Assassination: Difference between revisions

With normal beat downs, one will quickly melee the opponent's back, resulting in an instant kill, but will stay in first person view. This earns them a medal but no credit or commendation increase. With an assassination, the player goes into third person view and performs a special finishing move. During an assassination, the player runs a risk of getting their kill stolen by a teammate, which results in the teammate getting a [[Yoink Medal|Yoink]] medal. The player is also able to be damaged and even killed during the animation, which will cause the victim to be saved and the savior will get a [[Showstopper Medal|Showstopper]] medal. This makes assassinations relatively unpopular for fast paced gametypes such as [[Oddball]] or [[Team SWAT]]. Also, performing assassinations will negate fall damage, unlike beat downs. This allows players to survive fatal falls if an enemy happens to be directly below. This is featured in the achievement [[If They Came to Hear Me Beg]].