Stats
| Cost per Use (Press) | Cost per Use (Hold) | Damage (Press) | Damage (Hold) | Effect Duration (Press) | Effect Duration (Hold) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 56 | 60 | 300 | 4-5 seconds | 9-10 seconds |
Combos
By throwing Devil’s Kiss at an enemy surrounded by crows, you can create a murder of flaming crows, which sets all your enemies ablaze while keeping them stunned! While this Vigor combo is expensive, it’s especially useful against enemies vulnerable to the effects of fire and Murder of Crows, like the Handyman.
Much like the combo above, using Shock Jockey against an enemy surrounded by crows creates a legion of electric crows, capable of stunning any enemy nearby. This combo is fairly inexpensive and can instantly incapacitate an entire group of foes.
Upgrades
| Upgrade | Cost | Function | First Available In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unlock Murder of Crows | $150 | Unlocks Murder of Crows if not found | Monument Island Gateway |
| Crows Trap Mod | $1485 | Causes the corpses of Murder of Crows victims to become crow traps | Monument Island Gateway |
| Crows Boost | $545 | Increases stun duration | The Factory |
Strategy
Even for a Vigor, Murder of Crows is extremely unique, since using it causes Booker to send a murder of damaging and annoying crows toward his enemies. Any adversary hit—as well as any opponent near him—is surrounded by a legion of crows that holds them in place and leaves them vulnerable, allowing you to deal additional damage with any weapons Booker has equipped.
Against many normal enemies, Murder of Crows is quickly outpaced by Shock Jockey, which performs the same function but costs significantly fewer Salts. However, the hardest-hitting enemy, the Handyman, is only briefly stunned by Shock Jockey but is totally distracted by Murder of Crows, giving you several valuable seconds to lay into him with gunfire!
Using the secondary fire version of Murder of Crows allows you to place a trap that, when approached, unleashes an onslaught of crows. This allows you to quickly dispatch any enemy foolish enough to trigger the trap with your equipped weapons. Be careful when setting a Murder of Crows mine, however, since it has an extremely high cost in Salts per use.
