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Dead Stop Achievement in Left 4 Dead

Dead Stop12 (10)

Online/Offline - This achievement can be obtained in either an online or offline modeSingle Player - This achievement can be obtained in single player game modesCooperative - This achievement can be obtained in non-versus game modes where players work togetherVersus - This achievement can be obtained in modes based on competition against other players
Punch a Hunter as he is pouncing.

Achievement Guide for Dead Stop

AuthorSolution
Skelix
363,945
Skelix
Achievement won on 20 Nov 08
TA Score for this game: 1,016
Posted on 22 November 08 at 06:24, Edited on 20 December 08 at 18:33
This solution has 25 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
When you see a hunter, he's gonna jump. Chances are at you if you're the pointman. Hit the LT to melee attack. Either you have great reflexes or will just get it luckily (over time like me)

* basically same as head shooting him *
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Scoobias
81,612
Scoobias
Achievement won on 25 Apr 10
TA Score for this game: 1,926
Posted on 25 April 10 at 22:35, Edited on 30 April 10 at 20:01
This solution has 15 positive votes and 1 negative vote. Please log in to vote.
1. Set up a No Mercy single player campaign on expert and start on the roof top finale.

2. Kill the other survivors and then change the difficulty to easy.

3. Grab the pipe bomb and head to the top of the stairs.

4. Throw the pipe bpmb and run to get the other one and repeat.

5. Wait for the hunter to show and when he does run back to the safe room and get to the back so the hunter comes right up to the door.

6. When he's at the door just keep swinging with mele until you hit him. shouldn't take long and you can do it while doing the Zombie Genosidist trick too.
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Stone Phallic
27,102
Stone Phallic
Achievement won on 30 Apr 09
TA Score for this game: 1,262
Posted on 04 May 09 at 21:32
This solution has 9 positive votes and 4 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
As with several elements of L4D, you'll hear the Hunter long before you see the Hunter, and I'm not just talking about the scream. When a Hunter is around, the game will play three pairs of notes: the first note is a grace note and difficult to hear, making it sound like three notes instead of six. They are sounded in high, low, medium order. All three are on the high end of the keyboard, though. If the Hunter is spawned further away, these are played on strings, like in the theme from Psycho.

When you hear that sound, be ready for the Hunter. When you see a hunter jump, you won't have much time. Try to get in the habit of back pedaling immediately to get you a little more time and start throwing melee attacks. You won't always land the blow, but usually you will hit him mid pounce.
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PSYCHOSOCIAL DF
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PSYCHOSOCIAL DF
Achievement won on 10 Sep 10
TA Score for this game: 2,665
Posted on 30 April 11 at 07:40
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For starters I apologize for the quality of the video, it's bad but a good guide. This is not my video so credit goes to the guy who made it.

Good Luck xP
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Dusk Keeta
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Dusk Keeta
Achievement won offline
TA Score for this game: 2,665
Posted on 06 November 12 at 23:27, Edited on 06 November 12 at 23:28
This solution has 1 positive vote and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote.
Dead Stop - 10G (Original Achievement)

This is not hard to do, but it may take some practice. I suggest you bring a friend along just in case you fail and get pounced.

The goal here is to wait for a Hunter to show up and let it get close. As soon as it pounces, hold the Left Trigger to melee it away and stop it from pouncing on you. I'd say there's a 50% chance you'll stop it.

I've heard a lot of reports that you may need to melee earlier than you might think in order to hit it. Either way practice makes perfect, you will eventually get this.
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