KF2 Boomstick Jump and Circle Tactics vs Scrake, Fleshpound, Hans

This is a tactics guide for the early-access period (marked outdated by its author) that shows how to take down Scrakes, Fleshpounds and Hans with movement tricks. It came with video showcases. For a more recent look at the jump itself see the Boomstick double-jump guide.

Before you begin

Practice on lower difficulties first; the tactics become important on Suicidal and Hell on Earth. Most are far easier from level 15 with the Faster Reload skill. Walking in a circle around the Scrake and the boss works for every class.

A typical open arena where these tactics are practised.

Scrake: Boomstick jump and running in circles

• Keep the right distance for Boomstick jumps.
• Make sure you have a lot of space so trash zeds do not bother you.
• Stay as close as you can so he cannot swing his chainsaw around.

Scrake showcase.

Fleshpound: Boomstick jump

• As with the Scrake, keep your distance or he smashes you.
• Shoot him with any weapon to rage him early, which pre-damages him; before he arrives switch back to the Boomstick to deal damage and push yourself away.
• Make sure no other zeds can grab you.
• Walking around him is a bad plan because he uses area attacks a lot.

Fleshpound showcase.

Hans Volter: running in circles

• Do not stay too far away: he fires his guns often when you are far, sometimes from short range. Hide for a moment, then attack.
• Walk around, do damage, reload and resupply. When you need ammo, run to a safe place and weld a door to slow him down; repeat until you find ammo.
• When grabbed, heal quickly or have someone heal you. Do not waste ammo shooting him while he drains someone: he has about 80% damage reduction then.
• Hans changes his main target often, so the team should shoot from a distance away from the target, otherwise he throws all his grenades.
• When several players try the circle tactic at once, he drops gas grenades at his feet, so be careful.

Hans showcase.

The author planned more content and invited the community to help; a bonus montage and a Polish community group were also linked in the original.