Knife Guide Request
sinew
Join Date: 2003-04-17 Member: 15606Members
Join Date: 2003-04-17 Member: 15606Members
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The knife is an easy to use, hard to master potent weapon of desperation and efficency
If you are going to knife something, best bet is it's going to be a gorge, watch out for the spit, and be sure so circle strafe to avoid getting "healed" to death
if your trying to knife a skulk, do so in the heat of battle, again, circle strafe like there is no tommorrow, and if you can get 3-solid knife hits, you've killed a skulk
a vanilla skulk can be humiliated with four (4) pistol bullets, and a single swing of the knife.
if your trying to knife a fade, it's best to do so after emptying a clip or two of LMG ammo into it, just running at a fade headlong will only get you sliced up. if you can sneakup behind a fade and don't have anything but your pistol, bust out the knife, becuase chances are the fade is going to go "OMG if I get knifed to death!!!" and they will panic, panic is good for you becuase it breaks there concetraition down.
Knifing an onos
best done in packs of four our five, scream loudly in global chat, and attack the onos, trying to avoid the front of it, as that is where the death comes from, slice widly, you do moderate damage per slice, and with 4-5 people knifing then it should only be a matter of time... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
if your knifing a res tower, it's best to do so from a vantage point where you can see if a skulk is going to run up and bite you, DC and MC are best knifed, and avoid knifing a sensory chamber, as it will parasite you.
if you going to knife a hive, then it's best to do so from the top of it, (JP req.) be sure to crouch.
knifing an OC should NEVER be done, it's best to weld them if all else fails, becuase the welder at least has some reach.
hows that for someone who is usually alien?
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Knife should only be used if you know that the alien you're knifing is injured. Reloading during a 1v1 situation is very possible (jump around).
Knife does 30 damage, so it would take 3 slashes to kill an uncarapaced skulk.
Crouching also helps against skulks since you can see them on the same level.
I'd love for some marines to try to do that to me, it'll be an insta kill of 5 marines with charge.
i just ran and ran at a fade with a welder and got a welder kill <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
but i did unload 50 lmg bullets then 10 pistols in his vauge direction, but i just chases and chased him jumping around the place trying to get behind him!
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how did u manage to unload 50 LMG and 10 pistol clips into it bfore welding, the welder takes up your pistol slot... unless u luckily picked it up right after ur pistol clip ran out i suppose...
nice tips, i am usualy dead bfore it comes to getting the knife out
when a skulk jumps towards u, while midair u should jump to avoid him and when he passes u attack him with ur knife and jump away from his position and try again.
when a lerk is in umbra, try to sneak up on him from behind and then duck and knife when u have the time then when he sees u and tries to attack jump to ur fellow mates while getting ur handgun and killing him.
Never use the knife unless you dont have an option or you just wand to have fun. Reloading takes less time than it takes to kill and enemy with the knife, so enhance your dodging skills and learn how and when to change weapons and reload them.
Crouch in a corner: This is a kind of a bug, and will not work in 1.1, but it is still a great way to deal with skulks. Just crouch in a corner and swing your knife forwards. The skulk wont be able to hit you, but you will hit him.
Jump: Probabily wont work in 1.1 too, but jumping reduces the chance of being hit, unless the skulk is very good. Jumping and atacking down is a great way to kill an enemy.
And as someone mentioned before, only use the knife when you know that the enemy is with low health.
Best way to hit with the knife is on the side of a parrellel skulk, you can forget head on and rear as you will not hit and will get bitten yourself. If theyre on the ground aim down if theyre in the air aim up and thats all there is to it. The range is incredicly short so most of your kills will be luck rather than skill.
The thing is the knife has about 4 slashes a second and fires the instant you pull it out, no cocking delay.
Try to shoot a skulk, and if that skulk is heading towards you, as the skulk gets close or jump, take out the knife and slash again and again, chances are that he is weak and you should be able to get the skulk.
Basiclly, NEVER let the skulk know that you are going to knife him, if he knows this, he will stay and range and circlestrafe and get a few bites, if you do it suddenly while he is charging at you, you will get him.
And most definantly use your knife on lerks. I've humiliated soooo many lerks by running up from behind them when they were in their protective little umbra and knifing them to death, or even making them retreat from the umbra and finishing them off with my pistol. It's so cruel to use a knife and trick skulks and such into thinking you have no ammo, only to pull out a fully-loaded lmg when they back off to get at a better angle, hehe..
Man my text really screwed up on this thing on my initial post... Eh well
lol I have every weapon bound and cant kill jack <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->