Standard FPS Enemies

While most FPS games boast a menagerie of several enemy types, 90% of the games in the genre seem to use a mixture of the same several enemy archetypes. The reason for this range from game designers sticking with what works, to there simply being only so many different ways an NPC enemy can behave. This is especially true for shooters with a semi-realistic tone, which tend to limit themselves largely to human or humanoid-type enemies.

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As with many FPS tropes, this trope also applies to games in similar genres, such as Third-Person Shooter games.

• The Zombie: Enemies that mindlessly engage in melee.
  The zombie is pretty much as simple as you can get in terms of an FPS enemy. As you'd expect from the name, the zombie is pretty much limited to charging (at a crawl or at a run) at the player and attacking them with melee hits at close range. Some zombies may carry guns, but instead of using cover or fighting tactically all they can do is run straight at you while firing. Zombies need not be actual zombies; they can be anything from minor hellspawn to a thug with a knife and a 60 point I.Q. The main thing is that all they know how to do is run at you and attack. They can be slow or fast, but usually come in large numbers but have low durability. Particularly nasty examples of Zombies will actually explode once they get near you. Manic, "fantasy"-type shooters like Serious Sam or Painkiller love using enemies of this type, as their simple A.I. means you can throw a lot of them at the player all at once without using an unworkable amount of system resources.
  • Typical examples of Zombies include the Flood from Halo, headcrab zombies from the Half-Life series, Infected from Left 4 Dead, Monkey Trigens from Far Cry, Wretches from Gears of War, Nightmares and Specters from the F.E.A.R. series, "Pinky" Demons (but not the actual zombies) from Doom (which was the Trope Codifier for many of these categories), Processed Civilians in Red Faction II, Feral Ghouls (except for Reavers) in Fallout 3, animals and especially dogs in most FPS games such as Far Cry 3, and many of the melee enemies encountered in Serious Sam or Painkiller.

• The Soldier: The standard combatant, striking a balance between the Cannon Fodder Grunt and the tough Elite.
  The Soldier fights like, well, a soldier. Typically he's armed with an assault rifle (although he sometimes also carries a shotgun, submachine gun, grenade launcher, or other weapon), and runs around the battlefield shooting at you. He'll probably also take cover behind objects and fire from cover, although how intelligently he does so varies greatly from game to game. It's fairly standard for him to also occasionally throw grenades at you. He may also be found manning fixed gun emplacements or riding around in a light utility vehicle. Usually he dies after a handful of bullets. Rarely, some will be equipped with rocket launchers or a similarly powerful weapon, turning them into typical Glass Cannons (though said weapon may also be wielded by Grunts or Elites). This guy is easily the most typical Mook found in a modern FPS, being the main cannon fodder you face in games from F.E.A.R. to Call of Duty, and even being found in more fantastical settings like Doom or Quake, albeit as probably the lowest-tier enemy type unless a Grunt, Rat or Zombie takes that role. Note that the Soldier doesn't need to actually be a soldier by occupation; thugs, security guards, and other characters also count as Soldiers if their combat behavior is similar.
  • Typical examples of Soldiers include Replica soldiers from F.E.A.R., Combine Overwatch Soldiers from Half-Life 2, Z-Sec and Tactical Strogg from Doom 3 and Quake IV respectively, Leadhead Splicers from BioShock, Skirmishers from Halo: Reach, Privateer Assaulters from Far Cry 3, and every Nazi Ultranationalist Russian Arab North Korean Terrorist enemy ever seen in the likes of Call of Duty or Medal of Honor.

• The Turret: A stationary enemy.
  The Turret is an enemy bolted down to the floor (or to the ceiling). Often robotic, it does not move, only shoots. To balance its lack of flexibility, it will typically pack a lot of firepower and be able to shred you in seconds. Typically used as more of an obstacle than an enemy, either inhibiting your ability to deal with other types or being used as a pseudo puzzle. Common tactics to defeat this enemy include taking an alternate route outside of its fire arc; waiting for it to shut down or become distracted and using the delay to shoot or run past it; and utilizing indirect fire weapons such as grenades to take them out from cover.
  • Typical examples of Turrets include Turrets from Duke Nukem 3D, HECU Sentry Turrets from Half-Life, Combine Sentry Turrets from Half-Life 2, automated turrets in every one of the 3D Fallout games, and minigun turrets from Serious Sam.

• The Rat: A small, weak, and basic enemy.
  The Rat is the weakest, most basic enemy in the FPS genre, usually about the size of a house cat. Sometimes, they have projectiles, sometimes they crawl at you and attempt to melee, and sometimes they explode when they attack, but the basic idea is the same. Typically, they die in a couple shots from the basic pistol, but are fairly common in the early levels and/or interfere with your ability to deal with other enemies. Expect them to mostly disappear in later levels, or only be used as a small distraction in the lull between the big battles. The Bat is a sub-variant, being essentially identical to a Rat, except it can fly.
  • Typical examples of Rats include the Headcrabs from the Half-Life series (arguably the Trope Codifier), Flood Infection Forms from the Halo series, Marsh Hoppers from Serious Sam 1, Radroaches from Fallout 3, and Mantis Nymphs from Fallout: New Vegas. Examples of Bats include the Manhacks from Half-Life 2, the Sentinels from Halo, Flyers from Quake II, Geth Recon Drones from the Mass Effect series, Lost Souls from Doom, Bloatflies and Enclave Eyebots from Fallout 3, and Floaters from Serious Sam 2.

• The Grunt: Weak versions of the Soldier.
  The Grunt is The Goomba of the FPS world. These guys are pure cannon fodder, even more so than the basic Zombie or Soldier. The weakest enemy encountered in an FPS (other than Goddamn Bats), these guys usually have less health and weaker weapons than the average Mook. In pseudo-realistic FPS series, they're usually thugs, security guards, or untrained terrorists, and are weaker compared to average Soldier mooks due to being less tactically intelligent, being armed only with pistols, or being unable to throw grenades. It's also common for Grunts to lack the ability to strafe effectively or use melee attacks, as well as to take cover less than Soldiers, if they take cover at all. They're often seen mainly in the first few levels, from which point they're usually replaced by standard Soldiers.
  • Typical examples of Grunts include the Grunts from Halo (of course!), Strogg Marines from Quake II and Quake IV, Thuggish Splicers from BioShock, Vortigaunts from Half-Life, Civil Protection / Metro Cops from Half-Life 2, Pirate Assaulters from Far Cry 3, zombies and Imps from Doom, and Raiders from the Fallout series.

• The Elite: Stronger version of the Soldier.
  The opposite of the Grunt, these are a game's Elite Mooks. They typically fight like Soldiers, but have superior skills and stats. They often have more health than basic Soldiers, with the more robust examples being able to survive two to three times as much damage as a basic Mook. They may also have better aim, better reaction times, or be tactically smarter. They also may be equipped with better weaponry. Elites are usually reserved for the later levels of a game, and either replace the basic Mooks entirely, or appear leading them into battle.
  • Typical examples of Elites include Combine Elite from Half-Life 2, Replica Elite from F.E.A.R., Theron Guards from Gears of War, Skaarj from the Unreal series, Alien Grunts from Half-Life, Endtrails from Turok 2, Chaingunners from Doom, Ultor Elite Guards in Red Faction, Elite Big Daddies in BioShock, Privateer Defenders from Far Cry 3, Shadow Company from Modern Warfare, and most Brutes and Elites as seen throughout the Halo series. The highest ranked Elites and Brutes fall somewhere between Elite and Champion due to their very tough energy shields and optional cloaking devices or jetpacks.

• The Heavy: The FPS Giant Mook.
  The Heavy is your basic FPS Giant Mook. He's big, can dish out lots of damage, and can take a lot of damage in turn. To balance this out, he's usually slow as hell. 9 times out of 10 he'll carry a minigun or at least a heavy machinegun as his main weapon. He's also typically decked out in a heavy suit of armor to justify his insane durability. The Heavy can usually survive at least a couple dozen bullets, with the more robust examples requiring two or three full magazines of assault rifle fire to kill. Weapons that are a one-hit kill against standard Mooks, such as the grenade launcher, usually require several shots to finish a Heavy. Sometimes Heavies are puzzle enemies that can only be killed by specific means, such as shooting them in a weak point or killing them with environmental traps (examples of this type can be found in Wolfenstein and Killzone). He's usually used more sparingly than the basic Soldier, with at most two or three appearing per level. The Heavy is one of the more fantastical FPS enemies, and "realistic" shooter series such as Call of Duty and Medal of Honor generally don't use him (although there are occasional exceptions). However, he's a popular and commonly used enemy-type in even moderately fantastical FPS games, and 9 out of 10 games in the genre will probably feature an enemy of his type.
  • Typical examples of Heavies include Barons of Hell, Hell Knights and Mancubi from Doom and especially Doom 3, Heavy Armor soldiers from F.E.A.R., the Boomers from Gears of War, Brute Chieftains and Hunters from Halo, Fat Boys from Far Cry (PC version), Proto-Soldats and Uber-Soldats from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Drudge Scarabs from The Conduit, minigun Ganados/Majini from Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5, and the Triad Enforcers in Rise of the Triad.
  • Beware of Heavies whose strength and bulk does nothing to decrease their speed! These Lightning Bruisers will often be some of the nastiest enemies you'll ever face. Examples include the Bouncer and Rosie Big Daddies from BioShock, Juggernauts and Lords of the Flesh from Turok 2, Super Mutant Overlords and Behemoths from Fallout 3, the Juggernauts from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Heavy Hover Tanks from Quake IV, and the Hunters from Half-Life 2.

