Breaker

Breakers are powerful Boss Mutations in Back 4 Blood.

Overview[]

Breakers are powerful Ridden that spawn in scripted events as well as randomly via Corruption cards, capable of leaping about the battlefield smashing Cleaners to death. They have strong attacks that hit a large radius and will always coincide with The Swarm, which will help the Breaker by boxing the Cleaners into a even tighter space. However, Breakers have long pauses in-between certain attacks and can be gunned down quickly, especially if targetting the weakspots properly.

Strategy[]

Bring the boom. A common strategy for boss fights, the Breaker can be quickly defeated with Frag Grenades, Molotov Cocktails, Propane Tanks and other explosives.
Concentrate Fire. The Breaker is fairly frail compared to the Ogre and can be quickly gunned down due to long pauses after certain attacks, it's also best to kill it as quick as possible in the case of The Swarm boxing players in making things harder as the fight goes on.

Notes[]

The Swarm spawns when fighting Breakers in Campaign mode, including during Trial of The Worm, possibly hinting at some sort of symbiosis between the 2 Ridden types.
The Breaker heavily resembles the Tank from the Left 4 Dead series as it has a similar body type and method of attacking humans.
As of the Tunnels of Terror update, the Breaker can spawn as a roaming boss in No Hope difficulty. The Horde modifier in Trial of The Worm can also spawn additional roaming Breakers if increased enough.