Cripple

[Arachnade]

So on the first map using cripple on a zombie and it then was unable to attack. Bug or no? Also it was a hand cripple with all the challenge modifiers on.

[Umbrella Incorporated]

Crippling a zed make them unable to attack you. They cannot perform any actions. It's a great way to completely nullify them. Unfortunately, there aren't too many weapons that have that ability.

[Arachnade]

Ah ok was unsure if it was a bug i will be incorporating this into my strats from now on lol.

[Rigel]

I found a Kukri knife, gave it to Paul. It's a life-saver when you're swamped with zombies after a gunfight. Just don't use "break" on it, that's a waste.

[jayusarcana]

Pulling this back up for anyone who just got this game. Two handed axes, the Kukri knife, and the combat machete all have this attack type. Make sure to right click on the weapon to select it. You can also "stealth" enemies by getting right up to their detection radius from behind, and if you have enough AP, initiate combat and rush in and attack first.

[DOOMed]

Originally posted by Umbrella Incorporated:

Crippling a zed make them unable to attack you. They cannot perform any actions. It's a great way to completely nullify them. Unfortunately, there aren't too many weapons that have that ability.

This. Keep basic batons, and the steel ones too. Vic with a silenced 9mm in one hand and a telescopic baton in the other, is as close to GOD as you will get, against the dead.

[marcelvdpol]

The Telescoping Baton, Nightstick and Aluminium Baseball Bat are solid weapons against zombies. The Telescoping Baton is quite rare though.

Tactics vs Zombies:
1) Don't rush; move forward slowly until you are either close enough to initiate combat or they detect you.
2) Make sure NOT to pull in lots of zombies at once. A few (1-3) zombies are not much of a threat; many (10-20) will kill your party if you are not careful.
3) When you pulled too many zombies, use choakpoints such as doors and narrow corridors to make sure you cannot get attacked by many at once.
4) When facing many zombies, stay in formation. Do not let one of your party members get surrounded on all sides with zombies. Zombies don't do a great deal of damage but once a zombie pulls a party-member to the floor he / she will be an easy target for other zombies. Do NOT let zombies wrap around your flanks to attack you from the rear.
6) Be careful when line-of-sight is limited by obstacles such as doors, shelves and such. Move slowly and make sure your party members stay near.
7) There is little need to use firearms on zombies; save your ammo for human enemies.
8) Clear outdoor area's first before moving inside buildings; this prevents other zombies from hearing combat noise and enter a confined combat area while you are already engaged with other zombies.