• The Ninja: An enemy that is fast, stealthy, or agile.
  In many ways, the Ninja is the opposite of the Heavy. Instead of being much stronger than the basic Mook, he's much faster - or she is. If there's a female mook, it's often the Ninja. The Ninja has very high movement speed, and is usually also very agile, having moves not available to standard Mooks such as being able to climb walls or make two-story jumps to move up to higher platforms. In extreme cases they can outright teleport. Ninjas usually prefer melee attacks, or are at least limited to light weapons such as pistols or submachine guns. They're often equipped with some form of cloaking device as well. Surprisingly, the Ninja isn't really a Fragile Speedster, and can usually survive at least as much damage as a standard Soldier Mook.
  • Typical examples of Ninjas include the Replica Assassins from F.E.A.R., the Assassins from Half-Life, the Veil Assassins from Wolfenstein (2009), the Spider and Houdini Splicers from BioShock, Xenomorphs from Aliens vs. Predator, the Chameleons from Resistance 2, the F.R.O.G.S. from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the Revenants from Doom, the Nightkin from Fallout: New Vegas, and the Ceph Stalkers from Crysis 2.

• The Pyro: Short-ranged enemy focused on flushing out the player.
  Usually wielding a Hollywood Flamethrower, but also occasionally equipped with another close-range weapon such as Short-Range Shotgun, these Mooks tend to be a type of Zombie, characterized by their Elite-level durability, low speed, and short-ranged attacks that bring a world of hurt if they're allowed to actually come close. Their role is to force the players to take them out quickly or be pushed out of cover. Often overlaps with...

• The Canister: A walking explosive barrel.
  The Canister is a type of mook, often a Pyro, characterized by wearing a bulky, obvious backpack. Usually of the volatile sort. A few well placed shots turn the Canister into an Exploding Barrel, while a few misplaced ones turns it into an Action Bomb. Canisters who are also Heavies tend to be only defeatable by targeting their namesake.
  • A good example of Pyros that are also Canisters are the Pyro type mercenaries from Mass Effect 2. Borderlands has the Badass Crimson Lance elemental troopers in 1 and the Maliwan Heavies in 3, good examples of a Heavy Canister who isn't a Pyro. The gas-masked tank-backpacked enemies in the first Soldier of Fortune are also this. Titanfall 2's exploding Ticks are an example of a Canister crossed with the Ninja.

• The Shield: An enemy who fancies a shield.
  The Shield is a type of Soldier or (more commonly) Zombie that is characterized by being heavily armored from the front. The most common type is a Soldier carrying an enormous riot shield that is immune or nigh-immune to damage. A Shield has to be defeated in a more tactical way than the average Mook, though it varies greatly from game to game. Sometimes the shield leaves exposed a part of the enemy that can be hit for normal (or massive) damage. Sometimes the Shield has to lower the defense for a moment in order to attack. Sometimes hitting the shield hard enough will cause the owner to flinch, exposing him to damage. Powerful weapons may ignore the shield, but ammunition is never plentiful. Sometimes the shield has to be removed by some use of the player's powers, as in the Puzzle. Co-op games tend to encourage defeating Shields by surrounding them, as usually they are vulnerable from the rear. And so on, and so forth.
  • Examples of Shield Zombies include the Lasrian Maulers from darkSector, the Alpha Skags from Borderlands, the Brains from Quake II, and the 'ard Boyz from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, while Shield Soldiers include the Lance Defenders from Borderlands, the Bandit Nomads from Borderlands 2, the Riot-shield using Russian soldiers from Modern Warfare, and Jackal infantry from Halo.

• The Sniper: A long range fighter.
  The Sniper is Exactly What It Says on the Tin. He's armed with a powerful long range weapon, has excellent aim, and can usually kill you in just a few shots. Instead of charging you alongside his Soldier buddies, the Sniper is usually perched high up in a guard tower or top-story window. They usually feature a "tell" to help warn players of their presence, such as a conspicuous laser sight or a flash of sunlight reflecting off their scope. Snipers that don't feature a tell to help you spot them and/ or can kill you in one or two shots are the very definition of Demonic Spiders. Snipers are becoming one of the most commonly used modern FPS enemies next to Soldiers, because (to quote Duty Calls) they are "a real-life war scenario". Note that Snipers need not be wielding actual sniper rifles; rocket launchers, laser weapons, or even a really long tentacle can suffice as armament for the Sniper, as long as his behavior fits.

• The Champion: The FPS Superpowered Mooks.
  Often, these guys have the same or similar powers as the player character, allowing them to match the powers which you've been using to curbstomp even the Elite Mooks. Like Elite Mooks, they also usually have significantly more health than a regular Mook, although usually not as much health as a Heavy or Boss.
  • Typical examples of Champions include Nightcrawler Elites from F.E.A.R., Feral Warriors from Far Cry Evolution, Nano Elites from Red Faction II, Elite Guard from Project: Snowblind, Quantum Guards from TimeShift, Elite Ultras & Zealots in Halo, and North Korean Nanosuit soldiers from Crysis.

• The Trigger: An enemy that must be treated with care otherwise something bad will happen.
  The Trigger is a type of Zombie or Soldier that will, if treated the wrong way, become a much greater threat to the player. Typical conditions that result in the increase in difficulty include being inflicted with the wrong Status Effect, taking too long between first shooting them and finishing them off, taking out their allies before them, not interrupting them when they start doing something to power themselves up, or simply not taking them out early enough.
  • Examples of Triggers include the Psycho Zombies from Borderlands which receive an insane speed boost if downed and not finished off, the Cerberus Combat Engineers from Mass Effect 3 which will deploy a strong turret if not killed or interrupted with an attack, and the Goliaths from Borderlands 2 who go into a berserk rage if their helmet is shot off.

• The Medic: Those that heal or resurrect others.
  The Medic comes in two types - there is The Nurse, whose task is to replenish the Hit Points of their allies, and The Necromancer, who has the ability to bring other enemies back from the dead. While related, they play different roles. A Nurse will often appear alongside a Heavy (or worse), making them that much harder to take out, and may often come to the aid of a boss, requiring you to take them out before they heal back your hard-earned progress. Necromancers meanwhile tend to focus the battle around themselves, requiring either quick taking down or that the corpses be somehow made unresurrectable (with gibbing being the widely accepted method), before the enemy wears the player down with numbers. While Nurses tend to be Soldiers or Grunts (if they even can fight at all), Necromancers also are known to be Elites or Heavies, often standing back well behind their resurrected minions.
  • Examples of Medics include the Crimson Lance Combat Medics from Borderlands, who are Soldier Nurses, the Medics and Repair Bots from Quake II, who are Soldier and Bat necromancers, and the Arch-Viles from Doom, who are Heavy Necromancers.

• The Walking Tank: A souped-up version of the Heavy.
  The Walking Tank is the Heavy taken up a notch. Often a Humongous Mecha, the Walking Tank is generally used as a boss-type encounter in games which don't actually use unique bosses. They take an incredible amount of firepower to put down, often being able to take at least a couple hundred assault rifle bullets before dying, or more often than not being outright Immune to Bullets and requiring a ton of rockets to bring down. Fortunately, you'll usually be given a rocket launcher or other heavy weapon just prior to fighting them. There will usually only be a handful of them at most in a single game. There's some overlap between Heavy and Walking Tank; the Walking Tank tends to be much larger and tougher, and typically only a handful appear within a game.
  • Typical examples of Walking Tanks include the 4 different varieties of Powered Armor from the F.E.A.R. series, the boxguards from Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the Gargantuas from Half-Life, the Titans from Unreal, the Tanks from the Quake series, Hunter-Choppers and Striders from Half-Life 2, the Drudge Invaders from The Conduit, the Ceph Pingers from Crysis 2, the Cyberdemon and Spiderdemon from Doom, Battle Armors in Red Faction II, and the Super Mutant Behemoths from Fallout 3.

• Just Plain Tank: An armored vehicle.
  The Just Plain Tank is, as simple as that, an armored crawling vehicle, which can be an actual tank, an IFV, or something like that. Sometimes they are mobile, and sometimes they are just very large turrets, like in the first Half-Life.
  • Typical examples of Tanks include the Pig Cop Tank from Duke Nukem 3D, HECU tanks and Bradleys from Half-Life, combine APCs from Half-Life 2, T-72s in Modern Warfare, and Wraiths from Halo.

• Gunship: A flying attack platform.
  The Gunship is most often a helicopter, but it doesn't really have to be, and will sometimes be replaced by something fantastical in a future setting. Basically, a gunship is just that, a gunship, a hovering aircraft that flies around while firing at you. Most often armed with a machine gun, but will also sparingly use rockets. Expect to find a rocket launcher right before you engage them. In more realistic games, this will be used as a Mini-Boss, and it almost always supports the infantry. Some gunships may drop infantry, but often times this duty is instead delegated to a different aircraft.
  • Typical examples of Gunships include the Synth Gunships from Half-Life 2, the Apaches in Half-Life, Russian Hinds in Modern Warfare 1 and 2, Spirits and Phantoms in Halo (of the "also drops infantry" variety), the Hovercopter in Perfect Dark, the Osprey in Soldier of Fortune II, and the helicopters in Crysis.

