The problem is not fighting the ferals. It is fighting the 3 ferals plus 20 zombies together. But this is amazing, never tought of it. Thanks for the tip!
@@StateofDecayScience did this once or twice but not worth the time, it would take really long time since u can just get in 1 or 2 hits at most and just dodge most of the time
Dam man thanks. I kinda knew how to do this, i know what i was doing wrong now. I was always front dodging through the feral. I never wanted to risk sacraficing a survivor so i never stood my ground. Now I'll try.
This is _EXACTLY_ the information I've been lacking for. Now my characters don't exupaltes themselves drawing the shortest straw, have lost two community members less due to this guide, means two have survived last night just to live and/or die another day XD. Thanks a lot for the efforts made to create this *so much helpful* video!
Good job. Hopefully it helps people out so they can play harder difficulties. Ferals are the WHOLE game, basically. Plague Ferals are the WHOLE game, PERIOD. #1 is a Vehicle - This is not for hitting zombies. This is for fleeing ferals (or bad situations, duh) wait 3-5seconds before exiting to be safest (I don't, but i go right back in) cause 1-4 ferals + packs of zombies tends to be death. #2 Gunslinger - It is a cheat disguised as a common ability.
On lethal if you even look at your car it will blow up so you're right but the rear end of the car only takes cosmetic damage which ultimately does nothing so if you can master driving backwards and spinning around you can then use your car as a weapon.
I am new to this game, when I got comfy with demolishing blood ferals at last, I hears some hissing sounds and then I saw 3 of them munching in my way, played for another 20 hours and got used to it and then saw a pack of 6 blood ferals, got terrified and spent 3-4 bullets at each and left to home
You don't need them anyway.. You can use snacks too.. You definitely won't deplete more than 2 or 3 stamina bars..so snacks is fine.. When low on stamina, use snacks when the feral steps back
amazing, just lost a survivor hitting the dodge button and my survivor stayed still while the feral mauled me. How does it work with mouse and keyboard?
Sometimes I forget the small details.. Mainly because most of these guides are not for beginners so I never cared to mention these basic things.. But yeah, now I feel like I should have mentioned that!!
Maybe I'll finally give full lethal a shot soon then, blood ferals and squishy cars are the only reason I haven't moved the combat up to lethal like my map and community are
Hey, I didn’t make that.. sorry man. Instead I made a mega guide that covers everything about state of Decay 2. Resources, hearts, ferals,juggs, hostiles, tips and tricks. You can search for "The only State of Decay 2 Guide You Ever Need"
Yeah this trick is useful when facing single blood plague feral but in lethal zone a pack of blood plague feral gangs up on you. But still this trick is useful in some ways too.
I kinda knew this trick already, but it didn't work reliably for some reason. Sometimes, instead of dodging, the survivor just crouched and tensed up on the spot instead of back stepping.
@@StateofDecayScience yeah I tried to do it earlier, failed miserably lol Burning them with the pyro launcher is still my favorite thing to do in lethal
thx for ur hardwork but no i still cant find video on how to fight feral at the start of vanila lethal... been playing since update 33 till now still cant survive more than 3 days... ofc i sane enuf to not picking a fight with feral lethal but u know sometimes shit happens... except when the startof the map with 3 ppl, feral can do nothing except got bat salvo-ed lol. fucking feral...
@@StateofDecayScience wow thx for reply, gonna check it soon, btw i did test this video trick, and works efficiently but still the problem is vanila fresh start the char will out of breath soon, even using stamina drink. also the dev should really works on npc-zombie relationship... my team wiped out because when sneaking arround jug one friendly YOLO and approach the jug...==.
I knew it was possible to completely avoid getting hit by a feral with just your weapons, but I just never got around to practicing the timing. Thanks for the info, cheers. By the way, do you know when the next update drops? I can’t find any real info on it.
