The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead ’s zombie variants can be divided into type , depending on the abilities they have and the personal manner in which they hail into existence . For the most part , zombi inThe walk Deadare slow , incompetent of mental rationality , and drive only by a desire to chomp on the close source of flesh . step by step , however , AMC ’s zombie Revelation of Saint John the Divine enfranchisement has bring out higher tier of undead referred to as " variants . " Many questions about the true nature of these souped - up zombies stay unanswered , but different grade of chance variable are already beginning to emerge acrossThe Walking Dead ’s various show .
For the purposes of this list , edition will be defined as zombie that are inherently dissimilar to a received dupe ofThe Walking Dead ’s zombie virus . This excludes even zombies that have been superficially altered by their environment , such as the rock - cover corps fromThe Ones Who Liveand the sewer - dwelling Zombie King - a mashup of several zombie melted together - seen inDead City . Those monsters were altered on the exterior , whereas truevariants inThe Walking Deadhave , for one reason or another , mutate in a cerebral or biological elbow room .
6Natural Super-Zombies
Featured In: The Walking Dead: World Beyond
The rarest , and probably also the most dangerous , form of edition inThe Walking Deadis the type that begins displaying several unconventional skills right away after reanimation . The only clear - foreshorten example of this naturally - occur super - zombi in the enfranchisement so far number duringThe Walking Dead : World Beyond ’s ending .
concisely after being germinate , an unnamed French scientist reanimated and rushed toward the readiness ’s door , denting it with repeated C . This type of variant demonstrated f number , strength , and enough intelligence agency to now find the exit doorwithout stumbling around aimlessly for an 60 minutes beforehand .
No obvious zombie of this variant case has surfaced inDaryl Dixonyet , despite the show ’s Gallic setting .
It remains indecipherable exactly how this type of version came into being , butWorld Beyondoffered a few salient clues . The hitman who shoot the scientist accuse his dupe , and her scientific squad , of make the zombie virus then later on making it " worse , " which could be translate as mean this particular random variable mutation was an unintended consequence of guilty researchers trying to cure the outbreak .
The Walking Dead is introducing more variants in spinoffs , but it ’s possible that these variants are already creating a season 1 automaton plot hole .
The Walking Dead ’s Dr. Jenner also mentioned " variant cohorts " existing in France but not the United States , suggesting a course - occurring variant strain live , but had n’t circularise worldwide as ofThe walk Deadseason 1 . No obvious zombie of this variant type has rise up inDaryl Dixonyet , despite the show ’s Gallic setting . Their absence would show that natural superintendent - variants are either improbably uncommon , or the phenomenon is somehow exclusive to scientist who worked on the computer virus .
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5Artificial Super-Zombies
Featured In: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Many of the variant living dead that do come out inDaryl Dixonare alike to the type fromWorld Beyond , but created via unreal mean . Daryl Dixon ’s primary scoundrel group , Genet ’s Pouvoir du Vivant , has developed a blood serum that can deform a regular zombi spirit into a super - zombie not entirely different from the natural form spotted inWorld Beyond ’s French science lab .
Created by Dr. Lafleur , this breed of Zimmer frame gains enhanced velocity , strength , heightened senses , and is considerably hard to pop , but rather of becoming more intelligent , they become gripped by an uncontrollable bloodlust . As such , Pouvoir ’s stochastic variable are prone to attacking each other , prioritise pure violence over pay back a repast .
The Walking Dead ’s new zombie form do n’t just attack man , but also each other . Daryl Dixon ’s finale highlights the intellect they act this style .
Based on one of the most successful and popular comic books of all time, AMC’s The Walking Dead captures the ongoing human drama following a zombie apocalypse. The series, developed for television by Frank Darabont, follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), who are traveling in search of a safe and secure home. However, instead of the zombies, it is the living who remain that truly become the walking dead. The Walking Dead lasted for eleven seasons and spawned several spinoff shows, such as Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
How Dr. Lafleur ’s blood serum kit and boodle has not yet been explained byThe Walking Dead , but the outgrowth may have something to do with decapitated heads . The lab at Pouvoir ’s Maison Mère HQ and the adeptness on the boat that capture Daryl both contained jarred zombi heads connected to prove subjects via tubes , mayhap indicating an importantingredient inThe Walking Dead ’s zombie variantrecipe is derived from reanimated mental capacity . A chemical substance that occurs within the genius upon death could be the key to unleashing more voltage from a rise clay .
4Burners
Burner variants are another monstrous creation of Pouvoir ’s Dr. Lafleur . While this family of variant does not move quickly or show more intelligence agency than average members ofThe Walking Dead ’s ever - expanding undead gild , it even out with acidic blood line . This feature film make a burner much harder to kill , as the survivor must hit it without getting a undivided speck of gore on their own skin . Because of the rotting flesh , however , a burner ’s acidulous innards will leak out of its body . The simple touch will leave a important burn - as Daryl Dixon himself discovered the hard way .
Daryl was favourable enough to run into Isabelle , who tend to his wounds from the burner .
The Walking Dead ’s burnerswere created as part of Pouvoir ’s ongoing experiment into strengthening zombies . At some point , however , these creations either escaped or were deem a failure and turned loose . The fact that the contrived superintendent - zombies , Lafleur ’s more recent creations inDaryl Dixon , are far more ripe peradventure points toward the latter explanation . Nevertheless , knowledge and rumors of burner variants appears to have spread around France ’s universe , suggesting the melody is a relatively common one .
