Crab Synth

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Crab Synth General information Affiliation Combine Type Synth Personal information Health Unknown Weapon(s) Unknown In-game information Game(s) Featured Half-Life 2 First Appearance Chapter Eleven, Our Benefactors Entity monster_generic (has no AI, game crashes when spawned, because monster_generic can have any model [found when using the Valve Hammer Editor])
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The Crab Synth is never encountered in combat and is only glimpsed towards the end of Half-Life 2 during Gordon Freeman's second pod ride in the chapter Our Benefactors (Chapter). The Crab Synth bears a slight resemblance to the Headcrab.

[edit] Capabilities

From the Crab Synth's appearance, it looks as though these types of synths can use powerful claws on the front, and can fire at enemies using the pulse turrets visible on the front. The Crab Synth looks to be something that would be used by the Combine forces as a light support synth.

[edit] Source SDK

In the Source Development Kit Model Viewer, it can be seen that the Crab Synth uses several melee attacks and can charge at enemies.

[edit] Trivia

• Crab Synths can be spawned in Garry's Mod without crashing the game, however, it will remain idle and you can walk right through it.

Units of the Combine
Humanoid:		Civil Protection · Overwatch Soldier · Overwatch Sniper · Overwatch Elite · Nova Prospekt Guard · Stalker
Synth:		Combat Pod · Crab Synth · Dropship · Gunship · Hunter · Mortar Synth · Shield Scanner · Strider
Other:		APC · Hunter-Chopper · Manhack · City Scanner