Mass Effect: Andromeda
55 Achievements
Top Talent
Promote a strike team to Level 20.
How to unlock the Top Talent achievement in Mass Effect: Andromeda - Definitive Guide
Multiplayer > Prestige > Challenges.
It is imperative that when your team is nearing level 20 in experience that you complete the final strikes in game via the Strike Team menu in Multiplayer, or the Tempest, and not via the app. This means launching and completing them. Should your Strike Team level up to 20 in the app it will not unlock the achievement; nor will it unlock when you log into the game. At this point you'll have to level another Strike Team to level 20. You've been warned.
**If you get a team to level 20 in the app, and then level a team to 20 in game and still don't unlock the achievement; try playing a few MP matches, or visit the Prestige menus. Some players have reported their achievement unlocking while doing something else in MP.**
It is recommended that you download the "Apex HQ" application on your smart phone. It is a free app that you can link to your Xbox account. From here you can send your Strike Teams on missions from anywhere. Missions take real time to complete.
It is also recommended that you keep recruiting Strike teams for the "Teamwork" achievement. See that achievement guide for details.
Enter the multiplayer menu and visit the "Strike Teams" menu. You can also access your strike teams in the Nexus or on the Tempest if you've played the SP campaign.
When you first begin, you are given one strike team that you can send on missions. Missions range in difficulty from Bronze to Gold. Your Level 1 team should have a 70% or so chance to successfully complete Bronze missions in the Strike playlist. Once you reach level 8-10, you can try Silver strikes and see how you fair. The game will always give you a percentage for success. So choose accordingly. Eventually you'll be able to complete Gold level strikes with your team(s).
You will earn experience if you fail a mission, but obviously the greater gains will be when your team successfully completes the mission. Also, there are a finite amount of missions as well. Missions refresh at different times, so check the app often to see if a new strike has come available for you to play.
As an added bonus, you'll earn single player rewards for each successful strike completed. You can unlock these loot chests on the Tempest.
I had a level 20 strike team well before this popped for me, however, my 19 team turning level 20, while in single player, gave me the achievement.
I mostly used the game's Multiplayer/Strike Teams/ Missions (saved the last hour of the trial before the app came out, haha) to send strike teams, and as such, my teams have no negatives, despite failing many times. More on that below.
Some notes:
They get XP if they fail, so even when you only have gold available to strike, strike gold! It's a percentile chance, so risk it! More about failure below.
Manage the time! Long mission? Send them over night. Not going anywhere for a while? Do that shorter mission, but remember to resend them!
You can only view traits when a team is not on a mission. Same for strike team equipment.
Multiplayer Equipment, rotated weekly in the store, costs Mission Funds, the same currency for More teams, and, better team equip. Until they patch negative traits, I'd suggest saving some Mission Funds for Equipment, due to rotation schedules, and focus on two teams... so you have a mistake 20 team, like I did haha. If you don't play MP? Keep recruiting, netting you the other team based achievement.
To hit level 20, stay on them, and try to maximize that time. 2 teams is good to focus on, as that should get you to the next strike reset, to start the process all over again.
My friend thinks that failing two missions in a row causes negative traits, but I feel like negative traits are only gained when they fail and you complete their mission in Single Player. Like I said, I have 2 20 teams, no negatives, and my level 6 team also has 0 negatives.
And now that it's on trueachievements, expect a patch haha.
I went to the Nexus, for a mission, and accessed the Strike console there. I debriefed a few teams and realized I had enough funds to acquire a new team. I purchased a new Strike team, my 5th, and the achievement popped.
Maybe this will help others find a solution for this glitchy achievement.
You need to level up one of your strike teams to level 20. This will take a long time and most probably be your last trophy as it is a huge grind.
While playing in single player, you will want to make sure that you are constantly deploying strike teams. This can be done on the Tempest at the Strike Teams Terminal. There are a couple trophies tied to this minigame, where you can send your Strike Teams on simulated missions. Success in these missions give you mission funds (resources for multiplayer), and other rewards. Your Strike Teams get experience by doing these missions, whether they succeed or not. So make sure to start early, or this trophy might take a while to earn.
You can also use the Apex HQ companion App by EA that's released on android and iOS. You can deploy strike teams from your phone/tablet when you are away and can help speed the grind.
Strike teams will level up as they complete missions, whether they succeed or fail at the missions. Obviously they got more experience if they succeed, so try to only send them out when they have a high success rate (Bronze missions will usually start at 75% and increase as you rank up). Failing a mission can also give the team a permanent negative trait which will lower their effectiveness for future missions. This will simply take time, so keep sending the same team out whenever possible.
NOTE: You can use the "Apex HQ" mobile app to manage your strike teams while you are away from your console and this will help progress your teams more quickly. However, like the other achievements, I would wait until you are in-game to actually hit Level 20 just in case the app data does not trigger the achievement properly.
I had to download the application for Android from the play market and poke around in it for 4 days to get two treasured trophies... (I REMIND YOU THAT HIRE THE 6TH SQUAD AND ACCEPT A REPORT ON THE COMPLETION OF THE TASK BY THE LEVEL 19 SQUAD BEFORE THE LEVEL SHOULD INCREASE TO 20- It NEEDS ON THE CONSOLE).
So that’s what I’m getting at, it turns out that when you replay the game in GAME+ mode on MADNESS to get the UNSTOPPABLE trophy, the statistics on shock troops are not reset, but saved. Accordingly, you continue from the progress where you left off.
The first one - I accidentally took it from the application, so it didn’t count, it’s my own fault.
The second - I no longer used the application and constantly sent it from the console, through a network game, and the trophy also did not fall out.
The third one is victorious, he did everything from the console, accepted the final task in a network game, then did the manipulation with “Reputation > Trials > Successes” immediately after receiving level 20 and the trophy fell out.
To save yourself from unnecessary headaches, remember : from the console , network game , 20lvl , Reputation > Challenges > Success