Nightstick

"♪ Gonna beat me a zombie to death with a nightstick~♪"

- Ellis The Nightstick is a close combat weapon, introduced in Left 4 Dead 2.

It is only found in The Parish.

The Nightstick is classified as a Bludgeoning weapon, and will spew blood, but will never dismantle the Infected.

Pros

 * Has the fastest attack rate of all melee weapons (except chainsaw).
 * Can be randomly dropped by defeated Riot Infected.

Cons

 * Has an incredibly small arc of swing
 * Poor hit registration on Infected
 * Odd animation for swing means that it's hard to tell if you have scored a hit