts weights will know about muscle tares.

The dead won't be able to move fast for the same reason. They'll be in a state of decay and unable to regrow any tissue, including muscle. Without food the body will have to devour itself and won't be able to provide the proper substances to sustain the body at peak condition or anywhere close to it.

This is true for infected too, there is no illness that makes you better at anything.

So logically, newer Zs are much stronger?

then we could just wait them out for a while, (which in ireland with rain wouldn't be too long.. ) then smash them when they're weak?

Also, Rabies can make you better at something: It means you're not affected by seditives.

_Kar

ScumLord

Kareir wrote: »

So logically, newer Zs are much stronger?

then we could just wait them out for a while, (which in ireland with rain wouldn't be too long.. ) then smash them when they're weak?

Also, Rabies can make you better at something: It means you're not affected by seditives.

_Kar

I would say new zombies would be like drunks, they wouldn't have their full health strength, they may have temporary seemingly superior strength until they damage their muscles at which point they become permanently damaged and weakened.

SmileyPaul

ScumLord wrote: »

I would say new zombies would be like drunks, they wouldn't have their full health strength, they may have temporary seemingly superior strength until they damage their muscles at which point they become permanently damaged and weakened.

thats been my point since I joined this forum, we're going to be looking at sprinters that will quickly turn to shamblers, and once shamblers the decay will slow down too prolonging their existance

Micky Dolenz

What do they say about assuming, it makes an ass of you and makes me dead.

If the infected were sprinters first, they could get a good week out of their bodies and not all people will be infected in week 1, so for the first couple of months there will be freash sprinters.

On another point who's to say how the infection acts on the body, it may preserve flesh and muscle, we just don't know and should be prepared for the worst.

Fail to prepare, prepare to die