Regenerador

Regeneradors are rare yet very tough enemies capable of rapid regeneration and can both take (and deal) extreme amounts of damage before dying (both arms and legs blown off, decapitation, etc.).

Characteristics
A Regenerador is a monster created by inhumane augmentations, utilizing the Las Plagas and human test subjects. Regeneradors are named for their artificially created high metabolism. If a Regenerador is injured, small tentacles sprout from the wound and appear to 'knit' new flesh, recreating entire limbs within seconds. This allows the Regenerador to recover from bullet wounds, lost limbs, decapitation, loss of lower body or even loss of the entire upper torso with little loss of overall health. The Regenerador appears as a large vaguely man-shaped creature covered in hairless, seemingly rough gray skin. Their mouths are large, taking up most of their otherwise featureless faces, and are filled with needle-like teeth which force the Regenerador into a grin. Although they are usually slow, walking with a distinctive, unnerving, palsied gait, Regeneradors are capable of frightening bursts of speed when attacking, viciously slashing and biting, and stretching their arms to unnatural lengths to grab their prey. A Regenerador may randomly run at the player and knock Leon down with it's powerful arms, which is incredibly frightening to the player as it will happen randomly and quickly. Regeneradors are inhumanly flexible as they can be knocked back into impossible positions that would snap the spine of any human, bringing themselves up with ease, suggesting the absence of a conventional skeletal system. They can also stretch limbs to extreme length in order to grab their prey and when their legs are blown away they can move forward very quickly by slamming themselves toward the ground causing them to jump forward. This is all possible due to their bodies almost completely, if not entirely, consisting of pure muscle manipulated by the leech-like Plagas hiding in its body. The presence of a Regenerador nearby can be instantly detected by the sound of their erratic and strained breathing. Their accompanying musical theme when they spot the player only adds to their frightening demeanor.

Tactics


Each Regenerador carries inside it two to five leech-shaped Plagas, which are responsible for the Regeneradors' 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; Regeneradors 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 Regeneradors if you have run out of ammo.

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.



Role in Resident Evil 4
Regeneradors are among the rarest enemies in Resident Evil 4, although more frequently encountered than their Iron Maiden relatives. Fitting to how dangerous they are, they are located on the Island.

Autopsy Room

The first one is encountered in Chapter 5-1. When Leon S. Kennedy collects a keycard from a dead body, a Regenerador awakes in a nearby locked autopsy room. The Regenerador breaks down the door and attacks Leon. First time seeing it, most players run away because they are terrified of the beast they saw; and realize it does not die even after they've shot all their rounds into it.

Corridor (First)

Two more are met outside of the room; one around the second corner of the corridor. Another one through the iron gates down a very tight corridor at the very end to the right past the second. These ones are encountered after the Autopsy Room. If the player kills the first one in the corridor, it makes the second easier to deal with. Don't try to deal with both of them at once, it is very difficult.

Freezer Room

The fourth is located in the room where the freezer key is converted into the waste disposal key. This one only attacks if Leon unfreezes the room using the control panel and picks up the infra-red scope or enters the room with a infra-red scope carried over from a previous game. With this Regenerador, the door locks, forcing you to battle with it (the best way to battle this Rengenerator is with the infra-red scope the player just picked up) until it is dead. The door unlocks and you leave with your best defense and offense against three other Regeneradors.

Corridor (Second)

The next two Regeneradors you find will be when the player is with Ashley after the wrecking ball part. The first one will come out when the player calls to Ashley or pull the first lever. As it is a normal Regenerador, it has the plagas you must shoot before it dies. The second one is further down the corridor which can come out by calling to Ashley or walking close enough until it is visible. It is not advisable to run past the first Regenerador and into the second one because you are end up having to fight both at once.

Prison Cell (Island)

The only encounter Ada Wong has with a Regenerador is right before her fight with Jack Krauser, where she sees one lying on a table. It is harmless. This is also the last Regenerador Leon has to fight. The last Regenerador is in a prison cell, right when you walk in you can hear uncomfortable music and erratic breathing. The Regenerador is in the last left cell door. Most players will walk right by if they don't hear the breathing and are startled when a Regenerador is biting their neck a second later. Another way the player can get to this Regenerador is by hugging the left side of the prison door and the player can see that the Regenerador is just standing there. He will only start to notice you if you run out, shoot him or make him regrow a limb. Also you can run by the door and climb up the wall and the Regenerador will follow slowly; running into the wall you jumped up. You can kill the Regenerador that way or just leave through the door up there.

Regeneradors have a different number of Las Plagas on them with each difficulty setting ranging from 2-5. They always have one on their back.

Attacks
The Regeneradors have few attacks, but the ones it does have are very health-consuming.


 * The Regenerador will come up close and smash Leon with an overhead swing of its arms, like a zombie. This does about 4-5 bars 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 Regeneradors extremely dangerous.
 * The Regenerador can also extend it's arms from a distance and pull you right into it. Then he will start biting your neck with it's 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.

Resident Evil: The Deck Building Game
Regeneradors are Infected cards in the Resident Evil DBG, first introduced in Nightmare. They are especially dangerous Infected because of their effect, which lowers the damage output of all weapons the player's character uses by 10. This effectively negates the effects of cards like Deadly Aim and Desperate Escape. In addition, it makes many high damage strategies difficult to use. The Regenerator has 40 Health, and deals 30 damage if its not defeated. Its worth 4 Decorations.

Trivia

 * The Regenerador is mistakenly referred to as the "Regenerator" in the English translation to Resident Evil 4, a simple mistake given the very slight difference between the Spanish word and its English equivalent. The "-dor" spelling is used everywhere else.
 * If both legs are shot off and you kill the Regenerador, he will go through his usual "dying" animation, but only his buttocks will be there.
 * A Regenerador can be killed with one shot of a Rocket Launcher no matter what location of the body is hit.
 * New creatures resembling the Regeneradors will be appearing in the new "Resident Evil: Revelations" for the 3DS, shown fighting Jill Valentine in a gameplay test.
 * The Regenerador is often compared to the T-1000, as its music theme is very similar and its ability to withstand multiple shots before melding back its original form.
 * If you zoom into a Regenerador's eyes with a rifle scope; no infra-red scope, it will have "crazy" eyes, as everyone calls it. It's pupil's will move around in a weird pattern uncontrollably.
 * Very rarely, they may begin to run after you in an erratic motion after walking for too long.
 * Even if an skilled player knows exactly where its plagas are and shoot at it with a Rifle or any other kind of fire arm, it won't directly damage thus the Regenerador won't react as if it was a critical hit.
 * It takes about 20 shots with a Chicago Typewriter on normal to kill it. On professional it takes 35-40
 * One can tell when a Regenerador is nearby by the rapid breathing noises they make.
 * 3 shots from a Killer7 can kill them in Normal mode.