Editing Hit-and-run tactics (section)

== Effectiveness against specimens ==

Hit-and-run tactics are most effective against [[Clot]]s and [[Gorefast]]s, as they are fairly slow, easily seen from a distance, and vulnerable to decapitating head strikes.  [[Bloat]]s tend to shower the player in acidic bile during both the approach and retreat, and are tall enough to make head strikes difficult.  [[Crawler]]s are too low to the ground to conveniently melee, and they leap from a distance.  [[Fleshpound]]s have a powerful and quick melee attack, often striking before a player can retreat, and attacking a Fleshpound with melee alone will often just enrage it and kill the player.  [[Scrake]]s can be vulnerable to hit-and-run tactics, but more often than not will land a hit of their own for every attack of the player's.  [[Stalker]]s are generally immune, as they are nigh-invisible until attacking anyway, and [[Siren]]s have a ranged "area of effect" (AoE) attack -- if a player is already close, it is more effective to simply charge in and attack the Siren until it is dead.