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Examples:

• Halo series:
  • Grunts: Grunts, of course! They can actually survive as many bullets as most FPS soldier enemies^note usually three assault rifle rounds or one shotgun blast for the basic variants, those stronger variants can take up to ten assault rifle rounds. and throw grenades, but they're usually equipped with the weakest weapons (and fire very slow bolts), can't use melee attacks (until Halo 5: Guardians), are very dumb, prone to run away or sleep in a warzone, and their short stubby legs make them really slow. Jackals also count, being about as dangerous as Grunts; they can take slightly fewer bullets and can't throw grenades, but they have a hand-held energy shield that blocks damage. There are also Crawlers, which are extremely agile and have a low profile but are otherwise fairly weak. Then there's Drones in 3, ODST, and Reach, who are basically slightly less durable Grunts that fly.
  • Soldiers: Promethean Soldiers, Sentinels, SpecOps Grunts, and Skirmishers. Skirmishers mostly carry carbines and needle rifles and can move very fast. SpecOps Grunts have about twice as much health as standard grunts and carry better weapons, such as needlers, fuel rod guns, and occasionally plasma rifles; their morale also doesn't break as easily. Arguably, Elite Minors and Storm count as well, with higher ranked Elites like the Majors being the Elites... when compared to the Elites.
  • Rats: Flood Infection Forms. They die in one hit from anything and are limited to very weak suicide attacks.
  • Snipers: Jackal snipers, who are outright Demonic Spiders on the higher difficulties due to their shots being a one-hit-kill. Later games not only add Crawler Snipes, but also cross this over with Elites; Promethean Lancers armed with binary rifles, Elites armed with beam rifles, and Soldier Snipers are the major culprits here.
  • Elites: Brutes (especially in Halo: Reach and Halo 3) and Elites (especially the higher ranked ones, such as majors) can survive 2 to 3 times as much damage as a "standard FPS soldier" Mook depending on the variant, and come equipped with better-than-average weapons. Particularly, the plasma rifle favored by Elites is especially effective against your character's own energy shield. Promethean Soldiers and Halo 4's version of Promethean Knights are very much this too.
  • Heavies: Hunters; huge, slower than normal (they become much faster in the later games), armed with either an explosive cannon or a beam cannon, with high health and bulletproof armor leaving them only vulnerable only to either anti-tank weapons or shots to their exposed weak spot. Halo 5: Guardians's version of Promethean Knights are also this, being tough, slowish enemies with a lot of firepower who only expose their weak spots after you've damaged them enough. Brute Chieftains and Elite Generals/Warriors also count, being able to take a few dozen assault rifle shots before falling, and also often wielding plasma grenade launchers or Fuel Rod Guns.
  • Medics: Watchers.
  • Ninjas: Drones, Brute Jumpers, Elite Rangers, Special Ops/Stealth Elites, and Brute Stalkers; the former three fly and jump all over the area, and the latter two are equipped with cloaking devices. There are also the Skirmishers, which run extremely fast, leap around frequently, and take about as many bullets to kill as standard FPS 'Soldiers'. Grunt and Jackal Rangers are borderline examples. Promethean Soldiers and Halo 4 Knights also border on this, due to their ability to teleport around.
  • Shields: No dedicated enemy, but Jackals (Grunts) and Hunters (Heavies) both have shields. Just about every tactic described above works on them.
  • Champions: The highest ranked Elites, such as Ultras, Zealots, Generals/Commanders wielding swords, and Special Ops Elites are just as tough as the player character and have (depending on the game) the ability to dual wield and throw grenades even in games where other lesser Elites can't, a powerful and fast-recharging energy shield, lethal melee attacks, and special armor abilities such as Jetpacks, Active Camouflage, and Armor Lock-up. Brute Chieftains wielding gravity hammers qualify as well.
  • Medics: Engineers, who give enemies shields, and Watchers, who can heal, shield, and (in Halo 4) even resurrect fallen enemies.
  • Walking Tanks: Scarabs, and Hunters from Halo 5: Guardians.
  • Just Plain Tanks: Covenant Wraiths. One of the weaker examples, since their projectiles are very slow, they only have one pintle-mounted machine gun, and they can be handily destroyed with anything bigger than an assault rifle.
  • Zombies: The Flood. Pretty self-explanatory, really. Even in the later games where they do get a bit smarter, they mainly just run at you and try to melee you or run at you while shooting wildly.
  • Gunships: Covenant Banshees, slow fragile one-man craft that strafe you with plasma cannons and fuel rod guns, and Phantoms, bulbous transports that drop infantry while firing at you with their mounted guns. Also, Forerunner Phaetons, which don't drop troops, but actively try to kill you.
  • Canisters: Flood Carriers, basically walking Exploding Barrels that disperse Infection forms.
• Half-Life series:
  • Zombies: Headcrab Zombies, ^note All variants except for Fast Headcrab Zombies Bullsquids, Houndeyes, Race X Pit Drones, Antlion workers, Antlion soldiers^note The workers are about twice as tough as the soldiers and have a projectile attack, but both variants just mindlessly jump or charge at you in an attempt to maul you to death.
  • Grunts: Alien Slaves,^note Their species was named "Vortigaunts" in the second game, which turns them into friendly Champions Civil Protection officers
  • Soldiers: HECU Marines, male Black Ops soldiers, Combine Overwatch soldiers
  • Snipers: HECU Marine snipers, Black Ops snipers, Combine Overwatch snipers
  • Elites: Alien Grunts, Race X Shock Troopers, Combine Overwatch Elites
  • Heavies: Race X Voltigores, Antlion Guards, Combine Hunters
  • Ninjas: female Black Ops assassins, Alien Controllers, Fast Headcrab Zombies
  • Turrets: Barnacles, HECU Sentry Guns, Alien Energy Cannons, Combine Sentry Guns, Combine Autocannons
  • Walking Tanks: Gargantuas, Alien Aircraft,^note Only in Decay, otherwise they don't appear outside of scripted scenes and background decoration. Combine Striders, Combine Hunter-Choppers^note Normally the latter would fill a Gunship role, but they are much more powerful than other enemies that would fill that role, including Synth Gunships in this same game and Apache gunships in 1, and both Hunter-Choppers are treated as boss encounters.
  • Just Plain Tanks: HECU tanks and IFVs, Combine APCs
  • Rats: Headcrabs and their varieties; Manhacks, Scanners, and Synth Scanners are of the flying type
  • Gunships: HECU and Black Ops Apaches, Combine Gunships
• Gears of War series:
  • Soldiers: Locust Drones, Locust Grenadiers
  • Snipers: Locust Snipers
  • Elites: Theron Guards, Palace Guards
  • Heavies: Boomers and their various sub-types, Bloodmounts
  • Champions: Kantus Priests
  • Walking Tanks: Reavers in the second game
  • Zombies: Wretches, Sires
• F.E.A.R. series
  • Grunts: Recon Replica soldiers, ATC BlackOps light troopers. These guys, fought in the first levels, have less health and slightly worse aim compared to standard Replica/ATC troops. ATC light troopers are also noteable for not being able to throw grenades.
  • Soldiers: Replica soldiers, ATC BlackOps. These guys are probably one of the Trope Codifiers with regards to how most standard FPS enemies behave and fight.
  • Snipers: Replica snipers. In the first game they're just standard Replicas armed with a particle beam rifle and stationed in high windows, in the second game they're lightly armored and equipped with anti-material rifles (which helpfully give away their position due to being mounted with laser sights).
  • Elites: Replica Elites, Nightcrawlers, ATC Elites. Replica Elites and Nightcrawlers from the first game occasionally carry BFGs and are tough enough to survive a direct hit from a frag grenade or particle beam rifle, while Replica Elites in the second game wear heavy armor and can survive more than twice as much damage as a normal Replica soldier.
  • Heavies: Heavy Armor soldiers, ATC Pyro troopers. Heavy Armors are equipped with armor-piercing rifles or miniguns, and take about a full clip and a half of assault rifle fire to kill. Pyros are nearly as tough, and armed with a goddamn flamethrower.
  • Ninjas: Replica Assassins, Abominations, and Shadow Creatures. All are very fast and agile; Assassins and Abominations can leap around all over the area and attack you from different directions, while Assassins and Shadow Creatures are nearly invisible due to technological or supernatural cloaking.
  • Champions: Nightcrawler Elites in the Perseus Mandate expansion pack. They have the same Slo Mo power as your character, which lets them zoom several feet in a split second and also means they aren't slowed down when you activate your own Slo Mo. They're also agile like Assassins and nearly as durable as a Heavy, and often carry heavy weapons such as grenade launchers, lightning guns, or BFGs.
  • Walking Tanks: REV6 Power Armor, REV8 Power Armor, Elite Power Armor. Humongous Mecha that are used in lieu of actual bosses throughout the series.
  • Zombies: Nightmares and Specters; their attack pattern is extremely simply... just fly directly at you and explode on contact. Fortunately, it only takes 1 or 2 bullets to pop them.

• Wolfenstein series:
  • Soldiers: German soldiers
  • Snipers: German snipers
  • Elites: Elite Guards (Return to Castle Wolfenstein), SS Black Guards
  • Heavies: Proto-Soldats, Veil Heavy Troopers, Venom Troopers
  • Ninjas: Veil Assassins, Elite Guards (Wolfenstein (2009))
  • Champions: SS Scribes, Despoiled
  • Zombies: Zombies, Sniffers,
  • Pyros: Flame Zombies, Flame Troopers
• Wolfenstein 3-D specifically:
  • Rats: Guard dogs. They can only attack you in melee and have specifically only 1 HP, so any attack will kill them. In fact, SNES port changes them to mutated lab rats, so these might as well be the first example of a rat enemy in an FPS game.
  • Grunts: Regular Wehrmacht guards. They only hold pistols and die easily.
  • Soldiers: Schutzstaffel, the SS blue guards. They take much more punishment than regular guards and hold dangerous submachine guns that can easily stunlock you. On the other hand, once you kill them, their guns are yours for the taking.
  • Ninjas: Officers. White-garbed officers only carry pistols, but they're deceptively fast, and can be very lethal if underestimated.
  • Snipers: Mutants. These Nazi experiments have a gun implanted into their chest, so they have absolutely zero delay before firing at you. They hit hard and are very lethal at long ranges. In Spear of Destiny mission packs, they're replaced by bats carrying a gun... for some reason. (They do not strictly 'fly' as Wolfenstein has no Z axis in its levels).
  • Pyros: Fake Hitlers are robotic decoys dressed like Hitler and strung from the ceiling - with a flamethrower. Aside from bosses, those are the only enemies that use slow-moving projectiles. They only appear in Hitler's bunker in Episode 3.
  • Zombies/Triggers: Spear of Destiny adds supernatural enemies, Ghosts. They have interesting behavior - they will attack you and drain your health in melee very rapidly. The "trigger" part comes from the fact that you cannot kill what is already dead - so every Ghost you down will resurrect in a bit. Which requires you to carefully plan ahead where do you kill them, to ensure you don't box yourself into a dead end. A bit similar to these ghosts are the easter egg enemies, Pac-Man Ghosts from the first game - though they cannot be defeated even temporarily.
  • Walking Tank: Hans Grosse, a giant armored blonde man with twin chainguns. He originally appears as a boss of the first episode, but over time becomes a recurring enemy.

