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Combination Shock

Combination Shock

In the Main Campaign, performed all 8 of the Vigor combinations.

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How to unlock the Combination Shock achievement in BioShock Infinite - Definitive Guide

Pretty simply. Just use the first vigor on an enemy then quickly switch to the other. Making sure to hit them enemy with the second vigor before the first one kills them. You will know if you've done it correctly if the achievement tracker pops up.

1. Shock Jockey and Possession
2. Shock Jockey and Murder Of Crows
3. Devils Kiss and Possession
4. Devils Kiss and Murder Of Crows
5. Undertow and Shock Jockey
6. Bucking Bronko and Devils Kiss
7. Bucking Bronko and Charge
8. Devils Kiss and Charge

Think these are all of the correct combinations, if someone could confirm I'll add to the solution.
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25 Mar 2013 22:27

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I followed your list and It didn't pop. :(
I'm pretty sure I got the 7/8 pop up after doing Undertow (held) + Shock Jockey and it literally just unlocked after Devils Kiss + Charge
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By Mr AToMiiK on 26 Mar 2013 01:26
Thanks added to the solution
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By no sleeves on 26 Mar 2013 09:01
I can confirm these are the right combinations :) Thumbs up from me :D
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By WirelessYoshi on 26 Mar 2013 21:49
It works for me great guide.
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By ballum87 on 27 Mar 2013 21:13
I don't understand how you use two vigors together..
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By Grotesque Fiend on 28 Mar 2013 10:36
@Grotesque After you use a vigor on an enemy, you use the second one while the effect of the first vigor is still active. For example... use Possession, then while possessed use Shock Jockey on them.
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By kael7 on 28 Mar 2013 12:07
Thank you for the list :) Thumb up!
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By Schluballybub on 28 Mar 2013 14:33
It popped for me without doing devil's kiss and charge. The counter in the corner even said 7/8 combos.
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By BlankUsername32 on 28 Mar 2013 19:59
Perfect list. Had not done any before and as I went through this list they all popped up as 1/8 through 7/8 untill the last one unlocked the achievement.

