Rot zombie

Rot zombie
Creature information
Faction	Necropolis
Tier/level	2
Upgraded
Size	Small
Dwelling	Festering crypt
Cost per unit	60
Stats
Attack	2
Attack	2
Defense	3
Defense	3
Hit Points	19
Hit Points	19
Damage	1-3
Damage	1-3
Initiative	7
Initiative	7
Speed	4
Speed	4
Growth	15
Growth	15
Icon
Rot zombie's icon

The rot zombie is the alternate upgrade of the zombie, the second-tier unit of the Necropolis in Heroes of Might and Magic V.

For any living person, nothing could be viler than the Rot Zombie. Destined to serve the necromancer's cause, these foul-smelling corpses carry within their decaying flesh all of the most terrible and most dangerous diseases. Faced with these harbingers of death, enemy forces quickly lose heart and with it any hopes of victory.^OffBck

Rot Zombies have slightly more health and defense than plague zombies, but lower minimum damage. The main difference between the rot zombie and the plague zombie is their abilities - Weakening Strike lowers the attack and defense of a single creature per attack, while Festering Aura works on all living surrounding creatures. For long combats against a powerful stack, the plague zombie's bonus works better, but for short clashes and against several living stacks, the rot zombie may be the superior choice.

Abilities

• Undead - This creature is not alive and its morale is always neutral . It cannot be affected by Poison- , Blind- or Mind-related magic.^OffBck
• Enrage - This creature's attack increases when any friendly unit dies in battle (except resurrected creatures or creatures summoned onto the battlefield by magic). The increase is proportional to the killed stack relative power in the army.^OffBck
• Festering Aura - This creature decreases all its neighbors' Attack and Defense by -2 and their Morale by -1, regardless of who owns them. Undead creatures are immune to this effect.^OffBck