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Shocking Surprise

Shocking Surprise

Complete the Shocking Surprise Junkenstein challenge mission.

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How to unlock the Shocking Surprise achievement in Overwatch 2 - Definitive Guide

This achievement is quite hard. The team we got it with was McCree, Torbjörn, Zenyatta, and Brigitte

What to know: with each zombraider you kill, one ripe tire spawns. With each boss you kill, two ripe tires spawn.

Now, the roles:

Everyone: Any time, and I mean any time, you see a ripe tire, speak about where its at. Left, low left, middle, and right were the commands I used, but really as long as you can differentiate the possible locations you should be fine, just tell your team.

McCree: As opposed to the usual junkenstein strategy of standing on the left Bridge, stay towards the door, numbers are the key to taking out the rip tires. The ultimate charges quite fast, so don't be scared to use it, especially on road hog, symmetra, junkenstein, and mercy. Especially mercy, save your ult for the finale.

Torbjörn: Find a great placement for the turret, the far corner towards the door works. Use molten cores when rip tires are nearby the door and on any hero. Molten core charges tremendously fast.

Zenyatta: Discord rip tires and heroes as they come, prioritize the rip tires. Use the ultimate to counter road hogs ultimate and when everyone's health is low.

Brigitte: The main reason why Brigitte is vital is to lead the heroes away from the door. As discussed above, the heroes spawn two rip tires when they die. Killing heroes by the door is game over. It isn't too easy for Brigitte to lure the heroes away from the door, but if done, is the game changer. Thats the reason how we won, so certainly lure the heroes.
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27 Oct 2020 20:23

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I'll add some information in regards to this since I was part of this team and general tips.

For Zen something you can do very easily every time is when reaper starts spawning charge your orbs so when he teleports to mid you can easily and quickly land some headshots and do a lot of dmg making him use his wraith right away or brigitte or mcree can stunt for more dps if you have no tires to worry aboot. This a more general tip that applies to every junkenstein mode, and anybody can aim for reapers head during that small gap so you can bolth do a lot of dmg and gain a decent amount of ult from the headshots.

Now on to Brigitte since that who I was during this run. My advice is that your ult is not needed too much since you have a zen ready so save it for when your luring and your low on health. You'll be able to hold your own agains any of the bosses by themselves if you lure them away. Reaper literally can't do enough dmg through your passive healing, Sym can eventually deal enough dmg to kill you so thats when you use your ult, and Roadhog can eventually kill you if he uses his ult but you should hopefully be able to kill him b4hand and the final encounter you can die easily if Junkrat targets you as well as the Roadhog so make sure to use it when you're low. Don't forget your stun ability for Sym to stop her from gaining increase dmg and roadhog to stop his healing and his ult if you can land it. The biggest thing when you successfully lure is to call out the boss health so the others are prepared for the tires to spawn and if need be torb to use his ult near the door for added security. In regards to luring the bosses it seems somewhat random who they'll focus on but I've had the most success when I go right to where they spawn and just swing away even b4 they officially spawn in and try to lure them to the left in the water since this give you at least 2 swings sometimes 3 on the boss tires b4 they get close to the door and it only takes 3 swings to destroy them with Brigitte. I'm sure there is logic to who they target like whose probly doing the most dmg to it, but if your teammates are doing more dmg you could try having them focus on zombradiers and their tires to clear the area b4 unloading on the bosses so you get their attention first. Obviously the benefit of luring the bosses away is to give ample time and room to kill the 2 tires that spawn but the second benefit is that if you can succefully lure the bosses away especially in the final encounter, no one will pay attention to Mcree as he's using high noon and he can 1 shot Mercy and Junkrat with ease plus do a ton of dmg to Roadhog.
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By SSgtRubberDucky on 27 Oct 2020 22:50
Just did it with the team of Torb, Zen, Hanzo and Tracer. Hanzo and Tracer basically stood in for McCree and Brig, respectively.

Was with randoms and no voice chat, so just keep at it if struggling!
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By Slam Shot Sam on 27 Oct 2020 21:56
I need a team, anytime "Bhonesty"

