A headshot is a direct shot to the head that will deal more damage than a hit to any other hitbox, usually resulting in an instant kill or at least massive damage to the target.

OverviewEdit

Advantages

• Can be done with all weapons, except grenades, although a grenade that does a lot of damage to the head creates the "plink" headshot sound.
• Capable in killing enemies without helmets.
• Capable to deliver massive damages to enemies with helmets (or kill with the proper weapons).
• If an enemy player receives a bullet to the head but is not killed by it, that player will be greatly disorientated by the impact and will have to recover for at 5 seconds.

DisadvantagesEdit

• Requires a good accuracy.
• Weapons that can give you one-bullet headshots are mostly expensive (for instance, Scout costs $2750). However, the Desert Eagle can do it in one or two shots, and costs only $650. ($800 in Global Offensive.)
• Hard to do when you and/or the target is moving.
• Depending on your weapons, it takes more effort to kill a fully armored enemy player with a headshot.
• Not all weapons are capable to one-bullet headshot kill enemies, especially enemies with helmets. But sniper rifles and close range shotguns may be able to do the job.
• The target must be exposed to the player's view otherwise, enemy players can quickly take cover thus ruining your chances in killing the enemy with a headshot.

TacticsEdit

• When aiming, hold the crouch button to shoot more accurately.
• When using automatic weapons, shoot 1 (2 if your weapon has a very high fire rate) bullet each time. This will prevent the gun from recoil, but it's risky should your first shot miss.
• Sniper rifle and other scoped weapons might aid you when aiming.
• Find good sniping spots, particularly ones that oversee many areas, but also provide protection from enemy fire.
• Aim at the point that your target must go through, fire when your target's head pops out.
• It is worthy to note that all player models are exactly the same height thus, be sure to memorize the enemy's position and practice your aiming skills.
• Remember that even the Helmet cannot protect users from certain types of weapons, such as Sniper Rifles, the AK-47, shotguns, and the Desert Eagle.

Counter-TacticsEdit

• Purchase a Kevlar vest and helmet, since it will protect the user from headshots considerably. Altought it is costly, this is the easiest way to defend against headshots.
• When confronting enemies, especially the ones with sniper rifles, try to move around in a random pattern to avoid headshots, or run away.
• Throw smoke grenades to hide your presence. Or, you can throw flashbangs if you need to run.
• Never crouch at short range, as normal shots to the torso may become a headshot.
• However, it is possible to engage the enemy and then crouch, especially when confronting a sniper who was attempting to aim for the head.
• Avoid open warfare locations where you can be targeted from many directions, since too much focusing on a single enemy (or a single direction) might risk you being killed by a headshot.
• Jumping can disorientate enemies but decreasing your chance in quickly running away.
• The Tactical Shield is an excellent item to use to prevent lethal shots to the head.

AchivementsEdit

Battle Sight Zero Kill 250 enemy players with headshots.

GalleryEdit

A Guerrilla Warfare member is going to be killed by a headshot.

Counter-Strike version of headshot icon.

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TriviaEdit

• Headshots have their own icon next to the weapon used in the killfeed.
• Servers running custom sounds may signify a headshot with the "HEADSHOT" Unreal Tournament sound, or the famous "BOOM! HEADSHOT!" quote from "FPSDoug."
• In servers with many players, or mostly new players, getting too many headshots can get you accused of hacking, although if you are not cheating VAC will ignore you anyway.
• In some rare cases, if you are killed by worldspawn or jumping off the ledge(such as map Vertigo), the Console command may say:{Player} is killed by worldspawn or trigger Hurt in with headshot.