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 * Mindless Zombies, Resurrectionist Minion **

=__Overview__= Mindless Zombies (MZ's) are exactly that - brainless animated corpses. They are slow, and deal very little damage. Currently they only work in crews led by Nicodem, who can command them and use them as a meat shield for his own protection.

=__Mobility__= They shamble along at only WK 3" and, unless Nicodem is controlling them, they always move to engage the nearest target (friend or foe).

=__Offense__= Their bite only deals 1 damage at weak and moderate flips, and 3 damage at severe. Yet due to their low CB, chances are they won't even hit their targets. This can be adjusted if Nicodem is controlling them, allowing them a chance to cheat, though this is very costly to do (Nicodem must discard an additional control card to make a MZ cheat).

On the rare occasion a MZ does hit, damage, and destroy a living or undead target, AND the damage flip was a Crow, the target does not produce any corpse counters but rather generates a number of MZ's equal to the target's base. Thematic to Zombies creating more Zombies, but not a trick to rely on.

=__Resilience__= Hard to Wound 1 offers some protection, but with a very low DF and WD's, they will go down. Fortunately it only takes Nicodem a (0) Action to re-raise all Corpse Counters within 10" of himself, meaning any MZ killed will likely get back up in the following round provided their Master still "lives".

=__Tips and Tricks__= MZ's are part of Nicodem's tactics, and almost all their abilities revolve on assisting him.

Always keep some MZ's near Nicodem to block the enemy's LoS. If an MZ is killed, Nicodem can always raise it the turn after. Should an enemy manage to attack Nicodem, he can sacrifice a nearby MZ to cancel the attack compleletly. Simply put - Nicodem should always have an entourage of mindless undead around him.

As MZ's count as Corpse Counters, Nicodem can sacrifice them to create bigger and badder undead minions. Transform a single MZ into a Rotten Belle, a Crooked Man, a Punk Zombie, a Necropunk, or anything else that is undead and non-unique. Alternatively Sacrifice two MZ's to create a Flesh Construct.

=__Master-Specific Tips__= If you plan to have Nicodem as your master, plan to get 3-5 of these as well. He will be using them in every game.

=Minion-Specific Tips= (Any synergies/tricks with other minions worth mentioning)

=__Playing Against [Minion]__= Any kind of AOE attack or multiple shot attack will kill these down, stay about 5 inches away from them so they can't engage you in melee. If Nicodem is shielding with them, focus on killing them down so Nicodem can use Bolster Undead to enhance them. If he is focused on keeping them up, then he is on the defensive, and you can easily wear him down.

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