If feral escaped from attacks, start spamming dodge.. he will get close to attack, once you dodged, spam the attack.. that's how you kill it.. You should not expect to always deliver 4 hits
Now that I'm on nightmare difficulty, I need zombie slaying techniques more than ever. One thing that might seem pointless to some, but it seems to work for me is when you crouch and shoot. First of all I know crouching doesn't affect the recoil, spread or anything like that. It's that you'll have a lower center of gravity, if that makes sense. I've often missed my shots cause my character was standing, the bullets go over the zombies heads. Crouching seems to help me get a like a better view. I don't know, that's just what I've experienced.
@@turbogamer1123 if cc is useless because it is not a guarantee, why do you mention using side steps to avoid hits when they supposedly work 80% of the time? With that logic, one could argue that side stepping is useless because it is not a guarantee. Both unfavourable events related to using cc and side steps result in being hit and taking damage + infection, so there is no noticeable severity difference between the two if things go wrong that could make one method more justifiable.
I gotta try this but I think ferals don’t always jump back before they attack you. Sometimes they lunge at you in the middle of your attack. I know regular ferals do this for sure but not so sure about blood ferals. I don’t think you can spam the attack button. I believe it’s 2 attacks then prepare for a possible feral attack without them jumping back. Again I’m not too sure about this but have you tested this with a feral that doesn’t jump back?
The thing is your character already have much overall stamina and you had great boost, this won't help you when you fresh start with 3 fresh starters on high level mode. Big underatted mechanic: closing a door can completely knock out the plague feral for finish off
Use energy drinks. One is enough to melee kill a feral. You should find a few fairly quickly early game. If not, many traders have them. But, why are you fighting ferals in the early game anyway? Only fight them if you have to, especially on lethal. It's not worth the risk.
I think spam attack is not good. It is actually possible to stun lock the feral by attack with around 0.5 sec interval. Can't perform this if there are zombie around. If surrounded by horde of zombie with feral, Heavy weapon is still the best choice. Feral can actually get instant stun by using the floor execution. Just need to find a zombie on the ground to use the stun and the feral must be close by. Both of the tactic is hard to perform. I think it is best to avoid melee feral...
The problem is not fighting the ferals. It is fighting the 3 ferals plus 20 zombies together.
But this is amazing, never tought of it. Thanks for the tip!
Firecrackers + car..
@@nu-nisamiracle2401 no effect on Dread+, decoys won't work if they already see you
@@piketchupwarthog3574 lol, that's why i said "+ car"..
That why you gotta have the aim snap ability with even a pistol kills those mfs instantly and then you can kill the others
Yeah. These guides are neat but seem to assume Ferals occur in a vacuum, which they 100% do not.
Another small tip in lethal you hear the hiss get the gell out of there there won't be just one feral there'll be a pack of em
Now just need the 3-4 Blood feral gang video and I Might consider trying Lethal again. Nice video
I tried melee killing blood feral packs.. almost impossible with any melee
@@StateofDecayScience Counted on you D:
@@StateofDecayScience did this once or twice but not worth the time, it would take really long time since u can just get in 1 or 2 hits at most and just dodge most of the time
that's a lot of effort for such a short video
definitely gonna sub, thanks for the tips
Dam man thanks. I kinda knew how to do this, i know what i was doing wrong now. I was always front dodging through the feral. I never wanted to risk sacraficing a survivor so i never stood my ground. Now I'll try.
This is _EXACTLY_ the information I've been lacking for. Now my characters don't exupaltes themselves drawing the shortest straw, have lost two community members less due to this guide, means two have survived last night just to live and/or die another day XD. Thanks a lot for the efforts made to create this *so much helpful* video!
Haha. This is truly amazing! Bladed weapons are gonna be extra handy now.
No my friend, this trick can be done using any weapons
Blunts bring them into execution then eventually death, blades kill them entirely with no execution stage
Brand new to leathal mode and ive lost about 5 Commuitys To Blood Ferals, and just now 6. I'll try to see if 7th can survive with this, thank you.