As an extra tip once you have all of these unlocked you can get to a spot with a large number of enemy's and do one combo then let yourself be killed. When you re-spawn you will have enough power to do another combo and then repeat. Took me about 3 minutes doing it this way.
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By XxB3asti3xX on 29 Mar 2013 03:18
Gone through your list 4 times and no achievement
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By Dropkick Hope86 on 29 Mar 2013 12:19
Same. Done all of these and no cheevo... Wonder if some of them need to be upgraded/charged
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By ClaytThaGreat on 29 Mar 2013 18:22
followed your guide step by step, worked like a charm! Thanks!
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By Syntr on 29 Mar 2013 19:47
Tried using Undertow both ways, still did not pop
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By Dropkick Hope86 on 29 Mar 2013 22:19
Pretty sure I didn't use any charged vigors so only thing I can suggest is upgrading the vigors you are having trouble with. Or try switching the order you use the vigors in. So use shock jockey first then use undertow.
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By no sleeves on 30 Mar 2013 00:25
Upgraded them after it didn't work the first time. Also tried each of the combinations both ways.
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By Dropkick Hope86 on 30 Mar 2013 09:04
Thank You!
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By MindTrixXx4Real on 30 Mar 2013 21:51
ill give u a thumbs up but I got lucky and it popped at 7 of 8 and didn't need to do the devils kiss and charge but great guide none the lesssmile
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By on 30 Mar 2013 23:11
Excellent guide. I was able to get credit with the Undertow tap, had to get the full 8/8 as well.
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By Hwykng27 on 01 Apr 2013 03:53
Worked like a charm. Thanks man!
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By NameOfTheMaster on 02 Apr 2013 10:21
I didn't have to hold for any of them but it may make it easier to reverse the order and shock first since that effect lasts for a few seconds giving you enough time to switch and then use the other one. Also you can do one combo then let yourself be killed to re-spawn with enough salts to do another one. I did all of them that way and took less than 5 minutes.
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By XxB3asti3xX on 02 Apr 2013 19:39
was stuck on this for awhile and then I flipped undertow and shock jockey
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By on 07 Apr 2013 06:56
Why doesn't the possession? vigor for humans work?
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By Xx Krawol PL xX on 07 Apr 2013 13:33
Thanks for the list. I was stuck at 7/8. Shock Jockey + Murder of Crows didn't work for me but the reverse did.
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By ReverendDangles on 10 Apr 2013 21:10
Perfect, thanks!
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By madmaxey on 11 Apr 2013 03:51
+1 Devils Kiss + Charge was the one I had trouble with. I switched to Charge while the 'kiss' was still in the air. You have to be fast!
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By The Planet Pete on 23 Apr 2013 04:46
Was stuck at 6/8......my Possession Aid was not leveled up. After I leveled once and retried,this popped.
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By sbg0924 on 20 May 2013 18:33
No problems whatsoever. Thanks for this.
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By Nath360skillz on 01 Jun 2013 00:10
I can't seem to get this! Tried on command deck so many times
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By Zac NYK on 10 Jun 2013 04:24
I had HUGE problems getting this. Went thru couple of different lists like 3 times and did these on every imaginable order. When I finally got this it was with the Bucking Bronco + Charge. I had to try it many times coz it was so hard to get charge to work on the enemies floating in the air... Hope this helps
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By ugli on 23 Jul 2013 20:09
Went through the list a few times myself and didn't get it. Ended up doing Bronco and a charged Devil's Kiss to get the final one.
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By Anavryn on 11 Jan 2014 18:58
My wouldn't pop trying them all through, it only popped when I did possession followed by Devil's Kiss!
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By Mattrix90 on 13 Jan 2014 17:45
After i did all the combinations and got 7/8 in the conter check pop up for me after i did again shock jockey +murder of crows
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By WillyCaolho on 23 Jan 2014 22:18
Great list. Worked for me.
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By Groobens on 30 Mar 2014 17:55
I had to buy the possession aid for combos requiring Possession to work. They are too fast and vanish before second Vigor is thrown. With the possession aid it acts longer so second vigor will combine with it. Nice guide though.
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By Kenzibit on 22 Jul 2014 15:28
Weird. I did Charge and Bucking Bronco twice to unlock it. Didn't buy aids for any specific ones.
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By M00SE on 22 Jul 2015 02:29
Didnt get the achiev the first time but reversing the order worked a charm! :)
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By Oddity515 on 27 Sep 2015 15:09
Listing a good checkpoint to grind this would be helpful along with the right order.
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By PrimeBigTime on 13 Nov 2015 14:05
The right order of 2 is Murder of crows and Shock jokey and 5 Shock jockey and undertow
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By UnfurledEmu75 on 28 Jul 2023 16:54
For people having problems unlocking this, make sure for Undertow/Shock Jockey you're doing the hold-trigger version of Undertow (where you pull in your enemy). The combo doesn't seem to register if you just do the tap-trigger version.
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By spletchie on 29 Mar 2013 20:52
Didn't see the counter until 7/8 when I used Undertow/Shock which was the last on the list. So now I don't know which one didn't "count" :( Are there others like Under/Shock that you have to do the hold move for it to count?
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By Cheese Empanada on 02 Apr 2013 18:10
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The solution by no sleeves is more or less right. The vigors are just not listed in the correct order to use the first then the second. I saw many comments of people saying that the combos weren't working for them so I'm just clarifying for those that weren't getting it.
This is the correct order to use the vigors and the order in which they are unlocked (as far as picking up each one anew).

Pick up Devil's Kiss:
Possession and Devil's Kiss

Pick up Murder of the Crows:
Murder of the Crows and Devil's Kiss

Pick up Bucking Bronco:
Bucking Bronco and Devil's Kiss

Pick up Shock Jockey:
Possession and Shock Jockey
Murder of the Crows and Shock Jockey

