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Back on Top achievement in Killer Instinct

Back on Top

Finish Story Mode with TJ Combo

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How to unlock the Back on Top achievement

  • LavindatharLavindathar
    19 Jun 2015 19 Jun 2015 19 Jun 2015
    To unlock you must simply complete the story mode beating all eight opponents using TJ combo on any difficulty earning any objectives.

    If you want progress towards :
    Killer InstinctRivaled!The Rivaled! achievement in Killer Instinct worth 332 pointsComplete Season 2 Story Mode


    He has three objectives, and all can be completed in one run.

    1) Beat story mode. Simply win all eight fights.

    2) Use an auto barrage on all eight opponents. This is TJ's combo trait, and is activated by cancelling an auto double into a combo utilising all six punch and kick combinations. To get the damage ender required (heavy punch animation) do not follow an Auto with the same strength.

    For instance, use LP, MP, HP, LK, MK, HK (cn_Xcn_Ycn_RBcn_Acn_Bcn_RT)

    Hopefully this helps :



    3) Ultra combo Fulgore in the Pinncale. Simply beat Fulgore with an Ultra in the seventh fight. His ultra is cn_left,cn_right+cn_LB when Fulgore's health is reading 'danger'.

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    LavindatharI think it's safer to not do hp next to HK, but I'm not home so currently can't check. The video shows it working, but if your at your console it's wasy enough to check.

    Best to follow hp with LK, I might have said it wrong in the video, or check the video inputs, been a while since I played, and if didn't main tj
    Posted by Lavindathar On 06 Aug 15 at 18:50
    MatPavaI struggled a lot to get this, then I found out a nice trick: disable combo assist (press X in fighter selection screen).
    Do your combo opener and then the six buttonLP, MP, HP, LK, MK, HK
    Posted by MatPava On 04 Aug 19 at 08:05
    This is the most frustrating one. Had to do this one multiple times. Once to get the dumb auto barrage with Combo assist disabled. Another time to complete the story as I failed to get the barrage on a prior attempt and multiple times to get the ultra on the damn Fulgore. For some damn reason the Ultra NEVER activates against Fulgore in Pinnacle......... Have 0 issues using Ultra on any of the other 7 and most frustrating part is you cant just lose and retry because by then he's dead and you cant go back.....
    Posted on 13 Oct 20 at 19:17
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  • MR MITT3NSMR MITT3NS
    24 Apr 2021 30 Aug 2022 30 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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