diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/zombie.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/zombie.dm
index 807314b59e5b..a09dd04895f9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/zombie.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/zombie.dm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	group = SPECIES_HUMAN
 	name = SPECIES_ZOMBIE
 	name_plural = "Zombies"
-	slowdown = 1
+	slowdown = 0.5
 	blood_color = BLOOD_COLOR_ZOMBIE
 	icobase = 'icons/mob/humans/species/r_goo_zed.dmi'
 	deform = 'icons/mob/humans/species/r_goo_zed.dmi'
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 	death_message = "seizes up and falls limp..."
 	flags = NO_BREATHE|NO_CLONE_LOSS|NO_POISON|NO_NEURO|NO_SHRAPNEL
 	mob_inherent_traits = list(TRAIT_FOREIGN_BIO)
-	brute_mod = 0.6 //BULLET RESISTANCE
-	burn_mod = 0.8 //Lowered burn damage since it would 1-shot zombies from 2 to 0.8.
+	brute_mod = 0.75 //Minor bullet resistance
+	burn_mod = 0.85 //Lowered burn damage since it would 1-shot zombies from 2 to 0.8.
 	speech_chance  = 5
 	cold_level_1 = -1  //zombies don't mind the cold
 	cold_level_2 = -1