Gorefast (Killing Floor 2)

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The new Gorefast

General Information

The Gorefast is a common specimen in Killing Floor 2. It is classified as a lesser enemy, and therefore, cannon fodder.
Gorefasts appear as crimson skinned, bald humanoids. They lack a lower jaw, tongue and left arm. They have a steel blade jammed in place of their right arm, which they use to cut down prey.
While Gorefasts are classified as a lesser Zed, do not let their status as a lesser Zed fool you, as they are extremely dangerous and quick to anger. They are also the most durable of the lesser Zeds, able to take a deceptive amount of punishment before going down.

Statistics

- For information on the playable variant in Versus mode, see Gorefast (Killing Floor 2 VS)

	Normal	Hard	Suicidal	Hell on earth
Bounty	£13	£12	£10	£8
XP	11	14	14	14
Health (Body)	150	200	200	200
Health (Head)	37	50	50	50

Notes on XP

• XP rewarded for your on-perk weapons.
• Killing with weapons other than your current perk grants the XP to the perk that weapons belongs to.
• Damaging with on-perk weapons and then finishing it off with an off-perk weapon divides the XP and grants it to both perks.
• Damaging with off-perk weapons and then finishing it off with an on-perk weapon divides the XP and grants it to both perks.
• Assist kills grants full XP.
• The bash attack (default v) does not count as Berserker damage for Berserker XP, meaning it grants the XP to your current perk.

Speed

- Gorefasts move slowly when docile, and sprint when enraged.
- Gorefasts will only begin sprinting upon getting close (8m) to players. They do not sprint on sight despite having 100% sprint chance.
- Gorefasts will sprint once they are shot.
- Once enraged, Gorefasts will never stop sprinting until they are killed.
- Movement speed is randomized, but is skewed towards higher values as difficulty increases.
- Movement speed is further modified by a multiplier based on difficulty. This value is 0.87 on Normal, and 1.05 on Hell On Earth.
- Movement speed is set to maximum at all times on Hell on Earth difficulty.

	Normal	Hard	Suicidal	Hell on earth
Speed (Walking)	216 - 264	216 - 264	216 - 264	216 - 264
Speed (Enraged)	405 - 495	405 - 495	405 - 495	405 - 495
Chance to Rage on Sight	100%	100%	100%	100%
Chance to Rage when Shot	100%	100%	100%	100%

• For comparison, a healthy player character with minimal weight walks at a speed of 383, and sprints at a speed of 460.
  
• These values can be modified by various perk level benefits, and skills.
  

Resistances

- Gorefasts have a large range of resistances, and only one weakness.

	Piercing	Slashing	Bludgeon	Toxic	Fire	Microwave	Explosives
Damage Taken Multipler	75%	80%	90%	75%	85%	85%	100%

- Gorefasts are vulnerable to rifles and assault rifles, but are most notably extremely vulnerable to shotguns.

	Sub-machine Gun	Assault Rifle	Shotgun	Handgun	Rifle
Ballistic Damage Multiplier	100%	120%	160%	100%	120%

- Gorefasts only have one weak spot, which is the head. Their bladed arm deflects attacks.

	Hit Zone Damage Factor
Head	110%
Blade	10%
All other	100%

Behavior

- The Gorefast is a predictable, melee-only Zed.
- Upon spawning, it will walk towards the nearest player. Upon getting close to their target, they will immediately begin sprinting, to get into melee range to attack.
- While sprinting, Gorefasts can either hunch their backs forward to lower their heads or brandish their bladed arm in front or above their heads to block gunfire, though unintentionally.
- Gorefasts will sprint immediately upon getting shot.
- Gorefasts swing their bladed arm with full body pivots, causing their heads to sway back and forth, making it difficult to hit once it starts attacking.
- Gorefasts have the ability to block gunfire. When shot at, they have a chance to hold their bladed arms in front of their face, blocking their head with the blade. When blocking, Gorefasts take 20% less damage, and incapacitating effects are 80% less effective. On Suicidal and Hell On Earth, Gorefasts always block upon getting shot.
- Gorefasts are able to block while running on Suicidal and Hell On Earth, which means upon shooting a Gorefast, there is a high chance they will sprint at the offending player with the bladed arm raised to their face.
- Gorefasts only spawn individually or in duos in early waves, but they spawn in groups of 4 or more frequently in later waves.

- On Suicidal and Hell On Earth, Gorefasts gain new attack animations that, unlike other Zeds, are not determined by whether they are enraged or not, but rather, difficulty level.
- On Suicidal and Hell On Earth, Gorefasts can perform a low, sweeping slash. They are also able to sprint while attacking now, spinning their blades repeatedly and dealing multiple high damaging hits.

Extermination Tactics

- Despite its status as a lesser Zed, the Gorefast is extremely dangerous and should be treated as threats of the highest priority whenever they show up, arguably only outclassed by the large Zeds.
- When Gorefasts begin blocking, it is possible to circumvent the block by adjusting one's aim to the upper left slightly. This way, you are still able to hit the head while it is blocking. Alternatively, just shoot at the body; do not shoot the bladed arm as it only takes 10% damage.
- Gorefasts should be taken out quickly with one good shot to the head. This is because shooting the body is horribly ammo inefficient as they have disproportionately high body health compared to head health. The first shot must be a killing blow as anything less will cause the Gorefast to immediately rage and sprint at the nearest player, though this is difficult given their higher head health compared to the other lesser Zeds.
- Only shoot them in the body if you absolutely have to (if you cannot hit the head while it is blocking, or when surrounded).
- Gorefasts are extremely weak to Shotguns, making the Support Specialist the best perk for exterminating Gorefasts. They do not need to aim for the head to take out Gorefasts due to the high Shotgun damage multiplier, and can take out multiple Gorefasts with penetrating headshots or bodyshots quickly.
- Gorefasts are also weak to assault rifles, and rifles. This allows ballistic classes like the Commando and Sharpshooter to take them out quickly and efficiently from a distance before they can get into range to sprint and cause any damage.
- Respect their damage output on Suicidal and Hell On Earth difficulty as they can quickly cut down players in groups. Even on lower difficulties, Being surrounded by Gorefasts almost always guarantees death, try not to get yourself into such a situation.