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Ceramic Strike

Ceramic Strike

Defeat a boss with an Extra Special move

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How to unlock the Ceramic Strike achievement in Cuphead - Definitive Guide

Your "Extra Special" move is the one mapped to your "Ex Shoot" attack (B by default). This changes to your super attack if you have all five cards on your meter (bottom left of screen, gained by shooting enemies and parrying). As a result, you really want to do this before you've earned and equipped your super (gained at the mausoleum).

After you have a super, it doesn't look like you can unequip it. That means that any time you gain all five cards, instead of being able to spam your extra special move, you shoot off your super attack, which won't get you this achievement and drains all your cards.If you've already earned your super, you'll want to unequip it so that you don't fire your super and drain your entire meter when it's full. Unequip it by selecting it and pressing "Y" in the power selection screen. [This hot tip brought to you by TA user ACBL80, who can read better than I can.]

So this is best done right away, at the very beginning of the game. If you do have your super, make sure you routinely fire off your special to use a card and keep the meter below 5 full cards. Otherwise, it's fairly straightforward using the first boss battle ("Botanic Panic," against the Root Pack). It can be done on "Simple" difficulty.



EDIT: TA user JORAX mentions that he had trouble getting the achievement when using the special move for the spread shot, but it popped without issue using the default weapon, so try that if you have issues.
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29 Sep 2017 23:39

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Just re-did it with the default shot's special and it did pop.
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By JORAX on 11 Oct 2017 01:50
No idea why it wouldn't work with any given special move, but I will say I've had issues with some specials not giving credit toward the "super meter" category for ranks. Not the spread special, though, that's always worked for me. I'll make a note in the solution.
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By PuckJunkie on 11 Oct 2017 16:55
Got it using the default shot special... thanks. Done on simple mode after the 4th time he fires from his head, spam the special.
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By adamrulz on 17 Dec 2017 21:38
Just select super and press Y to unequip it.
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By ACBL80 on 28 Dec 2017 15:11
Not sure if I'm doing anything wrong, but I've finished the carrot with Peashooter's Special twice now and I can't get it to pop.
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By ManuFlops on 07 Jan 2018 17:38
I got it to pop. It came up during another try, during which, I actually finished the potato with a special as well, so I wasn't sure if it was a delayed pop or getting the potato actually popped it. Hmm.
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By ManuFlops on 07 Jan 2018 17:50
I did not kill anything but the carrot with my special when I unlocked the achievement, so I suspect it was a delayed unlock. Hard to say for sure, though.
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By PuckJunkie on 07 Jan 2018 21:56
Used spread shot special also and didn’t unlock...used peashooter special and it popped.
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By CorleoneGang on 12 Jan 2019 21:29
I've now done this twice on the first boss with the spread attack's special, yet it didn't pop either time. I know it was the special that hit as I farmed the carrots for cards when my first 5 didn't do the trick. Any tips?
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By JORAX on 11 Oct 2017 01:47
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Here is a quick guide on how to make sure you kill the boss with your special move!!
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29 Sep 2017 22:28

I got this achievement on the Mausoleum I in the bottom corner of Inkwell Isle I - near the fishing "Goldfish girl."

All I did was play normally and parry all the ghosts until the end and POP.
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29 Dec 2017 04:58

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Same thing happened for me. Which confuses me, since that doesn't seem to match the conditions described in the achievement.

Perhaps killing a boss with an Extra Special won't pop the achievement if you don't yet have a super attack, and as soon as you gain one, it pops because you've previously met the condition?
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By Karlpants on 22 Nov 2020 20:08
Well if the same thing happened to you, I'd appreciate a thumbs up lol.
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By GRAND NOBLE on 23 Nov 2020 07:41
A "Extra Special Move" is a move where you use one of the cards from your card meter that's diferent depending on the weapon you use, the Peashooter's EX Move for example is a Hadoken-esque attack. You might get this by accident while playing through the game, so don't worry too much about it.
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04 Feb 2024 00:00

Extra Special moves are the abilities you perform upon pressing button. It is very likely you will get this naturally. If you didn't, pick any boss you find easy and when you think they are about to die, use your Extra Special move. Bosses don't have an HP bar so knowing the timing is key here. It may take a few tries. Each weapon has a different Extra Special move so keep that in mind.

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Works on easy difficulty level. Easy to make on goopi. After about 6-7 accumulated cards
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05 Nov 2020 20:44