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The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Warzone The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Vanguard The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Warzone 2 The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Mobile The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III The subject of this article appeared in Zombies mode The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile
For the similar mechanic in singleplayer, see Takedowns.

Finishing Moves, also known as Executions, are a player mechanic featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Vanguard, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, Call of Duty: Mobile and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. They allow a player to enter a third-person view and perform an elaborate kill animation on an enemy. Finishing Moves are not available in the Campaign or Zombies modes.

Finishing Moves are executed by holding down the melee button while facing behind a player or AI enemy. They will be cancelled if either person dies, and anyone victim to a Finishing Move may remain alive if the attacker is killed before the Finishing Move is completed. Each Finishing Move has different variations when used on either standing, prone, or downed enemies.

Included in several Finishing Moves are additional characters or objects known as "pets" or "companions", which will carry out the kill animation instead of the player, including dogs, zombies, hyenas, and an RC-XD. Additionally, "pets" will travel alongside the player's selected operator in the lobby menu.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare[]

After a Finishing Move is completed, the Operators, except for Mil-Sim, will say a line specific to them that may be chosen in the Quips menu.

Most Modern Warfare Finishing Moves are unique to specific Operators while some can be applied to any of them. Finishing Moves are unlocked via Missions, the Battle Pass, and various store items. Performing 25 Finishing Moves will unlock the operator Krueger.

List of Finishing Moves[]

Name Rarity How to obtain
Achilles Heel Base Base for Wyatt
Axe You Nicely Base Base for Alice
Axe and Receive Base Base for Raines
Baton Dispatch Base Base for Charly
Cranial Carnage Base Base for Otter
Death Pirouette Base Base for Rodion
Disable and Decimate Base Base for Domino
Disable and Kill Base Base for Azur
Disdainful Destruction Base Base for Golem
Face the End Base Base for Minotaur
Foul Play Base Base for Syd
Hatchet Hitman Base Base for D-Day
Head to Head Base Base for Bale
Hobble and Slay Base Base for Yegor
Infiltration Base Base for Grinch
Knee Deep Base Base for Zane
Pierce the Jug Base Base for Mil-Sim (Coalition)
Riot Control Base Base for Thorne
Shanks A Lot Base Base for Mil-Sim (Allegiance)
Slideshot Base Base for Ghost
Take Down Base Base for Krueger
1, 2, 3 Epic Base for Alex
Axing for Trouble Epic Sparks - Sparks Operator Bundle
Belly Flop Epic Ghost - Purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered
Between The Ribs Epic Charly - Deathbringer Bundle
Brass Boxer Epic Syd - Emerald Ranger Bundle
Brass Tactics Epic Yegor - Mother Russia Bundle
Brassed Off Epic Kreuger - Lone Marauder Bundle
Brick by Brick Epic Lerch - Operator Mission
Carver Epic Iskra - Iskra Operator Bundle
Chest Pains Epic Base for Mara
Close and Personal Epic Thorne - Night Operations Bundle
Clubbed Epic Azur - Arms Dealer Bundle
Cold Blooded Epic Charly - Nightstalker Bundle
Counterplay Epic Bale - The Huntsman Bundle
Deft Dispatch Epic Alice - Battle-Ready Bundle
Do The Spadework Epic Base for Nikolai
Down to Size Epic Wyatt - Out in the Bush Bundle
Electrifying End Epic Domino - Full Metal Bundle
Face the Adze Epic Minotaur - WMD Bundle
First Degree Epic Otter - Amphibious Bundle
Go Clubbing Epic Grinch - The Unseen Bundle
Grave Digger Epic Domino - The Bodyguard Bundle
Herding Epic Mara - Season One Battle Pass Tier 100 Operator Mission (3/4)
Hold This Epic Zane - Enlisted Bundle
Ice Breaker Epic Otter - Cleanup Crew Bundle
Ice To Meet You Epic Gaz - Gaz Operator Bundle
Icy Veins Epic Thorne - Air Assault Bundle
Join the Club Epic Zane - Cloak And Dagger Bundle
Knife To Meet You Epic Kreuger - Mad Chemist Bundle
Laid To Rest Epic Golem - Urban Avenger Bundle
Leg Sweep Epic Yegor - Tactical Human IV Bundle
Lined Up Epic Rodion - Infiltrator Bundle
Lose By A Neck Epic Base for Farah
Mace to the Face Epic Mace - Mace Operator Bundle
Martial Law Epic Raines - Heavy Hitter Bundle
Misdirection Epic Alice - Chill Confirmed Bundle
Payback Epic Pre-order a digital copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Universal)
Pew Pew Pew Epic Fourth of July Pack Bundle (Universal)
Pinned Epic Minotaur - Guerilla Bundle
Point Taken Epic Soap - Soap Operator Bundle
Precision Point Epic Syd - Tactical Human III Bundle
Queen of Spades Epic Mara - Mara: Kawaii Cat Bundle
Run Through Epic Mace - Mace: Guns Blazing Bundle
Say Watt Epic Golem - Cold Blood Bundle
Sick 'Em Epic Talon - Talon Operator Bundle
Slice and Dice Epic Ronin - Ronin Operator Bundle
Spine Snapper Epic D-Day - The Texan Bundle
Staying Frosty Epic Base for Price
Step Aside Epic Griggs - Sgt. Griggs Operator Bundle
Stick 'n' Knife Epic D-Day - Outback Relief Bundle
Take a Bow Epic Velikan - Velikan Operator Bundle
The Fix Epic Nikto - Nikto Operator Bundle
Trick Shot Epic Bale - Stone Warrior Bundle
Turnover Epic Raines - Tactical Human II Bundle
Walk Into It Epic Rodion - Snow Cover Bundle
Wall Breaker Epic Azur - Close Quarters Bundle
Bush League Legendary Season Four Battle Pass Tier 19 (Universal)
Chip Shot Legendary Lumbertactical Bundle (Universal)
Crick in The Neck Legendary Pyromaniac Bundle (Universal)
Edward Legendary Season Six Battle Pass Tier 18 (Universal)
Fangs Out Legendary Arachnid Bundle (Universal)
Gutted Legendary The Kodiak Bundle (Universal)
Hellhound Legendary Undead Forces Bundle (Universal)
Hello Stranger Legendary Ghost Pack: Contingency Bundle (Universal)
Low Rise Legendary Asanbosam Bundle (Universal)
Nevermore Legendary Season Five Battle Pass Tier 20 (Universal)
Perforate Legendary Lights Out Bundle (Universal)
Riley Legendary Season Three Battle Pass Tier 20 (Universal)
Sasquatch Legendary Wendigo Bundle (Universal)
Snafu Legendary Roze Operator Bundle (Universal)
Spin Cycle Legendary Covert Operations Bundle (Universal)
Sputnik Legendary Nikto: Take No Prisoners Bundle (Universal)
Three Strikes Legendary Wasteland Bundle (Universal)
Toto Legendary Mara: No Place Like Home Bundle (Universal)
Tuco Legendary Morte Operator Bundle (Universal)
Watch This Legendary Season Two Battle Pass Tier 100 (Universal)

