Tusk Brawler (Timeless)

The Tusk Brawler is an Arena exclusive zombie of Timeless that can be fought only in the Icebound Battleground. He has a decent health and speed, but is very dangerous because of his elevated strength

Appearance
He wears a short buckskin skirt, a lot of hair and many ornaments on his body like paint, resembling war paintings. He has small skull on his head, probably from a pachyderm, and is noticeable for the large tusks stitched to his hands and used like some kind of claws

Strategies
As a fighter, this zombie is very dangerous ; his health allow him to withstand quite a few melee attacks, his speed forces you to sprint if you want to avoid him and his strength makes him remarkably efficient, turning these deadly if they travel in groups, which is usually their way of appearing. First, a shield is essential, as they are fast and may start striking combos before you can retaliate. Blocking their attacks with simple weapons is generally quite hard due to how they swing in various angles, and parrying is even harder because of their two weapons. When they start attacking repeatedly, you can attempt to shove them back with a shield, as they are too occupied to watch out for it, and can give you the possibility to strike with something like an axe or a spear. Try to protect as much as possible players with Bows, because of their longer range and their ability to instantly kill one of the zombies with a headshot, while they should look out for any zombie that start having the upper hand on someone and send him arrow to stall him a bit. Their charging attack, despite not being faster, does quite a lot of damage, and will possibly make you lose quite a lot of stamina if you tank it with a shield while also being able to hit you even if you roll back, leaving dashing on your sides as one of the only safe issue. However, with a decent sense of timing, you can block it with a shield ; to achieve this, pay attention for the moment were he slightly rises his arms to strike. Right before this, you should shove it back, stalling him efficiently and leaving this zombie unprotected enough to be killed with a good weapon.

Trivia

 * He was first supposed to be for classic Frostbite Caves levels, but was then left aside for other possible prehistoric-themed levels before getting back as an arena exclusive