Exploderedit
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Exploders are the suicide bombers of the Necromorphs. They initially move sluggishly, but are able to utilize surprising bursts of speed when they have sufficiently closed the distance between themselves and their intended targets.
Once an Exploder is within close combat range, it will pummel its foe with the massive pustule on the end of its left arm, which is filled with some kind of volatile ooze. If the attack is successful, the pustule will explode, killing the Exploder and causing major injuries to anything in the blast radius.
Due to their "one use" nature and fairly slow movement, they often attack in large groups in an attempt to overwhelm Isaac. However, this group-swarm tactic also makes them dangerous to any Necromorphs nearby, including other Exploders.
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[edit] Strategy
It is imperative that Exploders be taken out at long range as their suicide attack is extremely dangerous at close range, even if it misses you.
- A recommended strategy is to aim for the large pustule on their arm at long range with the Plasma Cutter or a short burst from the Pulse Rifle. This will instantly detonate the pustule and kill the attached Exploder, along with damaging or killing any other Necromorphs around it. This causes a chain reaction if there are other Exploders nearby, and can even clear out an entire room of assorted Necromorphs in one fiery blast.
- Depending on the situation one of the two methods will prove much more useful than the other. Large clustered group: shoot it. Harder enemies or ammo conservation: sever and throw it.
- DO NOT attempt to stasis and melee; there is a chance that the pustule will explode.
- When encountering exploders in large groups or with other necromorphs, it can be more efficient to cut one pustule of an exploder, and then pick it up with the kinesis module. Having done this, you can throw the severed pustule at the right spot to kill the optimum amount of necromorphs. This technique saves ammo, and is also pretty fun.
[edit] Trivia
- With their legs fused together in a fleshy mass, and their bodies radically twisted and emaciated (not to mention their vertically split faces), they're most likely an homage to "The Thing"
[edit] Gallery
 Isaac faces a charging group of exploders |
 Isaac's first encounter with Exploders |
[edit] Appearances
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| Necromorphs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Standard Forms | Brute • Divider • Drag Tentacle • Exploder • Flyer • Grabber • Guardian • Infector • Leaper • Lurker • Pregnant • Slasher • Stalker • Swarmer • Twitcher • Wheezer | |
| Advanced Forms | The Hive Mind • The Hunter • The Leviathan • The Slug • The Spider • The Urchin | |
| Deleted Material | Flytrap • Graverobber | |