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War[]

Unlike Modern Warfare, Finishing Moves in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War are not tied to any specific operator, and instead are all universal. The only Finishing Move that is available by default is "Sneak Attack", while additional Finishing Moves are available in various store items and the Battle Pass. Instead of Quips, each Finishing Move has a specific line to be said after completion, regardless of operator choice. Performing 15 Finishing Moves will unlock the Operator Stone.

List of Finishing Moves[]

Name Rarity Preview How to obtain
Sneak Attack Base Sneak Attack Finishing Move Icon BOCW Unlocked by default
Back Up Plan Epic Back Up Plan Finishing Move Icon BOCW Hot Gothic Bundle
Body Snatcher Epic Body Snatcher Finishing Move Icon BOCW Fatal Frostbite Bundle
Bow Breaker Epic Bow Breaker Finishing Move Icon BOCW Rookie Mistake Bundle
Bow Strike Epic Bow Strike Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Yokai Bundle
Caught Staring Epic Caught Staring Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Tropical Bundle
Cheap Shot Epic Cheap Shot Finishing Move Icon BOCW Big Joke Bundle
Deep Cuts Epic Deep Cuts Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Runic Demise Bundle
Defective Joints Epic Defective Joints Finishing Move Icon BOCW Test Dummy Bundle
Double Tap Epic Double Tap Finishing Move Icon BOCW Season Three Battle Pass Tier 19
Devastating Blow Epic Devastating Blow Finishing Move Icon BOCW Brawler Bundle
Disarmament Epic Disarmament Finishing Move Icon BOCW Young & Gifted Bundle
Down & Dirty Epic Down & Dirty Finishing Move Icon BOCW Torqued Up Bundle
Drop Shot Epic Drop Shot Finishing Move Icon BOCW Winter Sniper Bundle
Fall of Achilles Epic Fall of Achilles Finishing Move Icon BOCW Nightshade Bundle
Full Barrage Epic Full Barrage Finishing Move Icon BOCW Flight School Bundle
Guillotine Roll Epic Guillotine Roll Finishing Move Icon BOCW Hot Shot Bundle
Hack Job Epic Hack Job Finishing Move Icon BOCW Lumber Jacked Bundle
Had Enough Epic Had Enough Finishing Move Icon BOCW Shamrocked Bundle
Heart Ache Epic Heart Ache Finishing Move Icon BOCW Dockside Killer Bundle
Half Guard Epic Half Guard Finishing Move Icon BOCW Bank Heist Bundle
Helping Hand Epic Helping Hand Finishing Move Icon BOCW Warthog Warrior Bundle
Internal Damage Epic Internal Damage Finishing Move Icon BOCW Terminal Failure Bundle
Lost & Found Epic Lost & Found Finishing Move Icon BOCW Carnival Captain Bundle
Low Praise Epic Low Praise Finishing Move Icon BOCW Debt Collector Bundle
No Mercy Epic No Mercy Finishing Move Icon BOCW Valkyrie Rising Bundle
Pound for Pound Epic Pound for Pound Finishing Move Icon BOCW Full Stop Bundle
Rear Mount Epic Rear Mount Finishing Move Icon BOCW Winter Assassin Bundle
Rock-a-bye-bye Epic Rock-A-Bye-Bye Finishing Move Icon BOCW Rescue Mission Bundle
Roll Up Epic Top Secret Admirer Bundle
Sidearm Dispatch Epic Sidearm Dispatch Finishing Move Icon BOCW Power Play Bundle
Stomping Ground Epic Stomping Ground Finishing Move Icon BOCW Demon Dog Bundle
Struggle Bust Epic Struggle Bust Finishing Move Icon BOCW River Slasher Bundle
Swift Kick Epic Swift Kick Finishing Move Icon BOCW Photo Finish Bundle
Throat Chop Epic Throat Chop Finishing Move Icon BOCW Miami Nights Bundle
Throat Cut Epic Throat Cut Finishing Move Icon BOCW Cavalry's Finest Bundle
Tight Squeeze Epic Tight Squeeze Finishing Move Icon BOCW City Ripper Bundle
Ultimate Takedown Epic Ultimate Takedown Finishing Move Icon BOCW Striking Distance Bundle
Above the Neck Legendary Above The Neck Finishing Move Icon BOCW Quickscope Sniper Bundle
Absolute Blast Legendary Absolute Blast Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tagger Bundle
Between the Legs Legendary Between the Legs Finishing Move Icon BOCW Rivas Operator Bundle
Big Stick Legendary Big Stick Finishing Move Icon BOCW Zeyna Operator Bundle
Bird of Prey Legendary Bird of Prey Finishing Move Icon BOCW Knight Operator Bundle
Cap & Tap Legendary Cap & Tap Finishing Move Icon BOCW Take Charge! Bundle
