Horizon Forbidden West
80 Achievements
90-117h
PS5
Defeated Machine Strike Challengers
Won a match against 2 different Machine Strike challengers. Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
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How to unlock the Defeated Machine Strike Challengers achievement in Horizon Forbidden West - Definitive Guide
Harrawr
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You can cheese this trophy very easily by midgame. There are plenty of guides out there showing legit machine strike strategies but to get this easily, grab a slaughter spine piece from the strike master at the maw of the arena and play that on your board and nothing else and you will be able to easily decimate pretty much any player in the game without even much instruction. The beginner players will be toast. You'll have this within minutes.
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Took a few tries, but this worked. Try not to let your Slaughterspine get surrounded; try to engage opponent pieces 1-on-1 and stick to high ground where you can.
By FPS_noob_2012 on 04 Apr 2022 17:04
I followed this guide after having unsuccessfully tried to learn to play the game through the tutorials in Chainscrape. I got the Slaughterspine from the Steike Master at the Maw of the Arena and went to Barren Light. The trophy popped after I beat his first board. I guess doing part of the tutorial in Chainscrape counted and you do not need to do all three boards for it to pop.
By SpcyCknNugg on 14 Feb 2023 21:44
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In Summary: wait until late game, get 2-3 very powerful pieces like Glinthawk.
Win a game in Barren Light, and win a game in Plainsong. It's enough to finish the first game at each place, no need to finish all three.
In Summary: wait until late game, get 2-3 very powerful pieces like Glinthawk.
Win a game in Barren Light, and win a game in Plainsong. It's enough to finish the first game at each place, no need to finish all three.
Mordred87
Machine Strike is basically Guerrilla Games’ attempt to create their own Gwent. Yes, folks, Machine Strike is a board game, available in taverns (and elsewhere, obviously) across the Forbidden West! In order to unlock this trophy you have to beat 2 players, which actually isn’t too bad if you cheese it a little. And by cheese, I mean, wait until you’ve got access to all 4 Hunting Grounds, and then you can buy the best pieces (you may need to go hunting for the odd resource), however, but that’s no biggie.
What I would suggest is, heading to the Hunting Grounds various Hunting Grounds around and buying a number of Machine Strike pieces from the Strike Carvers that reside there. Now, I know that you’re thinking, I should just buy a Fireclaw Legendary piece from the Raintrace Hunting Grounds carver, then I can smash everyone. Well, not exactly, because if you lose him, you lose the match. The key is getting a load of 1 and 2 SP Strike Pieces and having a team of 7 Pieces, rather than having one super strong piece, it’s too risky if you lose that piece.
My first set that I used to beat the beginner (board 1) at Barren Light was: 1 Burrower, 1 Scrounger, 2 Grazers, 1 Bristleback, 1 Fanghorn, 1 Lancehorn. While the set that I used to beat the beginner in Plainsong was: 3 Burrowers, 1 Scrounger, 1 Clamberjaw, and 2 Grazers.
You basically have to choose sets to match the board you’re on. If it’s a grassy board, uses Grazers, for their grassland terrain bonus +1 combat power. If it’s hilly, use Lancehorns, for their hill terrain +1 Combat Power bonus. Fanghorns have one for mountains. The above sets should work relatively easy for the 2 beginner boards (for the trophy you only have to win 1 board, not all three, from two different Strike Players). Just, don’t push too much, let them come to you, and put your pieces in their strongest positions, like a Clamberjaw, who has +1 Combat Power on a Forest terrain tile - that takes him from a +3 Combat power, to a +4, which is bloody deadly! It’s got a good amount of health too! Also, try and attack their weakspots too, which are usually behind them… although, be careful not to turn your back on other opponent pieces!
Good luck out there, it’s no Gwent, but it can be fun, and if you grasp the concepts, you can have some real fun with it.
What I would suggest is, heading to the Hunting Grounds various Hunting Grounds around and buying a number of Machine Strike pieces from the Strike Carvers that reside there. Now, I know that you’re thinking, I should just buy a Fireclaw Legendary piece from the Raintrace Hunting Grounds carver, then I can smash everyone. Well, not exactly, because if you lose him, you lose the match. The key is getting a load of 1 and 2 SP Strike Pieces and having a team of 7 Pieces, rather than having one super strong piece, it’s too risky if you lose that piece.
My first set that I used to beat the beginner (board 1) at Barren Light was: 1 Burrower, 1 Scrounger, 2 Grazers, 1 Bristleback, 1 Fanghorn, 1 Lancehorn. While the set that I used to beat the beginner in Plainsong was: 3 Burrowers, 1 Scrounger, 1 Clamberjaw, and 2 Grazers.
You basically have to choose sets to match the board you’re on. If it’s a grassy board, uses Grazers, for their grassland terrain bonus +1 combat power. If it’s hilly, use Lancehorns, for their hill terrain +1 Combat Power bonus. Fanghorns have one for mountains. The above sets should work relatively easy for the 2 beginner boards (for the trophy you only have to win 1 board, not all three, from two different Strike Players). Just, don’t push too much, let them come to you, and put your pieces in their strongest positions, like a Clamberjaw, who has +1 Combat Power on a Forest terrain tile - that takes him from a +3 Combat power, to a +4, which is bloody deadly! It’s got a good amount of health too! Also, try and attack their weakspots too, which are usually behind them… although, be careful not to turn your back on other opponent pieces!
Good luck out there, it’s no Gwent, but it can be fun, and if you grasp the concepts, you can have some real fun with it.
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