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Fight Smart achievement in The Ascent

Fight Smart

Kill a robot with energy damage type

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How to unlock the Fight Smart achievement

  • F77BlokyF77Bloky
    30 Jul 2021 31 Jul 2021 16 Dec 2021
    As the description says, you need to kill a robot with energy damage. The easiest is using energy weapons. You can tell by the details of a weapon in the loadout menu (or at a vendor) what type of damage it deals. There are 4 types, i.e. ballistic, digital, fire, and energy indicated by the icons from left to right. The last one, the bolt of lightning, should be highlighted as shown in the figure below.
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    List of energy weapons
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    While you can buy an energy weapon fairly early in the game, I would suggest waiting for a bit. During the 4th main mission, Empowerment, you will go back to deepStink and encounter enemy robots (i.e. not the NPC worker robots) who will regularly drop energy weapons. Pick one up, and consequently use it to kill another enemy robot to unlock the achievement.

    As commenter slxttylilninja noted, you can also unlock this achievement with the augmentation Neutron Beam. I am not 100% sure but I think this is the only augmentation in the game that deals energy damage.

    *Edit: Added an image showing the enemy robots. While this is the location I have unlocked this achievement, later in the game you'll encounter robotic enemies in many more place (e.g. dNexus).
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    OhOneOneOhIt's worth specifying that you have to kill an enemy robot and not the NPC robots just walking about.
    Posted by OhOneOneOh on 01 Aug 21 at 19:32
    F77Bloky@AqueousTx added, thanks!
    Posted by F77Bloky on 01 Aug 21 at 19:37
    bangerbass87This one hasn't popped for me yet despite killing several robots with energy weapons... Not sure what the deal is.
    Posted by bangerbass87 on 03 Aug 21 at 01:32
    E vee dub.
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    What are the names of all the energy weapons? Adding that list would make this great guide upgraded to perfect.
    - HCE9 FLATLINER
    - E77 SUPERIOR
    - EP4 PACIFIER
    Those are the only 3 I've seen so far. I used the FLATLINER.
    Props for including the image. Well done.
    Posted by E vee dub on 03 Aug 21 at 12:45
    F77Bloky@bangerbass87 I am not sure what would be causing this. Do you know what weapons on which enemies you used? I've also added a picture of the robots if that helps.
    Posted by F77Bloky on 03 Aug 21 at 14:14
    F77Bloky@E vee dub Thanks for the suggestion and the kind words! I've added a list of energy weapons to guide.
    Posted by F77Bloky on 03 Aug 21 at 14:15
    VincibleOcean71Think my game glitched because I didn't face any enemies before the robot spider. Got destroyed immediately.

    Had to backtrack fighting robots along the way. Luckily I had that bacteria side mission nearby so I switched. Finished that, leveled up to 15, and leveled up the E77 Superior.

    Also used the robot mods. They were invaluable.
    Posted by VincibleOcean71 on 06 Aug 21 at 22:59
    slxttylilninjadunno if you want to add this to the solution but i got this using the augmentation neutron beam.
    Posted by slxttylilninja on 16 Dec 21 at 01:46
    F77Bloky@slxttylilninja Thanks, I've added this to the solution.
    Posted by F77Bloky on 16 Dec 21 at 09:06
    ChiflaGoodluckThis one popped for me in the boss of the ‘Empowerment’ mission, I did not have the mentioned Augmentation (Hydraulic Slam was what I had for offence) nor an energy weapon, the enemies never dropped one oddly.
    Posted by ChiflaGoodluck on 06 Jun 22 at 21:05
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