Regenerador/gameplay

Move set
The Regeneradores have four attacks - Iron Maidens have another two unique moves - but those it deals are noticably powerful.

With the move "Beaten", the Regenerador will come up close and smash Leon with an overhead swing of its arms, like a zombie. This has an attack value of 780- an equivalent to 4-5 bars of damage in Professional Mode- and knocks Leon to the ground.

From the floor with a leg missing, it will extend its arms (or bounce on it's stomach when legless) and grab Leon. It will then viciously bite Leon in the neck and latch on to him causing a quick-time event to throw the Regenerador off. If you don't shake it off it will bite through Leon's jugular. This attack causes anywhere between 4 bars of damage to death in Professional Mode depending on how quickly you are able to throw the Regenerador. This makes the Regeneradores extremely dangerous.

The Regenerador can also pull bite from a distance and pull you right into it, then will start biting your neck with its fang-like-teeth. A scene occurs showing you to shake off the Regenerador. Depending on how long it takes for you to push it off will depend on your health. On Professional Mode, this is a real killer; even worse than Normal. This is the strongest attack a Regenerador can give. If you are not careful, it can kill you.

Tactics


Each Regenerador carries inside it two to five leech-shaped Plagas, which are responsible for the Regeneradores' rapid regeneration system and serve as its main weaknesses. They cannot be seen with the naked eye, but have to be detected with thermal imaging. When all the Plagas are killed, the Regenerador's cells spin out of control and expand, causing the entire upper body to explode (if the legs have been removed, the creature will explode, and leave behind only its pelvis). The number of leech-Plagas depend on the game's difficulty level; Regeneradores on Professional usually have all five Plagas, with the final Plaga being located on the back of the Regenerador and thus preventing it from being detected with frontal thermal imaging. Killing this final Plaga requires either lucky shooting or careful aiming if the player knows the exact location of the Plaga, shooting it from the front. Another strategy is to shoot the Regenerador's leg off, causing it to fall onto the ground belly-down allowing the player to shoot the back Plaga easily. This should be exercised with extreme caution, however, as if the player is too close to the Regenerador after it falls, it will leap into the air, bite Leon's neck, proceeding to viciously tear it apart, and finally (if not shaken off) kill Leon in a spectacularly gruesome death. On Professional mode, the Regenerador is nearly impossible to shake off if not at a full 10 bars of health, and if the player is in the yellow or red health area, death is unavoidable. The leech-like Plagas can only be killed using penetrating weapons such as the rifles, magnums and possibly the Punisher although it is difficult and not recommended. The best weapons to use are definitely the Handcannon, making the Regenerador's torso pop in one shot, and the P.R.L. 412 and Rocket launcher, which destroys the Regenerador in a similar fashion. The Chicago Typewriter also works very well as you can spray the whole body indefinitely until finding the Plagas while the weapons stopping power prevents the Regenerador from advancing forward. If you don't have one of these impressive weapons, another technique is to use a shotgun, magnum, or other high power weapon to destroy one of the Regenerador's legs. If you aren't bitten by the Regenerador as it leaps through the air, you can stab it into submission with your knife while it's still on the ground. However, the Regenerador can sometimes regenerate its leg while you're stabbing it. If this happens, pull out your shotgun and do it again. It takes about two minutes to kill a downed Regenerador using only the knife. When it comes to the worst, 3 incendiary grenades (on Normal) will do the job. A fully customized TMP with or without stock can do the job. It also seems that, if the Regenerador simply takes enough damage, its torso will pop and it will die. 3 shots from a fully upgraded Broken Butterfly can kill the Regenerador, regardless of shot location. Also a Mine Thrower is a very capable weapon at taking out Regeneradores if you have run out of ammo. If you have trouble staying away from it, try using the Flashbang to slow it down.

Also another good and relatively in-expensive tactic is to throw 1 grenade ( if you have it.. *on normal mode* ) and then fire 1 -2 shots with the semi-automatic rifle in the torso (center of mass is an easier target to hit therefor killing this creature quicker). This is the quickest way to kill this foe without having to spend too much ammo and upgrades, its especially recommended to use this tactic for the "first time through" player. It is not recommended to use up any incendiary grenades due of the fact that this "creature" shakes off direct hits from these grenades. They (incendiary grenades) are best use for "crowd control" with regular Ganados enemies.