I need only this achievement, all the others I already did. Please invite
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By ENDZEIRA on 27 Oct 2020 22:16
One of the trickiest things I found was when you tires spawning at the same time as the usual ones, so you'll hear a callout for a middle tire, but also have a left one coming. The stairs are also iffy, as sometimes the tire spawned on the edge & falls off to come from the water area.
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By VGM 007 on 27 Oct 2020 22:52
Easily the hardest of the Halloween 2020 achievements. But it is not impossible to beat with randoms as I just did it. How I did it was playing Soldier 76 and just stayed on constant tire watch. All bosses drop two tires upon death, so I made sure to have my helix rocket ready and as soon as they died I blasted their feet when the tires spawned. Once I discovered this it took me only about an hour to beat it with randoms.
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By Omni Cinder on 27 Oct 2020 23:23
Helpful solution and comments. Thanks!
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By Dixxxxxon on 28 Oct 2020 04:13
I would suggest using soldier instead of zen. Soldiers abilities and his ult help out with damage control against tires and zomnics. Mcree's ult basically takes care of all the bosses minus roadhog. There really isn't a need for the discord orb
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By Kexol on 28 Oct 2020 05:08
Tip with Brigitte: Make very liberal use of her Whip Shot ability on tires and bosses. Because of her kit, Brigitte has the sole unique ability in that she can knockback both tires and bosses between 5-10 meters every 4 seconds.

Also note: Shock Tires only have 100 Health, a successful Whip Shot will do 75 damage in addition to knocking back the tires.

Use Shield Bash + Whip Shot to control bosses like the The Reaper and Junkenstein's Monster towards the back of the map or the right pond. Reaper might be a little trickier because of his Shadow Step but it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Using these two abilities in conjunction with the Brigitte's Rally ult (and maybe even without), she can essentially prevent the Summoner from ever leaving the ramparts before the latter's Photon Barrier expires. With that in mind everyone else should have plenty of time to focus and thin the Zomnic herd out even before the next Reaper shows up.
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By CyanDeadEye on 28 Oct 2020 08:50
We did it with Torb, Soldier, Hanzo and Brigitte - no specific strat other than calling out each time we were about to kill a bombadier and what lane it was in (left, middle right) - using a combination of Molten Core and Hanzo's Ult on bosses that were weak near the door.
I don't recommend using McCree at all in this compared to the other events, as High Noon, if it kills a boss and/or bombadier will cause multiple Shock Tires to spawn at the exact same time, whereas Hanzo's Ult will almost always eliminate the tire and the enemy almost simultaneously.
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By Oul on 28 Oct 2020 09:41
The best advice is what Omni Cinder says, shooting a Helix to the tires after a boss kill is essential.

We did it with Soldier, Thorjon, Brigite and Ashe. When we got a bit overrun, B.O.B. was thrown in the middle where a cart is. He took care of a lot of the Zomnic/Tires that spawn through the middle.

In the final round, 3 would focus the bosses, and 1 (me, Soldier) would focus all the zomnic left since no bombers would spawn in that round (at least for us). B.O.B. is god at atracting attention. Took us about 5 tries with this strategy, and when we got it, the door was at about 70% health.
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By MuppeT May Cry on 28 Oct 2020 12:51
Appreciate the comments everyone! Thanks for talking about some alternate routes to get the achievement. As far as McCrees ult goes, we figured that we'd get swarmed in rip tires anyway so might as well do it to take out heroes, which ended up working. random. We arranged the team composition plenty of times but the time when we got it it was with the heroes i mentioned above. 76 is fantastic at taking out rip tires, but his ult isn't too effective. As McCree i would fan the hammer on rip tires which with combined effort with teammates seemed to do the trick. Really clutch Omni playing with randoms.
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By GalatticoRGB on 28 Oct 2020 14:11
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By LIT0H on 29 Oct 2020 03:36
@Envy litos You can create a gaming session on TA to find people to help you out
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By Kexol on 29 Oct 2020 03:40
Soldiers ult is a must. As soon u kill a boss soldiers ult will kill the tires instantly. Very good when near the door
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By MastaGamerRican on 30 Oct 2020 14:25
Also molten core a boss right before their health is depleted as rip tires will take molten core damage as soon as they spawn.
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By VillainKlub on 31 Oct 2020 14:31
I achieved with a good group of randoms consisting of Zen, Solider 76, Torb and Baptiste. Baptiste consistently used his ultimate on boss spawns which combined with discorded made quick work of the bosses. Torb was a little reckless with his molten cores (using them too soon or too late with boss spawns) but did well enough to take care of the tire spawns from dead bosses.
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By SoulSurvivor43 on 01 Nov 2020 02:03
If you are playing with randoms I highly suggest playing Brigitte and when reaper/mercy/monster etc come out go to the opposite side of the map and try and keep them on you. If your team mates are good they'll shoot down the boss and they'll have enough time to react to the incoming tires.

edit: it popped like 1 hour later...
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By SaintShiba on 02 Nov 2020 22:20
I just did this with randoms with McCree, Soldier, Zen and Torb (I was McCree). All 4 players camped the door and prioritised the tires. By having this team all 4 players have a useful ability for the tires, which is key.

