Hawken
12 Achievements
1,000
4-5h
Crushed
Eliminated an enemy mech by landing on it, crushing its robot soul.
50
1.08%
How to unlock the Crushed achievement in Hawken - Definitive Guide
EDIT: I have since learned that you can also get this achievement against bots according to people commenting on my solution.
Heavy mechs would be: Brawler, Grenadier, Incinerator, Marauder, Rocketeer, 36M, Vanguard.
Get your HP low by using secondary weapon of the starter mech or have your friend hit you until you are low. Hover over your friend or jump up on to a crate then fall on to your friends mech.
The best tip is to stay on high ground and drop on enemy Mech's, using the boost ability (RB) also helps you gain air and drop on the enemy.
The 'Crushed' Medal will pop up with your kill so you will know you did it right. It also must be done online.
The hardest part of this trophy is landing on an enemy. Most players will move around continuously, making themselves very hard targets. That said, most people will also get very defensive and potentially even attempt to run away when very low on health; this is your best opportunity to earn this trophy. Get your enemy down to very low health and then start hovering as high as you can with . Note that you do not have infinite fuel so make sure you conserve it for this purpose while in a fire fight. Try to anticipate the movement of the enemy mech and land on top of them.
It's certainly possible to land on top of an enemy mech from a platform much higher than them and get the drop on them without them realizing you were even coming. You can do a lot of damage from high up but the trick here is getting the trajectory just right. You can use your hover () to adjust your positioning but doing so from a high place will only serve to lessen the damage dealt.
Landing on a mech deals very little damage. You either have to be real lucky and squish another mech who is near death or find a mech who is idle. However, the best solution would be to wait on higher ground and wait till an enemy mech with low health walks under you to drop on them. You can also use to hover and position yourself on top of another mech.
Alternatively this can be boosted with one other person. From the main menu, select 'PLAY' then select 'SERVER BROWSER' and choose a low populated server like Oceania. Look for a Deathmatch and once you are in the lobby, invite your boosting buddy (or boosting group). Once the game starts, lower the HP of your boosting buddies mech until very near death, hold to hover on top of them or fall down from higher ground.
Note: This can only be done in Online Versus match, not in an Offline Team Deathmatch.