Gears 5
181 Achievements
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Xbox One
Xbox Series
Covering Fire
Got 50,000 assists in Versus
20
0.1%
How to unlock the Covering Fire achievement in Gears 5 - Definitive Guide
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This is the 1 controller each method. Slower but so much easier to set up.
Private (Custom Online) Arcade Deathmatch.
Bots... on
Bot difficulty... Beginner - Same running speed on all difficulties.
Rounds... 20 (750 kills/Assists) Rotate roles at start of round 11.
Round score... 75 (Kills)
Execution rules... off
Respawn... 5
DBNO... 6-7 (Gives you a chance to throw a fresh flame on them.)
Friendly fire... off
Make sure to LOCK the slots on your team so it's just you and no extra friendly bots.
The method is simple. BLOOD DRIVE! 1 person goes as Lizzie or Mac because they carry shock grenades. The other person goes as Kait as she carries Incendiary grenades. Work up to about 10 Skulls each hiding and gunning down the bots running in. If you die twice in a row without a kill or assist you get a skull anyway. Once you're both good on skulls. Throw a shock grenade as Lizzie or Mac at the most inner doorway of spawn covering the whole inside area of the 2 door ways then throw an Incendiary grenade as Kait at the doorway too. The bots will charge in the doorway to attack you but will get stunned and take damage from the shock grenade. They will go straight down and the Incendiary grenade will kill them. Resulting in Kait getting a kill and Lizzie or Mac getting an assist. Keep the throwing reasonably consistent but space out carefully so you don't run out of grenades. Once you hit 75 kills the round will end. Repeat over and over every round until you finish the match or rotate roles. Easy 750 kills or assists. Switch roles and do the same for another 10 rounds of 75 kills and you are both even. The best part about this method is your skulls carry over into the next round so you can start throwing immediately without having to fight for them. Each round should take 5-6 minutes. Each match of 10 rounds should be 1 hour long so 20 rounds should be 1 hour 50 mins - 2 hours. Keep away from view of the window and doorway, you will get shot through it. This is a great method for 2 people to work on together.
You can also work on kills and damage towards the 100,000,000 damage achievement by just playing as Lizzie or Mac throwing shock grenades solo. The bots keep getting downed if you cover the doorway. After their 3rd down they will die. This is great for grinding damage and kills but takes slightly longer than the method stated above. You can boost kills solo as Cole or Benjamin with flame pools they leave behind after each kill but this will not boost your damage as much as the shock grenade only method. Good luck and thanks to everyone who I boosted with to make this work.
Shout out to Sijore X51 & Groznia.
Private (Custom Online) Arcade Deathmatch.
Bots... on
Bot difficulty... Beginner - Same running speed on all difficulties.
Rounds... 20 (750 kills/Assists) Rotate roles at start of round 11.
Round score... 75 (Kills)
Execution rules... off
Respawn... 5
DBNO... 6-7 (Gives you a chance to throw a fresh flame on them.)
Friendly fire... off
Make sure to LOCK the slots on your team so it's just you and no extra friendly bots.
The method is simple. BLOOD DRIVE! 1 person goes as Lizzie or Mac because they carry shock grenades. The other person goes as Kait as she carries Incendiary grenades. Work up to about 10 Skulls each hiding and gunning down the bots running in. If you die twice in a row without a kill or assist you get a skull anyway. Once you're both good on skulls. Throw a shock grenade as Lizzie or Mac at the most inner doorway of spawn covering the whole inside area of the 2 door ways then throw an Incendiary grenade as Kait at the doorway too. The bots will charge in the doorway to attack you but will get stunned and take damage from the shock grenade. They will go straight down and the Incendiary grenade will kill them. Resulting in Kait getting a kill and Lizzie or Mac getting an assist. Keep the throwing reasonably consistent but space out carefully so you don't run out of grenades. Once you hit 75 kills the round will end. Repeat over and over every round until you finish the match or rotate roles. Easy 750 kills or assists. Switch roles and do the same for another 10 rounds of 75 kills and you are both even. The best part about this method is your skulls carry over into the next round so you can start throwing immediately without having to fight for them. Each round should take 5-6 minutes. Each match of 10 rounds should be 1 hour long so 20 rounds should be 1 hour 50 mins - 2 hours. Keep away from view of the window and doorway, you will get shot through it. This is a great method for 2 people to work on together.
You can also work on kills and damage towards the 100,000,000 damage achievement by just playing as Lizzie or Mac throwing shock grenades solo. The bots keep getting downed if you cover the doorway. After their 3rd down they will die. This is great for grinding damage and kills but takes slightly longer than the method stated above. You can boost kills solo as Cole or Benjamin with flame pools they leave behind after each kill but this will not boost your damage as much as the shock grenade only method. Good luck and thanks to everyone who I boosted with to make this work.
Shout out to Sijore X51 & Groznia.
