Baton

The Baton is a Melee weapon, added in Pre-Alpha 1.8.3.

Combat
The Baton is a medium-range Melee weapon, made of a type of plastic, therefore it is not able to deflect bullets, only block them. Despite its decent range, it deals the lowest damage of any melee weapon in SFD. Try to out-range your enemy when using the Baton.

Trivia

 * When the baton was introduced, it was an extremely desirable melee weapon, as it had one of the longest ranges in the game, and could block attacks very fast, since it was a one-handed weapon. However, with the 1.8.8 Pre-Alpha update, which fixed the bug that caused 1H weapons to block faster, and with the 1.9.0 Pre-Alpha update, which adjusted melee weapon ranges, the Baton became much less powerful, becoming shorter than Baseball Bat.

History
1.8.3: Introduced

1.8.8: Block Speed Reduced

1.9.0: Melee Range Reduced