KF2 Cyst Guide - Behavior, Stats and How to Kill It

The Cyst is the weakest Zed in Killing Floor 2: essentially a Clot that did not spend enough time in the oven. It is the first of the three Clot variants and shows up in every wave, boss wave included. Alone it is harmless, but in a big group it can cause some commotion.

The Cyst, the weakest of the Clot variants.

Behavior

The Cyst acts like the Killing Floor 1 Clot. It shambles slowly toward the player and grabs when close. A successful grab turns the player's camera toward the Cyst and prevents looking away or moving until the Cyst is knocked off or killed. A missed grab makes it stumble, and it needs a few seconds to get back up.

• It can spawn from manholes, vents and windows, and sometimes falls flat on its face, leaving it helpless for a couple of seconds.
• On higher difficulties it may sprint, and the chance goes up once it is damaged. It always sprints when only five Zeds remain in the wave.
• It retaliates against friendly fire, but dies quickly to other Zeds.

Strategy

By itself the Cyst is almost no threat. The only real danger is a grab from behind while a horde is closing in, since the camera is yanked away. It cannot grab a Berserker. Its low health and speed mean it often dies before reaching anyone.

• Save ammo: use the pistol and aim for the head.
• Knife overhead slash to the head kills it and cuts it in half.
• A melee bash to the head also kills it in one hit.
• Like the other Clot variants, it has a 50% damage resistance to the Microwave Gun.

Statistics

Stat	Value
Health, Normal (total / head)	75 / 15
Health, Hard and above (total / head)	100 / 20
Grab chance	0.8
Melee damage	6
Melee range	172
Melee damage multiplier to players	0.2 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.6 / 1
Melee damage multiplier to doors	3 / 6 / 8
Head hitzone multiplier	1.1 (all other 1)
Microwave resistance	2x
Penetration	1x
Walking speed	random 171-209
Sprinting speed	random 360-440
Hidden speed	600

Damage is scaled by difficulty: 0.5x Normal, 1x Hard, 1.25x Suicidal, 1.75x Hell on Earth. Speed is scaled 0.87x, 1x, 1.1x and 1.15x respectively.

Difficulty	Sprint chance	Sprint chance when damaged
Normal	0	0
Hard	0	0.01
Suicidal	0.05	0.6
Hell on Earth	0.5	0.8

Rewards

• Dosh: 8 on Normal, 7 on Hard, 6 on Suicidal, 5 on Hell on Earth.
• XP: 8 on Normal, 11 on Hard and above.

Misc

Stat	Value
Chance to evade a grenade	0.5
Distance to start a grab	188 units
Maximum grab range	210 units
Minimum interval between grabs	5 s
Damage to doors	18 / 36 / 48

Doors have 4000 total health and up to 1500 welded health. When either reaches 0 the door breaks for good. Welded health can be repaired, total health cannot.

Conclusion

The Cyst is pure cannon fodder. Kill it fast and move on to the real threats.