Knife tips

[Sad Yak]

Any tips for knife use? Both against hordes and single target. I love sniper class but my inability to handle melee is making it unfun :(

[The Turtle]

horde clear is your fus-las rifle.. It will shred them.
Also combat knife is best melee weapon imo, although specialized to take out the big single targets.
Trick is learning to parry properly.

[CHAO$$$]

you stick the knife tip in the bad guy

[EmperorVolo]

Originally posted by The Turtle:

horde clear is your fus-las rifle.. It will shred them.
Also combat knife is best melee weapon imo, although specialized to take out the big single targets.
Trick is learning to parry properly.

It has 3 aoes the most aoes of any melee weapon in the game as far as I know. Definitely not just single target.

[CHAO$$$]

Originally posted by Volo:

Originally posted by The Turtle:

horde clear is your fus-las rifle.. It will shred them.
Also combat knife is best melee weapon imo, although specialized to take out the big single targets.
Trick is learning to parry properly.

It has 3 aoes the most aoes of any melee weapon in the game as far as I know. Definitely not just single target.

its pretty damn crap for aoe, even with the perk that supposedly increases the aoe on the 2 heavies
Try running thunderhammer or power sword in cleave mode. Its a world of difference. With those you swing and everything in a 3 mile radius around you just dies, even enemies that are standing behind you. With the knife you can be happy if you hit more than 1 target period.

[valium]

Sniper doesnt need to worry about the trash, the game throws enough of the majoris enemies at you to keep you plenty busy.

[Drothen]

You dont need to use any knife.

[The Turtle]

Originally posted by Volo:

Originally posted by The Turtle:

horde clear is your fus-las rifle.. It will shred them.
Also combat knife is best melee weapon imo, although specialized to take out the big single targets.
Trick is learning to parry properly.

It has 3 aoes the most aoes of any melee weapon in the game as far as I know. Definitely not just single target.

Yes but the cleaving of it in non existent.

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by Sad Yak:

Any tips for knife use? Both against hordes and single target. I love sniper class but my inability to handle melee is making it unfun :(

My general Space Marine 2 knife tips (That said, admittedly far from a expert):

- Avoid using it unless you have to. If you are facing Tyranids there are most of the time a major enemy nearby for you to snipe and whose death kill the nearby lesser beasts, alternatively you can stealth away, or simply retreat towards allies more suited for the task (don't lead them into a heavy or something unless you are sure he can handle it).

- You can choose the direction you will hit stuff with your movement keys, since the gaunts often take turns this might allow you to hit the one that is winding up its attack (since the knife is fast) avoiding some damage.

- Mixing in some heavy attacks tends to knock enemies down allowing you to do a pistol execution to regain some armor. The game does different heavy attacks depending on how many light attacks you have done before it in the same combo, experiment with what works for you.

Depending on difficulty the scouts melee knife can be more suited for taking down gaunts then (as a example) a thunder hammer or power fist, simply because of the speed. But you do have less armor then a melee class.

[TyresTyco]

You don't use it when there is an ammo crate present. You spam your sniper. If there are no crates. You only pick on elites.

I really like the sniper. I often come in clutch when my team mates die. Helping them when they get swarmed also is fun.

[Doomvora]

light heavy and light light heavy are your go to for minoris. light light light heavy is for majoris.

[FromChaosTheory]

Use a fencing knife. Parry is broken on that weapon

[FlynnTheFearless]

Knife is a combination of moves for sniper.

Initiation: When your going to initiate an attack it's best to charge full sprint and attack which causes a short stagger in most cases.

Continual: Mix in 2 or 3 light attacks to a heavy during continual knife attacks on elite level enemies to stun lock and damage. Knife attacks are fast enough you can down one rather quickly.

Defensive: On a perfect dodge two fast attacks can be done before executing the gun attack. Perform a heavy fully and cloak reposition and fire.

The knife has a tendency to stagger most enemies on light attacks after initial heavy stagger abuse it's speed.