The brick/bottle melee combo will save you

One of The Last of Us Part II’s secret best combat maneuvers is an inexpensive and easy-to-pull-off attack: the brick/bottle throw followed by a melee strike. In a stealthy encounter, throwing a brick or bottle is a good way to distract a group of enemies. In No Return, they’re an easy way to take out enemies fast. If you throw one of these directly at an enemy, you’ll stun them for a few seconds, leaving them open to a one-hit kill. It’s an underrated move, and given that you can find bricks and bottles all throughout No Return’s arenas, it’s one of the best ways to handle an isolated enemy.