That being said, the refractor engine Battlefield knives were also OHK from any angle but there was no key to use it. Battlefield 4 (and maybe Hardline?) are the only Battlefield games in the series that has the OHK knife from any angle with the only counter to it being a quick time event. The way they work in BF1 and 5 is the exact same way it works in BF3 but with more variety in weapon damage/speed. Pickups excluded neither BF1 or 5 had one hit melee kills other than from behind. This inevitably results in the panic knife which, based on Battlefield 1 and V, was determined by who hit the “melee button” first…Īnd please do not get me started on the bayonet attack… The vast majority of players end up in melee due to terrible spawn locations or due to simply blindly running into it, not actively seeking melee combat.
