The Hatchet Man

The Hatchet Man begins on the second day at 8 A.M. Frank will get a call from Otis letting him know to check out Crislip's Home Saloon. When Frank arrives at the store he sees many mutilated zombie corpses hanging from the ceiling. This is when Cliff Hudson shows himself and a psychopath battle begins.

Strategy One
This fight is kind of tricky for a number of reasons, Cliff can use air ducts to travel from place to place, he can throw pipe bombs at the player, he is often not within range of the player, and his machete deals massive damage. It is a good idea to bring some kind of firearm to the fight because he will often be lurking around atop the stores shelves. When he does this keep away from him to avoid the pipe bombs he will throw, and fire at him. When he is on the ground using melee attacks, hit him with something heavy like a hammer. Keeping this up he should die pretty quickly.

Strategy Two
Bring with you a couple of baseball bats, sub-machine guns if you can, if not then handguns. Also bring food items such as wine or orange juice. Charge your bat swings and hit Cliff when he gets close. When he travels through the air ducts shoot at him with your handguns or SMG's. Repeat until he is dead, and use your food when you need to.

Strategy Three
Crislips' is full of construction and destruction items. Use a chainsaw or lawn mower to cut down Cliff, or go for the excavator.

Survivors
After the fight is over you will be able to free the "prisoners of war" he kept hostage. Retrieve the key from his body and free the captives from the empty store to the left of the hardware store. The survivors are Josh Manning, Rich Atkins, and Barbara Patterson.