How to do Aerial Takedown

[Hotdog Air]

I have unlocked the hidden dragon perk but cant do a aerial takedown. What button is it?

[Gonk]

It's F for keyboard, gross how many controller ppl are in here for a pc game.

[Hotdog Air]

Originally posted by kirakouji:

Originally posted by Hotdog Air:

I found it really hard at first but I have got the hang of it now. Its a really good perk because it takes down literally any enemy regardless of how tough they are. There was this one part where they were these three high level enemies separated I could aerial takedown all three and got a ton of xp, where as grappliing from behind wouldnt work

quick question: does it work on none-human like robots?

I am not sure haven't tried it yet

[LlothKnight]

given answers so far;
F button
R button
No button at all
Melee button,

so which one is it? WTF!

[Tenshin51]

It's automatic, you just need to make sure you are above the NPC head. It requires precision and sadly it is not button prompt. It takes a lot of practice to do it. Check some knife build in the net

Honestly a useless perk unless you are doing a knife build w/ slow time cyberware.

[Ash]

Originally posted by LlothKnight:

given answers so far;
F button
R button
No button at all
Melee button,

so which one is it? WTF!

No button needed, just land on enemy's head from enough height. Enemy should be unavare (not in 'red' state) for this to work.

[Ash]

Originally posted by Tenshin51:

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Honestly a useless perk unless you are doing a knife build w/ slow time cyberware.

You can goomba stomp lvl 50 enemies on a transit checkpoint while being lvl 20 and get a ton of XP. You can go and rummage around Valentinos turf early. You can do Very High jobs early provided they are in the open area and you have Whistle and Reboot Optics.

[mind.warp]

For me, if I'm on a catwalk or something... I just drop down on top of the enemy and it knocks them out.

That's it. No action button. No timed key press.

Just... align yourself, hop-or-step off a ledge. And "boom" you're done.

[Pistol Packin' Mama]

Whole reason I never grabbed this perk was because I couldn't find any explanation on how to use it. Never in a million years would have thought you just had to jump on your target.

Originally posted by Gonk:

It's F for keyboard, gross how many controller ppl are in here for a pc game.

Most games are made for controller, while KBM only excels at very specific things. I fail to see how that's "gross".

[Goubios]

thank god you dont lose your shoes when you do it as with the knife throwing...

[Ash]

Originally posted by goubios+:

thank god you dont lose your shoes when you do it as with the knife throwing...

Thanks for the good laughs

[Steve]

I just jump on their heads while undetected. Works with no button.

[Thanathos]

in santo domingo there's a street littered with 6th street gangs surrounded by buildings with catwalks all over, it has a cul de sac which should be easy to find but jumping down from the catwalks and knocking down 2-4 of them made me unlock it to be honest, took like 7 tries but worth it.

[I-NOCHT]

Originally posted by 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖙𝖊:

Whole reason I never grabbed this perk was because I couldn't find any explanation on how to use it. Never in a million years would have thought you just had to jump on your target.

Originally posted by Gonk:

It's F for keyboard, gross how many controller ppl are in here for a pc game.

Most games are made for controller, while KBM only excels at very specific things. I fail to see how that's "gross".

Because once upon a time devs made PC games for PCs and would often use most of the keyboards keys for various functions. When you make a PC game to fit on a console it has to work with a controller and only a controller before anything else. We are literally losing complexity and depth because of a need to port to consoles.

[Marakas]

I hope this still helps people:

You have to jump before dropping down on an unaware enemy(when they are red it doesnt count) when they are searching you can still make the Aerial take-down.

go to the edge of roof or whatever--> press jump button to jump in the air and drop from edge --> drop down on unaware enemy --> take-down triggers automatically.

I think this is the clearest explanation I can give.
You dont have to hold down any button, believe me I completely tested everything^^

[Suomipoika11]

Originally posted by Marakas:

I hope this still helps people:

You have to jump before dropping down on an unaware enemy(when they are red it doesnt count) when they are searching you can still make the Aerial take-down.

go to the edge of roof or whatever--> press jump button to jump in the air and drop from edge --> drop down on unaware enemy --> take-down triggers automatically.

I think this is the clearest explanation I can give.
You dont have to hold down any button, believe me I completely tested everything^^

This.
Be warned, game is pretty picky you land on proper spot , so save before leaping.