While hot seating a friend, I noticed that she button-spams while grappling a Survivor. It doesn't change the Special Infected animation at all but she swears that it does more damage. In particular she thinks the Jockey is still able to attack while riding. I'm inclined to think that the game inflicts maximal damage regardless of what you're doing once your SI has started to grapple.
So what's the real story?
Does button spamming increase the damage dealt by a special infected?
Anything official?
Note: Grappling Special Infected
- Charger
- Smoker
- Jockey
- Hunter
Best Answer
Spamming any buttons has no effect on the damage dealt.
Once you connect with an attack as a special infected, you lose control (for the most part) of what you're doing and continue on mindlessly. This is true for the Charger, Smoker, and Hunter. The Jockey loses the ability to deal damage by clicking (although still does damage over time), but can still steer the survivor around.
If you are knocked off (except as Charger, since you can't be), you stumble back and then can attack normally again.