Pick up Charge:
Devil's Kiss and Charge
Bucking Bronco and Charge

Pick up Undertow:
Undertow and Shock Jockey
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This helped me a great deal, cheers!
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By BrutalSleeper on 03 Apr 2013 00:30
Great guide, thanks!
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By Fermani2 on 03 Apr 2013 19:05
Clear and easy to follow - thank you.
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By xbox4xmas07 on 06 Apr 2013 02:11
Thats really odd that you had to switch them because I got it using it like that. Well it seems like thats the only one that can be/has to be interchanged
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By BridgeTheGidge on 09 Apr 2013 01:45
Yeah, cause all others were spot on. I got it on the 2nd handyman...nevertheless, a great solution. Thumbs up!
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By DuBear61 on 09 Apr 2013 02:03
This just won't pop for me. I've gone through this list several times and no luck.
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By That Masked Man on 28 Apr 2013 22:51
If I've already completed the game is there a good place to go back and get this?
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By Twistedsymphony on 01 Jul 2013 12:58
I had HUGE problems getting this. Went thru couple of different lists like 3 times and did these on every imaginable order. When I finally got this it was with the Bucking Bronco + Charge. I had to try it many times coz it was so hard to get charge to work on the enemies floating in the air... Hope this helps
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By ugli on 23 Jul 2013 20:09
There is Gear that sets enemies on fire when you melee them. If you follow up with a charge on a burning enemy it will register as having completed the "Devils Kiss + Charge" Combo.
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By Owen H Brown on 26 Mar 2014 10:25
Try loading up "The Atrium" chapter. The check point starts you out on the bridge just before a room full of weaker enemies. Go to the door and let the guardian spot you (the one with horns on his head) and then back off. Soon, a whole group of enemies will flood though the door. Once they appear, hit them with the combo you are trying for and then reset the check point.
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By Mo the Surfer on 17 Apr 2014 17:05
Yep, it was bucking bronco+charge. If you're going for this combo (or the Devil's Kiss version) I suggest that you either take off your melee enhancing hat or try these combos several times until the effect from the hat doesn't proc. I was wearing the Electric Punch hat, so I had to redo these combos.
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By Debrimba on 19 Jun 2014 18:10
Thank you, helped me a lot, I was goin to abandon this game at 950G. and now I got 1K thanx to you :)
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By GoodOIdUncleSam on 03 Aug 2014 18:46
It was Possession and Devil's Kiss for me you need to kill the possed enemy. Igonore don't kill your allies message of course!
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By Emira on 03 Aug 2014 19:31
The place where lady comstock is raising the dead soldiers is a fantastic place to get this since she keeps raising soldiers. You just can't do the crow ones since the soldiers are immune to the crows.
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By Zorlac0666 on 28 May 2015 20:41
How do you change your vigors? Mine just keeps on replacing the other to possession when I pick up a new one.
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By angelsk on 24 Dec 2015 10:02
Try switching the order of Undertow and Shock Jockey. That's how DuBear61 finally got it to pop.
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By BridgeTheGidge on 03 May 2013 16:16
Look at the video solution below mine. That's a really good place. It's in Emporia. Try replaying through the level because I'm not sure where enemies respawn after beating the game. I got mine by doing the combinations as I picked up new vigors.
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By BridgeTheGidge on 02 Jul 2013 08:05
I had 7 of 8 following your order, but couldn't get the last one. Then I reversed undertow & shock jockey. When I used shock 1st and then undertow, achievement popped.
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By DuBear61 on 09 Apr 2013 01:35
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Combination Shock

The melee gear that inflicts fire/lightning damage do count toward this achievement. (Fire is devil's kiss, Lightning is Shock Jockey)

I found this very nice video by Powerpyx, in case anyone needs visual idea. All credit goes to Powerpyx. The location is chapter 20: Emporia
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30 Mar 2013 07:48

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Umm... I don't think that video is by IGN...
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By Nyxil on 30 Mar 2013 20:57
+1 from me for the video solution, and the great location to get this.
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By TheIcemanCometh on 31 Mar 2013 16:56
Thanks Iceman!
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By Strategy One on 31 Mar 2013 23:12
What chapter is this?
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By C3LLDW3LLER on 01 Apr 2013 18:38
Emporia, I believe.
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By TheIcemanCometh on 01 Apr 2013 19:00
Chapter 20: Emporia
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By Strategy One on 01 Apr 2013 20:30
Iv done this 3times now using diffrent guides and i can not get it to unlock and am doing like the guy is in the video. any ideas?
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By UnawareBoss on 02 Apr 2013 00:02
@UnawareBoss, has your achievement progress for the achievement been popping up??
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By Strategy One on 02 Apr 2013 06:12
yer but it stopped showing after 6out of 8 and its never pop up since so i dono whats up there.
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By UnawareBoss on 02 Apr 2013 10:00
yer but it stopped showing after 6out of 8 and its never pop up since so i dono whats up there.
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By UnawareBoss on 02 Apr 2013 11:23
Make sure you are doing them exactly like it is being done in the video, make sure they hit!
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By Strategy One on 02 Apr 2013 20:05
I was missing a combination that I was positive I had already gotten (bronco + charge). If you don't have the achievement then you should replay this chapter to try all teh combinations a second time.

I didn't have charge and needed to backtrack to the chapter Finkton Proper to get. Ride the elevator up to leave the area then check the room in front of you for charge.
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By BobWings on 04 Apr 2013 19:01
Why doesn't the possession? vigor for humans work?
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By Xx Krawol PL xX on 07 Apr 2013 13:32
You have to buy the upgrade (Possession Aid) for it to work against humans.
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By TheIcemanCometh on 07 Apr 2013 13:39
This is odd, when I loaded this chapter up to go for this achievement I didn't have all of hte vigors. Guess I'll have to load up a later chapter.
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By llDurbinll on 07 Apr 2013 15:31
do you have to kill people by using these vigor combinations? how many people do you have to kill with these combinations?
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By Grotesque Fiend on 19 May 2013 16:30
@ Grotesque you have to hit an enemy with the combinations
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By Strategy One on 20 May 2013 05:40
All 8 Combos:
1. Possession and Devil's Kiss - need human possession upgrade; Possess, then Kiss
2. Murder of the Crows and Devil's Kiss - stun with Crows, then Kiss
3. Bucking Bronco and Devil's Kiss - lift with Bronco, then hit with Kiss
4. Possession and Shock Jockey - need human possession upgrade; Possess, then Shock
5. Murder of the Crows and Shock Jockey - stun them with Crows, then Shock
6. Devil's Kiss and Charge - found this easier to hit someone with the Kiss then hit them with Charge while they are on fire.
7. Bucking Bronco and Charge - lift them with Bronco then Charge
8. Undertow and Shock Jockey - grab with water then shock

