The use of parkour and environment elements | Combat Dying Light Guide

Use your agility to slow down or kill the Infected.

Parkour, described in one of the previous chapters of the guide, not only allows you to quickly move from one place to another, but also for performing attacks and eliminating enemies in a spectacular way. To learn more, read about skills from the Agility category, described in the Character Development chapter (they provide a lot of new, interesting attacks). You can for example learn how to bounce from enemies, land on them and perform immediate execution or break their legs with slide attack. An extra advantage of this type of attacks is that they do not require stamina, as opposed to attacks with melee weapons.

A kick is a good way for throwing a zombie off the roof.

You don't need to rely only on complex actions, because there are simpler ways of interrupting your enemies. The kick is one of them (works the same as in Dead Island) and it can be used from the beginning of the game. It is very helpful, especially that it doesn't require any stamina. You can use kicking for pushing away your enemies, but also for throwing them off the roofs. There is a lot of chance that such an enemy will die from the fall, or break some of his limbs.

Note - If you notice a zombie standing on some high shelf, you can simply draw his attention and wait until he starts heading your way. This way, the monster will fall down and you won't have to climb the shelf to push him.

Sticking a monster on spikes makes him die immediately.

When eliminating enemies, you can use various objects from the environment. The most important are:

• Spikes - usually found attached to barrels, vehicles prepared by the survivors, barricades and walls. Try to push your enemies (it is best to use kicking for that) onto spikes and it will kill them right away.
• Gas bottles - When you find a bottle, you can pick it up, place it wherever you want and then detonate (using for example firearms or throwing weapons). The explosion is capable of killing a group of enemies, but you have to remember that the noise will draw the attention of the fast type of Infected and elite zombies.
• Spilled gasoline - When you notice a puddle of spilled gasoline, you can set it on fire (for example with a gun). It is good to stand in such a place so that the Infected that want to reach you have to go through the puddle.
• Puddles and pools - Near some puddles and small pools, you can find switches that turn on the power. It is good to use them and wait until the monsters get struck by electricity.

An example car trap

Special traps that you can activate remotely, after you get near them, deserve a separate mention. They are not available by default and to unlock them, you need to get appropriates kills from the Survivor tree. These are:

• Trap cars (requires the Exploding Cars skill) - you can trigger the car alarm, thanks to which zombies lose interest in chasing you and approach the car. The charge goes off after several seconds. The best effects can be obtained if there is a big group of zombies around the car. Also, the more elite zombies react to car alarm.
• Electric fences (requires the Electric Fences skill) - their functioning is similar to that of car traps, where here the zombies need to be encouraged to cross the fence, after it activates. Therefore, make sure that you stay within their sight.