Baseball Bat

"That's a home run!"

- Ellis



The Baseball Bat is a new close combat weapon introduced in Left 4 Dead 2. It's only available to players that pre-ordered the game. However, players who take part in a game with someone who preordered it, will also have access to the weapon. Pre-ordering the PC version of Left 4 Dead 2, while having a connected Xbox Live profile will give you the bat in the 360 version as well. If the Server Host has not pre-ordered the game, but a Client has, only he/she will be able to use the Bat.

The baseball bat, along with all other melee weapons, occupies the same slot as the pistols, replacing them when it is picked up. It has unlimited uses, meaning that it can be very useful when the Survivors run out of ammo in a middle of combat and are in too much danger to use the pistols. Like the other close combat weapons it can kill every Common Infected in one hit, even going so far as to easily detach the head of the Infected. However, it has its disadvantages. The baseball bat, as with all melee weapons, is not really meant to be used against Boomers or Spitters; using it on a Boomer would spread bile over the Survivors, and a Spitter would cause you to be right in the middle of the dangerous goo.