What is the difference between the "damage" and "knockdown" stats on melee weapons? For example, what does it mean if a weapon has 28 Knockdown rating?
Melee stats: difference between Damage and Knockdown
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So it turns out in the install directory of the game, for me, E:\Steam\steamapps\common\PAYDAY 2 there is a PDF which details the game. It's got a handy page on the stats!
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Damage
The amount of damage dealt in a single hit. Some enemies are resistant to damage to body. Each enemy also has his own headshot modifier, so headshot damage varies vastly.
Knockdown
This refers specifically to melee weapons and is basically the chance that the weapon has to know the target to the ground. In theory you can have a weak melee weapon like fists and it has a higher chance to knock the enemy to the ground
So in conclusion damage refers to how much damage is caused to a target and knockdown is more to do with the force the bullet/pellet carries
To understand more about what stats mean you can visit the Wiki through this link there is no specific page for melee weapons but a lot of information on all other weapons
If you look on This Page about the fists it explains that they deal less damage than knives but have a greater knockdown effect which is useful for suppresing your target.