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{{Center|''Were you looking for the [[Halo 2 (Windows Vista)]] achievement of the [[Assassin (achievement)|same name]]?''}}
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The '''Assassin''' medal ('''Assassination''' in ''[[Halo 4]]'' and ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'') is awarded for performing an [[assassination]] on an opponent from behind in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''Halo 4'' and ''Halo 5: Guardians'' [[multiplayer]]. It is also awarded in [[campaign]] and [[Firefight]] in ''Halo: Reach'', and in [[Spartan Ops]] in ''Halo 4''.
<center>''Were you looking for the [[Halo 2 Vista]] achievement of the [[Assassin (Achievement)|same name]]?''</center>
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The '''Assassin Medal''' is awarded and achieved for performing an [[assassination]] on an opponent from behind. It is available in all multiplayer gametypes. In ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', there are two medals that are awarded to the players for meleeing an opponent from behind, which are the '''Beat Down''' and '''Assassin''' medals.


The Assassin medal is represented by a knife on a circle in front of a stylized X.  In ''Halo: Reach'' the circle is red; in ''Halo 4'' it is blue. After the player kills an opponent by performing an [[assassination]] on an opponent from behind, a message appears on-screen that states: "''You assassinated (player's name)''."
==Description==
The Assassin medal is represented by a knife in front of a stylized X. After the player kills an opponent by performing an [[assassination]] on an opponent from behind, a message appears on-screen that states: "''You assassinated (player's name)''." In ''Halo: Reach'', the Beat Down medal is represented by a ninja on an eight-pointed star, previously called Assassin in ''Halo 3''. It can be acquired when [[Campaign Scoring]] is activated and also in multiplayer. There are some occurrences where direct frontal punches result in an assassination, while assassinations sometimes result in beatdowns due to the attacker meleeing to the side.
 
The requirements for the Assassin medal have been altered for ''Halo: Reach''. If the player melees an opponent from behind, the Beat Down medal is awarded. However, if the player assassinates an opponent through the third-person animation mode, they are awarded the Assassin medal instead of the regular Beat Down medal.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Starting in ''Halo: Reach'' and in subsequent games, what was a "beat down" in ''Halo 3'' is now a "pummel." What was an assassination (or a melee in the back) is now a "beat down," and an "assassination" is now holding the melee button and going into third person for an intricate death.
*If a player assassinates three players on a [[Legendary Map Pack]] map (either [[Avalanche]], [[Ghost Town]], or [[Blackout]]), the achievement "''[[Came...From...Behind]]''" will be unlocked for 50 Gamerscore. Similarly, the achievement can be earned on a [[Mythic Map Pack]] map (either [[Assembly]], [[Orbital]], [[Sandbox]], [[Citadel]], [[Heretic]], or [[Longshore]]).
*The ''Halo Reach'' achievement [[That's a Knife|That's A Knife]] is awarded when a player gains this medal in [[Campaign]], [[Firefight]], or [[Matchmaking]]. The phrase is a reference to the film Crocodile Dundee.
*In ''Halo: Reach'', what was a "beat down" in ''Halo 3'' is now a "pummel." What was an assassination (or a melee in the back) is now a "beat down," and an "assassination" is now holding the melee button and going into third person for an intricate death.
*Performing an Assassination on an Elite to survive a fall that would've been fatal in the ''Halo: Reach'' campaign unlocks the [[If They Came to Hear Me Beg]] achievement.
*The ''Halo Reach'' achievement "''[[That's A Knife]]''" is awarded when a player gains this medal in [[Campaign]], [[Firefight]], or [[Matchmaking]].
*Performing an Assassination on a player that has just exited [[Armor Lock]] in a ''Halo: Reach'' multiplayer matchmaking game on a [[Defiant Map Pack|Defiant map]] unlocks the [[Paper Beats Rock]] achievement.
*Assassinating a [[Promethean Knight]] in ''Halo 4'' [[Spartan Ops]] will unlock the [[Knight in White Assassination]] achievement.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:Assassin!.png|Assassin medal in ''Halo: Reach''.
File:Beat Down!.png|The Beat Down medal in ''Halo: Reach'' (previously called Assassin in ''Halo 3'').
File:H4 - Assassination.png|Assassination medal in ''Halo 4''.
File:Assassin!.png|The Assassin medal in ''Halo: Reach''.
</gallery>
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==Sources==
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[[Category:Halo 3 campaign medals]]

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