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Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2

Combat Knife Versions, Perks, and Stats

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The Combat Knife is a Melee Weapon in Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. See all the stats of the Combat Knife, its upgraded versions, weapon perks, and classes that can equip it.

Combat Knife Stats

Combat Knife

Standard-Issue Combat Knife Stats
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High-speed duelling Melee Weapon
Tier Standard Strength 3+
Speed 6 Cleaving Potential 2
Defense Balance

Combat Knife Versions and Upgrades

Master-Crafted - Alpha Stats

Master-Crafted - Alpha Combat Knife Stats
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Tier Master-Crafted Strength 4+
Speed 6 Cleaving Potential 2
Defense Balance

Master-Crafted - Beta Stats

Master-Crafted - Beta Combat Knife Stats
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Tier Master-Crafted Strength 2
Speed 7 Cleaving Potential 2
Defense Fencing

Drogos Reclamation Stats

Drogos Reclamation Combat Knife Stats
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Tier Artificer Strength 7
Speed 6 Cleaving Potential 3
Defense Block

Salvation of Bakka Stats

Salvation of Bakka Combat Knife Stats
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Tier Artificer Strength 8+
Speed 5 Cleaving Potential 1
Defense Fencing

Blood of Vossus Stats

Blood of Vossus Combat Knife Stats
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Tier Relic Strength 8+
Speed 7 Cleaving Potential 2
Defense Balance

Ophelian Liberation - Alpha Stats

Ophelian Liberation - Alpha Combat Knife Stats
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Tier Relic Strength 9+
Speed 4 Cleaving Potential 2
Defense Fencing

Ophelian Liberation - Beta Stats

Ophelian Liberation - Beta Combat Knife Stats
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Tier Relic Strength 14+
Speed 6 Cleaving Potential 1
Defense Block

Combat Knife Weapon Perks

Tier Weapon Perk Effect
Standard Armoured Strength When you have full Armour, Melee Damage increases by 10%
Standard Perpetual Strength Melee Damage increases by 5%
Master-Crafted Sharp Impact Right and Left Skull Crusher area-of-effect radius increases by 50%
Master-Crafted Perpetual Strength Melee Damage increases by 5%
Master-Crafted Kinetic Energy Each consecutive Heavy Attack increases Heavy Attack Melee Damage by 3% (up to 30%) for 3 seconds
Master-Crafted Perpetual Strength Melee Damage increases by 5%
Artificer Shadow Stab Replace Heavy Swing with Shadow Stab. Hold the Attack button to charge it. Damage increases by 100% per 1 second of charging.
Artificer Chaos Slayer Melee Damage against Chaos enemies increases by 10%
Artificer Shoulder Bash Replace Distant Stab with Shoulder Bash. While evading/sprinting, tap the Attack button to quickly perform an area-of-effect forward attack.
Artificer Tyranid Slayer Melee Damage against Tyranid enemies increases by 10%
Relic Tide of Battle Power Wave forward distance increases from 4 to 8 metres for Whirlwind Slash
Relic Terminus Slayer Melee Damage against Terminus-level enemies increases by 20%
Relic Hard Target While performing a Light Combo, you take 15% less Ranged Damage
Relic Reeling Blow Enemies hit by Whirlwind Slash deal 30% less Damage for 4 seconds. Cooldown is 10 seconds.
Relic Extremis Slayer Melee Damage against Extremis-level enemies increases by 15%
Relic Kill Streak After killing 10 enemies in rapid succession with a Light Combo, you do not lose control upon taking Heavy Hits and you cannot be knocked back for 5 seconds. Cooldown is 10 seconds.

Combat Knife Classes

Equippable Classes

Space Marine 2 - VanguardVanguard Space Marine 2 - SniperSniper

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1 InfamousPixie  InfamousPixie  about 1 year

I disagree with the placement of c-tier if one learns to do well with perfect parry (which this weapon has the highest window of opportunity for) then you can parry "any" melee attack that doesn't glow orange. Also when surrounded by lots of smaller enemies performing a perfect parry will momentarily daze scrub enemies in the same direction.

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