Dust An Elysian Tail

Dust An Elysian Tail

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That's More Like It

That's More Like It

Successfully complete a 1000+ hit combo

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How to unlock the That's More Like It achievement in Dust An Elysian Tail - Definitive Guide

This mostly involves spamming projectiles in combination with dust storm. They track enemies and hit many times to increase your combo quickly. Un-equip all your gear to do less damage and avoid killing monsters before hitting 1000. Getting hit and having your chain broken, even after surpassing 1000 hits, will NOT earn you the achievement.

This can be done very easily, very early in the game with these two giants.

If you're already past that part, you can also get it fairly easily on those monsters with funny mouths in chapter 2. You'll regularly run into big groups of them. My combo of choice is X, Y, B, down+Y.

Further still, in chapter 3 you'll constantly run into big groups of zombies which should also make a thousand hits easy. This video is at the very beginning of the chapter.
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15 Aug 2012 14:32

17 Comments
This is how i did it. perfect way.
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By Arron114 on 16 Aug 2012 08:55
I think it's worth mentioning that this eventually becomes a side quest and will have to be done again later in the game for XP as well.
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By FrustratedNerd on 16 Aug 2012 11:24
Okay, I have a tip if your attack power is too high and the enemies just die before you even have a chance of getting it, buy the ugly pendant from a merchant and equip it, it lowered my attack power from 298 to 29.
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By Angelr1pper on 20 Aug 2012 06:32
I had my guy about +5 levels then he should of been with awesome equipment and was still able to get this right at the beginning of act 3. There was like 100s of those zombie things and they could take a few hits.
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By FrustratedNerd on 20 Aug 2012 11:39
If you've already done the 1000 hit combo before starting the Combo Breaker quest, the objective will already be completed when you start the quest.
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By bs000 on 25 Aug 2012 21:33
You literally copied this, word for word, from x360a.org
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By DòóM3d1 on 24 Dec 2012 19:18
David. Look who wrote the guide on x360a.
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By FrustratedNerd on 24 Dec 2012 20:37
How dare you accuse me of stealing my own work. How dare you.
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By bs000 on 25 Dec 2012 00:33
LOL to the last three comments.

I used the third method at the end game (this was literally the last thing I did before going into battle) and I got it on my second try. I simply unequipped everything and equipped the ugly pendant. The video says it's X, Y, B but the main goal is to activate the aerial dust storm and then use Fidget's fire projectiles on it. That's how you create those fire storms, in case anyone wasn't aware. Those rack up massive combos. It took me under a minute to get 1000 and still had about five zombies to go. Anyone trying this method shouldn't have a problem.
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By Katosepe321 on 27 Jan 2013 02:30
I did this really easy against the two giants. I came here to see if there was a guide to do it that way lol. Thumbs up
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By Quarantane on 23 Feb 2014 04:25
Nice one. Katosepe321´s comment helped me doing this. I found it easier to use Fidget fire projectiles and just aerial dust storm above all zombies. Seeing as i still did lots of damage without gear on. Thanks for the solution.
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By Castila90 on 05 May 2014 10:09
Got it I was a Level 22 on Hardcore mode went into The Sorrowing Meadow right from the start got a save point went to the next area. I equipped the Ugly Pendant it lowered my stats so I could last longer. I tried both ways with fire projectiles and shocking projectiles. Shocking works wonders. Thanks. +1 used the X, Y, B, and down, Y combo.
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By A Batwoman on 12 May 2014 21:14
Yeah, that combo from the third video is killer. I had to use shock projectiles because my flame/explosive projectiles did too much damage. Also, something that helped me a ton was figuring out that I could pull off the combo without having to hit any enemies during the initial attacks, which saved their health for the lower-hitting shocks. wink
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By Bardan Jusik on 09 Jul 2014 19:41
Slide kicking the zombies at the start v of Chapter 3 made this very easy.
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By Solario32 on 31 Jul 2014 13:07
Got it even with the very first giant - right before that couple - on Tough...
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By KDiamond1973 on 12 Jan 2015 13:50
In the Sorrowing Meadows, there are floating enemies that spawn zombies. I found a spot near the edge of a particular section with several zombies and a spawner guy, took off all my equpment, and spammed lightning from Fidget. The only issue is those damn guys who explode and take off loads of health from burn damage.
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By BloodngunsMrphy on 29 Sep 2015 04:14
Ok so a couple of pointers clearly needed for special me. I am at the two giants but, on hardcore, my power (cant recall what its called) keeps depleting, in the video this doesn't seem to happen anywhere near as much as mine. plus my projectiles either only hit one of the giants, don't produce as many and disappear quickly. does ranking up the gem section for fidget help this or? just wondering how I can improve. as of right now I get to around 700 on the giants
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By Chieftan Mozdog on 15 Jun 2014 12:44
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Go to Archer's Pass, but first, complete Chapter 2 to teach Fidget the Lightning Spell, and get the Ugly Pendant (should be in a treasure chest in the caverns if I'm not mistaken).
Now get to the first vertical right turn on the map (you'll see huge statues in the background), gather as many enemies as you can, stand in the corner and use B then Y repeadtly to power-up Lightning Storm after Lightning Storm, I climbed up to a 3000-something combo in a few seconds. Don't forget to run away before an enemy hits you and breaks your chain, or remove the pendant and re-equip all your highest power-ups to clean up the remaining foes.
If your stamina turns low or you turn red because of the Dust Storm, try to land a few hits with X to cool down, there's bound to be a blob in the group of foes, so if it gets too close between the electric shocks, try to counter him and hit him a bit to get some breathing space, however if you're around level 18/19 on Normal you should have little to no trouble. On Tough or Hardcore you might want to level up your Health, Defense and Fidget a tad more to play it safe, also stock up on food.