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This method is for those who don't have a farming partner or 2 controllers.
map:SPEYER
game mode:capture the flag
the settings that should be changed.
round limit: 10 minutes
capture time: 10
regeneration protection:0
regeneration time: 5 seconds (7 if it's too hard to kill the bots in the Spawn)
use individual regenerations: off.
change all weapons: relic dropshot.
number of enemy bots:3
The relic dropshot kills/assists at the same time.
detail: don't hit the bots in the head, because the assist doesn't count.
video link: https://youtu.be/uD6ncuXAB58?si=ePNVyOJpb6Jx7Evf
map:SPEYER
game mode:capture the flag
the settings that should be changed.
round limit: 10 minutes
capture time: 10
regeneration protection:0
regeneration time: 5 seconds (7 if it's too hard to kill the bots in the Spawn)
use individual regenerations: off.
change all weapons: relic dropshot.
number of enemy bots:3
The relic dropshot kills/assists at the same time.
detail: don't hit the bots in the head, because the assist doesn't count.
video link: https://youtu.be/uD6ncuXAB58?si=ePNVyOJpb6Jx7Evf
By Lucasvenancio16 on 01 Jun 2024 03:00
^^^^
This thread is useless. TC openingly admitted to not using the forums anymore and only use Twitter. Plus this post is full of shit posts
This thread is useless. TC openingly admitted to not using the forums anymore and only use Twitter. Plus this post is full of shit posts
By YonderGrunt on 30 Nov 2021 14:16
PLEASE DO NOT SPAM "NEED A BOOSTING PARTNER" IN MY POST OR UPDATE ON THE COALITIONS CARELESSNESS. CREATE A TA BOOSTING SESSION OR CREATE A FORUM. THANK YOU 
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Hi all, this is probably the fastest (25 hours) and least amount of work way if you have the following:
6 controllers total, at least 2 xboxs and a friend.
Method:
Game type: capture the flag
Fill with bots : off
Map: Speyer b/c the spawns are close
Spawn protection : 0
Respawning time: 7 (explosions delay if 5 seconds)
Swap all weapons: Relic Retro Lancer
Put all 4 dummies on the swarm team and you and your partner are on cog. Run over to the other side as soon as the match starts and the teammate going for kills is on the right while the assist person is on the left. I was the assist person and found that shooting the thigh of the middle left swarm would hit all of them and count for the assist (see clip). A thousand kills (30 mins roughly) you or your teammate should claim the flag start the round. At 2000 kills you should claim the flag so that the dummies don't disconnect and make you have to set the lobby up again (They would still crash after 2 hours for me). This took roughly 25 hours to complete but you will need a partner and 4 dummies if you want to be most efficient.
Thank you to Bri for helping me and all the other people that have posted their tips and tricks.
Clip
https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/removedorange5/gif/BewitchedBasic...
6 controllers total, at least 2 xboxs and a friend.
Method:
Game type: capture the flag
Fill with bots : off
Map: Speyer b/c the spawns are close
Spawn protection : 0
Respawning time: 7 (explosions delay if 5 seconds)
Swap all weapons: Relic Retro Lancer
Put all 4 dummies on the swarm team and you and your partner are on cog. Run over to the other side as soon as the match starts and the teammate going for kills is on the right while the assist person is on the left. I was the assist person and found that shooting the thigh of the middle left swarm would hit all of them and count for the assist (see clip). A thousand kills (30 mins roughly) you or your teammate should claim the flag start the round. At 2000 kills you should claim the flag so that the dummies don't disconnect and make you have to set the lobby up again (They would still crash after 2 hours for me). This took roughly 25 hours to complete but you will need a partner and 4 dummies if you want to be most efficient.
Thank you to Bri for helping me and all the other people that have posted their tips and tricks.
Clip
Sorry, this Game Clip has been removed
https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/removedorange5/gif/BewitchedBasic...
10 Comments
This method can be done solo however it's really not as fast as it would be with a second player with their own guests or having a second Xbox, roughly 500 an hour, still faster than grinding quickplay/ co-op versus and you will still need 3 controllers for yourself and 2 guests.
Pretty much same set up.. ctf, bots off, respawn 5 seconds, all weapons gnasher. Map is irrelevant but I went with blood drive because it's not that far to run from 1 spawn to the other.
Yourself and a guest on one team, second guest on the other.
The idea is to shoot first with your main controller then kill with the guest controller, 1 assist every 5/6 seconds if your efficient. you can set yourself and the guest up close enough to the second guest where you can keep shooting and not have to move at all to pick up ammo as it will just land at your feet, just press the triggers and hold x when your getting low on ammo. Also it's up to you when you want to end the rounds to reset the lag, I was doing it between 300/350, it doesn't happen all the time but sometimes if it's lagging some off my shots wouldn't connect.
This is quite a tedious and draining way to grind so I would definitely recommend you watch something or listen to music to pass the time while you do this.
Pretty much same set up.. ctf, bots off, respawn 5 seconds, all weapons gnasher. Map is irrelevant but I went with blood drive because it's not that far to run from 1 spawn to the other.
Yourself and a guest on one team, second guest on the other.
The idea is to shoot first with your main controller then kill with the guest controller, 1 assist every 5/6 seconds if your efficient. you can set yourself and the guest up close enough to the second guest where you can keep shooting and not have to move at all to pick up ammo as it will just land at your feet, just press the triggers and hold x when your getting low on ammo. Also it's up to you when you want to end the rounds to reset the lag, I was doing it between 300/350, it doesn't happen all the time but sometimes if it's lagging some off my shots wouldn't connect.
This is quite a tedious and draining way to grind so I would definitely recommend you watch something or listen to music to pass the time while you do this.
By Vampire Piggy92 on 29 Mar 2024 17:48
Good solution! 
Relic Retro Lancer actually is salvo Rocket. 2 players (1 kill, 1 assist) only need to stay at the same spot and keep shooting since Retro Lancer get pretty ammo.
Relic Retro Lancer actually is salvo Rocket. 2 players (1 kill, 1 assist) only need to stay at the same spot and keep shooting since Retro Lancer get pretty ammo.
By Aura Battler on 06 Mar 2022 04:12
