TF2 Zombie Escape Guide
  • What is Zombie Escape?
  • ⭐Highlights
    • Bhopping
    • !zload
    • Gamemode Changes 5/20/2025
    • Recent Maps 6/3/2025
      • Legacy Maps
    • Map List (+Map Records!)
  • 📖General Overview
    • Mod Mechanics
    • New Player's Guide
    • How to Play as Humans
      • Human Class Overviews
      • Human Mechanics
    • How to Play as Zombies
      • Zombie Mutations Overview
      • Zombie Mechanics
      • Niche Mechanic Uses
    • Leading
    • Defending and Falling Back
    • Boosting 101
    • Terminology and Slang
    • Useful Commands
    • Where to Play
  • ⚔️Human/Zombie Guides (Stats Here!)
    • Meet The Humans (+Weapons!)
      • ⚾Scout
        • Scout Primaries
        • Scout Secondaries
        • Scout Melees
      • 🚀Soldier
        • Soldier Primaries
        • Soldier Secondaries
        • Soldier Melees
      • 🔥Pyro
        • Pyro Primaries
        • Pyro Secondaries
        • Pyro Melees
      • 💣Demoman
        • Demoman Primaries
        • Demoman Secondaries
        • Demoman Melees
      • 👊Heavy
        • Heavy Primaries
        • Heavy Secondaries
        • Heavy Melees
      • 🔧Engineer
        • Engineer Primaries
        • Engineer Secondaries
        • Engineer Melees
      • 🏥Medic
        • Medic Primaries
        • Medic Secondaries
        • Medic Melees
      • 🇳🇿Sniper
        • Sniper Primaries
        • Sniper Secondaries
        • Sniper Melees
      • 🗡️Spy
        • Spy Primaries
        • Spy Secondaries
        • Spy Melees
        • Spy Sappers
    • Meet The Zombies
      • Zombie Scout
      • Zombie Soldier
      • Zombie Pyro
      • Zombie Demoman
      • Zombie Heavy
      • Zombie Engineer
      • Zombie Medic
      • Zombie Sniper
      • Zombie Spy
    • Human Meta (+Loadouts!)
      • [OPTIMAL DPS] + Team Comps
      • Class Loadouts (Scout/Soldier/Pyro)
      • Class Loadouts (Demoman/Heavy/Engineer)
      • Class Loadouts (Medic/Sniper/Spy)
  • 🌀Elements of Zombie Escape
    • Parkour
    • Surf
    • Lasers
      • Ping Issue
    • Items
      • Common Items
    • NPCs and Bosses
      • Bosses
  • ⚙️Miscellaneous Info
    • Miscellaneous Info...
    • Stat Explanation
    • TF2 Systems
    • Useful Console Commands and Keybinds
    • Better Flashlight
    • Map Guides
    • Editor Notes
    • ⭐Afterword⭐
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  • Melee Detection
  • Class Weights
  • Rate of Fire
  1. Miscellaneous Info

TF2 Systems

The following are some elements of TF2 that may be useful to know for ZE.

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Last updated 9 months ago

Melee Detection

TF2's melee system can be very weird and jank. On top of all this, there are added modifiers for ZE that change melee ranges, disable collisions, or prevent certain events from happening that could affect melee detection.

For a general reference, check the video below:

Note that all items presented may not be usable on the server, but it should give you a deeper understanding of how meleeing works in TF2 overall.

Class Weights

Mentioned earlier is the fact that Heavies take less knockback. The video below demonstrates this and the weight attributes of other classes:

Rate of Fire

With all the modified firing rates of the weapons, it may be helpful to recall how tick rates affect the true values within TF2:

The videos provided have been created by While they may not have any association with TF2 ZE, big thanks to them for compiling this information useful for here and in vanilla TF2.

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Jane (channel link):