Shaman

Description
The Shaman was a new Special Infected that was added on version 5.8.2. It currently is the 2nd enemy with the most health with first being the Juggernaut, The Shaman can be seen as a support for other zombies as it has 2 helpful abilities or can be seen as a tanker enemy.

Ability
The Shaman has 2 main abilities, this is the first enemy with 2 abilities that has cooldowns in the entire game, do note that the player/zombie has to be in range of the Shaman for these abilities to work.

Curse
The Curse is an ability where the one that is effected by it takes extra damage by zombies, this effect has a cooldown of 30 seconds, lasts around 15 seconds and increases the damage taken by around 55%. This can be very helpful on players that have very good gear.

Heal
Heal is an ability which of course heals zombies, the health they gain depends on the type of zombie, Juggernaut will be healed 10%, Banshee will be healed 20%, and any other infected will be healed 50%. This ability is best used on Juggernaut.

Appearance
The Shaman carrys around a staff with a skull on top of it, which is the Skeleton Bone Staff from the avatar shop, the Shaman uses this staff to attack players and use it's abilities. The shaman is also a purplish color and has the Tribal Mask along with the Carnival Headdress equipped. This is another enemy that doesn't use your avatar stuff. The shaman also has the "Slickfang" face from the avatar store.

Weakness
Although carrying high amounts of health, it can easily be overwhelmed by guns with heavy firepower. The Shaman can also be easily killed by spamming the shoved button on him.

Survivors

 * It's best to attempt to kill this enemy first than the others due to it's curse ability.
 * If you do get cursed however try to stay away from enemies such as Bloaters and Spitters until the curse effect wears off.

Zombies

 * If a Juggernaut has taken damage or needs assistance always try to help them.
 * Don't waste your healing ability on zombies that have more than half of their health.
 * Try to use your curse effectively as it can effect other players at once, do note that the cooldown takes 30 seconds.

Disadvantages (Playing As)

 * Abilities take a long time to restore (cooldown)
 * You cannot heal yourself with the heal ability.
 * Juggernauts does not get healed a lot by your Heal Ability (10%)
 * Costs a bit expensive.

Advantages (Playing As)

 * Deals good damage with it's claw (15 Damage).
 * Curse and Heal can effect many at once.
 * High Health.
 * Curse ability can aid other zombies that have high damage (Riot, Spitters Goo, Juggernaut Etc.)
 * Healing Ability can restore a lot of normal infected health back (except for Banshee.)

Trivia

 * When it was first released the Shaman only has one ability button, but the curse and the heal ability would stack on top of each other, however this was later changed to be seperate.
 * The 2nd enemy to use a weapon to attack instead of it's claws, the 1st being the Riot.
 * The heal ability use to be just a set number, but was later changed to based off of percentage.