Lurchin'around:Andspeakingofusingyourabilities,ifyouareinagroup,don'tallhityourLurchatthesametimeandwasteit.Ifyou'rechasingdownatargetasagroupandyou'realreadyLurchingforward,waituntilthebuffdrops,andthenhityours.Itonlylast10seconds,butthere'sa30secondcooldown,soawell-coordinatedgroupof3zombiescanbasicallyLurchindefinitelyiftheykeepthebuffrolling.
Strengthinnumbers:Thisone'sobviousbynow,butyouneedtobewithotherzombiestoreallydoanydamage.YoucanconvertNPCs,butnotveryquicklyunlessthey'relowlevel,andlowlevelzombiesdroprelativelyfast.It'sfarbettertoconvertplayers(usuallybylisteninginforanyonewhowantstobeazombie,andtheninvitingthemtoazombiepartyoffthebeatenpath).Butthekeyistowaituntilyou'vegotagoodgroup-anyzombiesthatgoshamblingoffbythemselvesaregoingtogetquicklyovertakenbyNPCguardsoroverzealousPaladins.
Moretipsafterthebreak.
SlowandSteady:Lurchaside,Zombiesdidn'ttakeovertheworldbysprintingaround(well,ok,theydidin28DaysLater,butthatwassomebiowarfarething,nottheactualundead).Theytookovertheworldbyshamblingabout,slowlyandcarefully.Sodon'tjustruninasagroupoffiveorsixtoamajorcapitalcity,andexpecttotoppleit-startsimple,inLakeshire,Westfall,RazorHill,orCrossroads,andrecruitfellowzombiestoyourcause.Onceyou'vegotanicegroup(again,communicationisthekey),thenyoucanstarttomakeyourwaytobiggersettlementslikeStormwindandOrgrimmar.AndifthelousyPaladinsovertakeyouthere,too,don'tworry-fromeverythingwe'veheard,they'llgettheirdayofthedeadsoonenough.
Eatordie:Asyou'venoticed,zombieswilllosehealthafterawhile,butthegoodnewsisthattheycangainitbyattacking.Andyoucangainitbyattackinganything,humanoidorotherwise,soifyouneedtomakealongtripasazombie,youcanperiodicallyeatmobsonthewaytostayalive.Andifyouhappentocomeacrossahumanoidsettlementorunguardedguardtowerontheway,well,it'sbuffettime!
Spreadtheplague:Asyou'venoticedfromourgallery,there'snoreasonyoushouldn'thavetheRetch!AoErunningwheneverpossible-itslowsdownyourpreyandkeepsyouhealed.Useitasaquicksnareifyourmealisrunningawayfromyou,throwitdowntohealyourselfwhenyou'reinthemiddleofatripandneedtokeepyourhealthup,andmakesureit'sdownwheneveryou'reattackinganything-withthehealthyougetbackfromattackingplustheRetchbonus,youcantakedownprettymuchanysingletarget.Andwithenoughzombies,eventhoserighteousPaladinswhothinkit'sfunnytocleansetheplagueoffandkillthatwhichhasalreadydiedcanevenmeettheirmaker.Which,sincethey'llbecomeazombiethemselves,isyou.