The Ascent

The Ascent

67 Achievements

15-20h

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Extreme Overcharge

Extreme Overcharge

Deliver 4000 amount of stasis damage on one target

5.1%

How to unlock the Extreme Overcharge achievement in The Ascent - Definitive Guide

To unlock the Extreme Overcharge achievement in The Ascent, you'll need to deal a large amount of damage in one go to a single target affected by stasis.

You can pick up the Stasis Drone tactical tool as soon as you reach Cluster 13... assuming you can afford it. It's available from the Cyber Vendor for a pretty spicy 22,000 credits, but there's no rush — you probably won't be able to deal enough damage to unlock this achievement until later in the game anyway.

Once you've geared up a bit, the best way to unlock this achievement is to use your Stasis Drone to freeze one of the large enemy types, as the damage threshold for making them explode is way higher than for regular grunts. You then want to damage them to fill the blue bar before the stasis effect wears off in order to detonate the enemy and deal that massive chunk of damage, although you may find that you need to power up your weapons if you can't fill the gauge in time. Similarly, you might get the explosion but still not pop the achievement, which likely just means that your guns aren't strong enough to dish out 4,000 damage needed in that short window, so you'll need to try this again later in the game.

I popped this with maxed-out weapons (the Overwhelmer or any shotgun should do the trick) on a high-level brute enemy, so I'm not sure just how early you could theoretically pop this. But by the time you reach the end of the game, you should be more than strong enough to just head to any location, find a big guy, freeze him, lay into him, and pop this achievement.
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29 Jul 2021 15:28

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Since NO ONE mentioned how to get to scrapland and for SOME REASON the devs left out being able to fast travel to all places you discovered (somehow they're like OOOH NO WE CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING USEFUL HERE)

This is how you get back to scrapland

Fast travel to Arcology: The warrens; run to the left; take elevator to high street then fast travel to scrapland.
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By Angels Kill Too on 29 Nov 2022 12:03
Popped mine during end boss of mission 4 called Empowerment.
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By geordiedeviant on 30 Jul 2021 01:06
That early? Nice. Didn’t think the Stasis Drone worked on bosses (has a mind of its own) but good stuff.
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By BadRubberPiggy on 30 Jul 2021 01:16
I used Sweet Justice.
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By oriic on 30 Jul 2021 03:58
Mission 4 - Brute on the street - Stasis Stomp x Neutron Beam - 4060 dmg 👌
I'd done a few side missions first. Actually took out 2 brutes and a couple of other guys with the one blast.
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By MajorMercyFlush on 01 Aug 2021 09:45
Another option: Joyrun Dragon + MG1000 Strikebreaker + Hammerhands = Big Boom.

Joyrun Dragon can be found in a room behind the cashier of the Golden Satori. I've had a lot more success with it than any other stasis option.
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By Hirsute Dave on 02 Aug 2021 01:38
scrapyard has plenty of heavies. MG1000 Strikebreaker did 4200 dmg for me.
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By LazyGh0st NL on 03 Aug 2021 12:17
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Nice guide and very informative comments.
Thumbs up for everyone.
Thank you.

About what level should you reach to be "geared up" enough to deal that damage?
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By E vee dub on 03 Aug 2021 13:11
Second upvote for using Joyrun Dragon. Just popped mine using this and it was a lot of fun.
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By thePoetPlays on 03 Aug 2021 15:41
Plenty of ways to complete this, I did this after completing the main game. I did 7500 damage against a Heavy Monobot enemy.

Tactical: Stasis Drone
Augmentation: Neutron Beam
Tier: Deepsink
Location: Dnexus
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By Dyson II on 03 Aug 2021 16:55
Done over 10,000 damage multiple times, still no pop.
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By DaChiefOfOwnage on 04 Aug 2021 04:25
I used Stasis Drone+MG1000 (MK8) against the brute enemy in the "Dreadful Situation" (killed everyone else before hacking the lock leading to brute). Got the achievement easily like this
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By neeker75 on 05 Aug 2021 14:05
Joyrun Dragon works better for this achievement. I used this and a mark 8 Dominator
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By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 07 Aug 2021 12:48
Joyrun Dragon is definitely the better option, Stasis Drone can be finicky with its targeting and doesn't last as long as Joyrun does. Maxed out Dealbreaker starting from slow chain speed still managed to get 6600 damage.
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By ComicKaze23 on 08 Aug 2021 06:52
i used Joyrun Dragon with a fully upgraded ER Chrome Puncher
went to Scrapland and unloaded on the blue robot
got the achievement before killing the robot
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By OhhJustBQ on 13 Aug 2021 02:48
Only manage 3000 damage to Scrapland heavy with Stomp and Mk10 Minigun...
5950 with Stomp and Neutron Beam, ding!
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By thomaskorat on 15 Aug 2021 00:28
As others have said, Joyrun Dragon lasts a lot longer than Stasis Drone. I used the Eraser energy shotgun on the big blue mechs in Scrapland and achievement popped almost immediately (don’t think Stasis duration even mattered because it happened so quick). Key is the DPS on a shotgun outperforms anything else. Just get right up close.
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By PromoteViolence on 30 Aug 2021 01:42
I did this in the last mission on one of the several bounty targets that shows up. As others describe, Joyrun Dragon and Neutron Beam, and some shots from my EBR Pulse Rifle after it ran out. Popped first attempt.
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By corpirate on 14 May 2022 10:09
As others have said: Joyrun Dragon, EBR Enforcer Mk10, blue robot in Scrapland. First try.
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By CupricNose8 on 20 Jun 2022 15:08
Me: lvl 20. Used joyrun dragon and a lv 5 dominator on That Guy from the side mission... That Guy lol. 5700.
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By Chucklestyle on 29 Jul 2023 07:33
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For this achievement, you will first need a way to put an enemy in stasis. The best way I believe is the Joyrun Dragon augmentation. You could also use the Stasis Drone tactical tool, Stasis Stomp aug, or anything else - but I think Joyrun lasts the longest and is the easiest to control. Once you have that, you need two more things: a large enemy with a lot of health, and a strong weapon you can dish damage out with quickly.
 
Your best bet for this would be against a boss that can be affected by stasis, a large mech, Heavy Monobot, etc. Clear out every other enemy and avoid damaging the one you want to try this on, then use your stasis ability to freeze the large enemy, and unload on them quickly. If you can dish out 4k damage before the stasis expires, the achievement will unlock.
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We equip a stasis drone, upgrade any killer gun to level 10, I also took additional beetle and dragon augmentations.
We carefully place all the small robots at the tech dump, without touching the healthy blue one (they are right there where the taxi will take you). We put Blue into stasis with a drone, and lets a dragon and beetles attack him. And we shoot from a cannon. I managed to deal 6000 damage before the explosion.
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28 Aug 2021 07:49

When I went to extra. The champion received his mission there. I had it with me. In the equipment of the Crusher (not pumped up), a stasis drone from augmentations, a monobot shooter and pokey bots. Along the way you will meet a robot indicated on the map as a boss. I threw a stasis grenade, called the spiders and the shooter bot and shot at him with the crusher until he exploded. The trophy is yours!
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13 Aug 2023 07:38