She is also very proficient with a pistol, and hand-to-hand combat, as she single-handedly defeats six Civil Protection officers who almost capture Gordon during his escape from the tenement block at the start of Half-Life 2, and helps fight alongside Gordon briefly during the chapters Entanglement and Anticitizen One in Half-Life 2. In Episode One, Alyx accompanies Gordon for most of the game and demonstrates additional fighting skills previously unseen, using a shotgun and kicking and kneeing off Zombies when they get too close. she is also fairly skilled with the use of Sniper Rifles as seen during episodes 1 and 2, where she provides cover for Gordon using Overwatch Sniper Rifles. In Half-Life: Alyx, she can fight with Russell's pistol, a shotgun, a Combine Pulse SMG, as well as grenades and Xen Grenades. She can also use the Gravity Gloves offensively by manipulating electric energy harvested from Vortigaunts. Her ability to cut a wide swath through the Combine's forces and breach the Vault, not to mention the G-Man's subsequent interest in her as Gordon's replacement, suggests that Alyx is equally capable and prodigious in combat as is Gordon.