The trick here is that the Ugly Pendant divides your Attack, Defense and Fidget power by 10. So, if you remove all of your power-ups to keep your base attack, the pendant will only let you use a 10th of that (I have a base attack of 58 since I put some level gems in it, I only had 5 after equipping the pendant).

The video (not mine, btw.)will show you where to stand to get maximum efficiency, it suggests you spammed the Dust Storm, which can be a good strategy, but the Lightning Storm cranks up the hit count much faster.
Also, since you already leveled up quite a bit, you'll have some good gear as well to finish the job.

EDIT: Corrected the chapter number, and added a few clarifications and corrected typos.
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29 Aug 2012 20:26

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TOP solution!! Thanks. Thumb up for this. The Dust Storm worked just fine. I removed every equipment and only had the ugly necklace equipped (was level 19 already being too powerful)
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By Trikke den 1e on 04 Sep 2012 20:03
Thanks. Perfect solution.
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By why2cj on 27 Mar 2013 16:37
Once you said Ugly Pendant, I was good to go. You can get this achievement just about anywhere with that wonderful piece.
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By Bikuchu on 19 Jun 2013 21:24
Great solution, helped me a lot since I was already level 31 ;)
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By The Fury I84I on 17 Nov 2013 15:39
For the last video, Dust was simply standing still and pressing Y all the time? That looks like a great way to get the 1,000 combo.
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By neeker75 on 15 Aug 2014 08:28
Does anyone have an exact location for the ugly pendant. I can not find it.
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By on 24 Aug 2014 17:36
I could not get this due to being at such a high level (50), even with the ugly pendant. The solution was to switch the difficulty to hardcore where the enemies took longer to kill, and to only use Dust Storm and avoid adding Fidget's attacks. Just a tip for anyone who might've went through on normal and missed this like I did.
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By Iceman2pnt0 on 29 Aug 2014 08:35
I should add that the Ugly Pendant is crafted, so you'll have to farm for materials and gold.
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By Cyclobomber on 19 Oct 2014 18:16
Great solution. I ended up killing the blob before starting though. She was a party crasher :)
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By Uggadunk on 10 May 2017 21:28
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Unlike "A Decent Start..." this one can be a little tricky to execute perfectly, but there is one area that you can perform a 1,000 hit combo perfectly. After you enter chapter 2 and obtain the fire upgrade for Fidget, you will be able to cast walls of fire which will fill the screen and chain together excessive amounts of hits.

The area in the video below is within the The Sorrowing Meadow. As you make your way down to the second mansion, you will have to deal with a phantom like enemy which you can only kill with projectiles. Have the phantom appear, but don't attack anyone, press "b" to fire a projectile, then press "y" to use the Dust Wind attack. Time your attacks, but once the wall of fire goes up, press "b" again and use your wind attack to chain a second fire attack.

Keep doing this and you will hit well over a 1,000 hit combo in this area. There are plenty of areas to earn this massive combo, but this is areas appears to be the easiest. If you happen to get hit, just jump back up and head back to the previous area and try again.
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13 Aug 2012 18:00

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+1. Watch your typos though. Or should I say "watch your typos yo" ; )
I prefered this solution since eventually it becomes a side-quest and needs to be done later in the game.
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By FrustratedNerd on 16 Aug 2012 11:26
On easy mode, there is a much easier way to get this achievement, without needing combos or any other such move combination.

