Top 10 luckiest kills in shooters

#2 – Being prepared

Throwing a few items into the in-game elevator, which includes a grenade, this Halo 3 player goes up with them. An opponent then jumps to kill him with a sword but, with the player walking away, the opponent gets killed by the incoming grenade which turns up at the perfect time.

#1 – Sweet, sweet revenge

Killing his enemy with a spray of bullets, this Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 player decides to throw a knife into the player that was just killed, which then rebounds off of him and onto an opponent that was running away.

#4 – A rocket in my pocket

Driving a below-average car, a Grand Theft Auto IV player is speeding towards an opponent who shoots his rocket launcher, but, with the car gaining enough air via a small jump at the perfect time, the player gets run over and killed to his amazement.

#3 – Missile crisis

Not content with taking out a banshee, this Halo 3 player has one missile left and fires it. It eventually hits a player after travelling some distance, with the opponent being killed, turning out to be the same one killed in the banshee.

#6 – Who needs a Sniper Rifle?

Winning the round via this kill, a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 player couldn’t shoot his opponent with a sniper so decides to launch a knife into their direction. It pays off handsomely with the knife throw being timed flawlessly with it hitting the enemy at the perfect time.

#5 – This one's for the win

Throwing a knife into the air randomly, a Modern Warfare 2 player sees his weapon bouncing off a building, and then off a wall and finally onto an incoming player. To add insult to injury, it was the game winning kill.

#8 – Stunt bullet

Jumping out of the door and carrying out a 180 backward spin, a Modern Warfare 3 player then shoots without scope, with the bullet rebounding of a metal bar and killing an opponent.

 #7 – Lady luck is by his side

Jumping off a building to pursue an enemy, a Halo Reach player kills his target with a sniper but is then saved – after expecting to die – by a lift.

With every title that offers a competitive multiplayer component comes inevitable lucky kills. Launching a tomahawk randomly and hoping it kills someone turns out to be, on some occasions for the lucky players, true. Or take the example of snipers: you could easily achieve a headshot, which, incidentally, leads to several other kills due to the bullet penetrating the initial victim’s head into other player’s heads behind him.

GameZone takes a look at the top 10 luckiest kills in shooters.

#10 – Tomahawk ricochet

Throwing a tomahawk into a house during a multiplayer round of Call of Duty: Black Ops, the weapon ricochets off the wall, then off the bottom bunk, then hitting the underside of the top bunk’s mattress and then finally hitting the player.

#9 – Grenade tactic

Throwing a grenade into a wall and hoping for the best, a Call of Duty: Black Ops’ player’s reading of an opponent (via the map) is correct, leading to the death of the player via said grenade.