The Infected



The Infected is a knife  race. Unlike most knife races, which rely on speed and confusion to take down their enemies, the Infected is built entirely around being too tanky to kill.

Basic Info

 * Level Requirement: 1000
 * Max Level: 16
 * Race Limit: 2

Abillities

 * 1) Undead Health - 10 Levels - You gain 100-900 max health. At max rank, this makes your max health 1025.
 * 2) Undead Regeneration - 10 Levels - Grant 1.5-15 health regeneration per second.
 * 3) Infected Wounds - 10 Levels - Your attacks deal up to 3 damage per second for 5 seconds.
 * 4) Thirst for Brains - Ultimate - 10 Levels - You gain 30-65% movement speed for 3.5 seconds. Activated with +ultimate.

Restrictions

 * Periapt of Health
 * Ring of Regeneration
 * Long Jump
 * Pistol Clip Extender
 * Mole
 * Necklace of Immunity
 * Boots of Speed
 * Crusader's Wish
 * Holy Shield

Tips and Tricks

 * Your high health makes you an excellent distraction. Getting shot while your team picks them off is often a good use of an Infected.
 * Know when to fight and when to run. The worst mistake a zombie can make is thinking it's invincible and running in to too many enemies.
 * Use your regeneration. Keep tabs on your HP, and if it falls below 300, get away from combat and heal up. You're more use to your team with a full health bar than you are running in and dying.
 * Some races can't be caught. With good positioning, any race with long jump or a teleport can outrun you indefinitely. Don't waste your time chasing or worse yet, be lured away from the objective.
 * Play the objective. The Infected is a fantastic defuser and hostage grabber, and can plant the bomb while taking fire. Just make sure if you're planting the bomb that you'll be able to defend it.
 * Abuse grenades. As a slow knife race, grenades are a great asset for securing kills and defending positions. A smoke-defuse as a zombie is a powerful trick.
 * You CAN buy both chain armor and the Helm of the Black Legion. These compliment your absurd health pool to make you much harder to kill.

Counterplay

 * An Infected cannot buy Holy Shield or Necklace of Immunity. This means rooting abilities, such as the Night Elf's or Dreadknight's are very effective at locking down an Infected for easy headshots. Bash also works well, but when does it not?
 * If you are playing against an Infected, do not rush to plant the bomb. In the chaos of the War3 mod, a calm Infected can casually defuse the bomb while everybody else plays deathmatch.