Nightstick

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

- Ellis The Nightstick is a new close-combat weapon introduced in Left 4 Dead 2. The nightstick takes the slot of the pistols, and kills Common Infected in one hit. It's usually found in certain safe rooms or randomly throughout levels, but the Nightstick can also be dropped by a Riot Infected when killed, if there's one around his waist. The Nightstick is best when used against General Infected. It can also be used against Special Infected, with the exception of Boomers and Spitters. It takes two hits to kill a Charger while putting you at high risk of taking high damage from the Charger's melee attack. However, any melee weapon (excluding the Chainsaw) can be marginally effective against a Tank who is pounding another player due to the special ability of melee weapons to deal 10% of the Tank's total health in damage.