Good job! Its great when fighting one of them dont try to fight three at the same time though...
your accent is nice:). i was half way through the vid before i realized 'red fellow' was 'feral'
This is why I love state of decay. If you want you can play it like a souls
This was wonderfully explained and I really appreciate This Video. Thank you Man
These are the best vids!
Thank you for the amazing tip I just subscribed👍👍👍
Very good Rvid
Feel like you are fighting Kung Fu with the Blood Feral 😂
Thanks! I'm going to try this!
Good job. Hopefully it helps people out so they can play harder difficulties. Ferals are the WHOLE game, basically. Plague Ferals are the WHOLE game, PERIOD.
#1 is a Vehicle - This is not for hitting zombies. This is for fleeing ferals (or bad situations, duh) wait 3-5seconds before exiting to be safest (I don't, but i go right back in) cause 1-4 ferals + packs of zombies tends to be death. #2 Gunslinger - It is a cheat disguised as a common ability.
Actually you can kill a feral with an upgraded car , the car that has spikes on the wheels and on the back of it. The car is called "The Impaler".
On lethal if you even look at your car it will blow up so you're right but the rear end of the car only takes cosmetic damage which ultimately does nothing so if you can master driving backwards and spinning around you can then use your car as a weapon.
I am new to this game, when I got comfy with demolishing blood ferals at last, I hears some hissing sounds and then I saw 3 of them munching in my way, played for another 20 hours and got used to it and then saw a pack of 6 blood ferals, got terrified and spent 3-4 bullets at each and left to home
RvidD my man, do you know or think that lethality of the bladed weapon has a greater advantage over impact of a blunt weapon?
Impact matters for all the weapons. IIRC, Lethality just increases the chances of insta killing zombies
@@StateofDecayScience Maybe the lethality *might* give you a one-shot on a feral? (which would still take 3 one-shots to kill)
Lethality only matters for ordinary zombies.
Any tips on doing this with out stamina regen items?
When starting out I'm not exactly swimming in stimulants or Energy drinks.
You don't need them anyway.. You can use snacks too.. You definitely won't deplete more than 2 or 3 stamina bars..so snacks is fine..
When low on stamina, use snacks when the feral steps back
THAT was awesome 😎 will try!
Looks really cool!
always so funny and informative
I started playing after so many years, good to remind myself these tricks :)
I tried that with the cc, sword and striking and it worked like a charm...
This man pays attention.
Noice. I always do this when fighting a single feral.
will u ever change your base?
amazing, just lost a survivor hitting the dodge button and my survivor stayed still while the feral mauled me.
How does it work with mouse and keyboard?
Great tip!
*Genius! I hate the damn ferals!* 😆
nice participation of u wife! great video!
HI RviD's, again thanks for the really great tips, this is one of your best tips for my way of game play,
You should also let people know that you used a energy/adrenaline drink so make sure they watch their stamina. Great tip, I knew this but not a TY. ;)
Sometimes I forget the small details.. Mainly because most of these guides are not for beginners so I never cared to mention these basic things.. But yeah, now I feel like I should have mentioned that!!
Maybe I'll finally give full lethal a shot soon then, blood ferals and squishy cars are the only reason I haven't moved the combat up to lethal like my map and community are
02:47 the link is missing to the video "6 Strategies to Take out the Blood Feral packs on Foot".
Hey, I didn’t make that.. sorry man. Instead I made a mega guide that covers everything about state of Decay 2.
Resources, hearts, ferals,juggs, hostiles, tips and tricks. You can search for "The only State of Decay 2 Guide You Ever Need"
Omg thx love this
Brian Menard has a video with the dodge trick with normal Zeds, but with trial and error, I learned it against Ferals
Yeah this trick is useful when facing single blood plague feral but in lethal zone a pack of blood plague feral gangs up on you. But still this trick is useful in some ways too.
You should never melee the blood feral packs. this trick will be useful for bounties and for fun!
Thanks
I kinda knew this trick already, but it didn't work reliably for some reason. Sometimes, instead of dodging, the survivor just crouched and tensed up on the spot instead of back stepping.
