SCARLET NEXUS
53 Achievements
1,000
60-80h
PC
Xbox One
Xbox Series
Cunning Brain Smash
Defeated 3 enemies at the same time with Brain Crush.
10
3.24%
How to unlock the Cunning Brain Smash achievement in SCARLET NEXUS - Definitive Guide
You can do this when getting into the second area of Abandoned Subway: Suoh Line 9 (at around Phase 2 I believe).
Things to note: I did this as YUITO, I’m pretty sure there is a different variance of enemies there as Kasane (thanks comment section). I’d recommend just playing as Yuito for this achievement and you can get this early on.
Edit: the Kasane guide is the last paragraph at the bottom of this guide.
Now for the YUITO guide ⬇️
When you get to the second area in there called “Inside Abandoned Line”, shortly after defeating the first set of enemies there, do not go along the train tracks on the left, there is a cave off to the right. As soon as you enter, 3 rummies will spawn, all with a crush bar shield.
What you want to do there is get them close together, and then pick up the metal pylons off the floor by holding LT, and then spinning the left stick around until you finish the animation for that object. If you were lucky, all 3 will now be stunned. Now you need to use Brain Crush (LT indicator on enemy) on the enemies. ALL 3 MUST BE IN YOUR LINE OF SIGHT ELSE IT WON’T WORK.
Got this after 2 attempts myself, so it shouldn’t take you long at all.
Edit: Now the Kasane guide ⬇️
Thanks Tostiee for the comment! This particular individual said that you can get this at Kunad Highway (in the second area with the buses). Simply jump onto one of the buses and drive it down towards a group of at least 3 rummies, do not run them over though. What you do instead is press LT just before you do run them over and Kasane should throw the bus at them. If you got lucky, all 3 should be stunned, now you simply have to get them all in your like of sight and press LT to do the brain crush finisher. Good luck!
Things to note: I did this as YUITO, I’m pretty sure there is a different variance of enemies there as Kasane (thanks comment section). I’d recommend just playing as Yuito for this achievement and you can get this early on.
Edit: the Kasane guide is the last paragraph at the bottom of this guide.
Now for the YUITO guide ⬇️
When you get to the second area in there called “Inside Abandoned Line”, shortly after defeating the first set of enemies there, do not go along the train tracks on the left, there is a cave off to the right. As soon as you enter, 3 rummies will spawn, all with a crush bar shield.
What you want to do there is get them close together, and then pick up the metal pylons off the floor by holding LT, and then spinning the left stick around until you finish the animation for that object. If you were lucky, all 3 will now be stunned. Now you need to use Brain Crush (LT indicator on enemy) on the enemies. ALL 3 MUST BE IN YOUR LINE OF SIGHT ELSE IT WON’T WORK.
Got this after 2 attempts myself, so it shouldn’t take you long at all.
Edit: Now the Kasane guide ⬇️
Thanks Tostiee for the comment! This particular individual said that you can get this at Kunad Highway (in the second area with the buses). Simply jump onto one of the buses and drive it down towards a group of at least 3 rummies, do not run them over though. What you do instead is press LT just before you do run them over and Kasane should throw the bus at them. If you got lucky, all 3 should be stunned, now you simply have to get them all in your like of sight and press LT to do the brain crush finisher. Good luck!
12 Comments
The game can be a bit unpredictable regarding this. While I got the achievement in the exact same place, in other times when I managed to crush 2 or even 3 enemies again, and even though they should be in my line of sight, my protagonist just brain crushed them one by one.
By on 02 Jul 2021 14:57
Think it may be a distance thing, I honestly have no clue because I’ve done this many times over by accident and it was from different ranges all over the game.
By Cryptic#5867 on 02 Jul 2021 17:46
In this video guide I will show you how to defeat 3 enemies at the same time with Brain Crush. The best special object to throw at enemies to instantly drain the crush bar is the pylons that are in a pile. This is also an LT ability. There are quite a bit in the beginning of the game.
