Rotten

The Rotten were mutilated humans with nearly no skin, encountered on the Island by Barry Burton and Natalia Korda.

History
Rotten are the dead Afflicted which reanimate, evidence by where they are encountered, usually at the same place the Afflicted were dead when Claire encountered them. Upon death the t-Phobos virus reanimates its dead carrier similar to the t-Virus.

Biology
In comparison to the Afflicted, the skeleton of Rotten is exposed in places, demonstrating the effects of continued decay. Since the rotten are infected with t-Phobos virus, they act similar to t-Virus zombies: slow moving, playing dead, feeding on flesh.

Gameplay
Rotten only appear in Barry's story and Raid Mode.

Rotten have relatively a small amount of health and move slower than the Afflicted. They are also not as easily alerted. All of their attacks are slow making them not as dangerous. When knocked down, Rotten can stay on the ground and crawl. Follow-up attacks can freely be used on them while they are crawling and the Physical attack can be used when they're stunned by headshots. They have a tendency to survive their killing hit and instead fall to the ground and enter the crawling state. Any amount of damage done then will then actually kill them.

One of their attacks is an arm swing that covers little range and they approach slower while doing it. Another is walking with both arms out to grab the player which causes a "break free" type quick time event. While using this attack, they keep walking forward and can only turn themselves a small degree to follow the player. Last, they have a similar slow arm swing they an use while crawling.

Some are encountered "playing dead" laying motionless on the ground and not becoming alert until the player walks near them. Natalia can use her senses to detect them.

Strategy

 * They usually attack in groups, and are not very dangerous by themselves.
 * It is recommended to use handguns to stun them, then use melee attack, or stealth kill them from behind to conserve ammo.
 * They are considerably weaker than their former selves and can easily be killed with a single headshot or several knife slices.