You should only kill zombies that pose an immediate or potential threat, or zombies that are just blocking the way. However you will almost never need to carry a light and heavy melee at the same time, only on nmo_urbanhazard and nmo_mayday do I feel like it is really necessary. However the Pickaxe and Sledgehammer are not the most effective at taking out large volumes of runners and kids, which is a job usually better suited for a light melee or a Fire Axe. It’s also important to note that your stamina regenerates faster while you’re crouching.Īlso, when using 1-hit kill melee weapons such as the Pickaxe and Sledgehammer, if you hold down left click in order to charge up a heavy attack, and you let go of left click as soon as you see the animation start playing and just let it swing automatically, then that swing will use 0 stamina, this trick is essential when using 1-hit kill melee weapons.Īlso, because 1-hit kill melee weapons can 1-hit kill zombies with a light attack, they can be used to instantly clear a path if a zombie is blocking it, similar to the instant path clearing ability of a gun, making it useful in scenarios where you need that instant path clearing ability but you don’t have a gun or you want to conserve your ammo. Remember, practice makes perfect, so try to practice light attacks without shoving until you get the hang of it.ĭon’t just exclusively use these light attacks though, because it eventually will take a toll on your stamina, so once your stamina starts getting low when you’re light attacking, use heavy attacks until your stamina returns to a normal level, and keep alternating between light and heavy attacks accordingly. (You don’t really have to do this with heavy attacks, with heavy attacks you can still shove after every hit, but with light attacks it’s better to do it without shoving if you don’t have to shove) Get used to the range of the melee weapons as well as the range at which zombies can hit you, once you get used to these ranges, you can melee zombies without needing to shove, like so: Most people would tell you to shove after every melee attack, and although this is not necessarily a bad practice, you should get into the habit of being able to melee successfully without needing to shove, this way you can kill zombies with maximum efficiency and speed.