Unthawed Viking (Timeless)

The Unthawed Viking is an ennemy from '''Viking Invasion. He has a good amount of HP, and can attack at close range with his icicles or throw them to attack at long range'''

Appearance and origins
He is based on an eponymous character from the game Plants vs Zombies Heroes. Unlike his original version, he now bears a regular hornless viking helmet, and has large icicles growing all over his body. He wears a tunic, with large boots, and a large chainmail armor, as well as a belt with a gourd, a pouch and a sword that he won't use

Attack Patterns
He will smash the players with his icicles a close range, and take a new one off his body once it breaks. He can also throw them at long range, and will do extra damage if he hits you in the head. His icicles inflict an effect similar to the frost of Frostbite Caves. 2 icicles will inflict a stage 1 effect, while 5 will inflict a stage 2 effect. It can't go further however

Strategies
He is kinda tough, and will require multiple attacks to be defeated. His icicles are also very polyvalent, being quite efficient at long range if he does headshots, and making a decent amount of damage in close combats. His main ability is his stalactite-throwing attack, where he will throw large spikes of ice at his targets. He will use this quite often, but will only freeze you when he labds multiples shots. In a 1v1, this shouldn't be a problem, but multiples Unthawed Vikings can easily get you to a stage 2 and slow you down a lot, making you very vulnerable to weaker zombies, so it is safer to bring at least a Torch to warm you up. Due to Pocket Campfires not being native of this world, levels where you have to play with only certain can be very hard as you can't have any very efficient way to thaw your team. Thankfully, shields are a thing and will allow you to block the icicles easily. To finish him quickly, try to bypass his defenses with Viking Swords, but remember that unless you thaw their ice armor, Danish Axes are useless for instant kills. Arrows will also bounce off his ice armor, so you will usually end up having to go entire at melee with them. Remember that they can hit quite hard, so keep an eye on your HP and bring a good shield

Trivia

 * He is the first element-related zombie, and the second one to have both a close and long range attack