Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-31344790-20170320200235

Welders are a type of zombie that are equipped with a blowtorch. They are extremely fragile zombies that can destroy all kinds of barricades the survivors build such as fences and boards. Welders can even run indefinitely. It's also a solution to those camping kids in the vents at Casius Outpost. Also the only zombie that gets rewards for destroying things...

Role: Barricade Destroyer

Health: 40

Spawn Chance: 4.7% (Cannot spawn or be bought unless barricades are present)

Price: $75

Reward: $20

Zombie Limit: 1

Energy: 100

Speed: 25

Blowtorch Fuel: 90 (Consumes 2x slower than foam)

Barricade Reward: $15

Attack (Hold Left Mouse): The welder turns the blowtorch on as long as the player holds left click. It deals 10 damage per second to a plank, 10 damage per second to a fence/wooden door, and 3 damage per 0.5 seconds to a survivor if they do not have fire immunity. Does not put a burn effect.

2nd attack (Left Mouse): The basic claw attack that does 7 damage. This attack can only accur when all the fuel has been used up.

Ability (E): When the cursor is on a fence, the welder will lock onto it, dealing 15-20 damage to the barricade per second. The welder has to be 1-2 studs away for the ability to commence. The welder can't do damage from the poles of the fence. They must do it in the middle. The ability will stop when the welder either: Dies, destroys fence, gets stunned, or attracted by pipebombs.

Tips (Survivor):

Stunning this zombie can be effective.

You can use a melee to whack them through the fence when they're using their ability.

Firevests are a welder's weakness.

Aim carefully, since this zombie is fast but fragile.

Switch to your secondary if you don't want to waste ammo for your primary.

Tips (Zombie):

A welder is faster than a edgar.

You will be rendered completely useless to firevests.

Conserve the fuel in the blowtorch, as it can run out similar to foam in the fire extinguisher.

Attacking survivors is not recommended unless you have no fuel.

Try targetting bases, campers, and blockages to a certain place such as the ladder in Foxriver Prison.

Try to run and hide when spawning as a welder.

Don't try to destroy a fence alone, chances are that you will be dead before even reaching it.

Instead of damaging a sandbag, it will burn the sandbag.

if you want, please leave feedback and kudo for this. i had to think a long time about how to balance this zombie out and how it would fit in with R2DA. and PLEASE do not start flamewars.

blowtorch turns on without a lighter because PR logic 