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- "Punch the nearest zombie and send him to his corner in pieces!"
- —Combo Card Description
The Knife Gloves are a combo weapon in Dead Rising 2, made by combining boxing gloves with a bowie knife.
It's arguably one of the best weapons in the game due to its accessibility, speed, durability level and damage. Even at low levels, the knife gloves deal extremely high damage, making them useful for Psychopaths, clearing a path through zombies, or taking out human enemies, such as Looters.
Many players have stated that the knife gloves are the closest equivalent to the Small Chainsaw in Dead Rising, and the best weapon to kill a psychopath. The knife gloves are easy to come by when a player knows where the parts are and do a decent amount of damage. Also they last a lot longer than the Laser Sword.[1][2]
This combo weapon has been described as:
- "These work like Wolverine's claws, without all the angst about being immortal. Cut zombies to ribbons! Wearing the hidden Blanka mask makes this even more awesome."[3]
This weapon has a 4-hit "light" combo, which consists of very sharp "slaps". The Combo-Card-restricted heavy attack is a heavy punch/slap. As a single slap from this is frequently enough to do away with any zombies (and indeed, does a lot of damage), the heavy attack is close to pointless.
Attacks
- Primary: Tap
for an overhand vertical slash attack. - Combo: Repeatedly tap for a 4 hit combo: two downward slashes, followed by two upward slashes. Chuck is awarded 300 PP for each zombie he kills (150 PP without combo card).
- Heavy: Hold for a "roundhouse" slash attack. Similar in effect to the combo attack, but strikes every zombie around and in front of Chuck, usually fatally. It's very possible to kill six or more zombies with one swipe). Each kill also awards Chuck 300/150 PP.
- Defensive: Hold
to bring the gloves up in a defensive posture. Tap to throw alternating left and right jabs.
Weapon Component Locations
Dead Rising 2 and Case Zero general locations of weapons needed to make the Knife Gloves.
| Component | Location | Component | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Boxing Gloves 
|
 Americana Casino - Bennie Jack's BBQ Shack (platform above counter)
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Bowie Knife
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see article
|
Trivia
- This weapon is one of the two weapons that Sullivan cannot disarm; the other being the Tenderizers.
- This weapon cannot be thrown, and instead Chuck will block. It is unclear whether this will actually block anything.
- The gloves appearance may be a nod to the claws of Wolverine from the X-Men or Freddie Krueger, who has a similar signature weapon.
- The Knife Gloves actually have five knives on them, two of them being a Chef Knife. However, these are hidden in between the three Bowie Knife and can be hard to see.
- The Knife Gloves were available in the Capcom massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) "Monster Hunter Frontier Online". Those who bought a Japanese copy of "Dead Rising 2" were given a redeemable Xbox360/PC code to receive it.[Verification needed]
- In the beta version of Dead Rising 2, the Knife Gloves were called Claws.[Verification needed]
- In the PC file items.txt this weapon is called "lknifeglove".
| Weapon Animations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Animation name | Animation shared with | |
| male_attack_Leftcross_b | ||
| male_attack_Leftuppercut_b | ||
| male_attack_Rightcross_a | ||
| male_attack_Rightuppercut_a | ||
Gallery
- Further information: Knife Gloves/Gallery
Video
Dead rising 2 knife gloves weapon moves
References
- ↑ Magazines and combo weapons, Gamespot forums, (October 3, 2010).
- ↑ What Weapons Would You Say Are The Best ,Most Powerful,PP Earner, Psychopath Killers?, GameSpot, (Sept 21, 2010).
- ↑ Frushtick, Russ. 'Dead Rising 2' Combo Weapons Guide - Duct Tape Is Your Friend, MTV. (August 31, 2010).