You need to get to chapter three, and have completed the four mansions in the story-based quest. I recommend doing the bottom-right mansion last, so you're near the save point for this achievement.

You'll want Fidget's electrical attack selected. Go up one room from the save point outside the bottom-right mansion in The Sorrowing Meadow, then go up one room. Now hold the B button, so that Fidget's electric attack is continuous. Just move up, through the room, by continuously jumping to avoid enemies, still holding B, until you get to two step-like cliff-hangs on the right side of the screen. You'll get a zombie-spawning phantom enemy attacking you, and there will also be a bug-spawning hive above you. Fidget's electric attack will home in on multiple enemies, causing your combo meter to start raising VERY quickly. Now just continue to hold B, continuing to use Fidget's electric attack, and continue just jumping above enemies until the achievement pops. My explanations aren't very good, so I've done a video to describe this method, which you can see below:
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07 Oct 2012 19:31

Here's how I got the Achievement; I'm sure there are other places you can get it too.

Head to the Sorrowing Meadow (graveyard) and visit the first of the four mansions for Cora. Now you'll have the wall jump and the choice of which mansion to visit next. Pick the Southeast one and make your way there. When you're two rooms north of the mansion entrance, you're in position.

Enter the room from the top - you'll see climbable walls on both sides, and to the left, a path with some spikes and a bug nest. Run past the bug nest and you'll encounter several zombies and a giant insect on the ground. Run just past them without fighting, and stop on the ledge while you wait for the enemies to approach.

Select Fidget's Lightning attack and start shocking the enemies who are following from the right. Once few if any remain, drop down and continue using lightning attacks on the many zombies below. Keep the shock going as long as you can, switching to melee attacks when Dust gets too red. Repeat this without missing or getting hit and you'll hit 1,000 before the room is cleared.

If you mess up, just exit from the top and start the process again. Also, if somehow you're killing everyone before you get 10K hits (which was not a problem for me), remove the augment you have equipped in order to reduce your attack power.
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13 Aug 2012 07:13

At the level with the graveyard, where wizards are generating zombies put on the ugly pendant and spam dust storm with fidgets fire projectile. You'll get it in no time, just be careful to stop for a moment when dust starts turning red.
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15 May 2014 09:58

I was able to use the slide kick to unlock this achievement with little trouble. Just group up around 10 or so enemies and just slide back and forth until you hit 1k then slide away.
It does 1 damage so no risk of killing off enemies before your done. You unlock the slide mid way through chapter 2.

One last note after you hit 1000 move away and let the combo end if you are hit you will have to do it again.
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30 Jul 2014 00:39

Note: Clear out all the bombs first.

Note 2: Also you will notice the combo nearly stops, IGNORE THAT, i have done this 3 times and every time got the same result

Note 3: This was done on easy and i'm not sure if it can be done on the harder difficulties, as you get hurt when you start to go red on Tough difficulty.

I've found the perfect place to do this in the Blackmoor Mountains, near the beginning there is a ledge you reach where you can hold down the cn_B button with Fidget's Lighting attack, will show it in the video, i have already got the achievement so it won't show it poppin but you will see the combo meter get well over a 1000.
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27 Sep 2014 14:44

A really quick and easy way to get the this is near the start of the game when you save the old couple. First, make sure you DO NOT upgrade fidget or your attack. Now when the first giant appears just use fidget's attack followed by the dust storm flight attack. Use this method, going from left to right, through the giant, then the opposite way. I was able to get over 1200 on the single giant. If this doesn't pop on the giant then you could also try against the two that subsequently appear. Can always reload from nearby save to try again if needed.
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16 Oct 2014 00:14

Okay, here comes an easy trophy if you've played through part of the game.

I have attached a youtube video which shows some generally nice locations and such, but what I personally recommend is just getting the necklace called "Ugly Pendant". You might think it is useless because it only lowers all your stats, but this is exactly why you want it. You don't kill enemies in 3 hits, but rather you don't kill them at all, allowing yourself to get insanely high combos on just a few normal enemies. If you don't have the necklace you can simply buy it in a shop.
Now for the actual combo-getting hits, you can really do it with the first two spells that fidget gets and combining them with the dust storm.