Club Thumper Legendary Club Thumper Finishing Move Icon BOCW Marked For Death Bundle
Dangerous Approach Legendary Dangerous Approach Finishing Move Icon BOCW Disavowed Assassin Bundle
Dog of War Legendary Dog of War Finishing Move Icon BOCW Wolf Operator Bundle
Frontier Finisher Legendary Frontier Finisher Finishing Move Icon BOCW Most Wanted Bundle
Hammer Uppercut Legendary Hammer Uppercut Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Bulldozer Operator Bundle
Jump Shot Legendary Jump Shot Finishing Move Icon BOCW SHRP: Special Hazard Response Protocol Bundle
Maim & Tame Legendary Maim & Tame Finishing Move Icon BOCW Reactive Maxis Operator Bundle
Nail Driver Legendary Nail Driver Finishing Move Icon BOCW Full Assault Bundle
Overpower Legendary Zombie Dozer Bundle
Pain In The Neck Legendary Pain in the Neck Finishing Move Icon BOCW Season One Battle Pass Tier 19
Plague Hound Legendary Plague Hound Finishing Move Icon BOCW Corpse Collector Bundle
Rearranged Thoughts Legendary Rearranged Thoughts Finishing Move Icon BOCW Stitch Sentinel Bundle
Shortcut Legendary Shortcut Finishing Move Icon BOCW Deadly Grip Bundle
Splitting Hairs Legendary Splitting Hairs Finishing Move Icon BOCW In the Sticks Bundle
Tactical Roll Legendary Tactical Roll Finishing Move Icon BOCW Season Two Battle Pass Tier 19
Tight Rope Legendary Tight Rope Finishing Move Icon BOCW Scar Tissue Bundle
Wrap Around Legendary Wrap Around Finishing Move Icon BOCW Soul Reaper Bundle
Assassination Legendary Assassination Finishing Move Icon BOCW Death Squad Bundle
Axe Murder Legendary Axe Murder Finishing Move Icon BOCW Season Six Battle Pass Tier 19
Axe Nicely Epic Axe Nicely Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Cel-Shaded Bundle
Ballistic Blast Legendary Ballistic Blast Finishing Move Icon BOCW Disappearing Ink Bundle
Big Bang Legendary Big Bang Finishing Move Icon BOCW Metamorphosis Bundle
Body Slam Epic Body Slam Finishing Move Icon BOCW Cyber Space Bundle
Boom Surprise Epic Boom Surprise Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Dead City Bundle
Brutalize Legendary Brutalize Finishing Move Icon BOCW Quick Death Bundle
Casual Surprise Legendary Casual Surprise Finishing Move Icon BOCW Mystic's Scepter Bundle
Caved In Legendary Caved In Finishing Move Icon BOCW Invasive Species Bundle
Chin-Up Legendary Chin-Up Finishing Move Icon BOCW Corruptive Engima Bundle
Cold Beatdown Legendary Cold Beatdown Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Covert Processing Bundle
Combat Kill Legendary Combat Kill Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Rambo Operator Bundle
Cracked Open Legendary Cracked Open Finishing Move Icon BOCW Stolen Goods Bundle
Crash Course Legendary Crash Course Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Brain Washed Bundle
Crawling Zombie Legendary Crawling Zombie Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Necro Queen Bundle
Crispy Legendary Cripsy Finishing Move Icon BOCW Pharaoh of Death Bundle
Disarmed Epic Disarmed Finishing Move Icon BOCW Requiem Reconnaissance Bundle
Disconnect Epic Disconnect Finishing Move Icon BOCW Powder Keg Bundle
Dispatch Agent Legendary Dispatch Agent Finishing Move Icon BOCW Agent Adler Bundle
Drop Dead Legendary Drop Dead Finishing Move Icon BOCW Reactive Luchador Bundle
Executioner Legendary Executioner Finishing Move Icon BOCW The Berserker Bundle
Ferocious Hare Legendary Ferocious Hare Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Death's Approach Bundle
Force of Will Legendary Force of Will Finishing Move Icon BOCW Thunder Storm Bundle
Garrote Legendary Garrote Finishing Move Icon BOCW Nasty Bite Bundle
Gravedigger Legendary Gravedigger Finishing Move Icon BOCW Shadow Commando Bundle
Hammer Head Legendary Hammer Head Finishing Move Icon BOCW Conqueror Bundle
Head Harvester Legendary Head Harvester Finishing Move Icon BOCW Mother Russia Bundle
Heartfelt Goodbye Legendary Heartfelt Goodbye Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Data Overload Bundle
Hidden Gun Legendary Hidden Gun Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Die Hard Operator Bundle