You need to set a separate keybind for crouch
default key for dodge is c, not ctrl
Nice tip as always. How bout melee kill a blood feral pack or two next haha
Tried several packs.. Almost impossible for me.. I should try Duo
@@StateofDecayScience yeah I tried to do it earlier, failed miserably lol
Burning them with the pyro launcher is still my favorite thing to do in lethal
Ha! I've been over dodging for yonks!! :D
thx for ur hardwork but no i still cant find video on how to fight feral at the start of vanila lethal...
been playing since update 33 till now still cant survive more than 3 days...
ofc i sane enuf to not picking a fight with feral lethal but u know sometimes shit happens...
except when the startof the map with 3 ppl, feral can do nothing except got bat salvo-ed lol.
fucking feral...
ruclips.net/video/oyvrBnT8X8Y/видео.html
This might help you
@@StateofDecayScience
wow thx for reply, gonna check it soon,
btw
i did test this video trick,
and works efficiently but still the problem is vanila fresh start the char will out of breath soon, even using stamina drink.
also the dev should really works on npc-zombie relationship...
my team wiped out because when sneaking arround jug one friendly YOLO and approach the jug...==.
Thank you for this! What a HUGE help!
you forgot to say in the video, that we always need something like energy drink for the stamina.
I knew it was possible to completely avoid getting hit by a feral with just your weapons, but I just never got around to practicing the timing. Thanks for the info, cheers. By the way, do you know when the next update drops? I can’t find any real info on it.
You can't find info because release date is not revealed yet!!
@@StateofDecayScience ah, alright. Thanks.
theres a non-directional dodge input? i though it was just a short animation being confused with what direction to go
How do you fight ferals in close combat? I always miss with every other attack.
just by spamming the attack! Will be slightly tricky without CC specialisation
Awesome!!!
SauceOme said Awesome!!! Yay!!!!
@@StateofDecayScience dude, keep up the great stuff. I really appreciate your advice from a few days ago.
SauceOme, I am still confused.. You are Small-Window from Reddit and Disc right??
@@StateofDecayScience nope, lol...that's someone else!
Ooops!! He shared few of your video to me one time... I asked SauceOme?? He reacted with thumbs up.. So I thought that was you :D
Awesome! Now, if only his two brothers weren't eating my backside while I did this! lol
*Takes on blood feral first time playing*
RvidD’s wife’s got balls of steel!
It was a fail in the first 2 tries!!
3rd and 4th tries: got infection but successfully killed it...
5th try: killed like a pro!!
Don't forget to have your redbull before picking a fight with the feral! That should be added into this "little trick".
We are talking about Lethal zone guides.. Should we mention basic things?
You can use snacks if you need to
the problem is that they almost always come in pack really a nightmare.
We need a Witcher for this ghoul
Hey Rvid, what kind of blunt weapons are better, the knockdown ones or the dismember/lethality ones? Can you also recommend some examples of both.
I have not got used to blunt weapons.. so cannot give you a perfect answer..
With striking - lethality, without specialization, knockdown for sure
dude's bringing his wife just to tell us that "if we can't do this shit, we're garbage at the game and should commit liven't"
Finally someone understood the deep hidden meaning on the final lines of the video!!!!!
Man got his wife to play to show you how easy it is 😂😂 nice.
what base are u at?
Lumber Mill...
@@StateofDecayScience ok i will ask u this every month
@@CardiganVibezzz The answer will be the same every month coz I won't move!
@@StateofDecayScience so u are at lumber mill right now?
@@StateofDecayScience oh ok but when you move tell me
Nice
Lost a character last night to one cuz i forgot my gun
Does anyone else use doors to kill blood plague ferals? Doors are underrated
Yep but quite tricky, need to slam the door at the right moment and then you can stun them
Cool
What about fighting three blood ferals all at once
Melee killing a feral pack is almost impossible.
Close combat doesnt work for me it constantly misses every other attack
Specialized in CC?
@@StateofDecayScience yes it hits one time then misses one then hits ect.
