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Sabrewulf's Claws achievement in Killer Instinct

Sabrewulf's Claws

Perform 10 points of chip damage while in Instinct Mode with Sabrewulf

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How to unlock the Sabrewulf's Claws achievement

  • XebuXebu
    05 Dec 2013 05 Dec 2013 07 Apr 2014
    To enter Instinct Mode you need to wait until your Instinct Meter (the orange bar under your health bar) is full and then hit HP+HK (RB + RT by default). Your Instinct Meter fills up as you either take damage or pull off Combo Breakers.

    Once you're in Instinct Mode you can cause "Chip" damage which is damage caused through an opponents block. Accumulate 10 points of this Chip damage during (I believe) a single Instinct Mode in any fight and the achievement is yours.

    If you want to do it using the "so easy it you'll wish you'd done it properly" method then head into Practice Mode.

    - Main Menu, Local Play, Practice
    - Select Sabrewulf for yourself and any opponent.
    - Once practice begins pause the game.
    - Press RB to access "Dummy Options" and set Guard to "Block All"
    - Press RB to access "Practice Options" and set Instinct Meter to "Infinite"
    - Unpause and hit HP+HK to enter Instinct Mode (you gain a blue glow).
    - Hit your opponent until the cheevo pops.

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    redey3zTried this so many times, even against my friend and it won't unlock.
    Posted by redey3z on 30 Oct 22 at 15:34
    TheGame004Anyone else having trouble unlocking this? Either the achievement is glitch or the method is outdated?
    Posted by TheGame004 on 16 Dec 22 at 04:40
    quantumn0deThis seems to be broken. Has anyone unlocked this recently?

    Edit: This actually unlocked for me the following day when I started up the game again. I've had achievements not register until a restart before, but it was odd because I unlocked a different achievement that same session after trying this several times.
    Posted by quantumn0de on 15 Feb 23 at 21:40
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  • MR MITT3NSMR MITT3NS
    23 Apr 2021 26 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2022
    tldr: Tired of trying to keep up with who you've done what with for achievements? Click my spreadsheet link below and start tracking it!

    This is not a specific guide but more so a checklist along with some tips for tackling this game as a whole. There are other excellent, very detailed guides for unlocking each specific achievement.

    Background
    When I decided to start Killer Instinct from scratch in early 2021 (began 3/26/21 and finished 6/21/21), I decided that I needed a way to guide and track my progress to completion in the most efficient way possible. With a base game of 94 achievements and 28 DLCs which is composed of 23 characters, a ranked MP DLC (League Title Update), a story mode (similar to MK's ladder system), an RPG type mode (Shadow Lords 1 & 2), and Shadow Mode (machine learning type bot simulator) that made up another 370 achievements, this game was going to take some time and coordination.

    Info
    I created a spreadsheet by exporting all of the Achievement Titles, Achievement Descriptions, and Gamerscore from TA. I added the following columns:

    • Order: to keep the initial achievement order
    • BASE/DLC: determines if the achievement was part of the base game or one of the DLCs
    • Release Date: for sorting purposes
    • Type: I created 23 "Types" of achievements in this game, most are repetitive across characters (i.e. win versus match with [insert character])
    • Character: let's you know which character the achievement applies to. There are 29 characters in total. Some achievements are assigned to "Any" meaning those do not apply to a specific character. Omen does not follow the normal DLC achievement path rather it has 5 random achievements tied to it.
    • Unlocked: put an "x" in the cell if you have unlocked it. This ties in with the Pivot tab where you refresh the pivot tables to show your percentage complete.
    If you decide to use the spreadsheet, start by deleting all of the x's in the Unlocked column on KI TA tab (not to be confused with the KI TA sortable tab which is used for sorting to your hearts desire without messing with your main tab). Once you start filling in "x" 's in the KI TA tab, you can refresh the Pivot tab to see your progress based on Type and/or Character.

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15H3gCJi-Jlv7KOkrHUn0...

    I hope this spreadsheet helps for anyone starting this beast of game that is quite fun. It was more time consuming than challenging but overall I really enjoyed it.

    Tips:
    • Complete the Shadow Mode achievements first as these have broken in the past and were unobtainable for a while before they patched it.
    • Find a hardcore, dedicated group to boost ranked achievements. Playing this game legit online will take a while and will be pretty tough!
    • Try to have fun with Shadow Lords Mode, once I understood how it worked (which just took playing it a while) it was a lot of fun!
    • Keep a second controller handy for some of the Fight Challenges. For example, blocks can be done easily by rubber banding your main controller to block while you perform a move with the second controller.
    • If you haven't already, read through the Walkthrough. It was well done up to the point before the writer quit updating it. For the rest, read through the guides and of course, the comments on the guides for good info.
    Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions to make the spreadsheet better.
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