All in all an easy trophy, go get it!
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15 Oct 2014 20:16

Combos are performed by attacking enemies and chaining hits in quick succession. After hitting an enemy, you have a few seconds to score another hit before the combo ends. Taking any damage will also cause your combo to end. Your combo counter is at the top right of your screen.

This mostly involves repeatedly firing projectiles in combination with dust storm on large groups of monsters. Projectiles track enemies and hit many times to increase your combo quickly. If you're already very high level and find yourself doing too much damage, unequip any items that add damage. You can also find an Ugly Pendant and equip it to lower your stats to 10%. Try to end your combo shortly after your combo counter reaches 1000 hits. Getting hit and having your chain broken even after surpassing 1000 hits will NOT earn you the achievement.

This can be done very easily, very early in the game on the first two giants you fight. If you're already past that part, you can also get it fairly easily on Rock Hounds in chapter 2. You'll regularly run into big groups of them. Further still, in chapter 3 you'll constantly run into big groups of zombies which should also make a thousand hits easy. My combo of choice is +

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A lot of people like to get this one early on, if you choose to do so then here is a way to do it. If you mess up, then go to Options and reload the last checkpoint. This is in The Glade during the Prologue.

Video Credit to me.

If not, I found it easier in Chapter 3. At this area, if you mess up, go into the air tube and ride it to the top where you came from. Exit then re-enter the map to give it another shot.

Video Credit to me.

Tips:

Do not level Fidget too much, as she will be your primary source of attacks. Use your preferred projectile and Aerial Dust Storm around enemies while trying to shoot some projectiles here and there. Once you run out of Energy for the projectiles, do some sword combos to refill it quickly and take to the air again. Do not keep the Dust Storm too long as that will end up hurting you and ruining your combo. Also, this ties into C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER side quest which is needed for a trophy.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DRzTs3hR-8

Video with three great spots to take the trophy.
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09 Oct 2014 17:06

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Important: when you get a combo >1000, step aside and let the counter reset naturally. If the counter is knocked down by an enemy with his own blow, then the combo will not be counted and the trophy will not fall out.
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By 2zeek on 26 Oct 2014 19:24
If you are not knocked out by the end of the game, then:

  • set the difficulty to "casual"
  • buy and put on the “Ugly Pendant” necklace (to be sure, you can take off all other clothes),
  • switch magic to lightning,
  • We find a couple of enemies and hold down the circle button until the desired result.
Video for clarity.
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By alhur on 11 Jan 2015 17:39
Can be easily done on the first boss with a combination +

The main thing is not to let it overheat and not let the boss hit you (the hit counter is reset)
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By spamy4 on 11 Oct 2014 06:14
It’s very easy to fill it on wasps and aspen trees nearby, stand near the aspen tree, turn on the lightning and iron the wasps, if you run out of charge, hit them with a sword; if there are no wasps nearby, then you can strike the aspen tree with lightning. you'll break it
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By mielkiy on 07 Dec 2014 23:24
I couldn’t get a combo in any place; my opponents died. I'm playing on the penultimate difficulty level. The only way out was to remove all my clothes. I filled it with “wind” on the critters in the second chapter. There you let 4-5 pieces approach you, and twist, twist, twist the sword until
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By Kuzzzma on 20 Nov 2014 10:59
The achievement is quite easy even at high levels, in any location. In order to get it, I followed the following tactics. The fidgets have lightning, and the hero has mushrooms, when we eat them, energy is restored and we hit with lightning, why mushrooms? They restore little health, when health reaches maximum, eating nothing more will work.
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By sanek602 on 03 May 2016 07:55
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The easiest trophy if you put on the Ugly Pendant which gives only 0.1 of your attack power. That is, it reduces your damage by 90 percent. In this case, the mobs will not die so quickly. We find a spot with mobs right next to the save point and spam lightning. Without a whirlwind, just lightning. I did this with a level 35 character in the Cirromon Caverns location. If you look at the map, this is the lowest point on the right side. I stood at the save point (it restores fidget energy) and got the trophy on three big-assed teeth. I think two would have been enough.
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07 Jan 2015 20:02

There is a place in the snowy mountains, 4 rows of collapsing platforms on top of each other (right next to each other), below is a merchant, on the left is a cave which can only be reached using a tackle. You collect a bunch of enemies and a cave. Take off the clothes that give Fidget an attack, move a little away from the opening of the cave and start a combo + , I knocked it out using lightning.
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