Combine Assassin

The Combine Assassin is an enemy cut from Half-Life 2, the successor of Half-Life’s female assassin and the direct predecessor of the Overwatch Elite.

Depiction


The Combine Assassin is mostly a slimmer and female version of the Overwatch Elite, with an almost identical helmet. The armor and padding are almost completely absent, allowing the assassin to move quickly.

The Combine Assassin was to use two automatic pistols or personal defense weapons (and originally some kind of rifle ), and a variety of melee attacks. Like the original female assassin from the original Half-Life, of which she most certainly was based off of, she is shown to be a quick and resourceful enemy, moving swiftly and performing flips, rolls, and other movements. When she dies, the light on her helmet slowly goes off.

The Combine Assassin shares features with the Alien Assassin - they found their way into the final version of Half-Life 2 into the form of the Fast Zombie.

Purpose
It was meant to be encountered specifically on the Borealis, but also in City 17, during the resistance uprising where it was to work in concert with the original Overwatch Sniper, also female-looking , and into darker environments for special missions via Dropship, such as disrupting resistance camps and sabotaging resistance supply routes.

Retail use
It was used in the arcade version of Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Survivor.

Trivia

 * The helmet on the Combine Assassin found its way onto the Combine Elite model.
 * The Combine Assassin is featured in the mod Missing Information.