How do I backstab?

Question

As a Stealth, I cannot seem to successfully backstab anyone in the training mission. I run behind the enemy, I attack with the blades, and he just turns around and murders me! The tutorial says a backstab can kill any enemy in one hit, but I can't get the hang of it. What else must I do? Is there some cloaked/uncloaked requirement?

Asked by OrigamiRobot

Answer

To kill them in one hit you need to be behind them and be in range, hitting too early will uncloak you and the bot will turn at once.

You can see that you are in range by your crosshair chaning looks as on the picture below.

As far as I can tell you do not need to be cloaked, but I have a hard time telling if the cloak have faded before i hit when I try to do it vs the bots in the training mission and it is definitely easier if you are cloaked.

Answered by Blem

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