Neon Lurker (Timeless)

The Neon Lurket is a zombie from Neon Mixtape Tour, that will always avoid attacking in front and will usually try to strike from behind, or even by climbing up vents

Game Mechanics
When survivors are close to a vent, the zombie will seek out the nearest ven entrance that doesn't put him in danger. He will then proceed to rip off or to break the mesh, and will start proceeding through the vents at the same speed. When he gets at his destination, he will either drop down with the vent's mesh if the vent is horizontally placed, or will just burst out of the conduit if it is placed horizontally

Appearance and origins
He has a jean vest, black pants, sneakers, sometimes a school bag on his back, pins scattered around his clothes and a bunch of blue hairs on his head, which lost a bit of their colors but are still easily remarkable. He has the strange quadrupedal gait of Lurkers, putting in evidence his strange colors.

Strategies
While his stats are decent, he will mainly be a problem due to how he attacks ; often you will be taken by surprise, and he can strike several times before you will be able to retaliate. To avoid this, several tactics are possible : you can leave a few traps behind you, so that if you choose to stay in an area, you can keep a safe escape route and prevent them from attacking. Another tactic would be to stay in a close area, which would prevent any ambushes, but may be dangerous in case of an overwhelmingly large horde ; levels filled with Punk Zombies make this strategy very unneficient due to their widely known defense-breaking talents. Vent ambushes are quite common in certain parts of the map. They mainly rely on surprising unaware players, you might freak out when they hear the vent busting. Thankfully, multiple strategies exist here too. You can for example trap the vent with an explosive or a Beartrap, killing it or damaging him enough so that he will be less of a threat, or you can even put a barricade on the vent, which he will have to put down by himself to go through, making enough noises to be easily audible. If you are running away from a horde, watch out for these, as they can stop a player in a hurry and potentially take him down if he was greatly injured before. In single combat, they won't stand a chance, and even better is the fact that their colored hairs make them look like a target in the night maps of Neon Mixtape Tour, making numerous headshots easy to achieve

Trivia

 * In the trailer of Neon Mixtape Tour, he appears to be salivating while approaching the characters, which is odd since he only does it in-game when idling