Wich weapons are capable of stealth kills?

[Teufelslama]

So far single shot rifles like the Gewehr, Dragunov or M24 seem to be the only viable stealth weapons. They are accurate as hell, have great range and most important, they are the only ranged weapons that deal enough damage to one shot the beefy enemies.

I was playing with a silenced Uzi so far and it worked great in the beginning, but now it hardly does anything when I use it in stealth. I didn't try the pistols or MP5 so far and my ARs have compensators.


so are only Snipers and Knifes able to stealth kill with one shot? I don't see the point of a silenced gun that can't take out an enemy without being spotted anyway.

[Shadow]

Silenced sniper rifle works the best. I've also had decent success in midgame with a silenced Desert Eagle. But I'm starting to encounter more enemies that shrug off a point blank Desert Eagle headshot without a helmet, so that may not be working anymore in lategame.

[jfoytek]

So I think your forgetting that, you do extra damage for being in stealth and you do extra critical damage with head shots so just about any gun if silenced and fired out of stealth can 1 shot.... Sure some are far better because their easier to aim...

But yes using a weak weapon against a STRONG enemy will likely not go that great...

[Teufelslama]

I'm aware of the stealth bonus to damage :)
that makes Snipers so much better, cause they are pretty much guaranteed to one hit kill, at least where I'm at in the game.

My MPs on the other side do damage on the range of 19-35 including the bonus and headshots, which is not a kill and sets off the enemies.

From what I've seen there aren't stronger MPs than the UZI or MP5, unless you mean that MPs are weak in general.

[peddroelm]

all of'em ?

Its not about the weapon , its about attacking un aware targets ..

[West Taiwan]

Silenced AA-12 bursts seem to work

[Keith 'Blood' Hanson]

There's a difference between shooting in stealth and a 'stealth kill'. You proc a stealth kill and it 100% kills an enemy regardless of what weapon you're using. Knives and suppressed rifles seem to be the best at this.

[Ichthyic]

Originally posted by peddroelm:

all of'em ?

Its not about the weapon , its about attacking un aware targets ..

this. silenced weapons are only for STAYING in stealth once you kill something. you can easily stealth kill with any pistol. what you need to do is increase your chance to stealth kill.
-high agility (to reduce detection).
-special side item mod on gun
-traits and perks that boost stealth kills specifically. when you get a stealth kill, the damage numbers show in GOLD on screen, and your counter for stealth kills will go up on your statistics page. if numbers are red, it was not a stealth kill.

[FatalException]

Anything with high single shot damage has a pretty decent chance of killing an enemy in one shot from stealth, because the enemy either gets killed by the stealth kill effect, or the weapon does enought crit damage to kill anyway.

But technically even the MP40 on single shot could kill any enemy not immune to stealth kills.

[Hymzir]

I have Mouse running around with a silenced MP5 with the mod that ups chance of getting a Stealth Kill, and it seems to be able to deliver Stealth Kills pretty reliably. Especially after mouse leveled a bit and was able to give her more Stealth kill perks.

From a pure mechanical point of view, Kalyna with her Silenced Dragunov (which is kinda silly if you stop to think about it... Nothing silent about the real steel version of that thing.) outperforms Mouse by a clearly noticeable margin.

An argument can be made that the benefits of the MP5 is that I can use it in more cramped urban environments, and get stealth kills in zones where it is harder to find a good sniping spot. Which is true, but even so... The scale still clearly favors the Silenced SR over the Silenced MP...

[Shadow]

Is the assassin perk worth it to get stealth kills?


By the way, I found a neat way to do stealth kills on groups of 2 enemies. You need two stealthy mercs, on you move into shot range, one you give the order to do a knife kill and send the move order, then switch back to the other, pre-aim your shot and time clicking on the head to be in sync with the knife takedown of the other merc.

[Don Montega]

Originally posted by West Taiwan:

Silenced AA-12 bursts seem to work

Oh yes, singleshot while advancing works like a charm too.

[Frederica]

modded M14 works too. it's kind of a poor man's version, i suppose

[x_equals_speed]

I don't think the base damage of the weapon matters, you can stealth kill with a punch to the torso.

[Dre G Writer]

I use a silenced and heavily modified MP5 on mouse. I sneak up to enemy at point blank, and quickly aim at head with that 3 round burst and hit like 60-90 damage total and the target is down. no alerts and no combat.

She also has a silence dragonuv for long range sniping.

Mouse is a stealth god.

[Nellvan]

No need to waste 3 bullets and the AP (except as plan b if the burst will kill without a proper stealth kill, I guess)

As has been said, stealth kills seem to be entirely seperate from the inflicted damage and depend on stats, perks, and gear. I've had them happen on a single grazing 9mm hit.