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[soliton]

Which would be more deadly?
Zombie Vampires
or
Zombie Ninjas?

No Underworld-esque Zombie-vampire/ninja hybrid theories, please.

Comments

[xianvox]

Zombie Vampires, duh.

See, there's a difference between superpowers and skills. Ninja's got mad skills. But when your a zombie, your skills go down the crapper. Things like talking, thinking, doing your taxes...GONE.

But vampires, they got superpowers. Immortality, superstrength and super speed. And a zombie vampire is going to want two things: brains and blood. And unlike Louis ("whining Louis"), zombies have no conscience.

You see a zombie ninja, you shoot him in the head and bam, it's over. You see a zombie vampire, you're soooo fucked and dead before you realize it.

[soliton]

Ok, vampires get to keep their superspeed and strength, but ninjas can't keep their deadly reflexes and stealth?
The way I see it, a zombie ninja, even though his ninja powers would have been degraded by the zombification process, would still be quite formidable. Ninjas as strong too, how else do they jump so high? And a ninja's combat reflexes, finely honed by years of intense training, would still linger beyond undeath.
So when you see a zombie ninja, you shoot him in the head and bam- uh oh, IT DODGED! It might not be a very graceful dodge, it might not be a complete dodge, but you better have a good supply of ammo. Do you even own a gun?
And... you might not even SEE the zombie ninja.
Plus, zombie vampires have a longer list of vulnerabilities, like sunlight, and susceptible to shots to the brain AND heart.

You know what would suck? Fighting zombie vampires... in a house of mirrors. They can see you everywhere, you can't see them...

[chksguitarlicks]

that was what I wanted to say about Zombie Ninjas, but when I typed it out, I sounded stupid and didn't get to the point, you make it work every single time, you are really good with explanations, know what I mean?
But my focus when I thought of ZN, I was focused on the stealth part, I love that word.

[shadowdrop]

Reflexes and stealth are human traits. When the solanum corrodes their brain and resurrects them as zombies, they're only going to have the least amount of brain activity that it takes to function to hunt and feed.

Le supernaturale, however, are going to fuck you up.

[evilgerbil]

Zombie vampire. Easy. A zombie ninja would have only the mindless motion of the zombie, not the skillz of the ninja. A zombie vampire would be fueled by both need for blood AND brains.

[soliton]

I suppose it would depend on the age of the ninja. A young ninja would still rely on deliberate skill for deadliness, and so would lose much of its power when zombified. In an older ninja, however, what was once skill has become pure unconscious reflex, which would largely be retained. Complex abilities like archery, throwing grapnels, and ninpo would probably be lost, but the seasoned ninja zombie would still possess substantial ass-whupping abilities and stealthiness.

I imagine zombie vampires, already being familiar with undeath, would be a little more independent than other zombies. However, they'd also take more time to finish off each victim, since they have to munch and drink to satisfy their hungers.

[rivetgeek]

Im gonna have to go for option C:

Zombie Pirate.

[soliton]

Your theory raises interesting possibilities.
Zombie pirates would be pretty much immune to zombie vampires due to vampires reluctance to cross running water. And what they lack in zombie ninja reflexes, they make up for with zombie pirate burliness and swarthiness. I imagine zombie pirates would have an even greater disregard for bodily harm than your average zombie.
They'd also have a less stench, as their Zombiehide™ has been cured by the salty sea air.

[rivetgeek]

Lets also not forget that Pirates have a naturally shuffling gait, so while the other zombies would be unused to such a gait, the zombie pirates would be well acclimated to it.

Also I believe the long years of alcohol abuse would pickle major organs to preserve a firmer zombie.

[soliton]

And the pirate mane and pirate hat obscure the head, making it difficult to score that all-important shot to the brain.

ZOMBIE NINJA

[chksguitarlicks]

which would be more deadly?
who would be more than dead? or who would leave the most deadly impression?

Okay this bothers me, no where in any real zombie movie has said zombies want brains, why do people get this impression? There is nooo movie, only the mockery zombie film gave this away, but in any other zombie movie they want flesh.
So a Zombie Vampire would be most gruesome of the two because they are pretty much going to eat the entire human form! That is lethal behavior for sure. The fact that "vampires" are dead and zombies are a given, puts it at the number one spot for being most deadly.
BUT, I still pick Zombie Ninjas, they are just mean! So I pick them, because they don't have to have a reason to be most deadly, they just are. It becomes a stubborn concept!

the coolest zombie is Elvis lol

Re: ZOMBIE NINJA

[soliton]

Zombie Elvis? The Zombie King? I wonder if Zombie Elvis would still be able to play guitar.

[dayna2626]

zombies scar me :( so I say both