Bloat (Killing Floor 2 VS)

For the AI counterpart, see Bloat (Killing Floor 2).

The player-controlled Bloat is one of the playable ZEDs in Killing Floor 2's Versus Mode. The Bloat is a high health, extremely resistant and slowly moving tank of the ZED team, it's main role is to charge through the Survivor's positions in order to damage them and obscure their vision with the bloat bile. Additionally, Bloat works well as an area denial unit thanks to its ability to lay down puke mines.

Base Statistics

Stat type	Normal difficulty
Kill Reward	25
XP Reward	40
Speed (walking)	270
Speed (sprinting)	410
Health (body)	700
Health (head)	350

For kill reward calculations read Dosh Mechanics.

Due to Game Conductor mechanics, player-controlled Bloats have their health modified based on the average level of the Survivor team. Values vary within (x0.85 - x2) range.

Damage Resistance

Player-controlled Bloats have a wide variety of damage type resistances as well as some notable weaknesses. They are also less resistant to damage from certain tier 1 weapons.

Common Modifiers

Bloats are weak against microwave, neutral to fire and are significantly resistant to other damage types.

	Piercing	Slashing	Bludgeon	Toxic	Fire	Microwave	Explosives	Freeze	Shells
Damage Multiplier	x0.4	x0.9	x0.9	x0.2	x1	x1.5	x0.4	x1	x1

Bloats resist to every type of ballistic weaponry but most notably weak against SMGs and assault rifles and are resistant against shotgun damage.

	Sub-machine Gun	Assault Rifle	Shotgun	Handgun	Rifle
Damage Multiplier	x0.8	x0.75	x0.3	x0.6	x0.65

Weapon-specific Modifiers

Bloats are extremely vulnerable against Firebug's Caulk n' Burn and heavy (blunt) attacks of Berserker's Crovel Survival Tool. They also have different multipliers against Eviscerator's projectile and melee attacks.

	CaulkBurn	HX25	Eviscerator (proj)	Eviscerator (saw)	Crovel (bludgeon)
Damage Multiplier	x2	x0.6	x0.3	x0.7	x1.2

Bloats are significantly vulnerable against certain handguns.

	AR15	MB500	Doublebarrel	Rem1858	Colt1911	Medic Pistol	Winchester	9mm	Trenchgun
Damage Multiplier	x1.1	x0.7	x0.5	x1.5	x0.7	x1.4	x0.85	x1.4	x1

Hitzones

Bloats have only one weak spot, which is the head. Although the damage multiplier is miserable. Their meat cleavers deflect attacks.

	Damage Multiplier
Head	x1.001
Cleavers	x0.2
All other	x1

Incapacitation Resistance

Vulnerability mask = (Torso, Head, Legs, Arms, Special).
Stun = (Vulnerability = (0.2, 0.7, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2), Cooldown=10.0, Duration=1.5)
Knockdown = (Vulnerability = (0.2), Cooldown=10.0)
Stumble = (Vulnerability = (0.1), Cooldown=5.0)
GunHit = (Vulnerability = (0.2), Cooldown=1.7)
MeleeHit = (Vulnerability = (0.5), Cooldown=1.35)
Poison = (Vulnerability = (0.6), Cooldown=20.0, Duration=1.3)
Microwave = (Vulnerability = (0.5), Cooldown=10.0, Duration=2.5)
FirePanic = (Vulnerability = (0.9), Cooldown=5.0, Duration=3)
EMP = (Vulnerability = (2.5), Cooldown=10.0, Duration=2.2)
Freeze = (Vulnerability = (0.5), Cooldown=1.5, Duration=0.5)
Snare = (Vulnerability = (0.7, 0.7, 1, 0.7), Cooldown=8.5, Duration=1.5)
Bleed = (Vulnerability = (0.25))

Attacks and Moves

• Primary: Puke attack that damages Survivors and distracts their vision.
• Secondary: Puke mine that explodes when Survivor's within its proximity.
• Bash: A single slash with the meat cleaver.
• Bash + Jump: Belly slam.

Note: Damage values below vary between (x0.7 - x1.31) based on average level of the human team.

• Block. Damage multiplier (firearms) - x0.3, Damage multiplier (melee) - x0.3. Cooldown - 0.5s.
• Melee. Damage - 20. Maximum hit range - 2.5m. Cooldown - 0.5s.
• Mine. Damage - 15. Radius - 4.5m. No falloff. Health - 100. Explodes after 300s. Cooldown - 1.55s.
• Vomit. Damage - 20. Maximum hit range - 3.5m. Cooldown - 1.25s.
• Note: Maximum mines allowed - 30.

Damage Scale

• Melee attack (jumping) - x1.
• Melee attack (running) - x0.6.
• Melee attack (walking / stationary) - x1.
• Vomit attack perform multiple hits: normal puke and lunge puke - 2 hits per attack, 360 puke (while moving backward) - 4 hits per attack.

Miscellaneous Information

• ump cooldown - 1.5s. Mine explosion triggers: radius - 60 units, height - 22 units.
• Puke mine travel speed = 1000 units per second.
• Player-controlled Bloats start spawning at the second wave of the normal versus game.
• On top of their high health and damage resistance Bloats are capable of mitigating damage by blocking which makes them even more tougher.