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Spitter

Attack(s):	Long range spitting attack Standard Slasher attacks in close quarters

"Spitters" are the term invented in Dead Space 2 for Slashers created from female hosts. As their name suggests, the primary difference between female and male Slashers is that the females have the ability to spew acidic projectiles across short distances, leading to their new name. These creatures existed in the original Dead Space, complete with acid-spitting ability, but did not receive the 'Spitter' designation until Dead Space 2.^[1]

They also appear in Dead Space 3, very briefly.

DescriptionEdit

Like male Slashers, Spitters have large, bladed arms protruding from their shoulders, along with their intact original arms.

All Spitters are female. They feature a large mutated jaw, similar to a Leaper's, which they can extend when in close combat. Their most prominent and deadliest feature is their ability to spit high-speed acidic bile at their opponent. If one is close enough you will be able to see their enlarged lungs.

In Dead Space like the later installments the Spitters are female. Their green toned uniforms remain intact and they are the least mutilated looking Slasher. The only major modifications to the host body are blades protruding from their hands, flesh hanging from their arms and head having ripped from the body connected by a new pink, fleshy neck. These ones mostly rely on close quarters combat and will only spit if their route to the player is blocked.

Their Dead Space 2 counterpart not only had an entirely new model but utilized its spitting feature more and will not hesitate to bombarde the player. This new design was a little more gruesome as the upper back has ripped open for new bladed arms made entirely of mutated flesh along with exposed ribs. The host legs and waist are intact albeit covered in blood, the host arms also intact having been repurposed to hold open the chest. The split chest reveals lungs which have been repurposed and expanded to make and spew bile bombs. The host mouth has split open to accomodate a new jaw much like the Leapers. Lastly, the neck burst open, exposing an enlarged esophagus connecting from the new mouth to the transformed lungs.

More frequent in Dead Space 3: Awakened, the spitters have taken on their most gruesome appearance yet. Following the style of the other necromorphs many new arms sprouted on various parts of the host host body. A new head which is rimmed with long pointy teeth and a pair of bladed limbs have erupted from the upper back, at the base of the neck and have pushed the host head to the side frozen in a frightened state. It is hard to tell which of the many new arms is the hosts's original but the legs remain having lost much mass and many lacerations and openings are present. The lungs have also been pulled from the main body, now reside next to the host's head, intertwined in transformed tissue.

Combat BehaviorEdit

Spitters have attacks similar to both male Slashers and Pukers. From a distance, they will spit a fast glob of acidic bile at Isaac. Up close, they will slash at Isaac with their blades, as well as attempt to grab him.

Spitters tend to be loners, but can be accompanied by Pukers or other Slashers, attacking from a distance while other Necromorphs close in, making Spitters a priority to take out first. Although their ability to spit can make them troublesome, Spitters can be killed in the same fashion as Slashers: by cutting off both of their arms with a weapon like the Plasma Cutter or the Line Gun. You can also use Stasis from a distance in order to counteract the threat of it spitting at you. Even then, like the Puker's long-range attack, a Spitter's bile can be caught with Kinesis and thrown back, resulting in an instant kill. Also, shooting off its head or legs will take away her ability to spit altogether. Later in the game, Spitters tend to spit more instead of charging.

Death ScenesEdit

If Isaac fails the action sequence, then the Spitter will bite his head off. If he succeeds, Isaac will push the Spitter away and punch its head off with his gun. This death scene is shared in Multiplayer, but no decapitation.

TriviaEdit

The Spitter is one of the four Necromorph variants playable in the Dead Space 2 Multiplayer.
Although all the Spitters are female, there is concept artwork of a male variant that was cut from the game.
Only two are fought in Dead Space 3, appearing much later in the game. They have a very different appearance. While having the same body shape as a Slasher, they appear to be made of more than one body, having two heads, one sticking out of its chest.
In Dead Space 3: Awakened, Spitters appear more frequently, appearing in Isaac and Carver's hallucinations.