Now the best possible spot I found is in the Abandoned Subway: Suoh Line 9, area Inside Abandoned Line. First thing you want to do is get rid of your teammates by going to the party tab and pressing RS on your allies. As you start, kill the enemies and head into the room to the right. There will be two piles of pylons, one to the left and one to the right. Choose a pile and start standing by it. One all three enemies are grouped up use LT to use your ability to manipulate the pylons and instantly get the crush bar drained. Now you will need to stand at a decent spot to view all three enemies. Not too close or you won't be able to see them all. Once you see all three and make sure the bars are gone, press LT to get all three and the achievement will pop.
Now the best possible spot I found is in the Abandoned Subway: Suoh Line 9, area Inside Abandoned Line. First thing you want to do is get rid of your teammates by going to the party tab and pressing RS on your allies. As you start, kill the enemies and head into the room to the right. There will be two piles of pylons, one to the left and one to the right. Choose a pile and start standing by it. One all three enemies are grouped up use LT to use your ability to manipulate the pylons and instantly get the crush bar drained. Now you will need to stand at a decent spot to view all three enemies. Not too close or you won't be able to see them all. Once you see all three and make sure the bars are gone, press LT to get all three and the achievement will pop.
1 Comment
This guide mentions removing the side characters. Thumbs up from me!
By Fuzzmeister J on 06 Sep 2021 20:40
At the beginning of Chapter 2 you’ll play a capture the flag game in Kikuchiba. After you pickup the “flag” you’ll go up to floor 2 of the Mid-level shopping district. You’ll get to an area where you can hold LT on these white, bent telephone poles. When the 3 enemies spawn in just hold down LT on the telephone pole and it should completely wreck all 3 enemies’ health to nothing. Then hit LT again to do the Brain Crush and your character will lift them all in the air and insta-kill them.
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Thumbs up. I don't know why you got the thumbs down. Phase 2 is the earliest it can be done because you need objects that will destroy the crush gauge on three opponents. People who didn't do it during the phase 2 mission might want to do it during the phase 2 standby phase following the mission on the first floor of the Kikuchiba Mid-Level Shopping District. The second floor will no longer have enough enemies for the achievement.
Fast travel there solo. Don't attack, but go past the first four enemies on the first floor in two groups of two. Lure them into the alley on the far side of where you entered. You'll be using B liberally to evade attacks and 'herd' the enemies. There will be a final two enemies in the alley. Once you have all enemies bunched together, you'll use the alley to keep them in a tight group for the achievement. Exit the alley with the enemies following you and dash to the pole marked by LT. Use left trigger followed by the LS prompt to bash all 6 enemies. Then rush forward and, when close to the enemies, press LT as shown in the 20 second clip: Allgorhythm playing Scarlet Nexus
A final comment: If you are killing them, instead of stunning them with a zero crush gauge, the difficulty is too low.
Fast travel there solo. Don't attack, but go past the first four enemies on the first floor in two groups of two. Lure them into the alley on the far side of where you entered. You'll be using B liberally to evade attacks and 'herd' the enemies. There will be a final two enemies in the alley. Once you have all enemies bunched together, you'll use the alley to keep them in a tight group for the achievement. Exit the alley with the enemies following you and dash to the pole marked by LT. Use left trigger followed by the LS prompt to bash all 6 enemies. Then rush forward and, when close to the enemies, press LT as shown in the 20 second clip: Allgorhythm playing Scarlet Nexus
A final comment: If you are killing them, instead of stunning them with a zero crush gauge, the difficulty is too low.
By Allgorhythm on 02 Jul 2021 18:02
Finally I got the achievement. I spent hours just to get this. (because I tried to get this in the subway first)
Here's how I did:
Go to: --> Kikuchiba Sub-Level Underground Facility
Go all the way up. There's a long stairway and there's a save point here. I recommend to save here. After that go up almost immidiately 3 Buddy Rummy will spawn. There're metal objects on the ground you can use them with . Make sure before use they are close together (not too close), and in line. If you think its okay use . Spin a few time until health bar is almost empty. You can use if you think its okay, but not necessary.
