How to get Melee Backstab Kills in Modern Warfare 3

Being a backstabber will now be rewarded by the higher-ups. Hooray. Here is how to get melee backstab kills in Modern Warfare 3.

Modern Warfare 3: How to get Melee Backstab Kills

Shooting each other in the face has never been as fun as with the Call of Duty franchise. But whether it is with an extremely annoying build from Modern Warfare 2 that I refuse to acknowledge or a certain someone who really doesn’t want you to go up the Gun Game ladder, using your melee attacks can also be a viable way to reach CoD stardom. But why limit yourself to regular knifing? What about some surprise attacks? Well, that’s what Week 5 of Season 2 of Modern Warfare 3 is asking from us: to backstab our enemies and unalive them to get the SOA Subverter. Let’s get things clear: to get these kills you need to position yourself perfectly behind an enemy Operator and use your melee capabilities.

Now, I know that in a game as chaotic as Modern Warfare 3 expecting to land backstab kills is almost a herculean task. However, there are some things you can do to improve your chances.

Flank your enemies by covering the map’s border

One of my favorite things to do in the original Modern Warfare trilogy was flanking the enemy team. That is to use stealth to get to the enemy’s spawn point and shoot them from behind. Of course, this only works in medium to large maps. Just imagine doing this in Shipment, you will get shot to oblivion! Walk or run through the borders and locate the enemy spawn points to approach them and use your melee attack when you are behind an enemy.

Conceil your presence to increase your backstab kills chances

If you choose to backstab your kills in regular modes, then conceiling your presence is the best way to increase your stealth and survival possibilities. I recommend using the Dead Silence field upgrade – unlocked through the Armory Unlocks system – which will make your footsteps silent and will applies Ghost. Not only that, but all Gun, melee, and knife kills will refresh the duration of its effects, making it the ideal field upgrade to get backstab kills.

Play Infected, and play as the infected

Now, I know that you will want to survive the incoming melee-only no-face enemies coming for you and your face, but maybe you would want to reconsider using guns. You see, the Infected mode will oftentimes feature a predominance of the infected players above the survivors, which means that your chance of landing melee kills are higher. I suggest offering yourself as tribute to the infected and then attempt to kill the survivor Operators using flanking strategies while the other Infected distract the them.

You can also test your luck in Hardcore mode and use the tips above – except Infected, of course. However, the amount of risk outweigh the benefits in my opinion, but you can give it a try.