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Shield Breaker achievement in Syndicate

Shield Breaker

Successfully sprint tackle 25 riot shield units

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How to unlock the Shield Breaker achievement

  • Colonel SkillsColonel Skills
    28 Feb 2012 28 Feb 2012 04 Mar 2012
    If you're like me, you're probably noticing that sprinting into riot shield enemies doesn't always knock their shield loose.

    Luckily, you can ignore all that and get it another way.

    To obtain it quickly and easily, fire up a co-op mission on Scandinavia, on Normal. In the first segment of the stage, before the first checkpoint, an APC will appear. If you're looking at it from the direction you came from, a Sergeant class enemy will appear on the left carrying an electron mace. Wipe out the enemies, grab the Electron Mace and move into the next area.

    The next area will have a total of 9 shield bearers in it, before you reach the checkpoint with the UGV. Just electron mace them and they'll drop their shields, which counts towards this achievement.

    Since you can get 9 in one run, you can get this quickly and easily. Be aware of snipers and/or large (semi-randomized) groups of dudes who bust out of some containers. They might put you down pretty quick.

    Rinse and repeat this three times and you'll have your achievement.

    Like most of the achievements related to "Do X of Y" in this game, there is a numerical stat you can check your progress on for this. This particular one is represented by the entry labeled "Shields Dropped" under the statistics page.

    Unfortunately this isn't my original idea, credit goes to Sourman145 of X360A. Just thought I'd let others know.

    Original post here: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showpost.php?p=4914...

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    Edit: Some people have been having issues with it saving.

    To save the credit towards this, you must reach the next checkpoint. That is, go forward and power up the UGV, and have the next door open. Then it will save the progress to your stats sheet.

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    KillaKevin24Works like a charm A+
    Posted by KillaKevin24 On 10 Oct 12 at 15:21
    Gouldy1972Works so much easier than running at them - cheers
    Posted by Gouldy1972 On 11 Apr 13 at 09:40
    Vok 250Perfect strat! Thanks for the guide!
    Posted by Vok 250 On 23 May at 19:31
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  • Assassin CorvoAssassin Corvo
    04 Jan 2014 04 Jan 2014 04 Jan 2014
    The guide that directs you to play on the co-op map Scandinavia is partially correct apart from one major factor which I have just confirmed myself.Any shield drops you earn by using the electron mace WILL BE SAVED IF YOU DIE-which mean you can just kill the first 3 or 6 shield guys that come at you (they come in 3's) and then GET YOURSELF KILLED.You will notice the 'saving' symbol in the top right corner of the screen as you die.
    You will then automatically restart at the checkpoint just before the first 3 shield guys-rinse & repeat to unlock the achievements.IMPORTANT:do not leave the session before the achievement unlocks as you'll lose the drops.Also whilst doing this I was playing solo,I got maced by a 'Seargent' & when he stopped to reload I shot him and got the 'mace ace' achievement for 'saving a team member that is stunned by a mace'
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    Luc1d DreamingIt happened to one of my friends as well, but he managed to unlock it naturally just doing about twice as many shield drops as he should have had to. Maybe it should be tagged as a buggy achievement.
    Posted by Luc1d Dreaming On 01 Aug 14 at 10:37
    aka KryptonianUnlocked right on time for me. Also, after the second set of shield enemies there was a third set of three that came from the same place. Only had to restart the checkpoint twice. From the time I started the mission it took roughly five minutes to get the achievement. Great solution!
    Posted by aka Kryptonian On 05 Oct 15 at 19:28
    Assassin CorvoGlad it helped wink
    Posted by Assassin Corvo On 06 Oct 15 at 12:21
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