If you killed one of them reload (there's no load option in game so you have to exit and load from main menu, unfortunately). If all alive and stunned, make sure they all line of sight. Just press .
I did it on Normal difficulty in Standby phase 2!
Here's how I did:
Go to: --> Kikuchiba Sub-Level Underground Facility
Go all the way up. There's a long stairway and there's a save point here. I recommend to save here. After that go up almost immidiately 3 Buddy Rummy will spawn. There're metal objects on the ground you can use them with . Make sure before use they are close together (not too close), and in line. If you think its okay use . Spin a few time until health bar is almost empty. You can use if you think its okay, but not necessary.
If you killed one of them reload (there's no load option in game so you have to exit and load from main menu, unfortunately). If all alive and stunned, make sure they all line of sight. Just press .
I did it on Normal difficulty in Standby phase 2!
For this trophy I recommend the ability in Yuito's Brain Map that increases stun duration and window for Brain Crush. For this trophy, you must have three enemies on your screen fully crushed and available to Brain Crush, then press to simultaneously Brain Crush them all. An easy place to get this is Arahabaki in Chapter 9. You will eventually come across 3 Base Paws enemies on the side of a conveyor belt. These enemies are easily crushed if you approach them with Luka's Teleportation or Arashi's Hypervelocity. Once you knock them down, use either Shiden's Electrokinesis or Hanabi's Pyrokinesis to quickly deplete their Crush Gauges. Then execute Brain Crush with while they're all on your screen.
I did this on the first training mission: A01 Basic Training.
Set difficulty to Easy, and use the Y button attacks with Yuito to break the guard on the second group of enemies.
Slowing down time helps a bit if you're having trouble.
I did this on Level 80 with the best weapons equipped, but you can probably do this anytime you get access to the training missions via the TV.
Set difficulty to Easy, and use the Y button attacks with Yuito to break the guard on the second group of enemies.
Slowing down time helps a bit if you're having trouble.
I did this on Level 80 with the best weapons equipped, but you can probably do this anytime you get access to the training missions via the TV.
I tried multiple times using the other guides but just couldn't do it because I always had an enemy out of position. However, I was in Phase 12:
When I noticed three Session Pound extremely close together. This is immediately following the Archivist. Make sure the following is turned off:
EDIT: I just found a spot with four Session Pounds during my second playthrough during Phase 12 on 4. Memories of Pursuit.
When I noticed three Session Pound extremely close together. This is immediately following the Archivist. Make sure the following is turned off:
- Auto-Lock on
- Aim Assist
- Aim Assist (Locked On)
EDIT: I just found a spot with four Session Pounds during my second playthrough during Phase 12 on 4. Memories of Pursuit.
This guide was translated automatically.
It’s easy to do here, the area in the screenshot.
Opponents will appear in several queues. We clear the first two as usual, trying not to use heavy objects. As soon as 3-5 lamias appear in the third line, we focus on them and hold down to throw a heavy object at the enemy. Next, a QTE will start, you need to turn counterclock-wise. One scroll is usually enough for 3-4 enemies to end up with a completely depleted yellow bar. When an indicator appears on them that you can press , focus on the enemy in the middle (the main thing is that all three of them are nearby) and launch brain crush. Yuito/Kasane will pick up all three if they are not too far from each other, after which the achievement will drop.
Area in the screenshot
Opponents will appear in several queues. We clear the first two as usual, trying not to use heavy objects. As soon as 3-5 lamias appear in the third line, we focus on them and hold down to throw a heavy object at the enemy. Next, a QTE will start, you need to turn counterclock-wise. One scroll is usually enough for 3-4 enemies to end up with a completely depleted yellow bar. When an indicator appears on them that you can press , focus on the enemy in the middle (the main thing is that all three of them are nearby) and launch brain crush. Yuito/Kasane will pick up all three if they are not too far from each other, after which the achievement will drop.
Area in the screenshot
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