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Resident Evil 6 - Melee Combat Moves

Leon S. Kennedy Melee Attack Moves

Body Stomp Grounded Enemy You must have the wing shooter equipped and you must be facing the feet/side view of the enemies.

Body ThrowHead After you do a headshot, perform a front melee attack.

CounterRequired Stagger – N/A You need to press the melee button before the enemy grabs you.

Down We GoHeavy You can do this move if you execute the melee from behind an enemy.

Edge SlamLightYou must be standing near a railing or ledge to perform this attack.

Head StompGrounded Enemy You should have your wing shooter equipped and must be facing the head of the grounded enemy.

Heart StabberGrounded Enemy The survival knife should be equipped and the enemy must be lying on the ground.

High KickN/A It’s Leon’s Standard melee attack so you have the chance to perform in multiple ways.

RoundhouseLight You need to press the melee button while in front or behind the enemy.

Shoulder RamN/A It’s Leon’s standard dashing melee attack.

Wall SlamLight You must be standing near a wall to execute this melee attack.

Weapon ImprovLight You can do this melee attack standing in front of the enemy that has some type of equipped weapon.

Helena Harper Melee Attack Moves

Body StompGrounded Enemy You should be standing by the side or the side of the grounded enemy to perform this move.

Counter N/A If you press the melee button right before the enemy grabs you, you will perform this attack.

Double-Foot KickAlly Save This is Helena’s trademark Ally Save move.

Elbow DropHeavy Do this by attacking the enemy from behind.

Head StompGrounded Enemy You should be facing the head of the enemy to perform this move.

Jump Kick N/A This is Helena’s standard dashing move.

Pistol Whip/KickN/A The traditional melee attack of Helena. You will get to see it often. Just press the melee button.

Roundhouse Light You need to press the melee button in front or behind the enemy.

Spinning ThrowHead You need to do a front melee attack after you perform a headshot.

Weapon ImprovLight Melee the enemy from the front who has some sort of weapon equipped.

Chris Redfield Melee Attack Moves

BackhandLight It’s a light stagger melee move that can be performed either from the front or back of the enemy.

Body BlowGrounded Enemy You can execute on the grounded enemy (facing off its feet or side) if you have the firearm equipped.

Body TossHead A front melee attack after you get a headshot.

CounterN/A You need to press the melee button before the enemy grabs you.

Edge SlamLight You must be standing near the railing or edge to perform this attack move.

HaymakerAlly Save You should have firearm equipped and attack from the front or back.

Head StompGrounded Enemy You must have two things; the Nine-Oh-Nine weapon and facing the head of the enemy.

Heart StabberGrounded Enemy You should have the combat knife equipped and the enemy should be grounded.

Neck BreakerHeavy and Head Melee from behind when you have the firearm equipped.

One-Two ComboN/A It’s Chris’ traditional melee attack.

Shoulder RamN/A It’s Chris’ traditional dashing melee attack.

Throat SlicerHeavyYou should be standing behind the enemy the enemy and equipped with the combat knife.

Wall SlamLight You should be standing near a wall to execute this melee attack.

Piers Nivans Melee Attack Moves

Body BlowGrounded Enemy You should attack the downed enemy facing the feet or the side of the enemy when you have a firearm equipped.

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Leon & Helena's Campaign

Wing Shooter Survival Knife Picador Hydra Shotgun Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle Assault Rifle RN Lightning Hawk Incendiary Grenade Remote Bomb Rocket Launcher

Chris & Piers' Campaign

Nine-Oh-Nine (909) Assault Rifle for Special Tactics Combat Knife Anti-Materiel Rifle Assault Shotgun Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle MP-AF Grenade Launcher Hand Grenade Flash Grenade

Jake & Sherry's Campaign

Nine-Oh-Nine Triple Shot Stun Rod Shotgun Sniper Rifle Bear Commander Elephant Killer Remote Bomb Flash Grenade

Ada's Campaign

Crossbow Ammo Box 50 Assault Shotgun Sniper Rifle

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Franchise(s)
Resident Evil
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Capcom
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Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Eiichiro Sasaki
Yoshiaki Hirabayashi
Tomonori Takano
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Alternative Name(s) Biohazard 6, RE6

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