1: Instant kills
We all know once you pick up that melee weapon, see an infected and whack it or slice it with your weapon, it instantly dies. This can save a few bullets and clear a room quickly.

2: (Depending on what you're using) It has a wide range
Remember how I said you can save a few bullets just by instantly killing ONE infected in ONE swing? Guess what? You can kill 2 or maybe even 3 if you're lucky in one go, and it all depends on it's range. If you have a katana or a guitar, don't go for those single commons. Use the wide range to your advantage! Get as many infected as you can in few swings as possible to make the clearing process easier!

3: Does a lot of damage to the tank
In just a few swings and depending on the difficulty, you can knock down HALF of the tank's health just by hitting it. This can be useful for saving your team's time and bullets aganist a tank.

4: Instant kills on special infected
This isn't always the case, but if you're lucky enough to hit a special infected RIGHT in the head, doesn't matter who it is, it'll die in ONE hit. This is called a melee headshot, or with chargers as they're charging a level.

There's always a disadvantage to EVERYTHING. Let's see the disadvantages with the "OP" melee weapons.

1: You have to get up close and personal with the common infected
On expert, if you don't know what you're doing with a melee, this can be deadly. If you get hit by a common infected before you can even swing is pretty upsetting. So unless you know what you're doing, stick with pistols/magnum.

2: Meleeing increases your chance of being hit by your teammates
Friendly fire is a bad thing. It decreases your health and it hurts your teammate's stats. Remember when I said you have to get up close and personal with the common infected? Yeah. All it really does is get ya shot, unless you know what you're doing like I said a ton of times.

3: Fire rate with the melee is slow
Even with a katana, it cannot match the speed with an M16 or an AK47. With a second between your swings with a melee, a special infected can hit you if you either missed or they have a lot of hp, like the charger.

4: Hitting a tank with a melee gets his attention on you
In the advantages section, I explained that hitting the tank with a melee does a HUGE amount of damage, but the only downside is that the tank stops whatever he's doing and he goes straight for you. So unless you know how to kite, don't hit him with the melee.

If you don't know what kite means, you probably shouldn't be hitting the tank with your melee anyway, but I'll give the definition.

Kiting - Also known as juking. Dodging and avoiding the enemy's attacks by moving around and timing your movements right.

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