Gears of War
50 Achievements
1,000
Clusterluck
Kill 3 enemies at once 10 different times (on any difficulty)
20
How to unlock the Clusterluck achievement in Gears of War - Definitive Guide
Credit goes to Meatbuster for posting this clip on YouTube and saving me 50 minutes of frustration!
There are two prime spots for doing this. The first is in Act 1, where you are breaking out of prision. There is a point at which Dom tells you to take cover as the Locust start forcing their way in through a metal door. As the door is blown off it's hinges, three grubs charge through the doorway. This is your chance to get a triple kill. If you accomplish this, simply run to the next stage and allow yourself to be killed. You will then respawn at the point where the three locust are about to break through the door, where you can repeat this procedure as many times as needed.
The second, and my personal favourite, is another point in Act 1, just after the point at which you cross a high bridge and see two dead COG soldiers next to a van and a large hole in the ground. Kim uses his code to open the door, and your squad have to fend off hourds of Wretches in a long hall.
Often these Wretches group together, and if you throw or tag an enemy at the right time, you can blow three (or more) of them up at once. If you did this successfully, you can let the remaining Wretches kill you, at which point you will respawn just at the point before the Wretches emerge.
for me it was easier to do with the wretches then to do at prison door.
i forget to say this video guide was made by "lawlessSaturn", sorry and thanks to him!!!!
Like most other people I did it in the Prison in Act 1 at the part where the locusts are cutting through the door. However, instead of throwing a grenade when they break through the door I ran in, tagged one locust, and attempted to dive away. Even if you get killed in the blast too it still counts. I got it in the first 15 tries as opposed to throwing it where I got it in about 30 tries.
You should be right where you started, right before the guy falls through the wood with 2 fresh grenades. Rinse and repeat until the achievement unlocks.
Instead I went to the emergence holes I'm about to tell you about out and tossed a frag in there, (closing the hole) and getting an automatic 3-4 kills when the explosion happened.
The place I got this at was in ACT 1, chapter 4 Fork in the Road. first you wll split up and kill a few locust. then after you go through the door you will have to take out about 6-7 guys in front including a sniper and troika. After doing this an emergence hole comes up in the room you started in. It will be a large hole next the the piano. Make sure you are right there by it so you can toss a frag in.
Now without a video its hard to explain the timing. Get your frag ready as the ground starts crumbling. MAKE SURE your frag is going to fall in and not over. As soon as the ground falls in, making a hole, toss the frag. Don't Wait for the locust to come out. the frag has a 2-3 second delay so itll work, you will see 4 locust come up and start to get out. If done correctly it should kill all 4 instantly. if not you should still get the 3.
NOTE: If you are having trouble getting back to the room in time. I suggest doing this with a friend. that way your partner can run up and take out most of the guys while you take out the troika and runners. Also, this enable you to stay in the room where the hole emerges. so you can be right there to get a frag in there.
After you have gotten the triple kill, pause and then reload checkpoint. I did this method and it does not erase the kills. Ten time and the achievement is yours.
Sure you can get this achievement nowadays in online gaming too so you can always create a session on this site for it and get it in no time.
This is to be done during act 4, on the chapter "Entrenched". As you get back from the basement to the estate lobby and find Baird and Cole fending off Locust, engage the cutscene with them.
Now send one player down to the front door. Have him stand right next to it so that he's in the middle of the hallway. As the door is blown up, the player will be downed but in the process preventing any of the Locust from entering the house. Now position yourself in the staircase and lob grenades to your heart's content, but try to aim them so they land just in front of the other player to maximize splash damage.
If you're efficient, you should be able to get more than one triple kill during each attempt. I managed to get three in one go before having to reload the last checkpoint. You'll have the achievement in no time. This is also great for sharing between two people.
If a Boomer happens to clog up the hallway and he has two enemies beside him, just soften him up with some headshots before throwing a grenade. You should still be able to kill all three and get credit.
Mind you, this was done on Casual. On Hardcore and Insane difficulties you will obviously have more problems lobbing grenades at the enemies and surviving, but in theory it should be possible. There are pillars in the staircase that provide good cover, or you could just be right next to the doorway if you're paranoid about rockets.
To my surprise, this actually counted and the achievement popped mid-match.
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Alternate method. (Online)
For those of you who do not know, you CAN unlock this achievement online in RANKED multiplayer matches!
(May also work in Player Matches, but I have not yet tested it).
You can use the GRENADES, or the BOOMSHOT to unlock it!
[EDIT: Hammer of Dawn and Torque Bow also work!]
Simply have 3 enemies gather close together, and tag one, or shoot them with the boomshot.
Rinse and repeat until the achievement unlocks.
Side note(s): The achievement WILL unlock during the game, so you will not have to wait until the end for it to pop!
Good luck to all!
I tried a lot of times throwing grenade but it was very hard for me...But I found very easy way to get this achievement.
In Act 1 , only you need to do is tagging frag on Locust when door blow off...You'll die but kills counts.Just repeat 10 times and achievement yours....
On the Lever Trial by fire -
Start the level and observe the cutscene, - large stone columns to the left
Then literally follow the advice given by your team mate - "Flank em"
break left and run behind the columns until you get to the last pair, turn right and in
far corner in front of you you will see an emergence hole forming.
walk forward until you ae just level with the flagsones where the hole is, and wait
until you see the first drone emerging. blind drop the greneage at his feet - and all
three should be killed. wait for the counter to show, to signify the clustercount.
Hit pause, reload the checkpoint and repeat
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Killing 3 enemies at one time will require a grenade, Boom Shot, Hammer of Dawn, or possibly a well-aimed sniper shot. The easiest way to do this is to do the following:
Start the game's campaign on Casual. In the prison, when you reach the door that the locust start to cut down to get through, hide behind the barrier closest to the door. Right before they break through throw a grenade. Time it and position it so it kills all 3 of them. If it doesn't, let the ones who lived kill you. If it does, run outside and let those Locust kill you. If you try to reload the last checkpoint through the Pause Menu instead of getting killed, it won't count. Repeat this 9 times to get this achievement.
Please note that you cannot reload the checkpoint as the video shows. If you do, the kills will not count. Instead, run outside and let the other locust kill you.
Killing 3 enemies at one time will require a grenade, Boom Shot, Hammer of Dawn, or possibly a well-aimed sniper shot. The easiest way to do this is to do the following:
Start the game's campaign on Casual. In the prison, when you reach the door that the locust start to cut down to get through, hide behind the barrier closest to the door. Right before they break through throw a grenade. Time it and position it so it kills all 3 of them. If it doesn't, let the ones who lived kill you. If it does, run outside and let those Locust kill you. If you try to reload the last checkpoint through the Pause Menu instead of getting killed, it won't count. Repeat this 9 times to get this achievement.