Defense Orb

Defense Orb
The Defense Orb is a rarer powerup that serves a supportive role. It's icon is a purple orb.

Survivor Pros

 * The Defense Orb will float beside you at all times, until it is depleted.
 * The Defense Orb will provide a slow, but steady stream of healing.
 * The Defense Orb will automatically seek out nearby enemies and fire a red laser at them, which deals 15 damage, and alerts you to their presence.

Survivor Cons

 * The Defense Orb operates on a timer, meaning you should only pick it up when zombies are close. It will last 15 seconds.
 * The healing effect is somewhat slow, meaning you cannot just tank damage. It's more useful to slowly regain lost health outside of combat.
 * The Defense Orb's laser is pretty weak, and thus is mostly unable to kill anything on it's own. It's best used to finish off stragglers while you save on ammo.
 * When depleted, the defense orb will malfunction, and make a loud electrical noise, which will give away your position if you are hiding.
 * The Defense Orb will always target the nearest Zombie, and doesn't prioritize targets based on health or damage output.

Playing Against

 * The Defense Orb cannot hit you behind walls. Take cover to avoid it's fire, and either wait for the human to approach you closely enough for you to attack, or until the powerup runs out.
 * You can take cover behind the Fatkid or another zombie with more health to avoid behind targeted. Remember, the Defense Orb always targets the zombie closest to itself.
 * Avoid attacking the human if you don't feel confident enough that you can kill him. The orb will heal any damage he takes if he survives, making your attacks useless unless they kill. Keep this in mind if you are a special zombie; don't waste your life!

Trivia

 * The Defense Orb is a variation of the Shock Orb from the classic version of Fatkid. The Shock Orb differed in that it didn't heal at all, and would shock multiple enemies at once, dealing 10 damage and causing them to trip.
 * The Defense Orb is one of the few powerups that can be gained from !rtd, and thus one of the few powerups that can be used by Zombies.
 * The !rtd defense orb differs in that it is blue-colored, and lasts for a shorter duration. Other than those 2 differences, it functions identically to the standard powerup.
 * The Defense Orb is one of the few cases of "artificial intelligence" in the game.