• Far Cry series:
  • Far Cry:
    • Grunts: T-shirt Mercs, Pirates (Instincts). In the console version these guys are equipped only with pistols and have less health than average, while on the PC version they lack body armor and thus have nothing to deflect bullets shot at their torso.
    • Soldiers: Mercenaries. Armed with assault rifles, throw grenades, take cover, etc. Notably come in several different variants based on weapon specialization and tactical behavior.
    • Snipers: Merc Snipers. Dressed in black outfits and armed with sniper rifles.
    • Elites: Elite Mercenaries, Soldier Trigen (PC version), Alpha Trigen (Instincts). All can survive noticeably more bullets than regular Mercs, with Elite Mercs having night-vision goggles, Soldier Trigen being able to jump several dozen feet, and Alpha Trigen having powerful machineguns and a real nasty melee attack.
    • Heavies: Fat Boys (PC version), 8-foot-tall slow-but-relentless bruisers capable of withstanding two to three clips of assault rifle fire and having a rocket launcher for an arm.
    • Ninjas: Stealth Trigen, equipped with a cloaking device that's almost always on, and wielding silenced submachine guns. They're also notable for having almost-perfect invisibility, without the usual Predator-style blur effect to give them away.
    • Champions: Feral Warriors (Instincts) from the console series have the same special powers your character does, including super-speed running, enhanced jumping ability, and a very powerful leaping melee attack.
    • Walking Tanks: Fat Boys (Instincts), 9-foot tall obese ogres that charge at you and try to club you, and can survive an insane amount of bullets.
    • Zombies: Monkey Trigens, Trigen zombies (Instincts). Monkey trigens just run straight at you and try to jump and melee you, while Trigen zombies just run straight at you while shooting you with their P90s. Monkey trigens can kill you in just 3 hits on Normal difficulty, while Trigen zombies often attack you in swarms of a couple dozen at once.
  • Far Cry 3: Also includes their camera tags.
    • Zombies: Pirate Beheaders (appear as lightning bolts), they only carry machetes and attack by charging straight at you; most hostile animals (appear as predator's teeth) fall into this category as well.
    • Triggers: Attack Dogs (appear as predator's teeth), they act like Zombies when playing noisy, but are hard to dispatch in stealth as they can detect you even while you're out of sight.
    • Grunts: Pirate Assaulters (appear as skulls), they carry AKMs and appear in most enemy patrols and outposts; they go down after a couple of bullets, only wear T-shirts, and have poor accuracy even when they're not blind-firing or hip-firing, which they often are.
    • Soldiers: Privateer Assaulters (appear as skulls), are similar to pirates, but they carry P416s, are smarter, can throw grenades, have better accuracy, and wear body armor that lets them survive a few assault rifle rounds before going down.
    • Elites: Pirate and Privateer Defenders (appear as skulls), they are more armored versions of the Assaulters and are often found guarding outposts.
    • Ninjas: Pirate Berserkers carry shotguns and can sprint to you while dodging gunfire. Privateer Chargers are instead armed with submachineguns and can do the same, but can also shoot from afar. Both appear as lightning bolts.
    • Canisters: Pirate Molotov Throwers (appear as lightning bolts), they are only armed with Molotov Cocktails and will burst into flame when shot.
    • Snipers: Pirate and Privateer Snipers (appear as crosshairs), they act like standard Snipers, down to the Laser Sight, but also pack submachineguns in case you get too close. Pirate and Privateer RPG Shooters (also appear as crosshairs) are very similar: they only use their rocket launchers from long range, like Snipers but without the "tell," and also pack submachineguns as sidearms.
    • Heavies: Pirate and Privateer Heavy Gunners (appear as shields), they carry light machine guns and wear bomb disposal suits that allow them to survive a point-blank grenade explosion or several dozen assault rifle rounds. You need a special skill to do takedowns on them.
    • Pyros: Privateer Heavy Flamers (appear as shields), they carry flamethrowers and wear fireproof suits. The gas tanks on their backs take a lot of damage before exploding. Just as with Heavy Gunners, you need a special skill to take them down.
    • Gunships: Helicopters. They only appear when outposts call for reinforcements and carry around three enemies.
  • Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon:
    • Zombies: Running Dead, most mutated animals
    • Rats: Neon Snakes, Mutated Turtles, Demon Crows
    • Grunts: Omega Force Berserkers
    • Soldiers: Omega Force Assaulters
    • Snipers: Omega Force Snipers
    • Pyros: Omega Force Molotox Strikers
    • Elites: Omega Force Elites
    • Heavies: Omega Force Heavy Gunners and Heavy Flamers
    • Walking Tanks: Blood Dragons
  • Far Cry 4: Remains largely the same as Far Cry 3's lineup, but with the Royal Army and the Royal Guard in place of Pirates and Privateers, respectively. Assaulters and Defenders now appear as triangles. Changes and additions listed below.
    • Ninjas: Royal Army Beheaders (appear as lightning bolts), they are now upgraded into this, as they can dodge gunfire more easily and can use throwing knives to attack at range. They are armed with kukris.
    • Champions: Royal Army and Royal Guard Hunters (appear as crossed arrows), they only use bows, but rely the same stealth tactics you do. They only stay tagged for a few seconds and can charm nearby predators into attacking you.
  • Far Cry 4's Shangri-La episodes: The Rakshasa in these missions embody their own enemy types.
    • Ninjas: Butchers take after the Royal Army Beheaders, but with the added bonus of intermittently disappearing from view.
    • Snipers: Lurkers use bows, so they don't have a "tell." They occasionally use poisoned arrows to disorient you, and can summon Beasts.
    • Triggers: Beasts take after the attack dogs, but can also explode when they get close. Their dead bodies can be used to cause explosions if left intact.
    • Heavies: Scorchers are so huge that you need to distract them with the tiger to do takedowns on them. They literally breathe fire, so they also count as Pyros.

• Crysis and Crysis: Warhead:
  • Grunts: light North Korean soldiers; they carry weak weapons, don't wear armor, and rarely throw grenades.
  • Soldiers: standard North Korean soldiers, Alien Troopers.
  • Snipers: North Korean snipers; perched in guard towers or on top of hills, and equipped with .406 sniper rifles.
  • Heavies: Alien Scouts; take a few dozen assault rifle rounds or a couple direct hits from a grenade launcher to kill, have strong weapons, and can fly, which they use to dodge around while pelting you from afar with flechettes, bombs, freeze rays, and particle beams; balanced out by their enormous hitbox (as big as a Humvee).
  • Medics: Alien Guardian Troopers provide shields to their allies.
  • Champions: North Korean Nanosuit soldiers, which are statistically identical to the PC.
  • Walking Tanks: Alien Hunters, building-sized tripod mechas equipped with multiple large cannons and armor capable of soaking up man-portable anti-tank missiles.
  • Gunships: North Korean WZ-19s; as noted earlier, Alien Scouts can also fly, and while weaker individually than attack helicopters, they tend to come in squads.
  • Just Plain Tanks: North Korean T-108 main battle tanks, North Korean IFVs.

• Crysis 2 and 3
  • Soldiers: C.E.L.L. Operators (all variants except snipers)
  • Snipers: C.E.L.L. snipers, Ceph Shadows
  • Elites: Ceph Grunts; thrice as durable as C.E.L.L. Operators, with stronger weapons, greater speed and maneuverability, a built-in sticky grenade launcher, and powerful melee attacks.
  • Heavies: Ceph Devastators, 12-foot tall heavily armored bruisers with the Ceph equivalent of a heavy machine gun and grenade launcher.
  • Ninjas: Ceph Stalkers, shorter than Grunts with a slightly weaker gun, but slightly tougher and very fast and agile.
  • Champions: Ceph Commanders; like the Grunts, but thrice as durable (with most of that coming in the form of a rechargeable energy shield), stronger, more accurate, and equipped with better weapons. They're nearly as tough as the PC, can heal like him, and are equal to him in melee combat. Ceph Guardians are similar, except they favor melee combat more, are a bit tougher, and can cloak.
  • Rats: Ceph Ticks, Ceph Spotters
  • Just Plain Tanks: C.E.L.L. ICVs and APCs.
  • Walking Tanks: Ceph Pingers, 18-foot tall bipedal mechs with JAW-resistant armor and cannons that can casually core an IFV.
  • Gunships: C.E.L.L. AH-50s, Ceph Gunships, Ceph Dropships

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution:
  • Zombies: brainwashed augmented civilians, automated security bots
  • Grunts: Purity First terrorists, most gang members, Belltower light security troops
  • Soldiers: Belltower medium security troops
  • Elites: Belltower SpecOps, Belltower heavy security troops
  • Snipers: Belltower Shifters
  • Ninjas: Belltower Sneakers
  • Heavies: Belltower Ogres
  • Turrets: Belltower minigun turrets
  • Walking Tanks: Boxguards

• Mass Effect:
  • Zombies: Husks; Thorian Creepers; Varren (basically space dogs + lizards).
  • Soldiers: Geth Troopers; Mercenaries; Pirates;
  • Grunts: Thugs; Assassins; Pirates
  • Elites: Geth Shock Troopers; Cerberus Commandos; Asari Commandos
  • Ninjas: Geth Hoppers
  • Heavies: Geth Primes (and to a lesser extent, Geth Hunters); Geth Destroyers; any Krogan unit; Geth Armatures are somewhere between this and Walking Tanks, depending on your level and whether or not you've got the Mako IFV.
  • Snipers: Geth Snipers; Mercenary Snipers; Pirate Snipers; Cerberus Snipers
  • Rats: Rachni workers.
  • Champions: Mercenary Adepts; Cerberus Research Technicians; Crimes Bosses
  • Walking Tanks: Geth Colossi and Thresher Maws. Different than most examples, since they are more common and you fight them with an IFV. They only really qualify for this if you fight them on foot, which isn't necessary.

