Holding [Special] causes the Gorilla to begin charging a lunge attack, which multiplies damage by 2.
In-Game Tooltip
"Hold [Special] to charge a devastating-ish attack"
Primal Lunge is a Special Ability used by the Gorilla. When you hold the [Special] button, the Gorilla will begin to shake, before charging forward, dealing double damage.
Combining this move with Backstabber is an effective strategy, as the damage multipliers will stack for x4 damage.
This is a very powerful attack when used correctly in combat.
When you have max Melee and are wielding a Sledgehammer, you can use the Primal Lunge to double the damage output; this will destroy Glass Walls in greenhouses and Lockdown Walls in Uptown. This can be incredibly useful when trying to escape from a lockdown or to set up a favorable situation to kill Scientists easily.
Has good synergy with Taser, although the gorilla can't use that item. For custom characters, it lets you stun an enemy and then charge a punch to deal huge damage without risk of being hit back.
Trivia[ | ]
If you kill someone with Primal Lunge, they will be gibbed.
There was a glitch that allowed you to rapidly use Primal Lunge even faster than Sharp Lunge. It also allowed you to almost instantly break walls. Speedruns of the game used this glitch until it was patched out in Alpha 28.
