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| Parasite | |
| Health |
175 |
| Attack Damage |
25 per sucking |
| Found in | |
| [Source] | |
| “ | The Parasite makes Cujo look like Lassie on Prozac. | ” |
—Quake 2 Manual | ||
In Quake 2, a Parasite is a four-legged cyborg with a human head. To attack, it launches an organic tube at you and drains your health. The Parasite can be knocked over from an attack, but the tube won't detach from you until it's done draining your HP or it's dead.
Strategies
- Alone, a Parasite can be annoying to fight. It's drain attack can take off up to 25 HP before it's done, so it'll hurt. The only way to stop making it drain your health is make it so that it can't see you. Hiding behind something works, but the Parasite will follow you. When you hide, be ready for it to pop up and open fire when it does.
- Another way to avoid the Parasite's attack is to jump on top of it. Getting onto a higher vertical plane than the Parasite also works. It is uncertain whether this strategy is intended or is a glitch.
- With other enemies, the Parasite is a real pain to deal with. The constant damage makes it difficult for you to see what else is attacking you. Getting out of it's view can be difficult as well, due to the enemies around you. Try to target it with explosives. Two explosives will kill it, and the splash damage will harm the other enemies.
Quake II Manual photo