Hook & Hinder Legendary Hook & Hinder Finishing Move Icon BOCW Split Personality Bundle
Hook & Sinker Epic Hook & Sinker Finishing Move Icon BOCW Inside Job Bundle
Hot Shot Slide Epic Hot Shot Slide Finishing Move Icon BOCW Short Temper Bundle
Incendiary Legendary Incendiary Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Judge Dredd Bundle
Killer Moves Epic Killer Moves Finishing Move Icon BOCW Dark Dispatch Bundle
Knee Capped Legendary Knee Capped Finishing Move Icon BOCW Rainbow Rot Bundle
Komodo Dragon Legendary Komodo Dragon Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Salah Operator Bundle
Leap Shot Legendary Leap Shot Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Rambo Operator Bundle
Loose Ends Legendary Loose Ends Finishing Move Icon BOCW Road Rage II Bundle
Mind Games Legendary Mind Games Finishing Move Icon BOCW Season Five Battle Pass Tier 19
Nailed Down Legendary Nailed Down Finishing Move Icon BOCW Death's Veil Maxis Bundle
Nailed It Epic Nailed It Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Motocross Bundle
Optical Illusion Epic Optical Illusion Finishing Move Icon BOCW Magma Fury Bundle
Outmatched Legendary Outmatched Finishing Move Icon BOCW Eternal Strike Bundle
Penalty Kick Legendary Penalty Kick Finishing Move Icon BOCW Hat Trick Bundle
Pointed End Epic Pointed End Finishing Move Icon BOCW Terrible End Bundle
Repairs With Klaus Legendary Repairs With Klaus Finishing Move Icon BOCW Disciple of Mayhem Bundle
Road Rash Legendary Road Rash Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Stryker Operator Bundle
Scorpion Slam Epic Scorpion Slam Finishing Move Icon BOCW Iron Sorrow Bundle
Settle Down Legendary Settle Down Finishing Move Icon BOCW Most Wanted II Bundle
Shortcut Legendary Shortcut 2 Finishing Move Icon BOCW Karate Master Bundle
Shot Down Epic Shot Down Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Ghost of War Bundle
Shot Up Epic Shot Up Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Fireworks Bundle
Sky is Falling Legendary Sky is Falling Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Donnie Darko Bundle
Slash & Stab Legendary Slash & Stab Finishing Move Icon BOCW Spectral Sai Bundle
Slithering Jab Legendary Slithering Jab Finishing Move Icon BOCW Red Queen Bundle
Snow Leopard Legendary Snow Leopard Finishing Move Icon BOCW Zenya Cold Blooded Bundle
Soul Torn Legendary Soul Torn Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Spirit Tamer Bundle
Spare a Light Legendary Spare a Light Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Gilded Agent Bundle
Spin Move Legendary Spin Move Finishing Move Icon BOCW The Tanker Bundle
Spring Attack Legendary Spring Attack Finishing Move Icon BOCW Ninjutsu Bundle
Stay Put Legendary Stay Put Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Annihilation Bundle
Stick Up Epic Stick Up Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Lumens Maxis Bundle
Suplex Legendary Suplex Finishing Move Icon BOCW Nefarious Tactics Bundle
Swinging Heat Legendary Swinging Heat Finishing Move Icon BOCW Heavy Hitter Bundle
Switcheroo Legendary Switcheroo Finishing Move Icon BOCW Framework Bundle
Tapped Out Legendary Tapped Out Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Oktoberfest Bundle
Timber Legendary Timber Finishing Move Icon BOCW Mutagen Bundle
Tortured Legendary Tortured Finishing Move Icon BOCW Samurai's Creed Bundle
Twisted Reverse Legendary Twisted Reverse Finishing Move Icon BOCW Season Four Battle Pass Tier 19
Undercarriage Legendary Undercarriage Finishing Move Icon BOCW Workout Plan Bundle
Unlikely Volunteer Epic Unlikely Volunteer Finishing Move Icon BOCW Lazar Operator Bundle
Vertical Slice Legendary Vertical Slice Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Void Wielder Bundle
Victim Inflicted Epic Victim Inflicted Finishing Move Icon BOCW Dark & Stormy Bundle
Violent End Legendary Violent End Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Screan Operator Bundle
Wacked Epic Wacked Finishing Move Icon BOCW Infiltrate Bundle
Zombie Decay Legendary Zombie Decay Finishing Move Icon BOCW Tracer Pack: Weaver Operator Bundle