Hold cn_LB to bring up the Vigor Menu and swap them around (since you can only have 2 equipped at the same time). You should have all 8 Vigors by chapter 20 and just choose to restart this checkpoint, using different combos each time until you get it. Progress should show up after each combo.
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By Daeryoon on 12 Aug 2015 18:34
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This is just for a bit of help because i got 7 out 8 of combinations using the second guide here but could not for the life of me figure out which one i had to get for that last 8\8.

After trying all combinations over again i saw that when i was using the possession it was bringing up the message 'immune' when i hit a normal human so i was unable to chain them because the first possession did not work.

There are one of two ways i think i got round this.... 1. Was to carry on my way through the game after chapter 20 as in powerpyxs video and then when you reach an enemy that you can actually possess, possess them and then try the shock Jockey or Devils Kiss (this is when the achievement popped for me). 2. Before i started to carry on after chapter 20 i upgraded possession so that when you possess a human he turns on himself at the end kills himself. what this does is then allows possession to work on humans so may be able to chain them.

I’m not sure which one did it for me but the achievement popped for me when possessing a possessable enemy rather than a human but i don’t know if the upgrade helped or not.

On a quick not the Achievement tracker didn’t start coming up on my screen until 6/8 combinations had been used so just work your way through them all until you see something on the screen saying they are working.

Possession and Devil's Kiss

Murder of the Crows and Devil's Kiss

Bucking Bronco and Devil's Kiss

Possession and Shock Jockey

Murder of the Crows and Shock Jockey

Devil's Kiss and Charge

Bucking Bronco and Charge

Undertow and Shock Jockey
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A Vigor combination is where you fire two Vigors in quick succession at an enemy to produce a variety of different effects. To do this, make sure you have the two Vigors you want to equip ready in your Vigor slots by selecting them both with the selection wheel (hold ). Then, find the enemy you wish to use the combination on and use a Vigor on him with . Quickly swap to the second Vigor with and press again to fire that at the enemy. If you’ve done it correctly, a notification will appear on the left of your screen. The order you use the Vigors in does not matter, as long as the combination is the same.

The 8 Vigor combinations are:

  • Bucking Bronco + Charge
  • Bucking Bronco + Devil’s Kiss
  • Devil’s Kiss + Charge
  • Murder of Crows + Devil’s Kiss
  • Murder of Crows + Shock Jockey
  • Possession + Devil’s Kiss
  • Possession + Shock Jockey
  • Undertow + Shock Jockey

If you wish to see a video walkthrough of these combinations, please see the video below:

 

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Here are all the combinations:
1. Possession + Devil's Kiss
2. Possession + Shock Jockey
3. Murder of Crows + Devil's Kiss
4. Murder of Crows + Shock Jockey
5. Bucking Bronco + Devil's Kiss
6. Bucking Bronco + Charge
7. Undertow + Shock Jockey
8. Devil's Kiss + Charge
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28 Mar 2013 18:56

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Use combinations of energy drinks on the same enemy, one at a time.

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By samuray on 03 Apr 2013 12:58
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By kopicik on 17 Mar 2017 22:54
works without problems on the latest patch February 2020
after distribution in PS+
just made it in 5 minutes
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By Daoman on 07 Feb 2020 11:12
If you missed any of them in the story, you can unlock them in the store.
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By LilReezy on 03 Aug 2018 10:17
Maybe before the patches it was possible to perform all the combinations on one enemy, but in 2017 I made this trophy on completely different enemies and levels
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By zRaFiNaDz on 12 Aug 2017 06:38
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  • Crows + Devil's Kiss
  • Crows + Shock - jockey
  • Power Wave + Shock - Jockey
  • Mustag + Onslaught :love:
  • Shock - jockey + Charm
  • Devil's Kiss + Charm
I recommend using last 2 on mechanical opponents.
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By MakeMeSm1le on 02 Jan 2016 17:42
1. Possession + Devil's Kiss

2. Possession + Shock Jockey

3. Murder of Crows + Devil's Kiss

4. Murder of Crows + Shock Jockey

5. Bucking Bronco + Devil's Kiss

6. Bucking Bronco + Charge

7. Undertow + Shock Jockey

8. Devil's Kiss + Charge
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By CowardStatue9 on 01 Apr 2013 15:24