If you're facing a large group of enemies and can't get close enough for kicking (for several possible reasons, one being maybe many enemies have weapons and are attacking one after another), you can use a well-placed shotgun blast to give you some time. The other kick will very likely only knock down the one enemy, and the suplex will definitely only hit one enemy, and leaves you open for a few seconds to an attack.
If you do the kick that comes from shooting them in the head, it will have a great chance of knocking every other enemy over. If they get shot in the leg, they'll drop to their knees, where you can either do a variation on the above kick, or a suplex, which is extremely powerful and may instantly kill them.Īgainst multiple enemies the same strategy applies, but try to only shoot for the head. Instead of slashing at their face, you can either shoot at their face (which has the same effect as slashing) or their knee/shin. If you don't feel confidant with your knife skills, you can replace part of the above strategies with single shots from the handgun. They will fall back to the ground and try to climb on the ladder again. What you do now is simply knife everyone who tries to climb on the ladder. If you are lucky enough to have a ladder around, climb up the ladder and stand near the end. The bear-traps, especially, can be set off if you get close, aim at them, and slash with the knife. Follow the strategy above, and when you kick him every other enemy nearby will be knocked back, giving you some time to either attack the guy on the ground or, if some enemies are still standing, retreat to a better location.Ī non-combat use for the knife is setting off some traps. If there are several enemies around, try and position yourself so only one can attack you at any given time (preferably find a bottleneck somewhere where only one enemy can get through at a time).
Kick him, and start knifing while he's down. Dash close, and the "Kick" option should appear. He'll clutch his eyes and stagger around. While he's doing that, run up, arm the knife, and slash him in the face. There will be a delay during which the enemy has to regain his balance. When he's starting the swing, start walking backward (if he's holding a pitchfork, you'll have to back up much farther, so it might not work every time).
If he's holding a weapon, let him approach and begin to attack. If you're fighting a regular enemy one on one, you easily kill him without firing a shot. There are some good tactics that can make the knife astoundingly useful. If you feel the need to compulsively conserve every bullet you can, learn to fight with this. The knife is your best friend, either when you're low on ammo or not. There are a few good ways to conserve ammo.