Call of Duty: Vanguard[]

Like in Modern Warfare, Finishing Moves in Call of Duty: Vanguard can be unique to specific operators while some are available universally. Unlike the previous two games however, operators will not say anything after the finisher is completed. Performing 25 Finishing Moves will unlock Shigenori.

List of Finishing Moves[]

Name Rarity Preview How to obtain
Rack It Base RackIt FinishingMove Polina CODV Unlocked by default
Angler's Hook Common AnglersHook FinishingMove Lewis CODV Lewis - Operator Level 17
Arnis Assault Common ArnisAssault FinishingMove Isabella CODV Isabella - Operator Level 17
Barrel It Up Common BarrelItUp FinishingMove Wade CODV Wade - Operator Level 17
Butcher's Cut Common ButchersCut FinishingMove Beatrice CODV Beatrice - Operator Level 17
Big Time Operator Common BigTimeOperator FinishingMove Butcher CODV Butcher - Operator Level 17
Capoeira Carnage Common CapoeiraCarnage FinishingMove Gustavo CODV Gustavo - Operator Level 17
Dig Deep Common DigDeep FinishingMove Daniel CODV Daniel - Operator Level 17
Few Screws Loose Common FewScrewsLoose FinishingMove Thomas CODV Thomas - Operator Level 17
Hammered Common Hammered FinishingMove Lucas CODV Lucas - Operator Level 17
Hamstrung Common Hamstrung FinishingMove Halima CODV Halima - Operator Level 17
Hapkido Common Hapkido FinishingMove KimTaeYoung CODV Kim Tae Young - Operator Level 17
Highlander Hello Common HighlanderHello FinishingMove Callum CODV Callum - Operator Level 17
Iaijutsu Common Iaijutsu FinishingMove Shigenori CODV Shigenori - Operator Level 17
Kidney Cutter Common KidneyCutter FinishingMove Solange CODV Solange - Operator Level 17
Maced Common Maced FinishingMove Constanze CODV Constanze - Operator Level 17
Machete Magic Common MacheteMagic FinishingMove Padmavati CODV Padmavati - Operator Level 17
Neck Adjustment Common NeckAdjustment FinishingMove Florence CODV Florence - Operator Level 17
No Escape Common NoEscape FinishingMove Mateo CODV Mateo - Operator Level 17
Picked Off Common PickedOff FinishingMove Anna CODV Anna - Operator Level 17
Pressure Points Common PressurePoints FinishingMove Roland CODV Roland - Operator Level 17
Silent Ambush Common SilentAmbush FinishingMove Ikenna CODV Ikenna - Operator Level 17
Suplex Common Suplex FinishingMove Francis CODV Francis - Operator Level 17
Takedown Common Takedown FinishingMove Arthur CODV Arthur - Operator Level 17
Vicious Common Vicious FinishingMove Polina CODV Polina - Operator Level 17
Hanging The Lights Epic HangingTheLights FinishingMove CODV Secret Santa Bundle
Pop Bottles Epic PopBottles FinishingMove CODV Broken Resolutions Bundle
Straight To The Point Epic StraightToThePoint FinishingMove CODV Season Five Battle Pass Tier 49
Ba-Da-Boom! Legendary BaDaBoom FinishingMove CODV Season Five Battle Pass Tier 2
Blocker Remover Legendary BlockerRemover FinishingMove T1000 CODV T-1000 - Tracer Pack: Terminator T-1000 Ultra Operator - Limited Time Bundle
Blowin' Smoke Legendary BlowinSmoke FinishingMove CODV Tracer Pack: Blunt Force Drama Bundle
Caught By Surprise Legendary CaughtBySurprise FinishingMove CODV Ancient Hunter Mastercraft Bundle
Cut The Crap Legendary CutTheCrap FinishingMove Wade CODV Wade - Tracer Pack: Umbrella Academy — Cha-Cha Bundle
Don't Look At Explosions! Legendary DontLookAtExplosions FinishingMove CODV From The Ashes Bundle
Dragged To Hell Legendary DraggedToHell FinishingMove Anna CODV Anna - Tracer Pack: Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Death Bundle
Elegant Precision Legendary ElegantPrecision FinishingMove CODV Moon Forged Bundle
Elfsecution Legendary Elfsecution FinishingMove CODV Santa's Slay Bundle
Eternal Hunger Legendary EternalHunger FinishingMove Lucas CODV Lucas - Tracer Pack: Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Famine Bundle
Extinction Event Legendary ExtinctionEvent FinishingMove CODV Tracer Pack: Fossil Maker Mastercraft Bundle
Fenrir Unchained Legendary FenrirUnchained FinishingMove CODV Pack Leader Ultra Bundle
Finishizzle Movizzle Legendary FinishizzleMovizzle FinishingMove Snoop CODV Snoop - Tracer Pack: Snoop Dogg Operator Bundle
Gojira Stomp Legendary GojiraStomp FinishingMove CODV Tracer Pack: Godzilla Reactive Mastercraft Limited Time Bundle
Gravity Inversion Legendary GravityInversion FinishingMove CODV Tracer Pack: Kong Limited Time Bundle
Laying On The Lumber Legendary LayingOnTheLumber FinishingMove CODV Icebreaker Bundle
Main Squeeze Legendary MainSqueeze FinishingMove CODV Heart Breaker Bundle
Radioactive Shower Legendary RadioactiveShower FinishingMove CODV Toxic Valkyrie Bundle
Raptor Rage Legendary RaptorRage FinishingMove CODV Season One Battle Pass Tier 19
Reindog Rampage Legendary ReindogRampage FinishingMove CODV Krampus Unleashed Bundle
Shocking Revelation Legendary ShockingRevelation FinishingMove Lewis CODV Lewis - Tracer Pack: Umbrella Academy — Hazel Bundle
Spine Shatterer Legendary SpineShatterer FinishingMove CODV Season Two Battle Pass Tier 19
Steel Cut Legendary SteelCut FinishingMove CODV Tracer Pack: Attack on Titan — Levi Edition Bundle
Terminal Halitosis Legendary TerminalHalitosis FinishingMove Solange CODV Solange - Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Pestilence Ultra Skin Bundle
Terminated Legendary Terminated FinishingMove T800 CODV T-800 - Tracer Pack: Terminator T-800 Mastercraft Ultra Operator - Limited Time Bundle
Threshing Strike Legendary ThreshingStrike FinishingMove CODV Season Four Battle Pass Tier 49
Violent Declaration Legendary ViolentDeclaration FinishingMove CODV Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War Ultra Skin Bundle

