Overview
In my time playing Geneshift, I’ve seen many people walk right into my knife, practically asking to be killed. This guide will (hopefully) help you understand to be careful against a knife user, how to use the knife and how to deal with it.
What’s a knife?
The knife is a weapon that is in the third slot of your weapon inventory, and cannot be removed. It cannot be bought, as it’s given to everyone at the beginning of a round. But what exactly are the knifes stats?
The knife’s range is tiny, you need to be right in front of someone and facing them to hit them.
It does 50 damage per hit, however, it can be charged by holding down the attack button for 2 seconds, which can be seen by the red circle around your character. when charged, it will deal 200 damage, which is enough to one-hit anyone unless they have a high max hp with a skill that reduces damage (Such as Iron skin).
Also, you can only keep the knife charged for 6 seconds, if you run out of time, the knife will automatically attack.
Now that we know what the knife is, lets see how to use it.
How do I use it?
As you can see, the knife is very powerful, but you cant be running straight at your enemies with a knife fully charged and murder in your eyes, you’ll be gunned down before you get halfway there. So what do you do?
1) Hide around corners
Hiding around corners is probably the simplest and most common way to use the knife. When you know where an enemy is going, hide around a corner that they’ll pass, and wait. When they come in, you’ll stab them before the even notice you. You might need to bait them to come to you. If you’re getting shot by a big guy with a minigun, run around a turn and wait for them to come to you.
2) Sneak up!
This one is more risky, as if your enemy is always looking around then it’ll be hard to pull this off successfully. When they’re distracted, maybe when they’re buying something in a shop or fighting someone else, come out of a hiding place and shift to them and release your charge. Having more shifts helps a lot just in case they notice and you need to run away. Jump pads can be used when you know the enemy is on an above area.
3) Shifts
Shifts are perfect for the knife, move you a short distance to your cursor, which is very helpful in closing the gap. It can act as a margin of error if you’re a bit off with all the tactics here and are just a bit too far away from your enemy. They’re also a good escape tool, so make sure to collect as many shifts as you can, it’ll help alot with the knife.
4) Skills!
Skills are great. they give you abilities and passives, and a good amount of them help with the knife! smoke bomb is good for sneaking up. Force Field is another good one, helping you close the gap without getting peppered with bullets, and teleportation, while requiring alot of prediction and practice to get used to the channeling time and movement speed of players, can be used very effectively if done correctly.
5) Be Creative!
I don’t know every single strategy on earth, and there are probably tons of ways to use the knife that i cant possible imagine. So, think! Use your brain and find new ways to use the knife, and share it with everyone in the comments of this guide! if its good ill put it in here, so please, go into a game, get creative, and share your ideas with everyone.
How do I beat it?
Lets be real here, it’s not fun to be walking around, minding your own business then someone appears out of nowhere and next thing you know you’re dead and now you’re looking for a genetic heart. So, what do you do against it?
1) Take corners widely
You never know if someones behind a corner with a knife charged, or if its just a bunch of air. Take corners widely, don’t stick yourself to the wall when turning, ever. give yourself a wide berth, and you’ll be making your enemy look like an idiot who’s now panicking for his life.
2) Shifts are good
Make sure that you have at least one shift ready at all times, because you never know when a knife user closes the gap and you need to get away quickly. Shifting can and will be a lifesaver against not just knife users, but practically everyone. The light shifting skill will help alot here, as it gives you shifts faster, so you’re more likely to be found with a shift or two in store than found with none.
3) Vision
As you can probably guess from my the previous section, using the knife depends alot on being sneaky. If your enemies cant be sneaky, then they’re gonna have a hard time killing you with a knife. use bounce pads often, as they put you higher than most walls, letting you see over them and maybe detecting a hiding knife user. The X-ray vision skill comes in handy here, as you’ll be able to see everything around you. Sniper rifles can also help, letting you see farther with their scope.
4) Awareness
Always be looking around you. When you’re at a shop, constantly look around for someone sneaking up on you, and whenever you’re walking around. Check the spots where you might expect someone to come through, and never let your guard down. If you keep on doing this, Then knife users wont be able to sneak up on you without you noticing.
Conclusion
So, the knife is very powerful and can be used to clutch games that seem unwinnable, but only when used well. It can also be almost completely avoided if you know how to deal with. Hopefully this guide has helped you understand to respect the knife.
If you have a question, a suggestion for something I should add to the guide, or just want to tell me if this guide sucks, the drop a comment, i’d love to hear whats on your mind.
Anyways, Adios!