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ZombiU - L'aventure Horrifique - Le metro Londonien - Episode 1
"Go on. Pick up the Cricket Bat. Don't be squeamish. Then knock those Infected for six"
- The Prepper
The Cricket Bat is a melee weapon featured in ZombiU and one of three melee weapons in ZOMBI, the remastered version.
Gameplay[]
Cricket Bat Locations.
Along with the L9A1 Pistol, the Cricket Bat is a standard weapon in ZombiU. Every survivor starts out with a Cricket Bat (except the very first). It is extremely helpful against individual (or pairs of) Infected, as the cricket bat can swing faster than most Infected can attack, and allow you to knock a zombie to the ground to perform a brutal finisher, making it very valuable against smaller groups. It is also a silent killer, while firearms can alert more enemies.
If you are attacked by a group of Infected, however, you will most likely need to use firearms. When using a firearm, any foes that are lying down or crawling can still be killed with a finisher (using an alternate animation where the survivor stomps on the Infected's head). The two finishers have the same effect, and are only aesthetically different.
Uplay Rewards[]
Players can also unlock custom cricket bat skins as a Uplay reward. Besides the standard look, Which are:
- Punk is not dead
- Pin-up
- Union Jack
- Swag-Up
Tips[]
- Time your swings. A miss can get you killed, or worse!
- It takes two hits to down a standard infected; One will stagger it, and the second will knock it down. While it is down, you can approach its head and hold ZR to instantly kill it.
- Use the Cricket bat to smash the heads of corpses. This will ensure that they won't get up when you have your back turned.
- Obstacles, such as fences, can be used to your advantage when using the bat. As an Infected will attempt to climb over, you can hit it safely, or even get a ZR finisher if you time it correctly
Trivia[]
- The cricket bat is a reference to the 2004 British zombie movie Shaun of the Dead. The movie, which also takes place in London, has the main character using one as his main weapon.
- The skin "Punk is not dead" is a direct reference to the first Ubisoft's game Zombi (1986), in which the exact same visual can be seen as graffiti on a wall.
- In the remastered version, the cricket bat is swung much faster.