• Mass Effect 2:
  • Zombies: Husks; Varren (basically space dogs + lizards); Abominations, of the Action Bomb variant.
  • Soldiers: Geth Troopers; Blue Suns Troopers and Heavies; Eclipse Troopers and Heavies; Blood Pack Troopers and Boom Squads; Collector Drones; Project Guards; Shadow Broker Agents; Batarian Troopers.
  • Grunts: LOKI mechs
  • Elites: Blue Suns Legionnarries and Centurions; Blood Pack Warriors; Collector Guardians; Eclipse/Shadow Broker/Project Vanguards and Engineers; Project Elites.
  • Heavies: Geth Primes (and to a lesser extent, Geth Hunters); Scions; Blue Suns Commanders; Eclipse Commandos; Krogan Battlemasters^note technically this isn't an enemy, since all of the Krogan Battlemasters fought are named and have unique models, but they occur about as often as the "Heavy" unit for the other two merc groups, Commandos and Commanders, and all of them fight the exact same way, making them functionally identical from a gameplay perspective
  • Pyros: Blood Pack Vorcha Pyros, Blue Suns Pyros, Project Pyros, and Geth Destroyers.
  • Snipers: Collector Assassins
  • Canisters: All of the pyros. LOKI and YMIR mechs also explode if shot in the head hard enough.
  • Champions: Harbinger-possessed Collectors; Eclipse Operatives.
  • Walking Tanks: Geth Colossi (unless you're fighting them inside the Hammerhead; YMIR mechs; Collector Praetorians; Thresher Maws.
  • Gunships: The Mantis gunships fought as bosses in two levels in the second game, and once in a DLC.

• Mass Effect 3:
  • Cerberus Troops:
    • Soldiers: Assault Troopers are fairly standard Soldiers, though they are tactically smart and come equipped with powerful melee attacks and are very accurate with their grenades.
    • Elites: Centurions are like Assault Troopers, but have regenerating Deflector Shields (making them more durable), slightly stronger guns, and deploy smoke screens to help their allies.
    • Snipers: Nemeses combine Sniper duties with the mobility of a Soldier.
    • Heavies: Dragoons are well armored and will often try to rush into melee combat with their biotic whips.
    • Shields: Guardians are a textbook example. Every single tactic described in the main entry works to a lesser or greater degree.
    • Triggers: Combat Engineers are Soldiers that will, if left unchecked, deploy powerful automated turrets.
    • Medics: Engineers can also repair both their own turrets and allied Atlas Mechs.
    • Walking Tanks: Atlas combat mechs have considerable weaponry and take a lot of firepower to take down. They're more like simple Heavies in multiplayer.
    • The Ninja: Phantoms, complete with speed, melee attacks, invisibility, and considerable durability.
  • Husks/Reaper Forces:
    • The Zombie: Husks.
    • The Soldier: Cannibals. They're mostly the same as troopers, even being able to fire grenades from their arm cannon, but their guns have a lower rate of fire, they don't take cover as effectively, and they can't roll. To make up for this, they also come equipped with the unique ability to eat fallen allies to regain health and add armor plating.
    • The Elite: Marauders. Equipped with deflector shields, armed with Phaeston assault rifles, and have the ability to buff Husks and Cannibals with armor plating.
    • The Medic: As mentioned, they can buff their allies with armor plates.
    • The Heavy: Brutes. Big, durable, deadly in melee combat. Also, Harvesters.
    • The Champion: Banshees. They can use many of the same biotic abilities that the players can, including Nova, Charge, Warp, and Barrier. They can also Flash Step. May also be a Walking Tank given just how powerful they are.
    • Snipers: Ravagers. They're quite heavily armored for snipers, and their cannons are faster than sniper rifles, but they still fit a sniper's behavior of camping in the back and pelting you with incredibly accurate and powerful shots.
    • The Rat: Swarmers. They're deployed by Ravagers.
  • Geth:
    • Soldiers: Troopers.
    • Elites: Rocket Troopers.
    • Ninjas: Hunters.
    • Pyros: Pyros.
    • Triggers: Geth Bombers have no normal weaponry but will, well, drop bombs if they get close enough.
    • Walking Tank: Primes. More like Heavies in multiplayer though.
    • Rats: The combat and turret drones deployed deployed by the Primes.
  • Collectors:
    • Zombies: Abominations. Just like husks... except they explode on death.
    • Soldiers: Troopers. They're mostly the same as Cerberus troopers, but can be possessed by a Reaper, resulting in them gaining much more health, a barrier, and the ability to put up webs.
    • Elites: Captains. More durable than troopers, come equipped with a recharging barrier, and summon Seeker Swarms. Possessed Captains and Possessed Troopers also qualify.
    • Heavies: Scions. Similar to Ravagers, they are very well armored, much more so than any non-boss unit, and fire a powerful cannon rather than a sniper rifle. When possessed, they can also fire cluster grenades. Double as the Sniper.
    • Walking Tanks: Praetorians. Particularly possessed ones. Also, Possessed Scions.
    • Rats: Seeker Swarms and Plagues.
  • CAT6 mercenaries (Citadel DLC):
    • Elites: Specialists.
    • Snipers: Snipers.
    • Heavies: Heavies. Double as Shields.
    • Champion: Not technically a part of this faction, only appearing in the arena in the same DLC, but still notable: Mirror Match enemies.

• Modern Warfare/Call of Duty:
  • Zombie: Dogs. Zombies in Nazi Zombies mode. Japanese soldiers when using the banzai charge. Suicide Bombers in Modern Warfare 3's Survival Mode are the Action Bomb variant.
  • Grunt: Prison Guards, Brazil Militia, African Militia, Cuban Police, Survival Mode's militia and submachine gun wielding soldiers.
  • Soldier: Almost every Russian/German/Middle Eastern/Japanese soldier encountered in any game in the series. Normal AK-47 wielding soldiers in Survival Mode.
  • Elite: Varies, but most games have one unit who are functionally better than the rest, such as Shadow Company from Modern Warfare 2 Single Player or gas mask wearing Commandos in Modern Warfare 3's Survival Mode. The latter in particular can take more punishment than should be humanly possible even with the best body armor, being able to survive 7-9 rifle rounds before dying. While the former are well-trained American mercenaries who carry western firearms like the ACR, and have near perfect accuracy.
  • Heavy: Juggernauts, light machine gun carrying soldiers with extremely heavy armor. Mostly regulated to Survival Mode and special ops missions.
  • Sniper: Nazi Snipers; Ghillie Snipers
  • Ninja: Those annoying gas zombies in Nazi Zombies mode.
  • Shield: Riot shield wielding enemies in Modern Warfare and Black Ops.
  • Just Plain Tanks: Tanks.
  • Gunship: Russian Hind Gunships. Little Birds in Modern Warfare 3's Survival Mode.
  • Pyro: Flamethrower wielding enemies in World At War.

• Quake:
  • Zombies: Zombies
  • Grunts: Grunts, Knights
  • Soldiers: Enforcers
  • Elites: Ogres
  • Ninjas: Fiends, Death Knights
  • Heavies: Vores
  • Walking Tanks: Shamblers
  • Rats: Rottweilers, Rotfish, Spawns, Scrags
• Quake II:
  • Rats: Barracuda Sharks
  • Shields/Zombies: Brains
  • Grunts: Processed Marines
  • Soldiers: Enforcers, Iron Maidens
  • Elites: Gunners
  • Heavies: Gladiators, Tanks
  • Rats: Flyers, Technicians
  • Ninjas: Berserkers, Icarus, Parasites, Mutants
  • Just Plain Tanks: Supertanks
  • Walking Tanks: Tank Commanders
  • Snipers: Gladiators
  • Gunships: Hornets
  • Medics: Medics
• Quake IV:
  • Rats: Convoys, Sentries, Scientists
  • Zombies: Failed Transfers
  • Grunts: Strogg Marines, Grunts
  • Soldiers: Tactical Strogg, Iron Maidens
  • Elites: Gunners
  • Snipers/Shields: Gladiators
  • Walking Tanks: Harvesters, Walkers
  • Ninjas: Berserkers
  • Heavies: Stream Protectors, Heavy Hover Tanks
  • Pyros: Light Tanks
  • Gunships: Hornets

• Doom (includes Doom, Doom II, Final Doom, and Doom 64):
  • Zombies: Demons and Spectres
  • Rats: Lost Souls (flying variant)
  • Gunships: Cacodemons and Pain Elementals
  • Grunts: Zombiemen, Shotgun Guys, Imps
  • Elites: Chaingunners
  • Snipers/Medics: Arch-Viles
  • Walking Tanks: Cyberdemon, Spiderdemon
  • Ninjas: Revenants
  • Heavies: Hell Knights, Barons of Hell, Mancubi, Arachnotrons

• Doom³:
  • Rats: Trites, Ticks, Lost Souls/Forgotten Ones, Cherubs
  • Zombies: Zombies
  • Grunts: Pistol Z-Secs, Maggots, Imps
  • Soldiers: Shotgun and SMG Z-Secs
  • Elites: Chaingun Commandos, Arch-Viles, Vulgars in Resurrection of Evil
  • Medics: Revenants
  • Shields: Shield Z-Secs
  • Ninjas: Wraiths, Chainsaw Zombies, Tentacle Commandos
  • Heavies: Pinky Demons, Mancubi
  • Walking Tanks: Hell Knights, Bruisers in Resurrection of Evil
  • Pyros: Flame Zombies

• Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal:
  • Zombies: Zombie
  • Rats: Lost Soul
  • Canisters: Cueball
  • Grunts: Soldier, Imp, Gargoyle, Maykr Drone, Demonic Trooper
  • Heavies: Arachnotron, Mancubus, Revenant
  • Gunships: Cacodemon, Pain Elemental
  • Ninjas: Whiplash, Prowler
  • Pyros: Hell Knight, Pinky/Spectre
  • Snipers: Hell Razer
  • Shields: Carcass, Riot Soldier, Armored Baron
  • Triggers: Spirit, Screecher Zombie
  • Elites: Cyber-Mancubus, Dread Knight, Blood Maykr, Stone Imp
  • Medics: Summoner, Arch-Vile, Buff Totems
  • Champions: Baron of Hell, Marauder
  • Walking Tank: Doom Hunter, Tyrant

• Serious Sam 3: BFE:
  • Zombies: Kleer skeletons, Gnaars, Sirian Werebulls, Antaresian Spiders, Beheaded Kamikazes (Action Bomb variant)
  • Rats: Hatchling Antaresian Spiders
  • Gunships: Technopolip-controlled attack helicopters.
  • Grunts: Beheaded Rocketeers, Cloned Soldiers.
  • Elites: Arachnoid Hatchlings can survive twice as much damage as a standard FPS 'Soldier' Mook, are one of the only enemies in the game equipped with hitscan weapons (which does twice as much damage as the Cloned Soldiers' rifles), and have a deadly melee attack.
  • Snipers: Common Aludran Reptiloids
  • Heavies: Major Biomechanoids, Scrapjacks, and Arachnoid Adults.
  • Ninjas: Scythian Witch Harpies and Aurigan Cave Demons; the former can fly, toss slow moving energy balls, and survive as much damage as a standard FPS 'Soldier' Mook, whereas the latter leap around and stick to walls
  • Walking Tanks: Khnums. Until the final level, where you face dozens of them.

