Reaper

Reaper
Biological information
Based:	African Cockroach
Height:	Around 7 feet (213 cm)
Development information
Created via:	Uroboros Virus
Purpose:	Accidentally Created

Reapers are monsters that were created when cockroaches came into contact with Uroboros. They are featured as enemies in Resident Evil 5.

Biology

Reapers are a mutagenically modified insectoid, resembling giant humanoid cockroaches. Standing upright at around seven feet, they have four upper body claws that they use as arms, as well as two legs. As revealed in the file Regarding the Mutant Organism Found in the Facilities, Reapers were exposed to the Uroboros virus at the Tricell African Research Facility.

While similar to the Chimera, Reapers are not part of any project, neither from Umbrella nor from Tricell. They were, in fact, a completely random and unprecedented mutation of mere cockroaches which came in contact with the Uroboros virus when a fire broke out in the missile bay of Tricell's African research facility. The beasts were codenamed "Reapers" when whole squads of armed Majini were sent to capture a specimen and were torn apart, as if disemboweled by scythes or spears by its claws. The rigid carapace will protect the Reaper from explosions.

Gameplay

Shooting off their appendages will cripple a Reaper; the removal of an arm will stop it from using its instant-kill grab. However, Reapers are capable of regenerating limbs extremely quickly, taking only a few seconds to repair its head, arms, or legs. The only two ways to kill a Reaper are to shoot the glowing abdominal sac when the armor plating shifts off to vent gas, or by hitting the Reaper with explosives powerful enough to obliterate its body completely (such as a direct hit from a rocket). The Reaper also has two glowing sacs on its back, which when destroyed stuns the Reaper and forces it to prominently reveal its abdominal weak point.

The Reaper attacks primarily by using its upper claws to grab a target, and using its middle scything talons to repeatedly puncture and shred the victim's abdomen, an attack from which the victim cannot be saved. When one or more of its claws are destroyed, the Reaper can still counterattack by slashing with its remaining appendages. The Reaper can quickly close distance on enemies by crawling on its six appendages; however, while doing so it cannot attack, revealing the two glowing sacs on its back.

Reapers vent noxious gases from their dorsal and abdominal sacs while exposing their weak points, creating a blur effect that acts as a simple yet effective form of cloak, making difficult to aim at their vitals. Fire is extremely ineffective against a Reaper (incendiary grenades cannot damage a Reaper's weak points, remove its limbs, or slow it down in any way). However, it is possible to kill a Reaper by exposing it to constant, intense heat, such as leading it into an incinerator as seen in Chapter 5-2.

Reapers can inflict damage to other Majini close enough while it is trying to attack.

Upon killing a Reaper, they may drop a Power Stone.

When hit by a weak explosion, Reapers will instantly go into a long rolling animation and cannot attack while doing it avoiding damage.

Moveset

• Scythe Attack - Inflicts a Minor to Moderate amount of damage to the victim.

The reaper uses it's sharp like scythes to attack the player.

• Grab - The Reaper grabs the victim with its upper talons and uses it's lower ones to thrust and stab

the body of the victim, over and over until the player eventually dies - This is an instant death attack, so

watch your distace.

Strategy

• Avoiding close quarter encounters is recommended. The player should engage the creature from a distance with a sniper rifle. If the player has a good aim, they can use either machine guns or handguns and aim for their weak spot located on their back.
  • Should the player insist on engaging the creature in close range use a shotgun and wait for the creature to ready itself to attack. It will expose its abdominal sac by doing so. Be quick though, as being careless can result in being killed.
• Acid Rounds and Electric Rounds works well against the creature. One shot from any of the rounds mentioned should expose their weak spot.
• If the player wants to get past the creature and find a breathing space, use either Explosive Rounds or Hand Grenades to make them curl up and roll. This should give the player an opportunity to get past the creature and find an opening to attack the creature.
• A Rocket launcher should kill the creature instantly, obviously, provided that the player aims for the Reaper. If the player misses the shot but the creature is hit by the explosion radius, it will curl up and roll.

Further Notes

• Despite the fact that Reapers were a random mutation when they came in contact with Uroboros, there is questioning on whether or not this was a successful merging or another rejection. The objective of the virus is to advance its host to the next stage in evolution, only if it was able to successfully adapt to the host genetic sequence. Reapers show consistency with this claim, as they are more powerful and advanced than their previous forms.

Gallery

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