If feral escaped from attacks, start spamming dodge.. he will get close to attack, once you dodged, spam the attack.. that's how you kill it.. You should not expect to always deliver 4 hits
Now that I'm on nightmare difficulty, I need zombie slaying techniques more than ever. One thing that might seem pointless to some, but it seems to work for me is when you crouch and shoot. First of all I know crouching doesn't affect the recoil, spread or anything like that. It's that you'll have a lower center of gravity, if that makes sense. I've often missed my shots cause my character was standing, the bullets go over the zombies heads. Crouching seems to help me get a like a better view. I don't know, that's just what I've experienced.
I just got snap shot on all my community members, problem solved with all infected types. Im in John Wick mode all the time:)
I knew about the dodge then followup attack. Never tried it on a feral though.
I think this strat has been nerfed, or at least I'm having a hell of a time pulling it off with fresh characters with starting melee weapons
Close combat may be a little bit harder!
With this trick, all (blunt, bladed and CC) weapons will be same against a freal.. but to use CC, our survivor must be specialised in CC skill
@@turbogamer1123 if cc is useless because it is not a guarantee, why do you mention using side steps to avoid hits when they supposedly work 80% of the time? With that logic, one could argue that side stepping is useless because it is not a guarantee. Both unfavourable events related to using cc and side steps result in being hit and taking damage + infection, so there is no noticeable severity difference between the two if things go wrong that could make one method more justifiable.
I gotta try this but I think ferals don’t always jump back before they attack you. Sometimes they lunge at you in the middle of your attack. I know regular ferals do this for sure but not so sure about blood ferals. I don’t think you can spam the attack button. I believe it’s 2 attacks then prepare for a possible feral attack without them jumping back. Again I’m not too sure about this but have you tested this with a feral that doesn’t jump back?
Have only fought blood ferals with this trick and they 100% of the time step back after taking 3 or 4 hits..
@@StateofDecayScience ok that’s good to know for the blood ferals. Thank you
It will be surprising when you try!!
when it seems that easy cause it is that easy
The thing is your character already have much overall stamina and you had great boost, this won't help you when you fresh start with 3 fresh starters on high level mode.
Big underatted mechanic: closing a door can completely knock out the plague feral for finish off
Use energy drinks. One is enough to melee kill a feral. You should find a few fairly quickly early game. If not, many traders have them. But, why are you fighting ferals in the early game anyway? Only fight them if you have to, especially on lethal. It's not worth the risk.
Why fighting at all? I mean, you have fire crackers.. and the almost invincible back bumper.. 🙄
Elo
The "First" award goes to.....
I hate ferals
5 playthroughs restarted before getting 1st base cause of those idiots 😂
d o o r s
I think spam attack is not good. It is actually possible to stun lock the feral by attack with around 0.5 sec interval. Can't perform this if there are zombie around.
If surrounded by horde of zombie with feral, Heavy weapon is still the best choice. Feral can actually get instant stun by using the floor execution. Just need to find a zombie on the ground to use the stun and the feral must be close by.
Both of the tactic is hard to perform. I think it is best to avoid melee feral...
I usually just run
Not far I don’t have any sharp weapons 😰😰😰😵😵😵🤘🤘🤘
👏🙂
How on earth are you gunna take on 3 of these fools at ones without the car or fire/guns runnn ya that sound about right lol 😂
Update 29 - Devs changed the rhythm of ferals coz of Rvid.
How so
You forgot to mention that you need the stamina buff from an energy drink for this to work.
I hate that thing, if I missed the the shot I prefer to exit the game and play anything else. Lol.
Wow! Powerhouse has decreased in value now!
But keep in mind, this trick will only be useful when the feral is alone
@@StateofDecayScience I think the same goes for Powerhouse's dropkick too.
Shhh. It’s a secret
Your wife is a badass.
Definitely for a player who only has a playtime of 30 mins
2:32 your wife should play with you so
She is working on a new channel. Learning stuff.
DD
damn you have a wife?
Yup.. Only one!
Flex
Telling about relationship is flexing??
Awesome!