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Master Swordsman

Master Swordsman

All one-handed blade attacks mastered

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How to unlock the Master Swordsman achievement in Conan - Definitive Guide

For this achievement you have to master all one-handed attacks.
First you have to buy an attack and then you have to use that attack to master it. Usually you have to use it between 10 - 20 times to master.
Now here is the tricky part of Conan.
There aren't enough points to buy all attacks and there aren't enough enemies around to master them all. So choose your tree for the weapons skills. Don't go for dual wield AND one handed AND two handed weapons but choose one and specialise. Of course you can put some points in the other weapon masteries but not too many. It took me 3 separate runs to get the three weapon masteries achievements.

NOTE: Do NOT activate the cheat "Master All Moves" if you want this achievement.
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16 May 2010 06:18

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Don't leave the shield disarms till last like I did, else you won't get it.
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By Clever Jake on 13 Jul 2010 14:50
Also, there are 2 moves that have the same button executions. XXY Shield Slayer/Cimmerian Charge. The Shield Slayer move is obviously performed with shield in hand, however, the Cimmerian Charge combo is executed WITHOUT the shield in hand...only sword.
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By D1v1dedL1nes on 15 Jun 2011 05:52
I just wanted to add something to your solution rather than creating a new one (especially with how old the game is). Below is a table of all the One Handed moves, cost and a few notes/comments about them.

The ones that are mastered to start you do not have do use these moves at all.

All of the moves are meant to be done on 'small' enemies. If they have a shield, strip it away and then do the combo that you are working on.

Also as a reminder if you die and have to restart any combos you did between checkpoints will not have counted.

Croms Curse Parry + B Start With
Skull Crusher Parry + X Start With
Cleave in Twain Parry + Y Start With
Shield Shaker B Start With Shield Required
Air Strike In Air + X Start With Mastered to Start
Double Air Strike In Air + X , X Start With Mastered to Start
Fast Strike X Start With Mastered to Start
Double Strike X , X Start With Mastered to Start
Triple Strike X , X, X Start With
Fast Strike Finisher X, X, X, X 50
Elbow Stun X, Y 200
Warrior Suplex X, Y, Y 600
Thief of Bel X, Y, B 600
Bel's Wrath X, Y, B, X 500
Bel's Revenge X, Y, B, X, X 500 When you perform Bel's Revenge it will also give you credit for Bel's Wrath.
Bel's Gambit Y, Y, X 800
Cimmerian Charge X, X, Y 250
Shield Slayer X, X, Y 500 Shield Required
Hyborian Head Smash Y, X 500
Monkey Slam X, X, X, Y 700
Usurper Throw X, X, X, Y, B 800
Spinning Death X, X, X, Y, Y + Hold 1200 While Spinning an enemy if you hit other enemies it builds the counter faster.
Head Pop Y, X, X 700 Shield Required
Shield Strip Y, X, B 600
Immolation Flaming Torch + X, X, X, X Start With Mastered to Start
Heavy Air Attack In Air + Y Start With Mastered to Start
Heavy Strike Y Start With Mastered to Start
Heavy Running Strike Y Start With Mastered to Start
Double Heavy Strike Y, Y Start With
Heavy Stike Finisher Y, Y, Y 250
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By Damascus THQ on 05 Mar 2019 20:47
True. The last enemies are mostly ghosts and don't carry many or no shields.
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By McD76 on 08 Oct 2010 12:47
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The above solution captures most of it. But here are the last details. I was able to get dual wield and one handed in a single playthrough. Of course I specialized in one tree first and then moved to the next.

The key is that for it to count the last part of the combo must make contact (i.e. not be blocked) So for many of them you can start from farther away and press XXX, then on that last one you need to make contact. This minimizes the chance your attack will kill the enemy and it will still give you credit, so you can use it multiple times on the same enemy. Some attacks, like parries, are fatal on contact though.

You also get bonus points for mastering combos, rescuing maidens, and opening treasure chests
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When you press the back button and go to the picture of a sword and shield, it will give a list of combos that you can do with the one handed sword. Concentrate on one "discipline" at a time because you will not be able to get all three on one playthrough. Most of the combos are pretty straightforward. If you perform the combo successfully, it will tell you onscreen what % complete you are with that particular combo. You can also check how close you are using the same menu I mentioned earlier.

I was having trouble with one in particular. It is called "Shield Shaker." I would attempt this with many different enemies who had different combinations of gear in their hands and I was having very little success. Most of the enemies I attempted this on would either counter my attack or I would pick them up and throw them.

The flying pink and black dragon things (I don't know what any of the enemies are called) are very susceptible to the shield shaker attack. I found a group of them and completed the achievement pretty quickly. Just have a shield/one handed weapon combo equipped, and walk up to one and press B. You can usually get multiple hits on each of these enemies and take care of this pretty quickly.

You can get two in a single playthrough without much difficulty. If you choose to do this, I strongly recommend getting the parry kill attacks for two different disciplines done first. In the later levels there are very few enemies that you can get parry kills on.
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18 Apr 2015 00:45

As you use your one-handed combat abilities you will build up a masterary, you can check your progress by pressing , all the abilities which are not mastered will have an orange meter next to them. You need to buy every one-handed combat ability in the game and use each one untill you master it.
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As you use your one-handed combat abilities you will build up a masterary, you can check your progress by pressing the back button, all the abilities which are not mastered will have an orange meter next to them. You need to buy every one-handed combat ability in the game and use each one untill you master it.
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You need to buy and make the required number of kills of all combos for one-handed weapons, progress can be tracked :back:, must be done in one playthrough.
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13 Mar 2012 14:35