Finishing Moves are a player mechanic in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. 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.
After a Finishing Move is completed, specific Modern Warfare 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 Challenges, the Battle Pass, and various store items.
In Black Ops Cold War, every Operator has the same Finishing Move, instead of a unique one to each. Performing 15 Finishing Moves will unlock the Operator Stone.
List of Modern Warfare Finishing Moves[edit | edit source]
| 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 |
| Belly Flop | Epic | Bundle Ghost Pack: Oil Rig |
| Between The Ribs | Epic | Bundle Deathbringer |
| Brass Boxer | Epic | Bundle Emerald Ranger |
| Brass Tactics | Epic | Bundle Mother Russia |
| Brassed Off | Epic | Bundle Lone Marauder |
| Brick by Brick | Epic | Base for Lerch |
| Carver | Epic | Bundle Iskra Operator Bundle |
| Chest Pains | Epic | Base for Mara |
| Close and Personal | Epic | Bundle Night Operations |
| Clubbed | Epic | Bundle Arms Dealer |
| Cold Blooded | Epic | Bundle Nightstalker |
| Counterplay | Epic | Bundle The Huntsman |
| Deft Dispatch | Epic | Bundle Battle-Ready |
| Do The Spadework | Epic | Base for Nikolai |
| Down to Size | Epic | Bundle Out in the Bush |
| Electrifying End | Epic | Bundle Full Metal |
| Face the Adze | Epic | Bundle WMD |
| First Degree | Epic | Bundle Amphibious |
| Go Clubbing | Epic | Bundle The Unseen |
| Grave Digger | Epic | Bundle The Bodyguard |
| Herding | Epic | Season One Battle Pass Tier 100 Operator Mission (3/4) |
| Hold This | Epic | Bundle Enlisted |
| Ice Breaker | Epic | Bundle Cleanup Crew |
| Ice To Meet You | Epic | Bundle Gaz Operator Bundle |
| Icy Veins | Epic | Bundle Air Assault |
| Join the Club | Epic | Bundle Cloak And Dagger |
| Knife To Meet You | Epic | Bundle Mad Chemist |
| Laid To Rest | Epic | Bundle Urban Avenger |
| Leg Sweep | Epic | Bundle Tactical Human IV |
| Lined Up | Epic | Bundle Infiltrator |
| Lose By A Neck | Epic | Base for Farah |
| Mace to the Face | Epic | Bundle Mace Operator Bundle |
| Martial Law | Epic | Bundle Heavy Hitter |
| Misdirection | Epic | Bundle Chill Confirmed |
| Payback | Epic | Pre-order a digital copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Universal) |
| Pew Pew Pew | Epic | Bundle Fourth of July Pack (Universal) |
| Pinned | Epic | Bundle Guerilla |
| Precision Point | Epic | Bundle Tactical Human III |
| Queen of Spades | Epic | Bundle Mara: Kawaii Cat |
| Run Through | Epic | Bundle Mace: Guns Blazing |
| Say Watt | Epic | Bundle Cold Blood |
| Sick 'Em | Epic | Bundle Talon Operator Bundle |
| Slice and Dice | Epic | Bundle Ronin Operator Bundle |
| Spine Snapper | Epic | Bundle The Texan |
| Staying Frosty | Epic | Base for Price |
| Step Aside | Epic | Bundle Sgt. Griggs Operator Bundle |
| Stick 'n' Knife | Epic | Bundle Outback Relief |
| Take a Bow | Epic | Bundle Velikan Operator Bundle |
| The Fix | Epic | Bundle Nikto Operator Bundle |
| Trick Shot | Epic | Bundle Stone Warrior |
| Turnover | Epic | Bundle Tactical Human II |
| Walk Into It | Epic | Bundle Snow Cover |
| Wall Breaker | Epic | Bundle Close Quarters |
| Bush League | Legendary | Battle Pass Season Four Tier 19 (Universal) |
| Chip Shot | Legendary | Bundle Lumbertactical (Universal) |
| Crick in The Neck | Legendary | Bundle Pyromaniac (Universal) |
| Edward | Legendary | Battle Pass Season Six Tier 18 (Universal) |
| Fangs Out | Legendary | Bundle Arachnid (Universal) |
| Gutted | Legendary | Bundle The Kodiak (Universal) |
| Hellhound | Legendary | Bundle Undead Forces (Universal) |
| Hello Stranger | Legendary | Bundle Ghost Pack: Contingency (Universal) |
| Low Rise | Legendary | Bundle Asanbosam (Universal) |
| Nevermore | Legendary | Battle Pass Season Five Tier 20 (Universal) |
| Perforate | Legendary | Bundle Lights Out (Universal) |
| Riley | Legendary | Battle Pass Season Three Tier 20 (Universal) |
| Sasquatch | Legendary | Bundle Wendigo (Universal) |
| Snafu | Legendary | Bundle Roze Operator Bundle (Universal) |
| Spin Cycle | Legendary | Bundle Covert Operations (Universal) |
| Sputnik | Legendary | Bundle Nikto: Take No Prisoners (Universal) |
| Three Strikes | Legendary | Bundle Wasteland (Universal) |
| Toto | Legendary | Bundle Mara: No Place Like Home (Universal) |
| Tuco | Legendary | Bundle Morte Operator Bundle (Universal) |
| Watch This | Legendary | Battle Pass Season Two Tier 100 (Universal) |
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Trivia[edit | edit source]
- 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.
- 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.
- Several Finishing Moves such as "Riley," "Sputnik," and "Nevermore," include various animals.
- 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.
- 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, a player with any one of these Finishing Moves equipped would be able to use the weapon while on a ladder.
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