Low Aggro: Silent and potent, melee weapons do not generate noise that can attract enemies on screen.Melee Weapons are ideal for loot runs, primarily due to two facts: Other stats are completely irrelevant as far as melee performance is concerned: Strength is never required by any Melee Weapon (nor does it increase their damage), Accuracy does not affect their precision or range, and Reloading is unneeded because Melee Weapons do not use or run out of ammunition. Most Melee Weapons require 79 Critical Hit to achieve the maximum critical chance of 80%, excluding a few early game Blunts that need 112 Critical Hit instead. They also ignore all PvE armor by default, meaning they will bypass any protection employed by zombies to directly damage them. Melee Weapons and Chainsaws are capable of killing zombies that would otherwise explode upon being killed by a firearm (for example, the Bloat) without causing them to detonate. Compared to Pistols and Rifles, Melee Weapons further emphasize the 'stealth' aspect, trading DPS, overall crowd control capability and safety for the ability to kill without generating noise or spending ammunition. This properties is crucial to any player looking to loot efficiently, as it is important to minimize the amount of noticed zombie and eliminate any threat as quickly and cheaply as possible to maximize looting time and profit. Even though Melee Weapons might seems weak at first due to their weak base damage and slow attack speed, a critical hit can severely knock zombies back and inflict 5 times the amount of damage of a normal attack, allowing Melee Weapons (as well as Pistols and Rifles) to kill even end-game common zombies in as little as 1 to 2 hits. Melee Weapons' primary strength lies in their Very High Critical Chance, which is the highest critical chance possible in the game, shared by only Revolvers and late-game Rifles. Melee Weapons are capable of dealing cleave damage to up to 2 extra enemies these enemies take 12.5% of the original damage, allowing melee to deal up to 125% of its original DPS. Allows you to deal with groups of weaker enemies more quickly. Knives: Characterized by having a shorter reach, and an attack speed of 1.5 swings per second.

This sub-category eventually disappears as weapon goes up in level. They share the same reach, but only have High instead of Very High Critical Chance. Blunts: Essentially lower-leveled Blades.Allows you to out-range most zombie attacks and reach important 1-crit threshold more quickly. Blades: Characterized by having a longer reach, and an attack speed of 1 swing per second.Melee Weapons can be divided into 3 groups: The quintessential looting weapon in the game, Melee Weapons are silent, close range weapon that do not require ammunition to use.

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