Which melee weapon is the best?

[Motherf♥♥♥er Big Scorpio]

I am playing with the El Verdugo. It seems to have the best stats and that charging makes it devastating.

Level 60 and playing on Very Hard.

[Grey Star, The Rival Defender]

Anything electric or posion is good.

[Milk]

Are you F2P or no?

When I was F2P all I used were the electric knuckles. The stun is good for stopping cloakers or just lining up killshots.

When I got UE, I tend to use the kunai or the katana.

[SpritePony]

For general purposes, Shinsakuto Katana from the Yakuza DLC pack.
For Overkill and below, Poison.
For taking dominated cops/converts, either the Taser/Buzzer or the Electrical Brass Knuckles.

[Motherf♥♥♥er Big Scorpio]

No, I have bought PayDay 2 and 3 DLCs years ago and am just playing it.

The ordinary knifes (trautman for example) seem to have very low damage compared to the el verdugo.

What is it with the electric or poison melee weapons? Is there anything special about the buttstock, fists, bundled money, the fidged spinners or the microphone? Those weapons seem useless from the stats and are probably made for fun on low difficulties :/

[Milk]

Originally posted by 💊💉⠀+⠀👩👙⠀= 😍❤:

No, I have bought PayDay 2 and 3 DLCs years ago and am just playing it.

The ordinary knifes (trautman for example) seem to have very low damage compared to the el verdugo.

What is it with the electric or poison melee weapons? Is there anything special about the buttstock, fists, bundled money, the fidged spinners or the microphone? Those weapons seem useless from the stats and are probably made for fun on low difficulties :/

Some weapons have very fast recovery, like the nova shank. It only does 30, but you can spam it very quickly.

You kinda need to use the weapon to learn its strengths, as the stats dont tell the full story. The greatsword has 25 more reach than the katana and just seems better statwise, but it has an extremely slow swing.

[Grey Star, The Rival Defender]

Originally posted by 💊💉⠀+⠀👩👙⠀= 😍❤:

No, I have bought PayDay 2 and 3 DLCs years ago and am just playing it.

The ordinary knifes (trautman for example) seem to have very low damage compared to the el verdugo.

What is it with the electric or poison melee weapons? Is there anything special about the buttstock, fists, bundled money, the fidged spinners or the microphone? Those weapons seem useless from the stats and are probably made for fun on low difficulties :/

The weapon butt is the fastest hitting melee weapon in the game and has the most varied animations. That's it.

[Sausage]

Weapon stock

[Motherf♥♥♥er Big Scorpio]

I see.
Thanks!
I will practice the recommended weapons. So far I can only wear the El Verdugo for it's superior stats. Then I plan to switch to either Icepick or Fireaxe. Or if I have the DLC (or as soon as I buy the ultimate edition) I will switch to the Shinsakuto Katana!

[bird]

electric brass knuckles/buzzer are always nice
kunai is good for grinder builds but I dont really like it outside of that
the ice pick and switchblade are both really good high concealment actual melee weapons
the katana is the best normal melee for builds that dont care about concealments
the only worthwhile actual melee that does not belong to any dlc is novas shank

good melee (although slightly outclassed) weapons include the chain whip, trench knife, motherforker, hook, weapon butt, el verdugo (free) and probably something else im forgetting about.

the rest just look fun but dont serve a very important purpose

[OKMB]

Empty Palm Kata.

No, but seriously. Poison and Electricity are the way to go. Electricity stuns, which is critical at higher levels, as it can save your life. Poison is kind of a stab and hide mechanic. You don't do a lot of damage in one hit, but the enemy gets damage done to him over time. It's less reliable for life saving than electricity, but still effective over time, and does more damage than the electricity. It also has a small chance to stun enemies.

[OKMB]

Originally posted by 💊💉⠀+⠀👩👙⠀= 😍❤:

I see.
Thanks!
I will practice the recommended weapons. So far I can only wear the El Verdugo for it's superior stats. Then I plan to switch to either Icepick or Fireaxe. Or if I have the DLC (or as soon as I buy the ultimate edition) I will switch to the Shinsakuto Katana!

Fire Axe is terrible, don't use it. It's too slow to be of use.
Use the Ice Pick instead. Same weapon, better speed.

[X-SR71]

I tend to use either the Ice Pick (max concealment, great range) or the Kunai (max concealment, poison, but low range).
Electric weapons are a bit slow to me. I'll just ice pick and dominate.

[OKMB]

Originally posted by X-SR71:

I tend to use either the Ice Pick (max concealment, great range) or the Kunai (max concealment, poison, but low range).
Electric weapons are a bit slow to me. I'll just ice pick and dominate.

They're slowish, but they can save your life with the stun mechanic.

[「La+ Darknesss ⸸」]

Originally posted by Delta5931:

Originally posted by 💊💉⠀+⠀👩👙⠀= 😍❤:

I see.
Thanks!
I will practice the recommended weapons. So far I can only wear the El Verdugo for it's superior stats. Then I plan to switch to either Icepick or Fireaxe. Or if I have the DLC (or as soon as I buy the ultimate edition) I will switch to the Shinsakuto Katana!

Fire Axe is terrible, don't use it. It's too slow to be of use.
Use the Ice Pick instead. Same weapon, better speed.

Chivalry axe is far more slow

[Ћ Abomination Jones]

Personal preference for me is the Psycho Knife they added from halloween. Cause its silly.
Actual use wise I just mix and match to whatever.