• Marathon
  • Rats: Lookers, Ticks, Wasps, Drones
  • Zombies: Simulacums, F'lickta
  • Grunts: Fighters
  • Soldiers: Troopers
  • Elites: Enforcers, S'pht'Kr
  • Heavies: Hunters, Cyborgs
  • Ninjas: Compilers
  • Pyros: Flame Cyborgs, Enforcers in 2 and Infinity
  • Canisters: Simulacrums, Cyborgs
  • Snipers: Hunters, Enforcers
  • Gunships: Juggernauts
  • Walking Tanks: Drinniols, Mother of All Hunters, Mother of All Cyborgs

• Duke Nukem 3D
  • Grunts: Pig Cops
  • Soldiers: Assault Troopers
  • Elites: Assault Enforcers, Assault Commanders
  • Rats: Protozoid Slimers, Sharks
  • Rats: Sentry Drones (Bat-type)
  • Heavies: Octabrains
  • Walking Tanks: Battlelord Sentries
  • Just Plain Tanks: Pig Cop Tanks
  • Ninjas: Protector Drones
  • Gunships: Recon Patrol Vehicles

• Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
  • Rats: Compies, Cave Spider Hatchlings, Skimmers, Mites, Swamp Wasps, Dimorphodons, the Primagen's robotic flyers
  • Zombies: Raptors, Deadmen, Cave Spiders
  • Grunts: Raptoids, Sentinels, War Clubs, Mantid Workers, Bio-Bots
  • Soldiers: Endtrails, Death Guards, Troopers
  • Elites: Elite Troopers
  • Champions: Lords of the Flesh
  • Snipers: Endtrail Snipers, Gunners, Guardians
  • Ninjas: Stealth Endtrails, Leapers, Mantid Drones
  • Heavies: Juggernauts, Mantid Soldiers
  • Pyros: Lords of the Dead, Fireborns

• Pathways into Darkness
  • Zombies: Banshees, Wraiths (invisible, also making them Ninjas)
  • Rats: Nightmares, Spheres
  • Grunts: Headless, Skitters
  • Soldiers: Zombies, Ghouls
  • Heavies: Oozes
  • Elites: Ghasts, Green Oozes, Greater Nightmares, Venomous Skitters
  • Walking Tank: The Big Blue Meanie

• Descent I and II
  • Rats: Supervisors, Gophers, Small Spiders, Secondary Lifters, Sidearm Modulas, Red Hornets, Omega Defense Spawn, Compact Lifters
  • Zombies: Medium Lifters, mine-laying enemies
  • Grunts: Both types of Drones, PEST's, PIG's
  • Soldiers: Small Hulks, D1 Spiders, PTMC Prototypes, ITD's, FOX Attack Bots, TRN Racers, Fervid 99's
  • Rocketeers: Medium Hulks, Missile Platforms, LOU Guards, MAX's
  • Elites: Red Hulks, Heavy Drillers, Platforms, Advanced Lifters, ITSC's, Ice Spindle Bots, BPER's, Green Hornets, Canaries, Logikills
  • Snipers: Vulcan Drillers, Seekers, Bulk Destroyers, Sniper NG's
  • Heavies: Fusion Hulks, Red Fatty Jr., Boarsheads
  • Gunships: Sidearms, D2 Spiders (both drop smaller enemies when killed)
  • Ninjas: Cloaked enemies, Advanced Lifters, Diamond Claws, Thiefbots, Energy Bandits, Fiddlers
  • Pyros: Smelters (ricocheting projectiles force you out of cover), SPIKE's (their Omega Cannon will zap you at close range)
  • Triggers: Supervisors don't attack, but alert other enemies to your presence; Sidearm Modulas will reform into a full-size Sidearm if not killed quickly; Diamond Claws and Class 2 Heavy Drillers shoot returning homing plasma if hit with energy weapons.

• Descent 3
  • Rat: Pest
  • Bat: Orbot, Hunter
  • Grunt: Gyro, Squid, Tailbot, Manta
  • Zombie: Tubbs, Sickle, Sharc, Sparky
  • Soldier: Stinger, Six-Gun, Vauss Stormtrooper
  • Elite: Omega Stormtrooper, Hood
  • Heavy: Thresher, Tracker
  • Pyro: Flame Gyro, Flame Stormtrooper
  • Ninja: Thief, Old Scratch
  • Walking Tank: Juggernaut
  • Champion: upgraded Tailbots, Six-Guns, Stingers and Threshers; enemy Pyro-G Ls
• Red Faction 1:
  • Rats: Baby Reapers, Baby Rock Worms, Spike Robots
  • Zombies: Reapers, Mutants, Sea Creatures
  • Turrets: Mecha Turrets,
  • Grunts: Security Guards, Riot Guards
  • Soldiers: Guard Captains, Mercenary Grunts
  • Elites: Elite Guards, Mercenary Commanders
  • Heavies: Heavy Mercenaries
  • Snipers: Guard Captains when using Sniper Rifles, Mercenary Commanders when using Rail Drivers
  • Pyros: Flamethrower Merc Grunts
  • Gunships: Aesir Fighters
• P.N.03, although a Third-Person Shooter, has many of the FPS enemy types
  • Rats: Iris, Ranke, Eichel, Birne
  • Grunts: Pilz, Walnusse; the latter of which are more durable than most grunts, but still have weak weapons
  • Soldiers: Red Pilz
  • Elites: Pilz-P, Pilz-M
  • Pyro Ninjas: WeissBurke
  • Shields: Kirsche provide shields for other enemies
  • Heavies: Seerose
  • Walking Tanks: Gardenie
  • Triggers: Pilz self-destruct if you get too close, Rankes explode if they latch onto Vanessa.

• Resident Evil 4:
  • Zombies: Plagas, Armaduras
  • Grunts: Village Ganados, Colmillos
  • Soldiers: Zealots
  • Snipers: Crossbow Zealots
  • Shields: Shield Zealots, Armored Ganados
  • Pyros: Torch Ganados
  • Canisters: Dynamite Ganados
  • Elites: Elite Zealots, Militia Ganados
  • Ninjas: Novistadors, Regeneradors, Iron Maidens, Super Salvador
  • Heavies: Dr. Salvador, Bella Sisters, Garradors, JJ
  • Walking Tanks: El Gigante
  • Triggers: Starting with Chapter 2, Ganados will randomly hatch Plagas if headshot, and starting with Chapter 3, those can One-Hit Kill you via decapitation.

