Hawken
12 Achievements
1,000
4-5h
EMPowerless
Eliminated an enemy while it was under the effect of your EMP.
50
0.2%
How to unlock the EMPowerless achievement in Hawken - Definitive Guide
You can now buy EMP MK-III for 2563 credits for any of your mechs and get it done with it.
Just select your preferred mech, select ITEMS via left side menu, scroll to EMP MK-III buy and equip it. And go to match or find boosting partner and kill em while they are under effect of emp.
There are two mechs that come with the EMP automatically equipped. Those two mechs are the Marauder and the Raider. The Marauder is the closest to being unlocked from the start. From the Web view of the mechs, buy the mech to the left of the starting mech as you will need to get past it unless you plan on using buyable in-game currency. After that there will be 3 mechs to chose from, chose the one above the Berserker (the one you just bought). From there, you will need to buy the next one up, that will be the Marauder and it will contain the ability to EMP enemies.
Note: This achievement was glitchy for me, I had to fulfill the requirements 3 times before it gave me my achievement.
EDIT: If you're finding the process of getting credits too boring or long, then know that the amount of credits for a match is determined by how long you are in the match and if you win or lose (meaning you can afk and still get roughly the same amount of credits). There are also many challenges in the game that give credits .
Once you've obtained the Marauder mech, focus on getting enemies down to low health then using the EMP on them with before finishing them off.
Make sure to keep your distance from enemies when you release the EMP or it will effect yourself as well. If you hit an enemy with the EMP it will instantly detonate, disabling the weapons of any mechs within its area of effect.
If you're not concerned about your stats in the game at all and just want the trophies I suggest that any time you use the EMP, if you fail to earn this trophy, you go ahead and kill yourself with your secondary fire (). The marauders secondary fire is explosive damage and doing so will count as progress towards I've Made a Huge Mistake, if you've not already earned that.
There are only two mechs that have the EMP item:
- Marauder - 9,800 credits
- Raider - 9,800 credits
Using the ‘Web’ view, from your starting mech (the CR-T Recruit), the Marauder is found by going left once and up twice. You first need to purchase the Berserker for 5,000 credits and the Vanguard for 7,000 credits. This will cost you a total of 21,800 credits.
Using the ‘Web’ view, from your starting mech (the CR-T Recruit), the Raider is found by going right once and up (to the left) twice. You first need to purchase the Assault for 5,000 credits and the Scout for 7,000 credits. This will cost you a total of 21,800 credits.
To active the EMP press . The EMPs effect does not last very long. So be sure to active it when an enemy mech is very near death. Also you only get one EMP per life. The EMP item can be upgraded to make its effect last longer.
Note: This can only be done in Online Versus match, not in an Offline Team Deathmatch.
Marauder stats
Raider stats
Easier to do in team battles against bots.
Mechs that can carry Emi:
- Marauder
- G2-Marauder
- Raider
- G2-Raider
- Stormtrooper
- G2-Stormtrooper