When the bosses come you can let them come right to the door, then McCree and Torb both ult at the door. The tires don't go off even when the bosses die next to the door because of Torb's ult. Honestly this was a lot easier than I thought it would be once I got the right team composition, the issue is that some randoms are EXTREMELY bad at the game which obviously makes it harder if you get paired with them.
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By LordSmorc on 27 May 2021 22:38
Just to double the comment above. Just managed this with all randoms as Zen (me), Cassidy, Soldier 76 and Torb.
Make sure Zen always discords the rip tires, and use him to coordinate who you’re all attacking.
Save Torb’s ult for enemy bosses, however only throw it at them and on the floor between them and the door once they are nearly dead. This takes out the hero and the tires.

The only hero to ignore with this ult is Junkenstien himself as he’s far enough away to take out the tires with someone else.
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By ManicMetalhead on 06 Jun 2022 23:08
Zenyatta is even better now with his infinite ability to kick the tires
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By VolksDK on 25 Oct 2022 23:45
Great guide, helped a lot thanks. Patience and communication is key for this. We struggled for a while but when we beat it we had over 75% health left on the door
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By I8ITackyticsI8I on 27 Oct 2020 21:14
This one took about an hour with randoms and nobody on a mic. I played Brig and tried to pull my team away from the door whenever we were fighting a boss. The one time they finally listened to me was the time we ended up winning :)
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By Dixxxxxon on 29 Oct 2020 17:45
Got it with a really solid group of randoms. Soldier, Mcree, Torb & Brig. We fanned out by left pond, middle path & torb near right stairs to have a good view of every tire coming. The Helix rocket right after boss kill was a huge tip. Junkrats death tires was a bit of a hurdle because they have an awkward timing coming off the ledge and ended up coming with other tires, and one got through.

Playing as Soldier, I found a tactic that worked, which was shoot most enemies, especially zombadiers, till almost dead & then reload to prepare for the tires. It felt a bit odd holding up on the usual kill shots, but helped to always be ready for the tires. With Torb's turret, it will will usually wipe out the low health enemies and everyone should be ready to focus on tires.

Glad this one is done, it was a pain & probably the hardest of the challenges.
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By VGM 007 on 30 Oct 2020 03:41
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Posting a solution with the complete Spawn Timers for Junkenstein's Revenge. The other solutions have good strategies to follow.

The base spawns and difficulty for the Halloween Terror Challenge Missions are identical to an Expert Junkenstein's Revenge run.

The only difference is the variant for the particular challenge which in this case is:
A RIP-Tire spawns at the location a Blue Zomnic is killed.
2 RIP-Tires will spawn at the location a Boss is killed.

As you can control when the Blue Zomnics are killed you will want to have your teams coordinate and call out which blue Zomnic is being focused on. Players should move and kite the Bosses away from the door before killing them. McRee should maintain situational awareness of the position of the Blue Zomnics and Bosses when choosing to Ult.

This is likely one of the two more difficult of the 6 challenges.

Here are the current spawn timers:
8:00 Mission Start
6:51 Tire (Random)
6:33 Tire (Random)
5:48 The Reaper
4:54 Tire (Random)
4:39 Tire (Random)
4:25 Tire (Random)
3:53 Junkenstein's Monster
3:24 Tire (Random)
2:52 The Summoner
2:36 Tire (Right)
1:52 Dr. Junkenstein
1:36 The Reaper
0:49 Tire (Left)
0:47 Tire (Right)
0:33 The Reaper
0:25 Tire (Center)
0:00 The Witch, Dr. Junkenstein, Junkenstein's Monster
Last Boss Dies -> Victory

Things to note:
  • The time given is when the audio cue is initiated. There may be a few seconds before the enemy is fully spawned and able to be damaged.
  • For the random tire spawns, listen for the call-outs by the heroes. They will say "ramparts" or "left" for a left spawn, "center" or "bridge" for a center spawn, or "right" for the right spawn.
I recommend the following team composition:
McReeCassidy, Torbjorn, Brigitte, Zenyatta
Although Torb is a staple for an optimal comp in Junkensteins Revenge, he's not recommended for this challenge due to the chances the turret will kill a blue Zomnic the players are not ready for. Substitute him with another DPS such as Genji, Hanzo, Tracer, Soldier: 76, or Widowmaker. Genji or Hanzo's ults will be more useful than Widowmakers for this run. Soldier: 76 needs to be careful with his ult.

This achievement stacks with and will unlock the following achievements if not previously earned:
Overwatch 2Dawn BreaksThe Dawn Breaks achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 47 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge on Expert difficulty.

Overwatch 2Survived the NightThe Survived the Night achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 34 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge on Hard difficulty.


