Killer Instinct

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Expert Vampirism

You restored more than 50% of Mira's Recoverable Damage in a single match!

0.77%

How to unlock the Expert Vampirism achievement in Killer Instinct - Definitive Guide

MeerkatAU

TrueAchievements

12 May 2016 22:46

From what I can tell, this cant be done in Practice Mode.

Boot up a match Vs. CPU and set them to Easy. You can choose anyone as an opponent, I personally choose Spinal as he seems to take more damage.

Mira's Health bar will slowly degrade as you damage your opponent and it will have a silver Health Bar underneath it. That's your recoverable damage. If you are attacked by your opponent, you will lose health overall and it will not add to your Recoverable damage, but that shouldn't matter too much.

In order to recover it, you need to use Embrace, which is done by pressing

close to your opponent.

Once you have healed 50%, the achievement will unlock. You won't even need to finish the match.

Enjoy your 10gs

EDIT: As Rat1NaCAG3 has stated, it is possible that you can get this in practice mode.

12 May 2016 22:46

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I was having a little difficulty on a vs. CPU match and found that doing this in a PvP match locally worked wonders. Could be because I'm not great/decent at fighting games, but that might be a good addition to your solution.

By RadicalSniper99 on 16 May 2016 17:43

I actually had trouble getting it to unlock in PvP. I played three matches of it with no pop. But my first PvCPU it unlocked .

By MeerkatAU on 16 May 2016 22:02

The question i had was the 50% recovered health and whether it had to be restored all at once or just over time. You did not really state that in your solution. But the answer is over time. Just keep attacking until your whole health bar is full silver and then just go ham mashing down to left and A and there you go. Might want to add this to your solution that it is over time and not all at once.

By JTYdude99 on 09 Jul 2016 18:23

OK, so I was trying to perfect the embrace move in practice as I'm a bit of a button masher!! and low and behold it unlocked

if others can verify that it also unlocked in practice for t hem then do let RampidMeerkat know as he might decide to update his solution...thumbs up regardless

By Rat1NaCAG3 on 12 Sep 2016 08:23

Thanks for the comment Rat1Na. I tried for at least 15 minutes in practice at it just wasnt happening. But I'll update the original with a 'chance' to unlock in Practice, seeing as we're not entirely sure on the details of it.

Thanks again :)

By MeerkatAU on 12 Sep 2016 08:57

Hey Chewy, thanks for the comment. I'll update the main post once I get home again.

By MeerkatAU on 12 Sep 2016 23:48

I don't understand in practice your health bars are red. I don't see a silver one

By Foxy Gray on 17 Jan 2017 01:34

As you attack, Mira's health bar depletes. you may not see the silver one if you have your health set to always full or refill..

By MeerkatAU on 17 Jan 2017 12:07

A faster way to do this, use the LP+MP+HP (the default button is

) to use "Mist Form", which will quickly deplete your health without the need of performing a combo.

By HyruleBalverine on 18 Feb 2017 21:01

I used the strategy outlined by ChChChChewy but used HyruleBalverine's strategy to deplete health. Took about 10 seconds. Thanks guys!

By Schinderdiv on 07 Feb 2018 16:06

My embrace would not grab an idle CPU in practice, so i made the bot jump instead. Worked like a charm. +1

By GremlinLord615 on 23 Jun 2018 16:30

Just unlocked in practice mode, set health to not regen, used Mist Form (LB button) and then Embrace from the right side as that side is easier for me.

By FailedSeppuku on 26 Feb 2020 10:47

I was wondering why this wouldn’t unlock then I realised I picked Maya instead of Mire, Lol

By on 09 Dec 2020 14:03

This was frustrating as Mira wouldn’t grab the opponent. I decided to jump toward the character and do the combo mid-air which worked like a charm. The CPU jumping mentioned above wasn’t any easier either

By MATTKBAN on 22 Dec 2022 15:38

With a bit of testing I was able to unlock this in practice. In practice you need to make sure that "Regenerate Health" is switch to "No" under Practice Options so that Mira's silver/grey health does not regenerate. After these settings are in place all I did was use Blood Seekers

until my grey health was a little bit past half. Then I proceeded to use Embrace

until I regenerated all my health and the achievement popped.

Hope this helps anybody looking to get this achievement easily in practice

By ChChChChewy on 13 Sep 2016 00:42

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SlightlyErotic

TrueAchievements

17 Mar 2018 15:45

For those of you who are still struggling with using the controls listed above. Simple do the following

1. Boot up training
2. Pause the game and press LB twice
3. Set regenerate health to “no”
4. Make sure you also set the opposing character to idle and not attack
5. Unpause the game
6. Simply press you LB so that Mira does a “disappearing act” until your health is in the “danger” box of your health bar
7. Get close to the opposing character
8. Now press cn_down cn_downleft cn_left + cn_A on the D-pad
9. When you have done this get your health back into the danger box by pressing LB again then repeat step 8
10. Repeat again until unlocked.

17 Mar 2018 15:45

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Worked like a charm, thank you very much!

By Soulbite on 22 Dec 2018 14:21

Fantastic.

By its whateva on 01 Jan 2021 05:26

Solution of the Year

By neeker75 on 12 Dec 2022 11:31

Good Lord, why isn't this the top solution?!?

By The Cherished on 28 Apr 2024 22:41

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Dirty, Lavindathar, and, Metabolic, XBA

XboxAchievements

Mira has the unique ability to recover health with some of her special moves, but only the part of her health bar that turns silver when damaged can be replenished. Go into Practice mode and once in the match, press and then to tab over to the Practice Options and turn off Regenerating Health. Now, back in the match, press (Triple Punch by Default) until your health bar is well below 50%, flashing 'Danger' works fine. You will be able to see her silver recoverable health. Now standing near your opponent, input the command for Embrace (+) to regenerate the silver part of your health bar. Keep doing this until you've recovered 50%+ of your silver health bar and the achievement will unlock.

RetroDron

stratege.ru

15 Mar 2021 15:59

This guide was translated automatically.

We do the following:

From the main menu go to One player – Improvement – Training
Select Mira and any enemy
Pause (menu button) and select the following settings:
Workout Settings
Health regeneration - No
First, we reduce our health (by at least half) by pressing LB , then carry out the next attack next to the enemy , , + until Mira recovers enough health

15 Mar 2021 15:59