Are knife build worth investing on?

[Mitzuriki]

I like fighting with style,and I want to give Knives a try in a new world on Mauldraugh, Are short blades in general worth investing on leveling? Does it also excels late game? And what;s the best short blade in the game?

[jk.707]

Sneak and light-footed work well with a knife build, but like any bull fodder situation, you have to adapt. But it is a proficiency you can specialise in, given enough work.

[geras]

Knives are at their weakest at the moment after recent nerfs. The best short blade - hunting knife - is almost impossible to find reliably. The second best, the cleaver, doesn't offer 1 hit kill ability from behind, and is also a rare find.

The only reliable weapon is the stone knife, but you need to forage for chipped stones, and the knife breaks after killing a few zombies.

Short blades are cool for the 1 hit kill from behind, but sneaky approach is currently not a very good tactic.

[Animalman]

A knife will give you a silent kill. Which could be critical to your survival one day.

I wouldn’t say train the knife up all the time, but you should use it when you are sneaking up on a zom.

Hunting blades often found in glove boxes

You can be like 3 on a long blunt and it breaks and you don’t have another because they are like 1kg extra weight. And the knife could come in handy.

[Danny Danger]

I have not found a way to consistently do the backstab or the neck stab with knives. I don't know if its user error or if they are just that bad. I followed some tips, one guy said to stab a zombie then walk into them and stab again to do the neck stab which kind of worked but still wasn't reliable.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Mitzuriki:

I like fighting with style,and I want to give Knives a try in a new world on Mauldraugh, Are short blades in general worth investing on leveling? Does it also excels late game? And what;s the best short blade in the game?

Verily. It is why it got nerfed and tweaked slightly. (Tweak is a solution to the accidental one hit kill attack, which killed numerous guys because of the animation lock) Nimbleness+short blade skill increase gets it to become a quite deadly weapon. Just check the topic regarding stone knife, short blade users.
Also hunting knife is the best i would say.