20 Video Game Skills That Secretly Change The Game

20. Kicking - Dead Island

Dead Island, the tropical zombie survival game, features four distinct heroes, each equipped with their own unique skills and stats to tackle the apocalypse on Banoi.

Picking the right character and pairing them with the right weapons is a pretty big deal if you want to make sure you can survive on the island.

However, if you don't feel like investing too much time optimizing your build, you can just try the game's most powerful weapon—kicking.

Although Dead Island teaches you that kicking is best used as a means of pushing zombies away from you, it is secretly the deadliest tool in your arsenal.

The kick deals minimal damage when knocking zombies down, but once they're on the floor, kicking them in the head deals critical damage that scales with your level and can damage zombies harder than even legendary weapons.

Best of all, there are next to no penalties for spamming your kicks, since they don't decay like regular weapons, use very little stamina, and zombies are immediately repelled by them.

Some characters like Purna and Sam B can even boost your kicks further, upgrading them with stamina recovery and finishers, making them even more powerful.

Behold the kick of death!