Skull Champion

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Walther's Notes - Restored

This note was found sliced to bits with what appears to be axe markings. It has since been partially rewritten through conjecture.

The "Skull Champion". Paranormal entity from what the team have called the 'Underworld'. Colossal in size with the rage and undying vigour to match its lethal strength, striking fatal blows in single, effortless hits.

They're drawn to high concentrations of death occurrences, conflicts between survivors and the infected hordes being the best source. Potentially the correlation between the high number of deaths and their spawning is how they arrive to this world, they are not naturally formed and no signs of the virus are present on what remains we've seen.

Wields an axe and flail attached to a metal chain of an unknown metallic design, weapons quickly fade to ash when (Note: if) the skull champion is taken down. I believe their materials are linked to this Underworld in that regard.

Summary

The Skull Champion is a playable champion (or mini-boss) that is spawned after 300 zombies are killed. With its axe and chain, along with its large health pool, this mob is able to take out an entire team of survivors, all by itself if mastered. The Skull Champion is also a champion variation of the Halloween mob, Skullguard.

Background Story

Clearly, the Skullguards were having a rough time. Year after year, they attempt to thwart the progress of the survivors by luring them to the ends of their elaborate obstacle courses, and year after year their plans fail. First it was protecting mansions and then they were relegated to nothing more than two graveyards. After three years, they decided that enough was enough. But one of them decided against it.

Its festered rage finally erupted after so long, and so it decided to stop waiting for the survivors to come to them... and instead go to the survivors. And it has now garnered a reputation as a monster. Very few have seen this beast and lived to tell the tale. Those lucky few who defeated it are in for a welcome treat when they decide to go on a zombie-killing rampage again, because... Let me tell you.

Skeletons... they're already dead.

Controls

PC	Gamepad	Tablet	Description
			Axe Swing: The Skull Champion will swing its axe, dealing 100-200 damage.
			Smash: The Skull Champion will swing around the "cube" and will bring it down in front of itself when the corresponding control is released. Deals 120-140 damage depending on how close you are to the cube when it lands.

Tips

Survivors

Stay away from the Skull Champion since his attack range isn't far.
Get into enclosed or indoor places as the Skull Champion may not fit through.
- However, be careful of the Smash attack as it has a extremely large blast radius.
To prevent this from spawning, try to avoid killing zombies that don't need to be killed immediately.
The Skull Champion is immune to the tripping effect. Fore example, melees and the Fire Extinguisher will not trip the Skull Champion.
- However, knockback is still applied. Use the Fire Extinguisher to push away Skull Champion into environmental hazards, if the situation demands it.
  - A better alternative is to use the Splashy Washy, due to its long range and knockback.
The Boo Buster is completely useless against the Skull Champion as it does not lock onto it.
Don't stay close to spawns. A Skull Champion may surprise you.
Be careful in Arena as you must kill zombies to move onto the next wave. This may lead for a hard time if a Skull Champion is active.
- The same applies to Undead Battleground.
In Rescue, the Skull Champion may camp by the Helicopter to prevent players from entering.
- Make up a plan to lure it away.
Weapons recommended for the Skull Champion are long-ranged automatics, such as the P90 and the SCAR-H.
- Be aware that the M249 and Minigun reduce your walkspeed, meaning you have less mobility to avoid attacks.
Using the RPG, you'll need to fire 20 direct hits to kill a Skull Champion.
- This amounts to 5 total Ammo Stations, or 10 Extra Ammo boxes, if you attempt to take this down solo.
Using the M2 Tripod on the Skull Champion, will do 22,000 damage. However, this is not recommended as you are immobile.
Armor is a must for this mob as one hit without armor will certainly kill you.
- For mobility, the Scout armor is recommended to run rings around the Skull Champion.
Don't bother using the Phial of Galadriel, Pipebomb, Clockbomb or Bell. The Skull Champion is immune to it.

Zombies

Try to not get stuck inside a building with a low roof or no way to get out.
Use your Smash attack if survivors are indoors to lure them out.
The axe will damage survivors on contact. Use this to your advantage by making people touch the axe with Stalker.
Swinging your "Cube" will not drain your stamina.
- Have it ready at all times just in case a player is running by you.
You can only jump twice before running out of stamina. Try not to jump too often
Lethal and deep pools of water are your enemy as you can sink or be instantly killed.
- Be careful with people who have a Splashy Washy equipped.
Do not attempt to swim in deep water maps, such as U.S.S. Zurius. You are unable to surface due to your large size.
To become a Skull Champion, you must be the next zombie to spawn after 300 zombie kills have occurred. You must not be Idle. Only one spawns per 300 kills though more than one may be active.
- Resetting and AI Infected deaths count towards the 300 kills.

Trivia

This is the first champion (mini-boss) to be added to R2DA.
This has the most health of all of the playable zombies.
It resembles a Skullguard, hence the name Skull Champion.
This is the tallest zombie in the game.
First zombie in R2DA that plays music when spawned.
- The Tank in R2D would also play music when it spawned.
As of v1.4.2, resetting as a Skull Champion has a chance of crashing Roblox.
The Skull Champion has been known to send zombies and survivors flying at alarming speeds when getting stepped on.
During Debug, the Axe would instantly kill anyone that touched it.
First zombie that cant relocate.