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II[]

Finishing Moves return in Modern Warfare II, and are no longer tied to rarity. They are also universal (with certain exceptions), though the majority of them are associated with unlocking individual operators. When performed, Finishing Moves will also hide the UI until the animation is complete. Finishing Moves with firearms can also use the player's equipped gun, provided that it is of the same weapon type as the Finishing Move's default weapon. Performing one Finishing Move will unlock König.

List of Finishing Moves[]

Name Preview How to obtain Effects
Making Holes MakingHoles FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with König
Punctual Puncture PunctualPuncture FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Zimo
Sidearm Hustle SidearmHustle FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Soap
Kneecaps And Brainpans KneecapsAndBrainpans FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Price
Slice And Easy SliceAndEasy FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Luna
Main Man MainMan FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Gus
Lights Out LightsOut FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked by default
Blowout Blowout FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Fender
Racked And Wrecked RackedAndWrecked FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Kleo
LMG KIA LMGKIA FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Farah
Up Close And High Caliber UpCloseAndHighCaliber FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked by default
Sighted In SightedIn FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Chuy Head dismembered
Point And Shoot PointAndShoot FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Ghost Head dismembered
Hammer Meet Skull HammerMeetSkull FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Gromsko
Breach And Fear BreachAndFear FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Hutch
Resident Drummer ResidentDrummer FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Calisto
Bloody Percussionist BloodyPercussionist FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Oni Head dismembered on standing and downed variant
Lumber Smack LumberSmack FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Zero
Chopping Block ChoppingBlock FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Conor
Don't Struggle DontStruggle FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Stiletto
A Friendly Hello AFriendlyHello FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Roze
Slingblade Slingblade FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Horangi
Planting Steel PlantingSteel FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Nova
Knuckle Up KnuckleUp FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Reyes
Cage Match CageMatch FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Aksel
Gravity Assist GravityAssist FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Zeus
Sweet Dreams SweetDreams FinishingMove Icon MWII Season One Battle Pass Sector A18
No Firearms Needed NoFirearmsNeeded FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Messi
Jaw Buster JawBuster FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Paul Pogba
All Kicks AllKicks FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Neymar Jr
A Bit Stabby ABitStabby FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Gaz
Suplex Deluxe SuplexDeluxe FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Klaus
Killer Kodachis KillerKodachis FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Ronin Plays music
Sticky Situation StickySituation FinishingMove Icon MWII Season Two Battle Pass Sector B10
Smooth Cuts SmoothCuts FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Shinobi Bundle
Smack Attack SmackAttack FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Purple Jolt Bundle
Foul Fate FoulFate FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Bone Chiller Bundle
Rapid Incision RapidIncision FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Pádraig's Pandemonium Bundle
Shred 'Em Up ShredEmUp FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Shredder Plays music
Shotgun Slayed ShotgunSlayed FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Valeria
Close Encounter CloseEncounter FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Alejandro
Timber! Timber FinishingMove Icon MWII Season Three Battle Pass Sector C10
BlackCell SOP BlackCellSOP FinishingMove Icon MWII Season Three Battle Pass BlackCell Sector
Bong Rip BongRip FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Dr. Kushlov Bundle
OMG LMG OMGLMG FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Alex Dismemberment on prone variant
Deadly From Downtown DeadlyFromDowntown FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Kevin Durant
Tatman Tactics TatmanTactics FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with TimTheTatman
Kickin' It KickinIt FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Nickmercs
Electrifying Electrifying FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked by earning 35 Medals during the Assault on Vondel event
Let's Go Clubbing LetsGoClubbing FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked by performing a Finishing Move on another player in Vondel during a match of Resurgence or DMZ
Shell Of A Day ShellOfADay FinishingMove Icon MWII Season Four Battle Pass Sector D12
Heavy Handed HeavyHanded FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Nikto
BlackCell Moves BlackCellMoves FinishingMove Icon MWII Season Four Battle Pass BlackCell Sector
Spinal Adjustment SpinalAdjustment FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Vega
Bruised And Battered BruisedAndBattered FinishingMove Icon MWII Griffin Pro Pack
Necessary Evil NecessaryEvil FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Starlight
Laser Everyone LaserEveryone FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Homelander Head dismembered
Shhh Shhh FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Black Noir Buster Beaver appears on corpse
Bootlicker Bootlicker FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Izzy
Tactical Pet: Merlin BarkAndBite FinishingMove Icon MWII Season Five Battle Pass BlackCell Sector
Cranial Crack CranialCrack FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Velikan

