Downed

From Gears of War

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Downed is a state of incapacitation.

When one is downed, one's knees have been blown out, or one has suffered extensive damage to the body, and one will crouch helplessly on the ground, in an expanding pool of one's blood, writhing and unable to fight. This is seen in both campaign and multiplayer. In campaign, it is caused by shooting many bullets into the leg of the opponent. In multiplayer, it is done by causing enough damage to injure but not yet kill an enemy (automatic in Execution game mode).

[edit] Campaign

In campaign, a downed enemy is one who is completely immobile and vulnerable to any attack. They can be killed by any means, including the Curb Stomp (despite the fact that the manual says you can only Curb Stomp in multiplayer).

When a Locust foe takes damage in the torso or head, it is most likely that the enemy will simply be killed. If you shoot at the legs of a foe, though, that opponent will most likely be downed as a result. If not finished off by an ally or yourself, the Locust enemy will then either bleed out and die if there is no assistance, a fellow Locust soldier may revive them if they are able to get close, or a Kantus may chant and be able to revive a downed Locust soldier from any distance.

Please note that the only types of Locust that can be downed are the soldier-type Locust. This includes Drones, Snipers, Grenadiers and Elite Grenadiers, Cyclops, Bolters, and Beast Riders. Enemies that will only die and will not be downed in campaign are Wretches, Tickers, Butchers, Maulers, Grinders, Boomers, Kantus', and Bloodmounts. Obviously, special Locust such as Reavers and Brumaks are also not able to be downed.

In Campaign, depending on your difficulty, if you take enough damage to fill the Crimson Omen, you will be downed. If you are not assisted in time you will bleed out and die. In Single-Player, Hardcore and Insane difficulties will not let you be downed and you will simply die. In Multiplayer you can be revived. There are many methods of enemy attacks that may kill you without downing, which include the explosive attacks such as Frag Grenades, Boomers, Mortars, Tickers, and you can be cut-up by Grinder- or Troika-fire. When downed, most enemies tend to ignore you for a while before deciding to finish you off (although this is not always the case), but enemies will not shoot you. You can still be Curb Stomped,Two-pieced, blown up, and mauled by enemies though.

Computer allies in your squad within difficulty Normal or Casual can be downed, but will never bleed out and only wait to be revived. In Hardcore or Insane, the ally will have his icon-background on your HUD slowly fill with red, and when it reaches full the ally will die unless someone on your squad revives him.

[edit] Multiplayer

[edit] Warzone-Style

When playing multiplayer matches with Warzone-style rules, once your Crimson Omen fills you will become downed, and any downed player can be injured like any active player. While a player is downed, they are only able to suffer a small amount of damage before succumbing to death. Also, if a downed player is not revived within bleed-out time, that player will die.

Game types in which Warzone-Style rules are in-place are:

Warzone
Guardian, with the exception of the Leader, who follows Execution-Style rules
Submission

Formerly, Annex also held to Warzone-Style rules with respect to downing, but since being updated via Xbox Live Annex now follows Execution-Style downing rules.

If a player is downed twice, the third time they are damaged to the point of being downed they will instead just be killed.

[edit] Execution-Style

When playing multiplayer matches with Execution-Style rules, once your Crimson Omen fills you will become downed, and while downed you are invulnerable to gunfire except for very close ranges. Like Warzone-Style, the downed player can only suffer a minimal amount of damage before succumbing to death. If a player is not revived within bleed-out time, then that player will stand-up on their own. The ways to kill a downed player in this type of game is by :

Curb Stomp/Other executing moves
Direct head-shooting with any pistol or the Longshot Sniper Rifle
Frag Grenade, Boomshot, Torque Bow, Hammer of Dawn, Mortar or any type of explosions
Any damage (I.E. Gunfire, Ink cloud) in which the source of damage is almost directly next to you
Chainsaw (Kills straight away without downing)
Shotgun (Can kill straight away without downing if well aimed at point blank to gib opponent, but will otherwise just down)
Headshot from particularly powerful non-fully-auto gun, such as Boltok Revolver or Longshot Sniper Rifle. (Kills straight away without downing)

Game types in which Execution-Style rules are in-place are:

Execution
Guardian, only for the Leader
King of the Hill
Annex
Wingman