• Fallout 3
  • Rats: Radroaches, Giant Ant Workers, Mole Rats, Spider Drones, Bloatflies, Eyebots
  • Zombies: Radscorpions, Dogs, Centaurs, Feral Ghouls/Roamers, Giant Ant Soldiers, Trogs (The Pitt), Support Drones, Abominations(both Mothership Zeta)
  • Grunts: Raiders, Wastelanders, Super Mutants, Wildmen(The Pitt), Scrappers(Point Lookout), Protectrons, Enclave Scientists and Officers, Alien Workers (Mothership Zeta)
  • Soldiers: Super Mutant Brutes, Talon Company Mercs, Regulators, Chinese Soldiers(Operation Anchorage) Chinese Remnants, Robobrains, Pitt Raiders (The Pitt), Brawlers, Smugglers (both Point Lookout), Aliens (Mothership Zeta)
  • Elites: Enclave Soldiers, Super Mutant Masters, Mirelurk Kings, Swamplurk Queens(Point Lookout), Fire Ant Warriors, Feral Ghoul Reavers(Broken Steel), Tribals, Creepers (both Point Lookout)
  • Champions: Commander Jabsco of Talon Company, Enclave Hellfire Troopers, Enclave Squad Sigma (both Broken Steel)
  • Heavies: Giant Radscorpions, Mister Gutsy, Super Mutant Overlords(Broken Steel), Fire Ant Nest Guardians, Sentry Bots, Trackers and Bruisers (Point Lookout), Guardian Drones (Mothership Zeta)
  • Ninjas: Deathclaws, Yao Guai, Crimson Dragoons(Operation Anchorage)
  • Snipers: Can appear among any human faction
  • Shields: Mirelurks/Nukalurks/Swamplurks, Aliens with Inertia Supression Fields in Mothership Zeta
  • Pyros: Fire Ants, Mister Gutsy at close range, Flamer-wielding humans, Glowing Ones, Enclave Hellfire Troopers (when using the Heavy Incinerator)
  • Walking Tanks: Super Mutant Behemoths, Albino Radscorpions(Broken Steel), Ant Queens
  • Just Plain Tanks: Chimera Tanks (Operation Anchorage)
  • Gunships: Enclave Vertibirds
  • Medics: Glowing Ones heal nearby Feral Ghouls with their radiation.
• Fallout: New Vegas:
  • Zombies: Geckos, Mole Rats, Giant Rats, Coyotes, Dogs, Nightstalkers, Feral Ghouls, Giant Ants, Giant Mantises, Radscorpions, Young Deathclaws, Lakelurks, Spore Carriers, Ghost Harvesters, Holograms, Yao Guai Cubs, Lobotomites
  • Rats: Mantis Nymphs, Small Radscorpions, Bark Scorpions, Young Geckos, Mole Rat Pups, Giant Rat Pups, Coyote Pups, Young Nightstalkers, Baby Deathclaws, Radroaches, Bloatflies, Young Cazadores
  • Grunts: Raiders, Powder Gangers, Convicts, Thugs, Recruit Legionaries, Legion Explorers, NCR Civilian Rangers, Brotherhood Initiates, Super Mutants, Protectrons, White Legs Lightbringers, Marked Men Scouts
  • Soldiers: Fiends, NCR Troopers, Prime Legionaries, Brotherhood Knights, Super Mutant Brutes, White Legs Storm Drummers, Marked Men Hunters
  • Elites: NCR Rangers, Veteran Legionaries, Super Mutant Masters, Deathclaw Mothers and Alpha Males, Golden Geckos, Coyote and Nightstalker Den Mothers, Marked Men Marauders
  • Champions: NCR Veteran Rangers, Legionary Assassins, Brotherhood Paladins, Irradiated Marked Men, Irradiated Heavy Troopers, and Irradiated Legionaries. The Paladins, Veterans and Assassins have the highest stats of any non-boss human enemy, as well as Level Scaling with the player, while the latter three have very high HP and regenerate it when exposed to radiation.
  • Heavies: Giant Radscorpions, NCR Heavy Troopers, Legion Centurions, Green Geckos, Yao Guai, Mister Gutsies, Sentry Bots, Robo-Scorpions
  • Ninjas: Deathclaws, Cazadores, Nightkin, Praetorian Guards, Ghost Trappers, White Legs Painmakers and Bonebreakers, Zion Mantises, Cyberdogs, Marked Men Ravagers, Tunnelers
  • Snipers: Any human mook when using sniper/marksman weapons
  • Pyros: Fire Ants, Fire Geckos, Glowing Ones, Ghost Seekers
  • Canisters: Spore Carriers explode if not quickly killed. The Giant Ants in the Nellis Generators also explode upon death.
  • Triggers: Blind Deathclaws alert other nearby deathclaws when they sense the player.
  • Turrets: Turrets, Spore Plants

• Left 4 Dead 2:
  • Zombies: Common Infected, CEDA Infected, Mud Men, Worker Infected, Clown Infected
  • Shields: Riot Infected
  • Ninjas: Hunters and Jockeys
  • Heavies: Chargers
  • Snipers: Smokers
  • Pyros: Spitters
  • Triggers: Boomers, which can puke on players to draw in more Common Infected, and Survivor Infected, which can be killed for a highly valuable med kit but have a lot of health and try to run away
  • Cannisters: Boomers also explode when killed; being caught in the explosion will get its guts on you, which can also attract zombies
  • Champions: Witches
  • Walking Tanks: Tanks

• Dishonored
  • Rats: Rats, Hagfish
  • Zombies: Wolfhounds, Weepers, Gravehounds
  • Grunts: Watch Lower Guards, Bottle Street Thugs, Soldiers, Hatters
  • Soldiers: City Watch Guards, Warfare Overseers
  • Elites: City Watch Officers, Dead Counters
  • Heavies: Tallboys
  • Ninjas: Assassins, Butchers, Brigmore Witches
  • Pyros: Dead Eels

• Vanquish
  • Rat: Jellyfish-M
  • Grunt: Gorgie-USN
  • Soldier: Gorgie-USR
  • Sniper: Gorgie-USS
  • Elite: Gorgie-USG
  • Champion: Bogey
  • Shield: Chicane, A2-Sphere, Unknown
  • Turret: Chicane, Air Gatling, Missile Battery
  • Canister: Jellyfish-L
  • Heavy: Romanov-N
  • Sniper: Romanov-G
  • Pyro: Romanov-F
  • Ninja: View Hound, Romanov-D, Crystal Viper
  • Just Plain Tank: Saw Tank
  • Walking Tank: Argus, BIA
  • Gunship: Transport, Buzzard

• Saints Row IV
  • Grunt: Gang members and police. Armed with basic weapons and no powers or extra abilities to speak of. They were easily disposed of even when the Boss didn't have super powers, but now, they're no more threatening than a fly.
  • Soldier: Zin Grunts. They use better weapons than police and are armed with suppression grenades that disable your super powers.
  • Elite/The Ninja: Super-Powered Zin. They are more durable than regular Zin, are unfazed by being set on fire (although they still take damage), can ninja flip to recover after being knocked down, often come equipped with rocket launchers, and can use the Super Sprint and Super Jump powers to maneuver around like the Boss can.
  • The Heavy: Murderbots. Armed with either a highly inaccurate but fast-firing laser gun or a slow-firing but powerful mine launcher, and backed up by a sizable health pool and immunity to fire. However, they are very slow and can be outmaneuvered with ease.
  • The Shield: Zin Grunts with Zin Tek Force Shields that protect them from firearm damage from the front.
  • The Medic: CID's. They can provide an energy shield to fellow Zin which protects them from damage, but have no offensive capabilities whatsoever, save for the finale, in which explosive CID's try to attack you.
  • The Champion: Wardens. Big, bad creatures working for the Zin Empire who enforce the rules when the simulation is pushed too far. They have an arsenal of superpowers at their disposal, including an energy blast, telekinesis, and a super stomp. At close range, they will either fire their wrist-mounted laser at the Boss or simply knock them away with a powerful melee attack. They can also leap tremendous distances and even body slam the player if they are in a vehicle, instantly destroying it. If that wasn't bad enough, they also come equipped with an energy shield after their first encounter, granting them immunity to bullets until it is disabled temporarily.
  • The Gunship: Zin UFO's that attack you at higher notoriety levels. They are quite frail, but can deal large amounts of damage with their missiles.
  • Just Plain Tank: Marauders. They have a slow-firing but powerful laser attack and must remain stationary to fire, but can move around in a ball form.

• Spec Ops: The Line
  • The Grunt: Refugees. They use the weakest weapons in the game and are easily disposed of.
  • The Soldier: 33rd Infantry. They make up most of the enemies in the game. They use a greater variety of weapons then the Insurgents, such as assault rifles, shotguns, and SMG's, and also have better tactics.
  • The Elite: Zulu Squad. They are incredibly durable, wield powerful weapons such as the AA-12 shotgun or P90, and can be identified before they appear by their ice cold radio chatter. They appear in greater numbers as the campaign progresses, and replace all enemies in co-op if the difficulty is Suicide.
  • The Heavy/The Champion: Heavy Troopers. They wade into battle with a huge amount of health and an incredibly powerful LMG which can tear apart Walker and his squad with ease. They are weak to grenades and explosives, which stagger them long enough to get a large amount of shots into them. A unique one appears in "Alone", where it attacks Walker while teleporting around the room as the lights flicker on and off.
  • The Sniper: 33rd snipers. As their name implies, they typically fight at long range, but are easily killed while they take time lining up a shot.
  • The Ninja: Edged Weapon Experts. They are too fast to outrun, can dodge gunfire by rolling, and will kill you in only a few hits if they get in range.

• Sunset Overdrive:
  • Zombies: Normal OD's
  • Grunts: Scab Rushers
  • Soldiers: Scab Shooters, Rifle Bots, Blowers
  • Elites: Gunkers, Scab Tossers
  • Heavies: Herkers, Spawners
  • Ninjas: Muggers, Blade Bots
  • Pyros: Wingers
  • Canisters: Poppers
  • Turrets: Bomb Bots
  • Walking Tanks: Tank Bots

• Metroid Prime
  • Rats: Parasites, Tallon Crabs, Zoomers, Seedlings, Scarabs, Burrowers, Crystallites, Lumigeks, War Wasps, Plazmites, Shriekbats, Flickerbats, Bombus, Gliders
  • Zombies: Beetles, Reaper Vines, Grizbys, Triclops
  • Shields: Geemers, Plated Beetles, Oculi, Baby Sheegoths, Jelzaps
  • Soldiers: Space Pirates
  • Snipers: Hunter Metroids
  • Elites: Trooper Pirates, Flying Pirates
  • Heavies: Adult Sheegoths, Sentry Drones
  • Walking Tanks: Elite Pirates
  • Ninjas: Shadow Pirates, Chozo Ghosts, Metroids, Fission Metroids
  • Pyros: Magmoors
  • Canisters: Sap Sacs, Blastcaps, Puffers, Puddle Spores
  • Turrets: Auto-Defense Turrets, Bloodflowers, Eyons, Mega Turrets
  • Triggers: Sentry Drones lock down a room when they spot Samus, Puddle Spores release a spread of energy globules when approached.

• Sniper Elite 4
  • Grunt: Italian Blackshirts, Kriegsmarines, and other infantry enemies without helmets.
  • Soldiers: Infantry with helmets, allowing them to survive headshots from weak weapons, such as silenced ones.
  • The Turret: Panzerturms, basically a tank cannon stuck in the ground .
  • The Elite: Jager troops, more aggressive, durable, and accurate than normal soldiers.
  • The Sniper: Enemy snipers, they can spot the player from ridiculous distances and shoot with incredible accuracy, and Faust Troopers, enemies who carry Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons that can damage the player even when they are behind cover.
  • The Champion: Valkyrie Squad, they are stronger than Jager troopers and have stronger variations of each other enemy type in their ranks.
  • Just Plain Tank: The various armored vehicles found throughout the game.

