Here’s every Ridden type in Back 4 Blood and how they can kill you
Back 4 Blood is the long-awaited spiritual successor to the iconic zombie-shooter, Left 4 Dead. Long-time fans of Valve’s smash hit from the late 2000s will likely be fairly familiar with the undead archetypes you’ll be tasked with mowing down in Turtle Rock Studios’ upcoming title, but for the uninitiated, there are some important details you’ll need to know. Here are all the zombie (or “Ridden” as they’re known in this universe) classes in Back 4 Blood and what you can expect from these horrifying encounters.
Common
Source: Windows Central
Hocker/Stalker/Stinger
Source: Windows Central
This family of Special Ridden delivers an agile assault on players. With shocking mobility, intimidating speed, and the ability to attack from a distance, these nasty Ridden pose a real threat to isolated characters. Thankfully, they don’t have much in the way of health and go down quickly with proper team coordination.
Hocker: A melee-focused attacker that can pin down targets with a sticky projectile.
Stalker: A fast melee attacker that can pounce on players and drag them away from the group.
Stinger: A mobile ranged attacker with a nasty projectile that obscure’s the target’s vision.
Retch/Exploder/Reeker
Source: Windows Central
Retch: A melee attacker that uses a vomit stream to cover an area in a pool of caustic liquid.
Exploder: A melee attacker that can charge forward and manually trigger a large explosion that deals a significant amount of damage.
Reeker: A melee attacker that can charge forward knocking Cleaners away and dealing damage. It explodes on death, covering players in sticky pus that slows them down.
Bruiser/Crusher/Tallboy
Source: Windows Central
Bruiser: A powerful melee attacker that can use a deadly smash attack with a large area of effect.
Crusher: This is the fastest in this family of Special Ridden, and can grab and squeeze a nearby player, rendering them helpless and dealing damage over time.
Tallboy: A large, slow melee attacker with a dangerous overhead attack. Can charge forward in short bursts to cover distance quickly.
Snitcher
Source: Windows Central
Hag
Source: Windows Central
Sleeper
Sleepers are strange Special Ridden that lay dormant in fleshy pods attached to walls. If you make the mistake of walking underneath a Sleeper, it will burst from its pod and pin you to the ground. From here, it’ll be up to one of your teammates to rescue you from its clutches.
Breaker
Source: Windows Central
Ogre
Source: Windows Central
More to come!
Turtle Rock Studios has yet to officially unveil all of the Ridden that will be featured in Back 4 Blood. Our current selection is based on what we’ve seen in the Back 4 Blood Open Beta and gameplay trailers. We’ll be sure to update this as we uncover more of these terrifying enemies. In the meantime, be sure to check out our list of the best horror games on Xbox.
Back 4 Blood is currently scheduled to release on Oct.12, 2021 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC.
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