do chainsaws count as melee weapons

[MercyfulFate]

I've been putting points into melee melee talent/perk and I started using a chainsaw and I'm curious if it benefits from it. I assume it does but then again there is a seperate chainsaw perk so now I have no idea

[MercyfulFate]

Originally posted by Fumo Friend:

they techincally do but i think their damage is affected only by the lumberjack perk since the knockback melee perk doesn't work with chainsaws only melee. So by deductive reasoning the melee expert skill doesn't or shouldn't work with it either.

imo lumberjack is enough for chainsaws but if you wanna pile on exterminator helps for zombie damage + aim for the heart for the body damage bonus.

i went all in on one character for melee only (melee expert, knockback skill, lumberjack, exterminator, and aim for the heart). Complete overkill with clothing stats for the same stats or at least until we get new zombies next update probably.

like seriously chainsaws are pretty strong even without the melee damage. You can pretty much kill even seasonal zombies super fast.

I see. I think I'll continue to use chainsaws until I find a melee weapon that puts out more damage. I agree, I started using chainsaws cuz they do so much damage and have ease of use. Fuel isnt a problem for me either. Can you headshot with the chainsaw if you aim at the head? Thanks for the response.

[MercyfulFate]

Originally posted by Fumo Friend:

Originally posted by MercyfulFate:

I see. I think I'll continue to use chainsaws until I find a melee weapon that puts out more damage. I agree, I started using chainsaws cuz they do so much damage and have ease of use. Fuel isnt a problem for me either. Can you headshot with the chainsaw if you aim at the head? Thanks for the response.

no

chainsaws and melees don't headshot. There was a big thing about melees having headshot damage an we had an update and new relics types made b/c of it so chainsaws shouldn't have headshot damage. If you decap it's probably just animation.

chainsaws are more powerful b/c dps but melees have that silent and longer range and knockback. But you can't take out like 10 of them in the time it takes a chainsaw but you can safely take out those 10 without alerting one after the other.

But yeah atm fuel isn't that scarce but it may be at one point. We only use fuel for chainsaws but if cars ever make a comeback 100% you can betcha chainsaws are probably gonna become as or more expensive than smgs.

Cool, thanks I appreciate the help

[[THT]ElPoutrador / DarkFougere]

Hello !
I'm pretty sure that Melee expert doesn't stack with Lumberjack (as melee weapons and chainsaw are in a separated category in the market, and description of skills like).
But does someone has tested it/found an answer from devs to be sure about this ?

[Bored and Tired Gamer]

They dont stack. However body type damage and stun related specialties from gear (clothing and weapon) bonuses stack with everything else.

It is pretty sad that skills dont weight more than %15 of the total value.