Gladius

The Gladius runs among the pack of the larger and heavily armored shamblers, taking on the role of a medieval knight. Their entire right arm is mutated into a curved and savage blade possessing the sturdiness of stainless steel despite being made out of nothing but bone. The Gladius can swing his blade at a surprising speed, devastating anything in his path with brute force. Demolishing fortifications and barricades can be achieved equally easy through the serrated portion of its bone blade - cutting through wood and sheet metal with sheer force and a sawing motion is one of the signature moves of a Gladius and a main reason why you don’t want to see one of these involved in an attack on your base.

Similar to a knight, a Gladius is well-armored as well: Thick bone plating covers every part of his body, requiring a few additional shots to pierce before even being able to cause proper damage to a Gladius - to make matters worse, they’re fairly common as well.

But fear not - compared to other large shamblers, the Gladius is fairly slow due to his heavy armor and can be outran fairly easily. However, when in the way of your scavenging, these can be be a heavy nuisance to handle. You can know when they're coming based off the sound of their sword dragging against the ground.