Is Muton Execute Real?

[*That* Guy]

I was looking up info on the different abilities aliens have and I found multiple sources saying Mutons have an instant kill "Execute" ability they can use on stunned enemies. However, I have yet to find something such as a video showing it. Is it a real thing and if so does anyone have evidence of its existence?

[GanjaCommando]

I have never encountered it nor even heard of it, personally.

[*That* Guy]

Originally posted by GanjaCommando:

I have never encountered it nor even heard of it, personally.

If you look it up you can see a few different things that point to it such as info on the Xcom wiki page for Mutons as well as a reddit post talking about it. Maybe its just a highly perpetuated rumor?

[Stardustfire]

mabye some ppl jumbled what they only heared themself? and wikis are no real source of wisdom mosttimes, because anyone with a wish that something is true can type it there.
and it dont helps that many players are to stupid to recogice that they use mods that do things to the game. and than they give ppl asking for help this mod mechanics as vanilla game mechanic infos..

Mutons special is that they do melee counterattacks when engaged in melee combat and dont dazed or in another way disabled.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by *That* Guy:

Maybe its just a highly perpetuated rumor?

IIRC, it is this.

It was an ability that the Mutons either had in a Beta build of the game, and it was cut, OR it was a concept that FIraxis decided to drop before it actually became a game mechanic.

[*That* Guy]

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

Originally posted by *That* Guy:

Maybe its just a highly perpetuated rumor?

IIRC, it is this.

It was an ability that the Mutons either had in a Beta build of the game, and it was cut, OR it was a concept that FIraxis decided to drop before it actually became a game mechanic.

So at some point it was real in production, but ever since the game actually released its never been in it.

[Amanoob105]

Looks there may well be (if in doubt, wiki).
https://xcom.fandom.com/wiki/Muton_(XCOM_2)
About of a third of the way down. "Execute: Mutons can perform a finishing move on an adjacent stunned enemy."

Never seen this happen, but it's not a common combination of events to go off at all at once.

[Mitzruti]

they have the followup ability on their gun, but not the one that initiates it. there's also no ai to use it.

[Cyber Von Cyberus]

By looking through the Defaultgamedata_soldierskills.ini file we can find:

[XComGame.X2Ability_Muton]
BAYONET_STUN_CHANCE=0
EXECUTE_RANGE=144
EXECUTE_DAMAGE_AMOUNT=100
COUNTERATTACK_RANGE=144
COUNTERATTACK_DODGE_AMOUNT=66

Which points to the muton execution being a real skill judging by the damage numbers

[Zeonista]

Thousands of hours of gameplay, and I've never experienced this once! Usually because the adjacent Mutant usually shredded the soldier it hits in melee. Or I wasted the Muton before it could follow up. But since it has been proven to exist, it can happen.

[*That* Guy]

Originally posted by Cyber Von Cyberus:

By looking through the Defaultgamedata_soldierskills.ini file we can find:

[XComGame.X2Ability_Muton]
BAYONET_STUN_CHANCE=0
EXECUTE_RANGE=144
EXECUTE_DAMAGE_AMOUNT=100
COUNTERATTACK_RANGE=144
COUNTERATTACK_DODGE_AMOUNT=66

Which points to the muton execution being a real skill judging by the damage numbers

so theoretically it does exist in the game and they can use it, they just never do?

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by *That* Guy:

so theoretically it does exist in the game and they can use it, they just never do?

Seems that way. How many times have you seen a soldier get stunned?
Let alone at the same time that they were within melee attack distance of a muton?

[*That* Guy]

Originally posted by Amanoob105:

Originally posted by *That* Guy:

so theoretically it does exist in the game and they can use it, they just never do?

Seems that way. How many times have you seen a soldier get stunned?
Let alone at the same time that they were within melee attack distance of a muton?

Fair point

[Stardustfire]

when i remember correct mutons melee counter coud involve a daze, long ago i tryed the stunt to melee them