Talk:Zoey vs Frank West/@comment-29233837-20181206153854/@comment-27518422-20181207233428

I'd like to return that thanks to you, pal. Nice to discuss this in a mature way.

I think Zoey would also be smart enough to run an analysis of Frank's behaviour and attack style. Remember in The Sacrifice comics, Zoey and several soldiers encounter a Tank, of which Zoey must have fought loads of. She recognises their durability and strength and cautions that they keep moving, leaving lots of distance between themselves and the Tank. I see her running a similar analysis of Frank (without the ripping up the road and roaring in her face part). Once she realises he can take a hit and is trying to close the gap, she would simply keep moving. I believe Zoey is slightly more nimble than Frank without the use of Adrenaline/Quick Step and she would be able to keep evading until Frank worked himself into a corner. It wouldn't be easy, and I'd be lying through my teeth to say it would be, but I truly believe in Zoey's ability to keep the balance of the field in her favour.

I don't really like using the harsh limits of the inventory if possible because it puts a clear advantage in Frank's favour and it's not really something a Left 4 Dead character can combat due to their game mechanics. But we have seen times in the trailers where other survivors have wielded two primary weapons etc, so I tend to try and give them as large an arsenal as realistically possible.

It's also a fair observation that Frag Rounds, Laser Sights, Fire Bullets and Grenade Launchers are completely random finds, but even if I excluded them I don't think the result changes. Zoey wields the most damaging gun in the game (bar a point blank shotgun) and I feel that after a few blasts from that, Frank would certainly begin to slow. Then he's caught in no man's land; he can't retreat because Zoey favours the range. And he can't close in because he no longer has the strength to match her, and Zoey still has her dual pistols / magnum depending on what game loadout we give her.

Technically speaking, if he believes to have won (like vs TK for example) he is very exposed and was lucky that Tyrone instead chose to be an idiot, shoving him. One might compare that to a survivor being incapacitated in Left 4 Dead. Again, Zoey could fein a fatal wound, and then kill Frank from the floor with a magnum / pistol. This of course depends on the situation and if Frank sees through the ploy.

Again, I really wanna stress that this was a close battle. And I really believe it could have gone either way, but I still back Zoey.