[2024] kiting

Originally posted by Ripflex: It's a skill issue, I don't want to be that guy to say it but here it is. I play with my friend and he has the same issue regardless what game we play unless it has guns or ranged. He just can't melee in video games without getting hit. In 7 days to die on a live server at 30 ping I can melee and kite even with a Sledge Hammer no problems and he said I'm cheating. He tries and dies in a few seconds. *shrug* I can't really say why.

Only tip I can give you is swing a melee weapon of your choice and find that "sweet" spot of the weapon hit range, then you got into a swing animation just before that sweet spot to compensate the swing animation, and when that swing almost finishes step back enough to distant away from the zombie's hitting sweet spot. It's a Dance really.

This. Fact of the matter is, The Player's Shortest maximum range, which is bare fisted and the leather knuckle fistwrap, is longer than the Zombies' Longest maximum range.

There is no point at which you cannot hit a zombie but they can hit you; vice versa, there very much is a point at which you can hit them but they cannot hit you. That gap isn't very big- But it exists, and perfectly performed you can kite any zombie in the game with the shortest melee weapon and rapid taps of S to back pedal at the perfect rate and be within your own melee range but out of the zombie's reach 100% of the time (Its very hard though, and if the zombie rages it will of course close that gap)

The reach of melee weapons is deceptive, you're likely underestimating just how far you can hit things from.. So, If you're having a hard time figuring out that gap and how far you can be without being hit, then as Desolator suggests, use longer range weapons- The longest reach of a zombie is like 1.75m, but spears can reach upwards of 3.1m, which should give you much more breathing room.