or Season Five Battle Pass Sector E18

No Scope Needed NoScopeNeeded FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Oz Head dismembered on standing and downed variant
Sidepiece Deceased SidepieceDeceased FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Mila

or Season Five Battle Pass Sector E6

Crowbar 101 Crowbar101 FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Graves
Snoop Hustle SnoopHustle FinishingMove Icon MWII Exclusive to Snoop Dogg Plays music
Get Bodied GetBodied FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Nicki Minaj Plays music
Stabbed... A Lot StabbedALot FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with 21 Savage Plays music
Tactical Pet: Syd TacticalPetSyd FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Ruff Day Bundle
Beat Drop BeatDrop FinishingMove Icon MWII Hip Hop Hutch Bundle
Hip Hop Hurt HipHopHurt FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Hippin' and Hoppin' Bundle
Play for Sport PlayForSport FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Lara Croft
No Escape NoEscape FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Mace
Tactical Pet: Megabyte TacticalPetMegabyte FinishingMove Icon MWII Season Six Battle Pass BlackCell Sector
Hammer It Out HammerItOut FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Spawn Head dismembered
Death Summons DeathSummons FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Witchcraft Bundle
Fate and Consequence FateAndConsequence FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Alucard
More Where That Came From MoreWhereThatCameFrom FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Bloodless Bundle
Daughter of Hatred DaughterOfHatred FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Lilith
Skeletor's Malice SkeletorsMalice FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Skeletor
Trick and Treat TrickAndTreat FinishingMove Icon MWII Tracer Pack: Pumpkin Patch Pro Pack Head and limbs dismembered
Boomstick Boogie BoomstickBoogie FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Ash Head dismembered, plays music
Inarius Impaling InariusImpaling FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Inarius
Reaping Souls ReapingSouls FinishingMove Icon MWII Battle Buddy Tracer Pack: Grim Tidings Bundle
Sardaukar Wrath SardaukarWrath FinishingMove Icon MWII Unlocked with Sardaukar

Call of Duty: Mobile[]

The Finishing Move feature returns in Call of Duty: Mobile, referred to as Execution. It was added in July 2023 as part of Season 6: Templar's Oath.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III[]

Finishing Moves return in Modern Warfare III, and function the same as in Modern Warfare II.

List of Finishing Moves[]

