How am I supposed to do melee combat?

[Smaisteri]

In need of some serious tips. I just cannot figure it out what I'm supposed to do. Tired of dealing with every single situation using the bow and arrow. But melee seems absolutely impossible to do. Especially against the crawling enemies. They seem even worse than the regular cannibals that walk upstraight.

One single hit will take away 60% of my HP. One single slap (not the jumping attack, just the quick slap) from these guys will *instantly* delete three (3) stacks of leaf armor. And armor is insanely expensive to craft. They usually take around 5-10 hits from a melee weapon to kill. Their close range attacks activate so damned fast I have no time at all to react to it. And even if I did, I could not block it if I was already in the middle of an attack animation. And I come across these enemies in groups of 5 every 10 minutes or so.

How the hell am I supposed to fight without a bow? Bow was the superior weapon in The Forest but at least I could use melee in The Forest. In SOTF I can only kill an enemy or two in melee if I'm willing to pour insane amounts of resources to it.

[Nerevar]

引用自 lyan：

引用自 Nerevar：

if only we had quickslots to actually do that in a practical way.... oh wait.

you can hit with baton, also equip your backpack with items, then hold I button and backpack appear on screen and you click like hotkey

not the same thing at all. and still. unpractical to do on multiple enemies.
use ranged instead.

[Nacalal]

For the crawlers (feral cannibals), sprint up and open with a light attack until they're staggered then hit them with a heavy, try to avoid using the big axes too, the survival hatchet is faster and works best on them.
For tribals, run at them while they're staring at you, jump, then as you come down do a heavy attack, usually cuts their head off right away and spooks the rest into running away, if not just slap them with light attacks until they fall over and hit them with a heavy attack.
For the BIG tribals, repeat above, if that doesn't instakill them run behind and slap them with light attacks until they fall over.
For anything that came from the caves, use IEDs or grenades from a distance, each one has a bit of a rhythm to their attacks you can follow but it's always really risky getting into melee with them.

As for armor, leaf armor is more for sneaking than damage reduction, leather, creepy, and tech armor are all better for actual combat.

[Fresh]

We don’t need quickslots, stop trying to baby it up, just hold down your inventory button. Or, or… plan out your movements better, don’t put the hatchet in the backpack. Just have to be tactical.

[Smaisteri]

引用自 Nacalal：

For the crawlers (feral cannibals), sprint up and open with a light attack until they're staggered then hit them with a heavy, try to avoid using the big axes too, the survival hatchet is faster and works best on them.
For tribals, run at them while they're staring at you, jump, then as you come down do a heavy attack, usually cuts their head off right away and spooks the rest into running away, if not just slap them with light attacks until they fall over and hit them with a heavy attack.
For the BIG tribals, repeat above, if that doesn't instakill them run behind and slap them with light attacks until they fall over.
For anything that came from the caves, use IEDs or grenades from a distance, each one has a bit of a rhythm to their attacks you can follow but it's always really risky getting into melee with them.

As for armor, leaf armor is more for sneaking than damage reduction, leather, creepy, and tech armor are all better for actual combat.

There are heavy attacks and jump attacks???

[Andy Mil]

Tip
u dont
that why u dont ssee anymore military CQC without nesscary

[-=3D=- Duckumz 31]

引用自 InternetTAB：

I'm serious. pick up 2 logs and try tossing them at what you're fighting and poke during the stuns. it's pretty much how I survived and now it's fkn winter..... F K N is censored but I have to tell steam I am over 18 every time I click anywhere in these discussions even though I hit the "don't ask again" checkmark.. lol I hate steam forums

And it recommends all those stupid hentai or whatever the hell its called sex games on the main store page and they got their beef curtains split wide open in the thumbnails and dont require age verification for those game pages. I wish you could reliably filter all that trash out without removing legit games that might have nudity...

[Vote Quimby]

Modern axe and power attack(hold left button), can one shot most cannibals. Also big ones with golden face when they grab their fallen comrades, power-swing them twice.

[VeinySnickers]

引用自 Smaisteri：

In need of some serious tips. I just cannot figure it out what I'm supposed to do. Tired of dealing with every single situation using the bow and arrow. But melee seems absolutely impossible to do. Especially against the crawling enemies. They seem even worse than the regular cannibals that walk upstraight.

One single hit will take away 60% of my HP. One single slap (not the jumping attack, just the quick slap) from these guys will *instantly* delete three (3) stacks of leaf armor. And armor is insanely expensive to craft. They usually take around 5-10 hits from a melee weapon to kill. Their close range attacks activate so damned fast I have no time at all to react to it. And even if I did, I could not block it if I was already in the middle of an attack animation. And I come across these enemies in groups of 5 every 10 minutes or so.

How the hell am I supposed to fight without a bow? Bow was the superior weapon in The Forest but at least I could use melee in The Forest. In SOTF I can only kill an enemy or two in melee if I'm willing to pour insane amounts of resources to it.

Wear better armor? Bone armor or go into caves and kill the creepers to get creepy armor, you can take a blow or two light attacks before losing one. Theres even hide armor if youre willing to hunt the deer without a crossbow or compound.

[-=3D=- Duckumz 31]

引用自 Smaisteri：

引用自 Fejj：

I do it the same way as the first game

Block their first attack, swing 1-2 times, sidestep, swing, sidestep, swing...

I find enemies can randomly do additional quick swings after their initial attack, and even turn around 180 degrees to do a surprise swing. They can also parry my attacks. And they are WAY more stagger resistant than in The Forest.

Lol, yeah we had the guy we are calling Big Red come through the camp last night with his goons and we were fighting him and he took a spear to the face and got tazed at the same time and fell and when i went to go in for the kill he just magically popped back upright on all of our screens and did the 300 style spartan kick and knocked my ass out

[Smaisteri]

引用自 Vote Quimby：

Modern axe and power attack(hold left button), can one shot most cannibals. Also big ones with golden face when they grab their fallen comrades, power-swing them twice.

I tried the heavy attack thing. I was chasing a crawler that was walking away from me, during the charge animation the crawler suddenly did an instant 180 and oneshotted me to high hell. All in less than a quarter of a second.

It seems to me that the only way to do melee is equipping the fastest swinging weapon and just hold block and do one slap every now and then. Sure, it takes about 20 minutes to kill 5 crawling guys but whatever.

[Andy Mil]

power attack not good. u gotto master it which i dont wanna suggest

[Sketchi]

Spear is by far the best melee weapon I found. Cant believe I just said that honestly, but its true because it keeps you at distance and you can poke away safely. Just keep moving since you cannot block. Make 3 spears so you can do a combo of throwing and stabbing. When you make contact with a throw, you can pull it right back out of them. Its really good.

[Fejj]

引用自 Smaisteri：

引用自 Fejj：

I do it the same way as the first game

Block their first attack, swing 1-2 times, sidestep, swing, sidestep, swing...

I find enemies can randomly do additional quick swings after their initial attack, and even turn around 180 degrees to do a surprise swing. They can also parry my attacks. And they are WAY more stagger resistant than in The Forest.

I HAVE been wacked by a couple 180 swings, but in general that works for me. The big guys sometimes still get a good hit on me, and the CatDog looking ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ still scare the absolute bejeezus out of me, but for everything else it works solidly

[Andy Mil]

also wanna melee?? get like 4 or 5 friends. The gang up is da way

[45]

skull hammer knocks em over