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Stealth
Stealth is the practice of being able to move around without being detected, as used by the tribute Foxface. Stealth is different from camouflage in that the former permits mobility, all at the cost of the tribute in question becoming more noticeable as he or she moves. Tributes often avoid confrontation by hiding in plain sight. This way they can safely observe their targets at a fair distance without making their own presence obvious.

Camouflage is the practice of concealing oneself from view. Tributes can be seen using camouflage during the Games to avoid being seen. The Morphlings from District 6 were rather fond of this station in their training sessions, as they spent the whole time there. Peeta also used this skill, which he learned from frosting cakes at his family bakery.

Concealment is the strategic approach that involves making one's own presence less obvious, often by blending in. It is divided in three classifications: Camouflage, Stealth, and Disguise. Concealment is not limited to merely hiding a person from plain view, as there are times when tributes must also hide other aspects like allies, and possessions like weapons and equipment from their rivals.

74th Hunger Games
In the74th Hunger Games, Peeta used mud to camouflage himself into rocks at the river bank when he was injured, as Cato stabbed his thigh to the bone and Peeta had no way of healing himself. Katniss Everdeen also used mud to camouflage her bright orange backpack with her surroundings. The Careers do not pay much attention to this tactic during training (or the games), due to their fighting style being limited to direct conflict as opposed to stealth.

75th Hunger Games
At the training center for the 75th Hunger Games, the District 6 tributes spend most of their time at the camouflage station. To the annoyance of Peeta, they left a big mess and not a lot of paint behind. It is mentioned that one time they paint themselves to look like a flowering meadow.

Combat
Combat is the strategic approach where tributes try to eliminate each other through very primitive means. The Cornucopia bloodbath, at the beginning of the Hunger Games, is the best example. Combat is divided into two classifications: Melee and Projectile, and also divided in two sub-classifications: Armed and Hand-to-Hand.

Melee is the mode of combat where belligerents engage in close range body-to-body skirmishes. Can be done either armed or unarmed, and favored by tributes who rely on brute physical strenght to overpower their adversaries -- more so than anything else they have at their disposal. This is because tributes that employ this tactic generally find it most effective to best their targets within arm's reach. As such, those that fight by melee tend to be very direct and confrontational while in the arena - always the first to close the distance between them and enemy tributes, taking down designated targets head-on.

For this reason, melee-style combat is ideal for tributes with reasonable physical prowess and aptitude for brawling