Stealth kill elite enemies?

[GorishiDan]

Is there a way? Elite i mean the ones that have a white health bar on top of the head. I tried with a semi-auto suppressed pistol and they instantly start shooting. As in, 0.2 sec after i shoot them in the head which is like 35% or so of their hp they pull out their gun and start shooting in front of them even if i'm right behind. While this doesn't do damage to me it immediately turns a stealth run into a loud one. Is this a bug?

[Darc]

Silent Stun grenades will keep them staggered long enough for one to gun down. Other than that its best to avoid them or prep for combat.

[Doktor Vic Tim]

Silenced gun and a Berserk can take care of them pretty fast as well from my experience.

[Ballistic Groove Gun]

Originally posted by GorishiDan:

they pull out their gun and start shooting in front of them even if i'm right behind. While this doesn't do damage to me it immediately turns a stealth run into a loud one. Is this a bug?

Intended gangster behaviour; they can't radio in an alarm so they just fire their gun off to let everyone know something's up in any 'alert' situation.
Otherwise yeah, silent stun grenade is pretty silly in its effectiveness and radius, if you have a melee weapon you can even walk up and stab/bludgeon them, just be aware that Scudo captains are somewhat beefier than the others.

[Bubbles the Soap Dragon]

Generally, the best way about it is to hit them hard and fast with suppressed weapons, and hope that their weapon doesn't randomly discharge when you injure them.

If you don't have a suppressed weapon, a melee weapon can spottily work.

If you don't have a melee weapon, cross your fingers and get punching from behind.


Naturally, a silenced stun grenade makes your job easier (but not weapon-discharge-free).

[GorishiDan]

Originally posted by Bubbles the Soap Dragon:

Generally, the best way about it is to hit them hard and fast with suppressed weapons, and hope that their weapon doesn't randomly discharge when you injure them.

If you don't have a suppressed weapon, a melee weapon can spottily work.

If you don't have a melee weapon, cross your fingers and get punching from behind.


Naturally, a silenced stun grenade makes your job easier (but not weapon-discharge-free).

I don't have a silent stun grenade unlocked but i guess it doesn't matter as it'll still be useless for stealth in this case right? If it won't prevent them firing their weapon the second they're hit, blowing the stealth run, then it won't help. I wanna be able to kill them while remaining in stealth. Is it really not possible?

[MrDB]

Shooting the whole magazine from silenced mp5 can silently kill detective.
Pretty sure must work on other elites, but can't be sure.

[Darc]

Originally posted by GorishiDan:

Originally posted by Bubbles the Soap Dragon:

Generally, the best way about it is to hit them hard and fast with suppressed weapons, and hope that their weapon doesn't randomly discharge when you injure them.

If you don't have a suppressed weapon, a melee weapon can spottily work.

If you don't have a melee weapon, cross your fingers and get punching from behind.


Naturally, a silenced stun grenade makes your job easier (but not weapon-discharge-free).

I don't have a silent stun grenade unlocked but i guess it doesn't matter as it'll still be useless for stealth in this case right? If it won't prevent them firing their weapon the second they're hit, blowing the stealth run, then it won't help. I wanna be able to kill them while remaining in stealth. Is it really not possible?

They may not even shoot while stunned so having a crew member with the stun grenade or unlocking the grenade itself should be one of your top picks when you get it. Besides that you usually either prep for combat or avoid them if possible.

[Akameka]

silent stun grenade work like a gaz grenade. While affected by the gaz, they cannot take any action ( like shooting for exemple ), so you can empty your silenced mag in their head without them shooting back.

Alternatively, getting hit by fist or blunt/blade weapon in the head will stunlock them long enough for you to hit again. So a katana for exemple will make quick work of captains in stealth, and even creeping behind them and spaming their head with fists can be enough to stunlock them to death.

[Bubbles the Soap Dragon]

Originally posted by GorishiDan:

I don't have a silent stun grenade unlocked but i guess it doesn't matter as it'll still be useless for stealth in this case right? If it won't prevent them firing their weapon the second they're hit, blowing the stealth run, then it won't help. I wanna be able to kill them while remaining in stealth. Is it really not possible?

Just blast them with a suppressed weapon and hope the game doesn't do any funny business.

The whole "randomly firing when damaged despite everything you do" might be a rare bug or something I'm not looking at right, admittedly.

[Abyssal Crow]

Should be able to just take a silenced weapon and rapid-fire headshot them to kill, its what I do every time. Any other stuff might be iffy, you COULD melee them but you'd need an actual melee weapon for it to be reliable, stack on the melee damage perk too for good measure.

[Insane]

Originally posted by GorishiDan:

Is there a way? Elite i mean the ones that have a white health bar on top of the head. I tried with a semi-auto suppressed pistol and they instantly start shooting. As in, 0.2 sec after i shoot them in the head which is like 35% or so of their hp they pull out their gun and start shooting in front of them even if i'm right behind. While this doesn't do damage to me it immediately turns a stealth run into a loud one. Is this a bug?

The game features the M4-A1 shooting rifle of legendary quality with a silencer. Of course, it costs a lot, but I think that it’s unlikely that he’ll be able to withstand a burst of fire from such a thing.

[Insane]

There is also a shortened Ak-47 of very rare quality and also with a silencer. It will be easier to buy. I think this option will not be much inferior to the main one.