Upon completion, the hero you played will count as one of the heroes needed for progress toward this achievement:
Overwatch 2Four They WereThe Four They Were achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 41 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge with 4 different heroes.
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05 Apr 2022 23:02

Posting a solution with the complete Spawn Timers for Junkenstein's Revenge. The other solutions have good strategies to follow.

The base spawns and difficulty for the Halloween Terror Challenge Missions are identical to an Expert Junkenstein's Revenge run.

The only difference is the variant for the particular challenge which in this case is:
A RIP-Tire spawns at the location a Blue Zomnic is killed.
2 RIP-Tires will spawn at the location a Boss is killed.

As you can control when the Blue Zomnics are killed you will want to have your teams coordinate and call out which blue Zomnic is being focused on. Players should move and kite the Bosses away from the door before killing them. McRee should maintain situational awareness of the position of the Blue Zomnics and Bosses when choosing to Ult.

This is likely one of the two more difficult of the 6 challenges.

Here are the current spawn timers:
8:00 Mission Start
6:51 Tire (Random)
6:33 Tire (Random)
5:48 The Reaper
4:54 Tire (Random)
4:39 Tire (Random)
4:25 Tire (Random)
3:53 Junkenstein's Monster
3:24 Tire (Random)
2:52 The Summoner
2:36 Tire (Right)
1:52 Dr. Junkenstein
1:36 The Reaper
0:49 Tire (Left)
0:47 Tire (Right)
0:33 The Reaper
0:25 Tire (Center)
0:00 The Witch, Dr. Junkenstein, Junkenstein's Monster
Last Boss Dies -> Victory

Things to note:
  • The time given is when the audio cue is initiated. There may be a few seconds before the enemy is fully spawned and able to be damaged.
  • For the random tire spawns, listen for the call-outs by the heroes. They will say "ramparts" or "left" for a left spawn, "center" or "bridge" for a center spawn, or "right" for the right spawn.
I recommend the following team composition:
McReeCassidy, Torbjorn, Brigitte, Zenyatta
Although Torb is a staple for an optimal comp in Junkensteins Revenge, he's not recommended for this challenge due to the chances the turret will kill a blue Zomnic the players are not ready for. Substitute him with another DPS such as Genji, Hanzo, Tracer, Soldier: 76, or Widowmaker. Genji or Hanzo's ults will be more useful than Widowmakers for this run. Soldier: 76 needs to be careful with his ult.

This achievement stacks with and will unlock the following achievements if not previously earned:
Overwatch 2Dawn BreaksThe Dawn Breaks achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 47 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge on Expert difficulty.

Overwatch 2Survived the NightThe Survived the Night achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 34 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge on Hard difficulty.


Upon completion, the hero you played will count as one of the heroes needed for progress toward this achievement:
Overwatch 2Four They WereThe Four They Were achievement in Overwatch 2 worth 41 pointsWin Junkenstein's Revenge with 4 different heroes.
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05 Apr 2022 23:02


Myself @AWildCoopixe , my partner and my friend were trying to attain the Shocking Surprise achievement where we bumped into a random solo player from Iran. We decided to keep him on the team as he was a fantastic Zen player and team support. After 5 games we gained the achievement in this year's Halloween event, an achievement only 0.25% of the world Xbox community has; we are now part of that 0.25%.

Tips for other players looking to attain this achievement:

1. Team composition is vital
- Cassidy, Soldier, Torbjorn & Zen is THE correct players to have
- Cassidy's Ultimate is used to take out the bosses when needed
-Torbjorn's Ultimate is vital for applying constant damage to bosses and protecting the door from the shock tires when the bosses are defeated
-Soldier's Ultimate can be used to target the bosses in tandem with Torbjorn's Ultimate making light work of the bosses and Shock tires that spawn afterwards.
-Zen's Ultimate is extremely important, especially during the Summoner's appearance (Symmetra), due to her perfect aim and constant damage, she is the most difficult boss to face in this game mode. It is also important to note, due to Zen's knockback effect on his melee attack he can defend the door extremely well against the tires when they spawn from the bosses or blue zomnics.

2. Teamwork is key.
When aiming for this achievement I would recommend everybody has a mic and that you communicate effectively. When killing the blue zombadier zomnics, call it out and time them between the bosses and with the team to avoid getting overwhelmed and flustered. Patience and a calm demeanour are critical traits to maintain when attempting this achievement.

3. Use your ultimate's sparingly or at least wisely.
Many times I wasted my Ultimate (as Cassidy) when it was needed for the next boss, specifically Junkenstein's Monster, Junkenstein or the Witch at the end. Torbjorn's Ultimate can be used a fair amount of times, due to his turret he has a high damage output which in turn provides a rapid regeneration capability for his Ultimate meter.

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