The Boomer



The Boomer is an extremely bloated Infected that can projectile vomit at the Survivors, blinding them and attracting the Horde to them. When Boomers die they blow up, creating large amounts of gore and viscera, this also attracts NPC infected to the area in which the Boomer exploded. Boomers can also drop from tall buildings into/onto a group of survivors, and once they impact on the streets, they "pop" exploding in the aforementioned manner having the same effect as the vomit attack. This skill serves as an effective method for ambushing the survivors. As of recent game play changes, the Boomer no longer damages when detonated, but hinders survivors' sight and attracts large amounts of the infected horde. Like most other boss infected, a melee hit from the Boomer will do about 2 times the damage as a normal infected.

Tactics
Tactics against

You'll be alerted to the boomer by its heavy breathing and a music cue. Shoot it from at least 25 feet away. The bile explosion radius is large and can both blind you and attract the Horde. Refrain from shooting when the Boomer when it is in close proximity to the rest of the group. When it explodes, prepare for a massive horde to descend upon your group. If blinded, back into a corner or hallway and repeatedly melee towards enemies (so you don't shoot allies) while you wait for the bile to clear up a little.

Tactics for playing

While playing boomer it is hard to stay completely stealthy but try to hide in shadows or hide within crowds of zombies. To make sure you get someone vomit in close quarters then run up and attack so the survivors will shoot you. You will explode and spread the bile within a certain area. Your best friends are the your boss friends.

▲Hunters can pounce on the person who has bile on him and the horde will still be attacking doing major damage.

▲Smokers can pin down surviors from a distance but the smoker himself wont be doing much damage.

▲Tanks can distract everybody else who doesn't have the bile covering them

The best part of the "zombie buddy" system is that usually you and your buddy won't be alone. Survivor teams can be shot down when there is too much going on. To beat a srong team, to beat an organized team is chaos.

Survivors
Blind Luck You or another Survivor take no damage after being vomited on by a Boomer.

Clean Kill Shove a Boomer and then kill him without him splashing on anyone.

Outbreak Catch a rare strain of infection, then pass it on to someone else.


 * The "Outbreak" achievement is unlocked by being vomited on by a player who already has that achievement.

Infected
Barf Bagged Cover four Survivors with Boomer bile at once.