• The Adventures of Square
  • Zombies: Knife jerks, Chatterboxes.
  • Grunts: Paintgun jerks.
  • Soldiers: Cannon jerks.
  • Heavies: Tritankles, Color Cubes, Strongmen.
  • Elites: Oozi jerks, Cylonders.
  • Bats: Ovolts, Spy eyes.
  • Ninjas: Spectras, Rectangoliers (Harder Than Hard exclusive)
  • Walking tanks:Mini Destructinators.
  • Gunships: Jetpack jerks, EyeScreamers.

• Mirror's Edge
  • Grunts: Pirandello-Kruger Security Officers
  • Soldiers: PK Armored Officers
  • Shields: PK Riot Officers
  • Elites: PK SWAT units
  • Snipers: PK Snipers
  • Heavies: PK Heavy Support units
  • Ninjas: Project Icarus Pursuit Cops

• Bioshock Infinite:
  • Zombies: Columbian baton police, melee thugs, and machete Vox Populi; despite being (ostensibly) regular humans, they just suicidally attempt to charge and engage you in melee.
  • Grunts: Columbian Police (both genders), firearm thugs, and female Vox Populi; all are less accurate and weaker than Soldiers, and usually only carry pistols.
  • Soldiers: Soldiers and male Vox Populi; the most common foes in the game and equipped with carbines, shotguns, and submachine guns, they're as standard as this enemy type gets, excepting their lack of grenades and questionable tactical behavior.
  • Elites: Heavy Soldiers; identical to the above but with souped-up hit points thank to their armor, they are common in late-game areas.
  • Snipers: Columbian snipers and Vox Populi snipers; again, a standard example of the archetype, they're perched on elevated platforms and wield bolt-action sniper rifles.
  • Heavies: Columbian Beasts, heavily armored soldiers toting grenade launchers and RPGs, and Motorized Patriots, seven-foot tall humanoid robots wielding Gatling guns.
  • Ninjas: Columbian Crows; they can turn into a murder of crows to fly, dodge fire, and 'teleport' around the player, attempting to sneak up on them to engage at close-range with shotguns and swords.
  • Pyro: Columbian Firemen; they shoot napalm-like fireballs out of their hands and always attempt to close the distance with the aid of their sprinting ability and thick armor.
  • Triggers: Boys of Silence; they're harmless on their own, but if they spot you, they sound an alarm that alerts other enemies of your location and causes every nearby foe to pile on you.
  • Turrets: Automatons; bog-standard automated machine gun turrets, every tactic described in the description above works on them.
  • Walking Tanks: Handymen, very rare gorilla-esque cyborgs that can absorb tons of damage (unless you shoot their head or heart) and dish out a lot too.

• Vermintide II and its predecessor are about 20% shooting/80% melee, but their enemy types otherwise match up fairly well due to the large inspiration taken from Left 4 Dead:
  • Zombies/Grunts: "Fodder" type enemies, i.e. Skavenslaves and Chaos Fanatics. Naked, dumb, and armed with little more than rusty knives, they're the weakest enemies, but can spawn in great numbers in hordes.
  • Soldiers: "Infantry" type enemies, i.e. Skaven Clanrats, Chaos Marauders, Beastmen Gors, and Beastmen Ungors. The standard enemy combatants, usually wearing light armor (giving them twice as much health as their fodder counterparts) and wielding a one-handed sword, axe, warpick, flail, or mace. The Ungors have no armor and therefore health on par with fodder units, but make up for it by having longer reach than the other variants (they wield spears instead of hand weapons, and a lot of them also carry bows, making them the only Infantry-type with ranged capabilities).
  • Elites: "Elite" type enemies, i.e. Skaven Stormvermin, Chaos Maulers, and Beastmen Bestigors. Physically larger and more imposing than the common rabble and often seen leading smaller groups of them, all variants have twice as much health as their Infantry equivalents, as well as larger movesets and higher resistance to staggering. They carry powerful two-handed weapons like halberds and greataxes and can hit much harder than Infantry as well as smash through the players' guard (unless they parry), and also wear more armor, with Stormvermin in particular being almost fully covered in plate (necessitating targeting weak points or using armor-piercing attacks like powerful thrusts or firearms; slashes and stabs from weaker weapons like arming swords and shortbows do basically nothing). They comprise about 10% of enemy forces.
  • Heavies: Chaos Warriors are very tall and bulky enemies wielding huge axes and are completely covered in extraordinarily thick plate armor. Headshots or specialist armor-piercing attacks (preferably both) are basically a necessity against them, but they're not particularly fast.
  • Ninjas: Skaven Plague Monks, Chaos Savages, and Skaven Gutter Runners. Plague Monks and Savages run faster than other enemies, are very hard to stagger, and dual-wield swords or axes that they swing very fast, letting them deal a lot of quick damage to an unprepared player (particularly as they tend to blend in with hordes of much less dangerous Infantry). However their blows are easily blocked and they're not that durable, so prepared and coordinated teams will take them down without much trouble. Gutter Runners have similar health and weapons but can also leap tremendous distances and teleport, enabling them to pounce on and stun players into a Cycle of Hurting unless a teammate is around to save them.
  • Pyros: Warpfire Throwers, Stormvermin carrying bulky and short-ranged flamethrowers; best taken out at range, particularly because they often explode upon death. Double as Cannisters.
  • Shield: Marauders and Clanrats have shielded variants, as do Stormvermin. The usual tactics for getting by them are to get the enemy to drop their guard by breaking their posture (two quick pushes work) or to flat-out smash through the shields with more powerful attack.
  • Snipers: Skaven Ratling Gunners and Chaos Sorcerers. Ratling Gunners spam inaccurate and weak bullets, but the volume of fire means that they will hit you if left unchecked, and they're the longest-ranged enemy in the game. Chaos Sorcerers tend to hide in far-off areas while casting the ranged spells Spirit Leech (which stuns and drains one player) and Plague Winds (which makes a large AOE tornado that can stun and drain multiple players), making them priority targets as their dangerous magic disappears when they die.
  • Triggers: Skaven Sackrats and Poison Wind Globadiers. Sackrats immediately try to run away rather than fight back but carry valuable loot that drops if you manage to bag one. Globadiers throw grenades filled with poisonous gas that don't do much damage but can render an important area an effective no-go zone for many seconds.
  • Medics: Beastmen Wargors. Their combat stats are on par with Bestigors, but their main danger is that they carry dark magic-infused banners that buff the stats of nearby enemies until they're destroyed.
  • Walking Tank: "Monster" type enemies, i.e. Skaven Rat Ogres, Skaven Stormfiends, Chaos Trolls, Chaos Spawn, and Beastmen Minotaurs, somewhat straddle the line between this and Heavies. All are 10-12 feet tall minibosses wielding appropriately-sized weapons (except Spawn and Ogres who use their bare hands), and they have loads of hit points (several dozen times as many as their Infantry equivalents) and resistance. Stats-wise they're only outdone by "Lord" type enemies, the proper bosses (of whom there are five, all unique and level-specific). However a well-coordinated team can still melt them in short order; the real challenge is that they usually show up accompanied by waves of common enemies, acting as an effective diversion for that sneaky Clanrat about to slip a sword into your gut. Normally there's only one or two per twenty-minute mission, but in the Chaos Wastes expansion you can fight easily thrice that many in a single map.

• Sensory Overload:
  • Rats: Security Droids
  • Turrets: Turret Cameras
  • Zombies: Melee Ninjas, who tend to gang up on the player despite their lack of ranged attacks.
  • Grunts: Security Guards, the standard pistol-toting cannon fodder.
  • Soldiers: Mercenaries, who are better armored than the guards and pack submachine guns.
  • Elites: Commanders, who wear Nazi officer-like uniforms and tote assault rifles.
  • Heavies: Cyborgs, who sport strong armor and wield lightning guns.
  • Ninjas: Shadow Ninjas, who are equipped with Invisibility Cloaks, throw shurikens, and lurk in dark rooms.

• ULTRAKILL:
  • Zombies: Filth, basic enemies whose only attack is a lunge.
  • Grunts: Strays and Schisms. Strays are slightly more durable than Filth, and armed with a slow-moving Hell Orb attack. Schisms are a little tougher than Strays, and their attack shoots multiple projectiles in a spread, but they can't aim their attacks.
  • Turrets: Malicious Faces and Virtues. Malicious Faces can (very slowly) move, but their main role is to saturate the area with projectiles and occasionally snipe at V1 with a laser. Virtues are completely stationary and try to obliterate V1 with pillars of holy light.
  • Champions: Swordsmachines and Ferrymen. Both are extremely agile enemies with complex attack patterns, and are initially fought as a mini-boss before becoming rare enemies.
  • Heavies: Cerberi, Guttermen, and Guttertanks. Cerberi take more of a Ninja role with their melee-centric moveset (although they do have a ranged move). Guttermen and Guttertanks are ranged specialists preferring miniguns and explosives respectively. Guttermen also fulfill the Shield role.
  • Rats/Canisters: Drones. Weak flying enemies who try to pepper V1 with shots from far away, and kamikaze dive at them should their health be depleted to try and blow them up.
  • Pyros/Canisters: Streetcleaners. They chase V1 around with their flamethrowers that can't be parried, but can be taken out in a single shot if the tank on their backs is hit.
  • Walking Tanks: Hideous Masses and Sisyphean Insurrectionists. Both are giant enemies with giant health pools, filling different niches - Masses are stationary artillery cannons who try to slow V1 down with a harpoon, and Insurrectionists are surprisingly agile giants who try to crush V1 with their boulders.
  • Soldiers: Soldiers. Improved Strays armed with a faster and wider ranged attack, a melee move, and more health.
  • Ninjas: Mindflayers and Mannequins. Mindflayers frequently teleport and are armed with a homing attack. Mannequins are mobile opponents who try to sneak up behind V1 for a quick hit.
  • Triggers: Stalkers. If left unattended, they can cover enemies in sand, preventing V1 from healing off of sanded enemies' blood.
  • Sniper: Sentries. Sentries will plant themselves into the ground and try to shoot V1 with a hitscan laser from far away.
  • Medics: Idols, in a sense. They're a Support Party Member who create shields around enemies rather than using a shield themselves.

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