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Not throwing away my shot achievement in XCOM 2

Not throwing away my shot

Kill an alien ruler while it attempts to escape

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How to unlock the Not throwing away my shot achievement

  • BrutopianBrutopian
    20 Oct 2016 20 Oct 2016 30 Oct 2016
    The key for this achievement is the phrase 'while it attempted to escape'. You do NOT unlock this if you kill the ruler on the same turn as it summons the pink portal. What you need to do is to kill it with an Overwatch shot or Bladestorm stroke while it is actually running towards the portal.

    The easiest two are obviously the Viper King and the Berserker Queen. You can combine this achievement with 'Regicide' (kill a ruler the first time you encounter it), but this is not recommended. Ideally, you should whittle down the ruler's health for one or two encounters, so that when it does choose to escape, it'll have low enough health to easily finish off.

    To increase your chances, carry a frost bomb or two into missions where you're expecting a ruler to appear. Stasis-capable Psi Ops work as well. When you've done enough damage to the ruler, it will summon the pink escape portal. Freeze/Stasis the ruler now, you should get two or three moves to put a couple of your best Overwatch guys ready. Shotgun-focused Rangers and Specialists with the Guardian skill are ideal.

    Also note that this achievement becomes easier to complete the later in the game you complete the 'Alien Nest' mission. So don't hurry on that, wait for at least Magnetic Weapons, or even Plasma, before letting the rulers loose. The mission will not expire on you.
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    Lt DavoThis is hard. Thank goodness for Stasis. Even so, I found that since the stasis wore off before the beginning of my turn, I only had 1 action to use before the ruler tried to run. Unfortunately, my bladestorm ranger was injured and couldn't go on the mission. The ranger who was already one tile over (due to being grabbed) with a shard gun missed his overwatch shot. cry I reloaded the save and tried using my one action on putting my never-miss, superior scope-equipped, 111+15 aim sharpshooter on overwatch. She missed. angry I reloaded again, and used "pistol overwatch" with her instead. That got him. It also took considerable effort to avoid killing the ruler outright before he summoned the portal. Anyway, thanks for the guide; it definitely helped.
    Posted by Lt Davo on 08 Nov 16 at 03:07
    Vr EnglishGood post, thanks for this. I first did the encounters with mag weapons and wasn't able to. I kept a save from before the mission and went back with plasma weapons, stasis and overwatch and did the Viper Queen on first attempt. Plasmas make a massive difference.
    Posted by Vr English on 24 Feb 17 at 13:01
    IHeartParamoreWell, my beserker queen achievement never popped, so now I've killed the archon king, and that didn't pop.

    Reloaded my save, had the brainwave to queue up the overwatch shots after freezing him with the viper suit ability. Overwatch shotgunned him in the face.

    No achievement for this, and for that matter no achievement for using a ruler ability on a ruler.

    Brilliant stuff.

    The guide is spot on though. Thumbs up from me!
    Posted by IHeartParamore on 07 Feb 23 at 22:04
    HealttiGood tips.

    The scripted Viper King encounter in the intro mission is the best spot to do this IMO. It's easy to set up an overwatch trap for when the King makes its entrance.
    Posted by Healtti on 05 Dec 23 at 18:00
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