Vindicta's Assassinate not behaving as not hitscan, or not instant

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Sometimes, Vindicta's Assassinate hits on my screen but doesn't land in-game. I don't know how to cause it, but I can provide a video example (60fps):

View attachment bug_snipe.mp4

Here's the frame directly before the Assassinate cast, which shows that the crosshair is positioned on target:

And here's the very next frame (just to show that I used Assassinate on the previous frame)


I found this Reddit post suggesting that it's some netcode issue that causes a random delay in the ability happening. I didn't make any attempt to replicate the results myself. I can probably post more examples if asked.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadlockTheGame/comments/1kepsu0/vindicta_snipe_is_actually_a_hitscan

 

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I see now that the submitter of the Reddit post also made a thread here three months ago:

Thread 'Vindicta Assassinate has inconsistent delay after shooting'

May 4, 2025

There are instances in-game where using Assassinate on a quickly moving target (e.g. mid-dash) goes right through them. This made me curious if Assassinate is hitscan or not, and I found some puzzling results. Essentially, Assassinate seems to be hitscan, but there is a semi-random delay between the visual of shooting, and the enemy receiving damage, leading to some situations where clear hits at close range end up being misses. These results were obtained in testing with 0 ping. Attached are the brief tests I did, but should illustrate the problem clearly. in the first clip (volvo.mp4)...

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