Question about stun baton and lance

[General Pepper 4°]

What exact damage do they cause?

I've already searched the wiki and looked at some questions and forums, but I didn't find anything commenting on the exact damage, I know that in the end it doesn't make much difference, but I've always been curious to know.

[McGarnagle]

heyo! i use the stun baton as my secondary in many cases. the damage is decent but it's also not. let me explain : when you hit something with the stun baton they will be knocked back farthur than you can swing again. but they get stunned. best method is to hit them once or twice until they are stunned, that will push them back far enough for you to reload and shoot them, even with plasma scorchers because the distance is good. you do NOT go this weapon if you want DPS, grenade pistol, laser-dagger, auto-pistol etc are all better weapons.
now as far as the stun lance goes, it has a bigger reach and more damage but the same issues still apply. guns are better than melee, without exception. the stun ability is a really good way to keep yourself safe in melee if you constantly find yourself surrounded and needing to reload all guns.

TLDR; i can't give you the damage numbers but stun baton is like 3-4 hits on a hunter to kill it but you have to pin it against a wall or dive after it because of the knockback

[[TBM]TheJackal]

Peak physique, but always use your melee button, not the fire button.

[General Pepper 4°]

Originally posted by McGarnagle:

heyo! i use the stun baton as my secondary in many cases. the damage is decent but it's also not. let me explain : when you hit something with the stun baton they will be knocked back farthur than you can swing again. but they get stunned. best method is to hit them once or twice until they are stunned, that will push them back far enough for you to reload and shoot them, even with plasma scorchers because the distance is good. you do NOT go this weapon if you want DPS, grenade pistol, laser-dagger, auto-pistol etc are all better weapons.
now as far as the stun lance goes, it has a bigger reach and more damage but the same issues still apply. guns are better than melee, without exception. the stun ability is a really good way to keep yourself safe in melee if you constantly find yourself surrounded and needing to reload all guns.

TLDR; i can't give you the damage numbers but stun baton is like 3-4 hits on a hunter to kill it but you have to pin it against a wall or dive after it because of the knockback

This is really helpful, thanks

[General Pepper 4°]

Originally posted by TBMTheJackal:

Peak physique, but always use your melee button, not the fire button.

I saw something about this, and I saw someone testing it and saying that it didn't make any difference which button you pressed, in the end it gave the same result

[MagikarpMagi]

Originally posted by Soldier Pepper 4°:

Originally posted by TBMTheJackal:

Peak physique, but always use your melee button, not the fire button.

I saw something about this, and I saw someone testing it and saying that it didn't make any difference which button you pressed, in the end it gave the same result

It sure as ♥♥♥♥ shouldn't make a difference because it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid idea, lol

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

Originally posted by Soldier Pepper 4°:

Originally posted by TBMTheJackal:

Peak physique, but always use your melee button, not the fire button.

I saw something about this, and I saw someone testing it and saying that it didn't make any difference which button you pressed, in the end it gave the same result

Yeah, from my own testing it makes no difference. Left clicking with the lance does the same damage as pressing melee key with the lance. Part of me thinks people might be confusing it with where they hit the body part, but I don't know.

Originally posted by Soldier Pepper 4°:

What exact damage do they cause?

I've already searched the wiki and looked at some questions and forums, but I didn't find anything commenting on the exact damage, I know that in the end it doesn't make much difference, but I've always been curious to know.

I'm not sure. I assume just... physical, or something. Whatever damage type bullets do.
That being said they do stun things, and they seem to be able to penetrate armour to a point. I haven't personally been able to hurt bile titans with a lance, seems like it can penetrate charger armour reliably, or hell even impaler armour.

Unsurprisingly, it works best with peak physique.