- "You've been hit by, you've been struck by, a smooth criminal! Yeeow!"
- ―Michael Jackson
Hitman, along with Trickster, is one of the two Elite Assassin-type classes that cost 400 points in CRITICAL STRIKE.
Appearance[]
Hitman appears as a person wearing a fancy suit, donning a tie and fedora, with gloves on each arm.
Hitman welds a gun attached with a blade.
Overview[]
Hitman's kit focuses around quickly taking down one target at a time, boasting a unique targeting mechanic, allowing Hitman to increase the damage of their CRT. With their hybrid rushdown-zoner style kit, they can exploit weaknesses to deal consistently high raw damage, and even chain moves together to maximize damage output. To further improve this, Hitman has strong mobility options and mix-up potential, granting them versatile offensive gameplay; capable of combat up close or at a distance.
Overall, the powerful offence and high mobility Hitman boasts is balanced out by its low-ish health and the fact that it relies on successful use of CRT to win fights.
Strengths[]
- Above-Average CQC (Compared to other Ranged classes)
- High Damage Potential
- Unique Target System
- Mix-Up potential
- Above-Average Mobility
- Very good 1v1 Potential
Weakness[]
- Fragile health.
- CRT, being the highest source of raw damage for Hitman, and the whole point of the Targeting system, is easy to miss.
Moveset[]
[Passive] - Target Acquired
Selects a random enemy as a target.
Swaps targets once the current target is killed or leaves.
50% of damage dealt to the target is stored into — and can be used with — CRT.
| Attack | Name / Preview | Description | Effect | Damage | Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK | Combat Expertise
 |
Shoot out a single projectile that deals 8 damage. If you're in melee range of a player, you use your knife attached on the gun and slash. |
N/A | 8 / 12 | 0.4s |
| AB1 | Shaded Strike
  |
Turn invisible for a second and unable to attack or jump during stealth. After one second, dash forwards, dealing 15 damage to anybody in range and Injuring them. Grants 8 damage for CRT. |
Injured (Target) | 15 | 4s |
| AB2 | Guillotine Drop
  |
Perform a flip forwards and shoot out 3 projectiles that deal 4 damage each and inflict stacks of Cripple. Perform a horizontal spin that deals 12 damage and inflicts Cripple when in the melee range. |
Cripple (Target) | 4x3 / 12 | 4s |
| CRT | Finish the Job
  |
50% of all damage done to the target is stored, capping at 30 damage. After a 1s windup, fires a fast bullet.
Damage pool for CRT is halved when the target changes. On target kill, at least 15 damage will be kept. |
N/A | 1-30 | 6s |
Tips and Tricks[]
- (OUTDATED) Hitman deals 50% more damage to their target, but takes 25% more damage in return. Overall, it's best to take down your target early.
- (OUTDATED) You can save CRT, and use it at Final Strike for an unsuspected advantage.
- AB2 has the unique trait of slashing on contact with the ground. Use this to your advantage.
- [Dirty Trick]: You can actually use AB1 while performing AB2, so that when it lands, you will stab after shooting AB2, making it hard to let the opponent dodge.
- This can be used just after bouncing into the void to quickly surprise your foes.
- Use AB1's invisibility to your advantage. Trick foes into thinking you're approaching when you're backing away, and vise-versa.
- Keep in mind that you take extra damage from the target, meaning that you are very fragile.
- AB2's ranged version actually deals more total damage if you land all the shots. However, the range is low, and landing all bullets is unlikely.
- During AB1's duration, you cannot use moves. However, mashing ATK will allow you to slash instantly after leaving stealth, dealing an instant 27-40 damage; depending if it's used against your target or not.
- Since you can play melee and ranged, use your opponent's weakness against them.
- If they excel at ranged play, get in their face and out-dps them.
- If they excel at melee play, stay back and chip them down, or quickly burst them down before they can get an upper hand.
- [Niche Glitch]: Within a very brief time window, AB2's leap can be canceled by jumping. This is very rare, and is only reliably done with Macros.
- This allowed the player to perform a melee slash without a leap, or fire a barrage of bullets instantly, at the cost of mobility.
- Time your AB2. It only works when you touch the ground.
- Attempting to do this in mid-air does not work, and thus, disable your ATK. It is recommended not to use this ability right the moment you fall into the void.
Combos[]
AB2 > AB1 > ATK
- Dash in with AB2, then during the cripple, use AB1 and ATK to deal an unavoidable 27-40 damage. Deals 39-58 damage total if all attacks land.
- Variation 1: Use AB1 during AB2's dash if you are confident. It allows you to perform the stab earlier, allowing for more ATKs to be used during the cripple duration.
Skins[]
- Valentine: 100 Charming Tokens
- Has overalls and baggy-looking pants, as well as a more detailed shirt and bowtie. Has wings on its back, and gun has a heart on it.
- The movesets are changed to the skin theme:
- ATK's slash is now a rose-liked.
- AB1 will unleash a rose.
- AB2's bullets has a heart-shaped shockwave while the slash comprises two roses.
- CRT's GUI mark is now a heart-shaped symbol.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Hitman was added before v5.4.(?).
- Hitman's design may take inspiration from the music video for Michael Jackson's song Smooth Criminal.
- Epic stated that he likes the weapon of Hitman. He likes the concept of it.
- In v5.8.0, Hitman's walkspeed was buffed to 40, thus tied with Thief. However, many people dislike this change, as they make this class even more OP.
- This was now reverted back to 35 in v5.8.6.
- Hitman's next target is <insert name here>
Update History[]
- v5.8.0:
Hitman's walkspeed is buffed from 35 to 40.
- v5.8.6:
- Hitman's walkspeed is nerfed back to 35.
- v5.9.5:
REWORKED
- PSV: Selects a random target. 50% of damage dealt to this target is stored into and can be used with CRT. Chooses a new target instantly when the target leaves or is killed.
- CRT: 50% of all damage done to the target is stored, capping at 25 damage. After a 1s windup, fires a fast bullet. Damage pool is halved when target changes.
- AB1: Damage reduced. (15 -> 12)
- AB2: Bullet count increased. (2 -> 3)
- AB2: Bullet damage decreased. (8 -> 4)
- CRT: Cooldown decreased. (30s -> 6s)
- PSV/CRT: Bonus damage dealt to target removed entirely.
- PSV/CRT: Bonus damage taken from target removed entirely.
- v5.9.6
- AB1: Damage increased. (12 -> 15)
- AB1: Grants 8 damage for CRT.
- AB2: Cripple duration on bullet hits reduced. (2s -> 1.5s)
- AB2: Cripple duration now combines with prior bullets instead of applying a seperate cripple stack.
- CRT: Damage cap increased. (25 -> 30)
- CRT: Damage Bonus of 15 kept on kill.
