Child of Light
27 Achievements
1,000
12-15h
Showstopper
Interrupt 3 foes at the same time.
50
15.18%
How to unlock the Showstopper achievement in Child of Light - Definitive Guide
Most characters can learn at least one - Robert's "Rain Arrows" is a good skill that doesn't take very long to cast, and he can use it as soon as he joins the party. Note: non-damaging spells like "Lull (All)" will not interrupt.
Get into a fight against 3 enemies that are all bunched up together on the timeline (so they start casting at roughly the same time).
This will sometimes happen naturally, but there are ways to influence the timeline and set it up yourself - see below.
Time an attack so that it hits while all 3 foes are casting (ie. in the red zone on the timeline).
Try to get a feel for how long your attacks take to execute. Again, see below for some ways to influence timing. If you get it right, all 3 enemies will be interrupted, sent backwards across the timeline, and the trophy will unlock immediately.
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Influencing turn times
Slowing with Igniculus
Igniculus is your little blue firefly friend, controlled with the right stick or touch pad. If you hover over an enemy and hold L2, he will shine on them and slow their actions. Use this on the enemy that is farthest to the right of the timeline, so the other enemies can catch up.
Slowing with skills
Use spells like "Lull (All)" to slow down all enemies. They will take longer to charge their attacks, so you will have more time to hit them and interrupt. Be careful with skills that only slow one target - it's easier to catch them all together in the casting zone if they move along the timeline at the same speed.
Quickening with skills
If your characters' turns keep coming up at the wrong times, or if you can't slow an enemy for whatever reason, you can actually make your own party act faster instead. Norah can learn quickening spells on her skill tree, or you can have any character use "Defend", which speeds up their next turn in addition to reducing damage.
To interrupt multiple enemies at once, you must have an "(All)" skill unlocked (for example, [X]). These take longer to cast, so try to start the battle with a surprise attack to get ahead of the enemies. To unlock this achievement, you will need to wait until all three enemies are casting before using the attack, so if your turn comes up and onle 1/3 or 2/3 are casting, choose to defend. You can use Igniculus to slow down the enemy casting as well to help with the timing. Once all three enemies are casting and your "(All)" attack is ready, let it loose to unlock the achievement.
Interruptions are caused by attacking an enemy whilst they are in the “casting” phase and are about to attack you. All you have to do is attack an enemy whilst they are in that red area and it will interrupt their attack. There is an element of timing to this as all 3 enemies will have to be in the casting phase at the same time as you, as well as you needing to be able to attack them first. You can use Igniculus to shine on enemies to slow them down. Obviously the trophy requires you to do it to all 3 at the same time, meaning that you will have to use an attack that hits all enemies rather than just one.
The best way to go about this is to get into a battle with 3 of the same enemy type, this is because they will all have the same speed stats and will progress along the line together at all times, making it easier to get the timing right. Don't use Igniculus on them and don't use any slow down abilities on just one enemy. The abilities that this can be done with are listed below.
The abilities you can use for this trophy are:
Aurora - Slash (All), Starlight (All)
Rubella - Tumble (All)
Tristis - Tumble (All)
Finn - Wildfire (All), Monsoon (All), Lightning Strike (All)
Robert - Rain Arrows, Hinder (All)
Óengus - Kategida Cleave (All), Quake (All)
Gen - Slow Strike (All)
Golem - Smash (All)
To interrupt multiple enemies at once, you must have an "(All)" skill unlocked (for example, [X]). These take longer to cast, so try to start the battle with a surprise attack to get ahead of the enemies. To unlock this achievement, you will need to wait until all three enemies are casting before using the attack, so if your turn comes up and onle 1/3 or 2/3 are casting, choose to defend. You can use Igniculus to slow down the enemy casting as well to help with the timing. Once all three enemies are casting and your "(All)" attack is ready, let it loose to unlock the achievement.
Important:
- so that the character with a mass skill would be located further from the “reception” bar.
- so that there would be 3 enemies in battle.