CQC-19 Stun Lance

[Wally]

so far the main use I've found for it is to take down the ship's force field
https://imgur.com/a/xSPeEw3

and to juggle the IKEA cars
https://imgur.com/a/yvcx0Dp

it doesn't really hold up in actual melee, even with the Peak Physique armor passive.
you're better off just bringing a gun

[Eightball]

I have not used it much myself, but I have been on a few squads where some of the members were using it for melee quite effectively. Perhaps its successful use depends on the target selected.

I wonder how it would work on bugs?

[Wally]

Originally posted by Eightball:

I have not used it much myself, but I have been on a few squads where some of the members were using it for melee quite effectively. Perhaps its successful use depends on the target selected.

I wonder how it would work on bugs?

You can do some funny stuff with the chargers
https://imgur.com/a/DKMw3N2

here's a video of the baton vs charger for comparison
https://imgur.com/a/fSUOGoK

You can't really do this if there's any other bugs around though as they just swarm you.
I thought maybe the wide swings of the baton would work better against the hordes of tiny bugs
but with the lunge attack they just jump your face and kill you even while youre swinging

[Botji]

I like the stun lance, its a secondary weapon and makes you next to invulnerable against the zombies so its nice to have as a option in a loadout where you might otherwise be vulnerable when needing to reload.

It also seems to be 100% silent with the added benefit of stuns seemingly keeping the target from alerting nearby enemies even if you do not kill them immediately so it has some uses there too.

The reach is also longer than it might seem at first and can hit multiple enemies with one swing/stab.

So all in all, a very competent backup weapon imo.

[Wally]

you say that but you can just shoot the zombies before they get close and bring an actual weapon in your secondary slot.
one crossbow bolt and the horde is gone

[Mepho]

Originally posted by Wally:

You can do some funny stuff with the chargers
https://imgur.com/a/DKMw3N2

here's a video of the baton vs charger for comparison
https://imgur.com/a/fSUOGoK
[...]

Rofl, I hadn't seen either yet. Those animations are hilarious, particularly the baton.
They really can't do ♥♥♥♥ decently, lawl.

Originally posted by Dwolite:

[...]Note that ground overseers are bugged - they can still "swing" their melee weapon while stunlocked using the stun lance or baton. They can kill you without moving. [...]

Can confirm this. Seems like the tip of their lance is always active rather than only during swings.
I died instantly by diving behind rubble and impacting head first on the tip of a resting lance of an idle enemy.

[Dwolite]

I really like the stun baton, particularly with the increased melee damage armor. But note that the armor mod is bugged - you can't use the "primary" attack with the melee and get the bonus, but instead must use the "melee" button to get the double damage. Frustrating, but it works. Note that ground overseers are bugged - they can still "swing" their melee weapon while stunlocked using the stun lance or baton. They can kill you without moving. Hopefully this gets fixed soon, as it means using the melee weapons against them is very dangerous.

[Wally]

Originally posted by Dwolite:

I really like the stun baton, particularly with the increased melee damage armor. But note that the armor mod is bugged - you can't use the "primary" attack with the melee and get the bonus, but instead must use the "melee" button to get the double damage. Frustrating, but it works. Note that ground overseers are bugged - they can still "swing" their melee weapon while stunlocked using the stun lance or baton. They can kill you without moving. Hopefully this gets fixed soon, as it means using the melee weapons against them is very dangerous.

swedish code, please understand

[Wally]

The baton is really hard to use against medium bugs, they just get knocked back out of your reach

[akitoscorpio]

I have like 5200 melee kills in game, I found that the best way to use the melee weapons is to pair them with Commando armor, lets the swarm of light enemies come to you and back up and stab them as they get close, the lance can one or two shot them reliable, and the Overseers get stun locked so you can just beat them to death with the melee sticks.

[darkblade]

Originally posted by Wally:

so far the main use I've found for it is to take down the ship's force field
https://imgur.com/a/xSPeEw3

and to juggle the IKEA cars
https://imgur.com/a/yvcx0Dp

it doesn't really hold up in actual melee, even with the Peak Physique armor passive.
you're better off just bringing a gun

for bots yes
for the horde of zombies no then the lance or batton is 1000% better

[Wally]

Originally posted by darkblade:

Originally posted by Wally:

so far the main use I've found for it is to take down the ship's force field
https://imgur.com/a/xSPeEw3

and to juggle the IKEA cars
https://imgur.com/a/yvcx0Dp

it doesn't really hold up in actual melee, even with the Peak Physique armor passive.
you're better off just bringing a gun

for bots yes
for the horde of zombies no then the lance or batton is 1000% better

I just jump backwards and fire a crossbow and the whole horde just vanishes

[Clive Hawkins]

Make sure you use the Melee button on your keyboard when using Peak Physique and have your Melee Weapons drawn It'll one-shot Voteless this way. For some reason, if you are just left clicking to attack the Peak bonus won't apply and will take two 2 hits to down them.

[Darkshape]

The stun baton is effective against the voteless. If you are in a city environment on Calypso you can easily draw hordes of voteless into an alley or narrow area and prod them down silently without risk of them calling reinforcements. Great for stealth operations.

[Marabu]

Melee is actually pretty fun with these

[Marabu]

Originally posted by Clive Hawkins:

Make sure you use the Melee button on your keyboard when using Peak Physique and have your Melee Weapons drawn It'll one-shot Voteless this way. For some reason, if you are just left clicking to attack the Peak bonus won't apply and will take two 2 hits to down them.

Hope they fix this soon