

The Boomer has undergone extreme external and internal mutations by some adverse reaction to the Infection. When idle, the Boomer makes loud burping and gurgling noises which change to loud groans when it sees a Survivor. In both games, the male Boomer has short black hair and wears a navy blue shirt and brown pants, both stained with sweat and puke and stretched to breaking point around the Boomer's enormous gut. When Boomers are killed, they explode, showering bile on anyone nearby. The fat, slow Boomer vomits a thick bile with two side effects: It blinds Survivors, and it attracts hordes of Infected. Without other infected, the Boomer's low health and extremely low damage makes him entirely powerless, because he's an easy target at range. The known presence of a Boomer may also cause Survivors to spread out a little (to avoid being coated in bile) and this too works to the advantage of Special Infected such as Smokers or Jockeys when mounting a coordinated attack.

The Boomer's role in Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 is to slow down, blind and sow general confusion among Survivors, giving the Hordes of Infected of any species openings to mount attacks with higher probabilities than normal to achieve damaging results. Though fragile and slow, the Boomer can be dangerous to a Survivor team whose health or combat abilities are compromised. Their mutation has caused them to produce immense quantities of bile which they attempt to vomit on the Survivors, temporarily blinding them and summoning a small Horde. The Boomer is an extremely bloated Special Infected. Make it to the boat to finish the episode.Puker, Fat Guy, Fat Thing, Barf Bag, Exploding Guy, Roly Poly, Goiter Man, Big Guy, Aunt Bee, Fatty " Boomer, don't let it puke on you." ― Zoey " They've been calling those Boomers. Use the building's back door as a bottleneck and torch it with a Molotov to stave off the horde on your retreat. When the boat arrives out back it's easiest to just hop off the roof onto the car and make a run for it. Try to avoid entering the building when a Tank is around, since you can easily get trapped in the building's tight quarters. Keep trading places with the Tank on the roof and on the ground to safely dispose of it. Be sure to hit it with a Bile Bomb or Molotov as it ascends to the roof, then immediately drop off the roof and run away, shooting at it the entire time. You can hit the Tank from a large distance to whittle its life away if you are on the roof - shoot its projectiles down as well. The roof is a great place to take on the horde in this finale, but instead of shooting them at a distance, try to hit them as they clamber up to conserve ammo (although there's a large supply in the building below).ĭropping into the building for supplies is a good idea only after a Tank shows up when there's a noticeable lull in the chaos. Now, climb the ladder in front of Burger Tank and hit the switch on the base of the sign.
