Sledgehammer or Spiked Club

[Craf]

Which one would you prefer and why? Also, can zombie cops puke through iron bars? Just curious...

[Spicy]

i am not completely sure about this, but cops can not puke through things you can shoot through, exept air. because the puke is cube based, not projectile, at least thats what ive observed.

if i have both the spiked club and sledgehammer i would choose the nailgun.

or the sledgehammer.

[Nimbull]

Spiked club for the faster swing and bleeding.

[Spicy]

Originally posted by Nimbull:

Spiked club for the faster swing and bleeding.

zombonies dont bleed. or at least i hope, i dont want rotten blood all over my front porch

[RobertW]

A club is my favorite for low loot games (low amount of feathers). If I can I use a bow - I use them. In reserve I have a knife. It would be a waste of one place in the backpack to have one with me.
You can swing the club much faster than the sledgehammer - very important against more than one zombie and also by dismissing to hit them with the first swing.
I know a master of a sledgehammer. In his hands it's a really deadly weapon. But that's far away from my ability to play and also for 99% if all players.
For beginners it's better to use a bow or just to run away. For normal and skilled players the club is the best - if you are low in arrows. For real Pro's and if you want to invest to train yourself with it - than the sledgehammer is the best (one hit - one kill).

[Spicy]

Originally posted by RobertW:

A club is my favorite for low loot games (low amount of feathers). If I can I use a bow - I use them. In reserve I have a knife. It would be a waste of one place in the backpack to have one with me.
You can swing the club much faster than the sledgehammer - very important against more than one zombie and also by dismissing to hit them with the first swing.
I know a master of a sledgehammer. In his hands it's a really deadly weapon. But that's far away from my ability to play and also for 99% if all players.
For beginners it's better to use a bow or just to run away. For normal and skilled players the club is the best - if you are low in arrows. For real Pro's and if you want to invest to train yourself with it - than the sledgehammer is the best (one hit - one kill).

i havent ran into a single situation where the speed of the club is usefull. but headshots are bae.

this isnt the kind of game that requires speed for offense, have you ever found yourself in a situation where it was better to auto fire than to burst or tap fire with an SMG? exept when you get stunned by a couple zombies but in that case i would much rather have a 1 hit kill weapon.

[JimmydaWurst]

Spiked clubs are great for faster hits, and can one-shot most zeds with a well placed hit. Sledge hammer is also great, it is very strong and can 1-hit nearly all zeds too. Upside of sledge hammer is it can be used to open safes effectivley as well. If you run out of a pick axe or need something that doubles as both for safes, can save you an inventory slot.

[RobertW]

It depends on you stile to play. I want a distance to infected zombies. But if I there is no other way - I use a club.
You can stunning 5 zombies with a club in the time you can kill 2 with a sledge hammer. If you have a smg- ok. On normal and higher zombie spawn and also with higher levels you will have many times to handle with groups of them. Also at night is a club much more better to get distance. A club also needs much lesser stamina.
Melee is only mid game or who love it. Early game it's risky. Late game should be no need to do it.

[Mytheos]

@OP

You can use the sledge with the breaking and entering perk to not have to carry an axe and pickaxe everywhere...

But mainly once you have enough stamina for it and especially on harder difficulties the sledge is better as its does far more damage and is more likely to 1-shot, even when damaged.


So early game use a club, midgame when your character is developed enough, sledge.

[Ok Thalmor]

Originally posted by RobertW:

A club is my favorite for low loot games (low amount of feathers). If I can I use a bow - I use them. In reserve I have a knife. It would be a waste of one place in the backpack to have one with me.
You can swing the club much faster than the sledgehammer - very important against more than one zombie and also by dismissing to hit them with the first swing.
I know a master of a sledgehammer. In his hands it's a really deadly weapon. But that's far away from my ability to play and also for 99% if all players.
For beginners it's better to use a bow or just to run away. For normal and skilled players the club is the best - if you are low in arrows. For real Pro's and if you want to invest to train yourself with it - than the sledgehammer is the best (one hit - one kill).

I like the sledgehammer much better, but if I can't find/make one I go with the club. With the 1 hitting thing you said, that is very true, it is my favorite to charge at them and swing just in time to get a headshot. It is very satisfying to watch them ragdoll from the force you put behind it.

Extra PvP experience I've had.
I decided it was a good idea to have a PvP file and everybody lived in the same house. There is always someone trying to kill you, I first thought it was my friend trying to kill me, but in reality it was my brother. He wanted the satisfaction of killing me so he tried sniping me when I was going down the stairs, I found out it was him. I soon got close enough to do melee, he got scared and pulled out a bone shiv against my sledge. He was really pissed when I killed him twice in 3 hits. And the Is why I like the sledge better.

[Craf]

Thanks for all the useful replies guys... Still cant decide between extra damage or agility + bleeding dmg(?) Gonna stick with ma sledgy for now...

[Patouski]

I usually go with the Spiked Club, for both attack speed and stamina drain values > Sledgehammer.

It sure is easier to deal with several Zeds with the Spiked Club, but whenever I get my hands on a level 600 Sledge - it becomes my go-to weapon / tool combo.

[Ok Thalmor]

Originally posted by Patouski:

I usually go with the Spiked Club, for both attack speed and stamina drain values > Sledgehammer.

It sure is easier to deal with several Zeds with the Spiked Club, but whenever I get my hands on a level 600 Sledge - it becomes my go-to weapon / tool combo.

Weird, the sledge is good at any level I think, as long as you can hit the head.

[Patouski]

Originally posted by Mission_Impossibru:

Originally posted by Patouski:

I usually go with the Spiked Club, for both attack speed and stamina drain values > Sledgehammer.

It sure is easier to deal with several Zeds with the Spiked Club, but whenever I get my hands on a level 600 Sledge - it becomes my go-to weapon / tool combo.

Weird, the sledge is good at any level I think, as long as you can hit the head.

Not saying it isn't at lower levels, only saying that I prefer to utilize it when it is up to 600 in quality. There's two reasons; 1) Highest possible damage 2) Highest possible durability.

And depending on the game, and its settings - finding an already crafted Sledge, or crafting one (or many) can either take many moons, or not. The same can be said of the Spiked Club though - so in general - I use bows / xbows. But when melee choices are available - based on what is available, that's how I roll.

[oohbetty]

Originally posted by Patouski:

Originally posted by Mission_Impossibru:

Weird, the sledge is good at any level I think, as long as you can hit the head.

Not saying it isn't at lower levels, only saying that I prefer to utilize it when it is up to 600 in quality. There's two reasons; 1) Highest possible damage 2) Highest possible durability.

And depending on the game, and its settings - finding an already crafted Sledge, or crafting one (or many) can either take many moons, or not. The same can be said of the Spiked Club though - so in general - I use bows / xbows. But when melee choices are available - based on what is available, that's how I roll.

not to mention the speed at which the sledge depletes stamina early on, it is my weapon of choice tho, its very addictive to me.

[Ok Thalmor]

Originally posted by oohbetty:

Originally posted by Patouski:

Not saying it isn't at lower levels, only saying that I prefer to utilize it when it is up to 600 in quality. There's two reasons; 1) Highest possible damage 2) Highest possible durability.

And depending on the game, and its settings - finding an already crafted Sledge, or crafting one (or many) can either take many moons, or not. The same can be said of the Spiked Club though - so in general - I use bows / xbows. But when melee choices are available - based on what is available, that's how I roll.

not to mention the speed at which the sledge depletes stamina early on, it is my weapon of choice tho, its very addictive to me.

I like it the most because of its higher chance to smash their heads.