Melee Weapons

Melee Weapons are primary/backup weapons which are divided into three groups.

Blades, Blunts, Automatics, and Special.

Blades; which include things such as knives, swords, and such; are characterized by very high critical chance. A trait which is shared only by Revolvers, high-level rifles, and specific blunt weaponry.

Some bladed weapons also have a faster attack speed; albeit a shorter reach. Survivors wielding such weapons must be more cautious.

Blunts are similar to Blades, but most only have a High Critical Chance. Higher level blunts share Very High Critical Chance.

Special weapons can bear resemblance to other weapon categories but are usually special as they have some other trait or benefit to being used.

Stat Recommendations
It is recommended that players invest points into Critical Hit if they wish to invest into Melee. 50 Critical at minimum is recommended most; though the maximum required for full efficiency is 80.(In the case of Very High Critical Chance)

Advantages

 * Melee Weapons inflict three times their normal damage to Humans.
 * They don't require ammo, so they are very cost efficient.
 * Compared to most if not all firearms; they are very cheap to buy off of markets.
 * Of all the looting weapons, melee is the best because it keeps aggro down and save time.
 * Of all the weapon types, melee is the most efficient; given that it only requires Critical Hit to be effective. Though some weapons DO require strength; such as Chainsaws. It is not necessarily required to use melee to it's fullest.

Disadvantages

 * Against a human; Melee puts you at great vulnerability if they have a firearm.
 * Against exploding infected melee is one of the worst weapons to use; unless you use them to weaken the infected and kill them with a bullet.
 * Of all weapons(Minus Automatics) Melee is the worst weapon for Crowd Control.

Blades
Pen Knife

Hunting Knife

Kitchen Knife

Fire Axe

Combat Knife

Bowie Knife

Razor

Scalpel

Kris

Trench Knife

Wood Axe

Machete

Kukri

Sabre

Battle Axe

Katana

Wakizashi

Nodachi

Blunts
Fire Poker

Baseball Bat

Cricket Bat

Golf Club

Iron Pipe

Shovel

Sledge Hammer

Automatics
Dolmar PS

Poulan Pro

STIHL MS880

Grinder

STIHL 090

Special
Nail Bat

Crowbar

Spiker

Sharktail

Dual Blade

Gut Splitter

Ripsaw G12

Buzzblade RN8

Goretooth 44G

Grinder X3

Dusk Kris

Dusk Razor

Dusk Saw