J'avo

The head, though it takes several shots; per one source the head takes ×1.2 and the torso only ×0.6

C-Virus soldiers who keep their intelligence and training: they take cover, talk to each other, hold you so another can hit you, drive vehicles and regenerate (even with half the head blown off). They mutate depending on where you hit them, can mutate more than once and can cocoon into a Chrysalid: head → Glava, arms → Ruka, legs → Noga, torso → Telo. They carry machine pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles (with a laser sight), rocket launchers, stun rods, machetes and knives. Take out the snipers and rocket J'avo first. The ammo saver: head shot, stun, melee, then coup de grâce or a head stomp. Counters kill almost every J'avo that comes at you in melee. A flash grenade bunches them up for the finish. A heavy melee hit or a grenade-launcher round stops one from cocooning.

Ammo, herbs and SP pieces (Pawn worth 50 and Knight worth 100)

They burn away in sparks when they die. In Jake Chapter 2 the snipers aren't affected by the snow; there are J'avo on snowmobiles (Jake Chapter 2) and Molotov bikers (Jake Chapter 4). J'avo Killer (Lv1 3,000 SP, unlocked by killing 30 J'avo; Lv2 25,000) adds damage against them: +50% at Lv2. Achievements: J'avo Genocide (500 J'avo), Finish What You Start (10 coups de grâce), Bob and Weave (3 counters in a row) and Give a Little Push (knock 10 enemies off a high place). Playable in Agent Hunt (the machete J'avo).