Strange Brigade
60 Achievements
1,540
15-20h
Evasive Action
Get to Horde Wave 4 without taking any damage
15
0.99%
How to unlock the Evasive Action achievement in Strange Brigade - Definitive Guide
Play co-op.
Have your co-op partner make it to round three.
When your partner is down to a couple zombies, join the game at the end of round 3.
Once round 4 starts the achievement will unlock, provided you did not get hit.
Also you might not have noticed but when there's an enemy getting close behind you a zombie hand pops up at the bottom of the screen as a part of the HUD. (I'm not sure if it does this 100% of the time)
I had been using Frank Fairburne in the campaign so I used him here(I like the head explosion perk). The amulet I used was Deadly eye of Horus, which one hit kills 6 enemies if they're close by in front of you. I'm sure there's a bunch of other good combos. Gracie's fast explosive perk would come in handy, and her raging bull amulet move is pretty op, but you can be hit while it's activated so be careful with that one.
Wave 1: just kite and use pistol, traps, and grenade. Might want to save amulet for beginning of wave 2. Only enemies here are basic zombies
Before wave 2 I bought the Chamberlain Auto rifle (700 gold)
Wave 2: kite, traps, grenades. Might want to start using the upper ledge here and funnel enemies to the spinning blade trap.
Enemies: regular zombie, armored sword zombies, the armored ones shoot acid at you sometimes so watch out for that.
Before wave 3 I spent 3000 gold on the random weapon crate that gives you a powerful 3rd weapon, I was lucky and got the scarab launcher.
Wave 3: same strategies as 2
Enemies: regular zombie, armored zombie, mummy The mummies have the underground ranged attack that you have to watch out for. After kiting a bit and using grenades and my amulet ability, I funneled the rest into the area leading up to the upper ledge/walkway, and unloaded my scarab launcher.
At the end of wave 3 the achievement should unlock.
Main thing is to watch out for the ranged attacks. I hope this helped.
It might also have been a bug in my session (from Series X quick resume), or maybe "Restart Mission" doesn't work. Regardless, I got it my 2nd run.
BTW, great strategy. I didn't look for a guide until I ran into trouble above, but I had independently worked out the same general approach including the ledge and buying the Chamberlain and a gun from the box. The one difference is that I camped at the top of the stairs pretty much the whole time starting with round 2.
I just burst fired the Chamberlain at head-height and held back the tide with splash damage from headshots, then rolled grenades down the stairs when the crowd got thick, or to take out mummies. There are 2-3 guys who spawn up on that ledge at the beginning of Round 2, but other than that it's clear. If you keep left you can avoid projectiles, but still see the stairs to shoot to mob there. If they get too close for comfort, slowly back up toward the $10k door, then jump off to the right once everyone is on the ledge. Loop around again to the top of the stairs.
This is a Horde-only achievement.
It is best to do this with a co-op partner as surviving solo and not taking any damage until Wave 4 will be very difficult. Refer to "Back From the Mouth of Hell" for a strategy to use on the earlier waves.
To do this in co-op, you must select 'Multiplayer' after choosing the game mode. This will allow others to join your game. Have one player start a Horde game and advance until there are only a couple of enemies left in Wave 3. Either invite your co-op partner or have them join and once the last enemies are defeated, the achievement should unlock for the person who just joined. Repeat this for the other person(s) in your group.
To do this in co-op, you must select 'Multiplayer' after choosing the game mode. This will allow others to join your game. Have one player start a Horde game and advance until there are only a couple of enemies left in Wave 3 - Round 15. Either invite your co-op partner or have them join and once the last enemies are defeated, the achievement should unlock for the person who just joined, provided you didn't get hit and took any damage. Repeat this for the other person(s) in your group.