
Heavily armored enemies are the most dangerous enemies the players face, they are either thinly armored wearing black attired with a gas mask, medium armored wearing a skull mask and black attire or heavily armored with googles and a balaclava under their ski mask, wearing brown attire. It is generally advised to take out the rocket launchers and snipers first because they can kill the player the easiest due to their powerful weapons. The Rocket launchers wear black attire with a scarf over their face and fire a heavy rocket at the player capable of killing the player in one shot. The snipers commonly wear black attire with a head phone mask on their face and carry two of the most lethal weapons, the desert-5 and Dragon Sniper. Two very dangerous enemies are rocket launchers and snipers. They both aggressively advance towards the player and must be dealt with very quickly else they will kill the player easily. Shotgunners commonly wear black military attire with a black balaclava and are generally very difficult to deal with due to the power of the shotguns they commonly hold, and riot shielders are difficult to deal with due to the shield protecting them and the heavy pistol they commonly carry. Rarely the player will encounter shotgunners and riot shield wielders. It is generally advised not to counter or attack the black ones but to rather shoot them as they can prove to be quite difficult in combat. They are harder to kill and difficult to deal with using advanced weapons such as the FAL to deal with the player. More advanced rarer soldiers appear less commonly and normally wear black military attire with helmets on their heads.


They form the core majority of Zoran's army and commonly wear grey white military attire. They commonly fire at the player behind cover, occasional throwing grenades and are the easiest opponents to deal with. Most of the soldiers are grunts, easy to handle soldiers, armed with assault rifles or handguns, sometimes wearing helmets and using Riot Shields for protection, being the only ones who power the stationary machine gun turrets.

They are widely considered to be the most dangerous opponents Drake ever faced due to their advanced weaponary, heavy armour and used of mechanised vehicles. They were the main enemies of Nathan Drake for the duration of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Zoran Lazarevic's soldiers were a large group of privately owned military personnel, that Zoran owned in his search for Shambhala.
