Rocket League
88 Achievements
1000 XP
20-25h
Champion
Win the Season Championship
15 XP
0.1%
How to unlock the Champion achievement in Rocket League - Definitive Guide
• Team Size - 1v1
• Difficulty - Rookie
• Season Length - 9 Weeks
• Playoffs Teams - 4 Teams
You will play a total of 11 matches, 2 play offs and 9 matches and during this time you will face all 9 teams, you will earn this achievement after winning the 11th match, the second play off match.
Rookie difficulty should be easy enough to win every match anyway as with only one AI they are very stupid. The Ai being stupid means that most of the time you can hit the ball in from the kick off, the 3 times you're positioned almost straight onto the ball boost all the way until you're close to the ball and stop boosting, then keep driving to hit the ball over them and hopefully into the goal (boost too far and it'll hit the top) when you're on the side of the ball boost half way then stop boosting and try to hit the corner of your car on the side of the ball facing away from the goal, takes a bit of practice.
Here's a video of what I mean, using the car 'Ripper'
You will unlock to following on the way:
Once you load into the game and are in the lobby, press on the "Play" button, navigate towards "CUSTOM GAMES" and press it. Choose "SEASON" and press "START NEW SEASON". I would recommend putting the settings like this:
Team Size: 1v1
Difficulty: Rookie
Season Length: 9 Weeks
Playoffs Teams: 4 Teams
Although you can choose your own settings, these are the ones that I highly suggest you put on as they make it so you'll only have to do 11 rounds and makes it really easy to accomplish.
Press "CONTINUE" to move on. The rounds will take 5 minutes long so if you do 5 * 11 it will only take around 55 minutes.
WARNING: YOU MUST WIN THE PLAYOFFS OR YOU WILL NOT GET THE TROPHY
After 11 matches of constant winning, you will unlock: Champion
1. Start a new season.
2. Change the settings with as few weeks and teams as possible to get the achievement faster.
3. Win the championship
From the Main Menu select "Season". Select "Start New Season". Change the Team Size to 1v1, Difficulty to Rookie, Season Length to nine weeks and Playoff Teams to 4. Choose your Logo and Team Name and select "Continue". You need to win at least six of your games to make the Playoffs. Once you are in the Playoffs, you need to win two more matches to win the Championship.
While playing the season, you will first have to get a record good enough to enter the playoffs. When starting a season, you can select whether the playoffs have 4 or 6 slots. All that 4 slots does is remove the wild card bracket, and thus requires that you perform better. While you need to be in the top 4 out of 10 teams for 4 slots, you only need to be in the top 6 for 6 slots. So, select 6 playoff slots.
After entering the playoffs, you must win every game in it or else you are eliminated. This is massively helped by the fact that, at any point in any game, you can press and restart the game at no consequence. The game autosaves once a game ends, so there is no loss of progress if you do not let the game end to begin with.
As for some other tips, be sure to use anything you have learned from the training modes. Maintain your leads. 6-0 leads can crumble quickly if you let up on defense. If you do, however, completely fall apart, you can always restart the match.
Finally, a lot of your goals will come immediately at kick-off. This is a prime opportunity because, unlike in multiplayer, the AI opponents generally do not aggressively charge and jump at the ball for an easy first goal. So, when play starts, immediately hold and pick up every orange boost pad on the way. When you are about to hit the ball, press to jump at the ball and knock it across the field for what is usually an easy first goal. Have a look at an example below:
If you are lucky, you will be in the same or a similar position when the next kickoff starts. Use this to farm goals and get a comfortable lead, then defend the rest of the game. Use these tips as well as using the restart trick; the latter in particular is imperative as it gives you a vital safety net. The trophy will unlock as soon as you win the last game of the playoffs.
PS I advise you to undergo training and learn the basics. And I often scored goals after throwing the ball from the center of the field - acceleration (O), before hitting it, press X so as not to plant it above the goal.