I'm not talking about with some of the situational bonuses (e.g., First Blood, Revenge, Chain, etc.) but a pure, single kill as if you were in the training ground.
The highest scoring kill I've been able to get was a hidden, focused, incognito poisoning which nets 1000 points (with the default score bonus for poison):
- 300 points – hidden
- 150 points – focused
- 350 points – incognito
- 200 points – poison
Is there anything I can practically do to get higher than that?*
* besides crafting the poison to have an additional 100 point bonus
It's not possible to get an acrobatic kill (200 points) from a hidden spot AFAIK. It's not possible to get an aerial kill (100 points) focused and hidden AFAIK. Grab kills (450 points) are just not very common and you can't get enough of the other bonuses with it.
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After trying out all different kinds of kills, I believe this is as best as it gets. A lot of the other kill bonuses are not attainable or as rewarding as these kills.
With the different kill bonus types, these bonuses are mutually exclusive:
50 - Reckless
100 - Discreet
250 - Silent
350 - Incognito
100 - Kill
100 - Aerial Kill
200 - Acrobatic Kill
300 - Hidden Kill
450 - Grab Kill (To get this, you have to give up the Poison bonus and you only get an additional 150 points)
150 - Focus
200 - Poison
You must use the hidden gun for these so you give up a lot of the above bonuses:
100 - Mid-Air
100 - Execution
These are situational and doesn't really yield any of the above bonuses:
50 - Grounded
100 - Contested Kill
50 - Ground Finish
All other bonuses in the game depend on the situation and game type so are not the kind of bonuses you have complete control over and not what I'm interested in.