Name Preview How to obtain Effects
Stick N' Move StickNMove FinishingMove Icon MWIII Unlocked by default
Mag Out MagOut FinishingMove Icon MWIII Unlocked with Swagger
Neck Trauma NeckTrauma FinishingMove Icon MWIII Unlocked with Doc
Blicked Up BlickedUp FinishingMove Icon MWIII Unlocked with Warden
Hostile Precision HostilePrecision FinishingMove Icon MWIII Unlocked with Makarov
Get Wrecked GetWrecked FinishingMove Icon MWIII Call of Duty Endowment Warrior Pack
Point Blank Unlocked with Lockpick
Flexed Upon FlexedUpon FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season One Battle Pass BlackCell Sector
Hands Off The Merchandise HandsOffTheMerchandise FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season One Battle Pass Instant Sector
Muay Bueno MuayBueno FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season One Battle Pass Sector A5
Bend and Snap BendAndSnap FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season One Battle Pass Sector A8
Revenge Redeemed RevengeRedeemed FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season One Battle Pass Sector A14
Chip and Shatter ChipAndShatter FinishingMove Icon MWIII Unlocked with Paul Atreides
Feyd's Frenzy FeydsFrenzy FinishingMove Icon MWIII Unlocked with Feyd-Rautha
Santa's Right Hand SantasRightHand FinishingMove Icon MWIII Santa's Slayground Event Reward
Fastest Man In the World FastestManInTheWorld FinishingMove Icon MWIII Unlocked with A-Train
Freedom of Speech FreedomOfSpeech FinishingMove Icon MWIII Unlocked with Firecracker
Flesh Stripped and Gold Dipped FleshStrippedAndGoldDipped FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season Two Battle Pass BlackCell Sector
Send in The Good Boy SendInTheGoodBoy FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season Two Battle Pass Instant Sector
Ninjanuity Ninjanuity FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season Two Battle Pass Sector B8
LMG Go Brrrrrrrrrrrr LMGGoBrrrrrrrrrrrr FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season Two Battle Pass Sector B11
Play Dead Season Two Battle Pass Sector B13
Leave the Dead LeaveTheDead FinishingMove Icon MWIII Season Two Battle Pass Completion Sector
Dead Cuts Unlocked with Michonne
Evisceration Tracer Pack: Warhammer 40,000 Space Marines Bundle
Tactical Pet: Servo-Skull Tracer Pack: Warhammer 40,000 Astra Militarum Bundle
Kong's Knuckle Slamwich Tracer Pack: Godzilla x Kong: New Empire — Kong Bundle

Trivia[]

General[]

  • It is possible to perform a Finishing Move on a player who is already performing one. The victim of the initial Finishing Move will not die in this case.
  • All Finishing Move animations take four seconds to complete, with the exception of a few taking three (such as "Pierce the Jug" in Modern Warfare and "Sardaukar Wrath" in Modern Warfare II).
  • Any Finishing Move that involves a firearm will produce blips on an enemy's compass, despite not being normal use of the gun.
    • Prior to a patch in Modern Warfare, a player with any one of these Finishing Moves equipped would be able to use the weapon while on a ladder.
  • Using a Finishing Move on a cliff, ledge or stairs may result with either players falling, canceling the action.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare[]

  • Operators of the same faction tend to share the same forms of combat in their Finishing Moves.
  • The preview images for Finishing Moves may show versions of Operators that do not reflect their default appearance.
  • The "Hello Stranger" Finishing Move is a direct reference to Roach's death at the hands of Shepherd in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
  • The prone version of Krueger's "Knife To Meet You" Finishing Move is a direct reference to an action scene in the film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
  • The name of the "Payback" Finishing Move is a reference to the Black Ops mission Payback.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War[]

  • During Finishing Moves that utilize a Sledgehammer, some of the the victim's teeth can be observed flying out.
  • Prior to Season Three, Finishing Move preview icons featured Woods performing them on Vargas while the preview videos showcased Stone attacking Hunter. After Season Three, both preview icons and videos were changed to feature the season's Battle Pass operator attacking Hunter.
    • With Season Six and post-Season content, the attacker is Mason or Stitch.
    • Any Finishing Move that involves a crossover character however will feature them as the attacker.

Call of Duty: Vanguard[]

  • Certain finishing moves such as "Steel Cut" or "Eternal Hunger" come with special dismemberment effects on the victim. Strangely, these are not displayed in the preview for the finishing move.
  • The "Blocker Remover" and "Terminated" finishing moves are available universally for all Vanguard Operators in Warzone.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II[]

  • During the Multiplayer Open Beta, knives would be seen on Finishing Moves using pistols if the player had one equipped.
  • When inspected closely, Finishing Moves utilizing firearms show that the player's Operator do not have their finger on their weapon's trigger.
  • Enemy Agents will not be alerted by unsuppressed gunshots that occur within Finishing Moves.
  • Up until Season One, Finishing Moves in Multiplayer would default to the "Punctual Puncture" finisher.
    • All Finishing Moves prior to that point worked in Special Ops.
  • The "Timber!" finishing move was originally named "Chopping Block", which overlaps with the finishing move acquired from unlocking Conor.
  • Voice lines for Finishing Moves were added during the Season Two Reloaded update.
  • As of Season Five, Butch and the Competitors are the only Operators in the game who do not have unique Finishing Move unlocks associated.
  • Although the "Snoop Hustle" finishing move is exclusive to Snoop Dogg, it was able to be applied universally for all operators by selecting it via the bundle page. This was fixed with the Season Five Reloaded update.
  • The "Tactical Pet: Merlin" finishing move was originally called "Bark and Bite" before being renamed with the Season Five Reloaded update.
  • When equipping any Tactical Pet finishing move and the High Alert perk, the pet will growl in-game when the perk is triggered.
  • Oni's "Bloody Percussionist" finishing move was given dismemberment effects following his release on all platforms.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III[]

  • Finishing Moves with firearms that use your personal weapon will apply its respective tracers and death effects if it has them.
  • The "Send in The Good Boy" Finishing Move was initially revealed in a blog post under the name "Goose". It is intended to be the name of Kate Laswell's pet dog featured in the Finishing Move.
    • The preview icon for this Finishing Move, however, features Ghost instead of Laswell. The Battle Pass preview model of the Finishing Move still shows Laswell.
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