Stealth kills

Stealth Kills were a game mechanic featured in Blood Omen 2 based on the Mist Dark Gift.

Kain was given his first lesson on Stealth Kills by Umah's tutorial in Chapter 1, when he was first introduced to the Mist Dark Gift. Like with the Mist used in Blood Omen 2, Kain could use floor-hugging vapour to hide his presence and enable him to sneak up on enemies from behind; when autofaced, a skull icon would appear above the target's head, and Kain would perform a quick (and often gory) one hit kill.

Stealth Kills varied depending upon the weapon that Kain was holding and each 'weapon' had two Stealth Kills (one using just the "action button", the other combining the "action button" with the "direction buttons"). The Default Stealth Kills when Kain was unarmed were: ripping out the enemies heart (and showing it to them before they died) and snapping their neck.