3. Lickers
A Licker is a mutated zombie that is faster, more vicious and inflicts much more damage. It is very weird looking creature - it has no skin and its brains are on the outside of its head. Supremely agile, able to jump great lengths (propelling them into the air) and also able to scale walls, the licker is a frightening character to encounter. They were called 'lickers' due to their unbelievably long tongues with which they can inflict serious damage. They have super sharp claws which cause even more damage, so it is best to get in there to hit them quickly, lest you be shredded to death. I have found that the machine gun is the best weapon against the licker by far and away. Lickers really made their name in Resident Evil 2 (what's that crawling over the window?) and the cut scene at the beginning of the game when Leon/Claire come face to face with them. "Oh boy!" Is what they say, I would be screaming "Holy f**king s**t!" Or other words that approximate that sentiment. Lickers pop up all over the place - usually when you least expect them. The lickers in the RE2 laboratory are super fast, super aggressive and super hard to kill. Machine gun time for sure! Lickers appear in other Resident Evil games but their scary hey day was definitely in RE2 - in which they haunted the rooms and corridors in the Racoon City police department, frightening the pants of gamers that walked into their quiet but deadly paths.