Karnesis is an ability in Deathloop that is available when the Karnesis Slab is equipped. The Karnesis Slab is dropped by Aleksis Dorsey or may be randomly dropped by Julianna Blake.
Gameplay[]
The Karnesis Slab hurls people through the air. Press L1 to send enemies flying. Use R when activating the ability to throw your victim in a specific direction.
This ability only affects living humans, not objects.
Using Karnesis depletes your power by a fixed amount.
Karnesis doesn't directly damage enemies, but the impact of landing can.
Upgrades[]
Karnesis has four possible upgrades:
Flesh Bomb: Enemies affected by Karnesis land with a damaging blast.
Slam: Using Karnesis again on affected enemies violently hurls them down.
Suspension: Enemies thrown by Karnesis hover helplessly in the air. Easy pickings.
Zone: Use Karnesis to push away multiple enemies for some much-needed breathing room.
Tactical information[]
- You can "swipe" your input of Karnesis to force the target into a specific direction. Pulling down will pull the target towards you, left and right to the appropriate direction, and swiping up will send them skyward.
- Pressing it with no input will push the target straight back - but there is an option in the menu that will make a neutral (non-directional) input send the character skyward - swiping up will then send the target forwards.
- With the Slam upgrade, targets that are in the air will be sent downwards - if you do so with a directional input they will be sent diagonally downwards and to that direction.
- NPC's will ragdoll when affected by Karnesis, but Players can still aim and use abilities in middair.
- Notably Players in Suspension can still fire and use abilities, notably Shift - and Shift will immediately end the effect on them.
- Flesh Bomb will trigger even if the target impacts a wall or ceiling.
Related achievements and trophies[]
Icon | Name | Description | Trophy |
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Death Is In The Air | As Colt, achieve 3 airborne headshots on enemies you've launched using Karnesis. | Bronze |