The new acid zombie variant revealed in The Walking Dead : Daryl Dixon ’s first 10 minutes would make the whisperers existence out of the question now .
During her first encounter with Daryl , Isabelle interrogatively described burner as one of several unique zombie types populating France , but the exact meaning behind this line remain equivocal . Isabelle may have been referring to by nature - occurring discrepancy like the one seen inWorld Beyond ’s Gallic lab , but she could just as easy have been speak about other fail experiments unleashed upon France courtesy of Dr. Lafleur , or even the kind of form glimpse in the United States duringThe Walking Dead ’s termination .
3Lurkers
Featured In: Various
One of the earliestzombie variants inThe Walking Dead , skulker are the kind most survivor would prefer to present if break a choice . As the name suggest , lurkers remain station in one place , often laid down and completely understood . The main danger with lurkers is how difficult they can be to pick out .
While the hunger for flesh is very much still present , a lurcher will be content to wait for intellectual nourishment to come to them .
Whereas most zombies have a habit of making their presence known , the quiet stealth of skulker stand for an unsuspecting subsister can be bitten out of nowhere . As demonstrate in the military base scene fromThe walk Deadseason 11 ’s premiere , some lurkers will stay completely forgetful that mankind are nearby unless something - a loud haphazardness or a fall of line of descent , for object lesson - charge up them .
Until they were redefine as a variant , the inclusion of sleeping zombies in time of year 11 feel out of footstep withThe Walking Dead ’s established linguistic rule .
Based on how early they began appearing inThe walk Dead , lurker must be a instinctive phenomenon . Something in the reanimation process appear to make the subject less ungratified , so while the hunger for physique is very much still present , a lurcher will be content to wait for food to come to them . Because every zombie in the aforementioned military base was of the lurcher discrepancy - a statistical improbability if becoming a lurcher come in down to chance - it is logical to resolve thata unconstipated automaton can turn into a lurker if left alonefor a protract stretch of time .
2Roamers
Featured In: The Walking Dead
Alongside lurkers , roamer are mentioned by Aaron as another in - population name for a specific kind of zombie . Unfortunately , they ’re much harder to define equate to their lazier , lurking cousins . The defining trait of a roamer is aberrant behavioratypical of a normal zombi , although whether that behavior is due to increased news or lingering memories of their old life remains uncertain .
The " wanderer " tatter could be used to describe Morgan ’s married woman , who attempt to go into her old theater even as a zombie . It might also apply to the unseasoned girl zombie Rick play at the very beginning of his journey , as she picked her teddy hold off the ground before lurching forward . Roamers tend to replace the ruck - like tendencies of an averagezombie inThe walk Deadwith more individualistic traits , and could be consider as the antithesis of lurkers .
Both type have been present since the very beginning of the irruption and occur naturally , but whereas lurker are defined by a diminution in mental and strong-arm action , roamers display higher levels of activity . Despite seeming to remember echoes of their former life , no roamer inThe Walking Deadhas thus far shown any grade of mercytoward someone they once do it . Any keep on memories are not strong enough to overmaster the penury to feed .
1Climbers
Despite the name , " climbers " has become something of a catch - all terminal figure amongThe Walking Dead ’s survivors , used to discover a zombie with superscript cognitive and motor role . While this typically manifests as ascending ravel , sputter over vehicle , scale walls , etc . ,climbers have also been shown using nearby objectsto accomplish their goal of a free lunch . Some social climber have picked up rock candy to handle as weapons , while one draw a blank Lydia ’s oncoming knife when she attempted to stab it . Even without the speed and long suit other variants love , the intelligence of a climber makes even just one a ample threat .
Climbers are , by nature , tight to roamers in terms of their abilities . Whereas roamer appear to be driven by their past retentivity , however , climbers exhibit better cognizance of their surround at any given present moment , and can analyze situations in a underlying mode to gain a strategical reward . The most singular look of climbers is how they vanished for almost a decade ofThe Walking Dead ’s timeline . Zombies could be spotted using rock-and-roll and climbing fence as ahead of time as season 1 , then efficaciously disappeared untilThe Walking Deadseason 11 .
The walk Dead season 11 last unleashes variant zombies . Where do these upgraded undead come from , what can they do , and what comes next ?
The literal explanation for variants being abstracted is likely thatThe Walking Deadhadn’t fully cemented its computer virus rule Quran in time of year 1 , then did n’t come up with the variant whirl until much later . An in - universe explanation is strong to provide , and it becomes inconceivable to say with any condemnation whether climbers describe for a pocket-sized portion of the full zombie universe , were created by human experiments , or evolved course over the course of several years .
base on one of the most successful and democratic funny books of all prison term , AMC ’s The walk Dead fascinate the ongoing human drama following a zombi Revelation of Saint John the Divine . The series , developed for television by Frank Darabont , follows a group of survivor , lead by police force officer Rick Grimes ( Andrew Lincoln ) , who are trip in search of a safe and secure home . However , or else of the zombies , it is the living who remain that truly become the walk dead . The Walking Dead endure for eleven seasons and spawned several spinoff show , such as Fear the walk Dead and The Walking Dead : World Beyond .
