The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

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Clever Girl

Clever Girl

Get 40 kills on Flanked enemies within a single campaign

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How to unlock the Clever Girl achievement in The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - Definitive Guide

The description is not obvious, let me explain my interpretation.

When you approach enemies from 2 different angles, once you move your crosshair over them in Battle focus mode, they will appear as 'Flanked'. I was under the impression that if my teammates kill them in that state, then it will count towards this achievement. I believe they have killed lot more than 40, but the achievement was still nowhere. Then at 1 point when I shot one of them from behind, it suddenly unlocked.

That makes me believe that it is actually our character, that has to deliver the kill 40 times on flanked enemies, making it somewhat more difficult, but still easy to achieve on the lower difficulties.
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22 Aug 2013 13:06

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I started a new game after playing through on the highest difficulty as it was very hard to get flanked kills there.
Needed 4 Missions 2 Story and 2 minior till I got this achievment.
The flanked information is often not displayed when you look at the enemy, so you should check from the perspective of one of your squaddies and if it says flanked go for the kill yourself. Normallyan ankle of around 90° was enough to get the flanked info on the target from the squaddies view.
I got the achievment doing the kill myself, so kills from your squaddies may not count.
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By winginor on 30 Sep 2013 16:54
This achievemt sucks... whatever I do, I barely ever get anyone flanked. Hell I even manage to be completely behind them and they looking at my team mates... I still do not get the flanked text...
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By Phoenix C64 on 29 Sep 2013 16:15
just got this at the end of my 2nd playthrough (commander) without even expecting it... a elite was turned around shooting my drone and when i killed him the chievo popped ;)
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By Phoenix C64 on 30 Sep 2013 18:19
I got this midway through mission 3 on the highest difficulty. A great strategy is to use a Recon agent. You can cloak him and have him run to a secure point behind the enemies.
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By CanaDa Fwend on 22 Oct 2013 20:25
I can confirm that it has to be carter himself who has to make the kill on a flanked enemy. You can tell when an enemy is flanked if you use use battle focus (B) button and aim it at the enemy.
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By I3EAR iN MiND on 20 Jan 2014 22:29
Unlocked this myself today. One thing I would add that I noted when unlocking..... is that I lobbed a sticky grenade (going for the other cheev) which missed the enemy completely, the enemy kept firing at me and was blown up from behind by the grenade. Pop.
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By geordiedeviant on 24 Jan 2014 14:55
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When I finished the campaign, this achievement didn't popped for me, so, I used the LOAD GAME option to load the minor operation Firestorm in Rookie difficulty.

This video solution is not mine. I read many solutions and had no success trying all. Finally I tried follow this video and got the achievement on my first attempt.

The secret is put your squaddies in cover, side by side, the enemies must be ahead from them. You must flank them by the sides, in angles between 60 and 120 degrees from your squaddies position. Have sure that of through the Battle Focus, the enemy status appears as FLANKED before you kill them.

Watching the video turns more easy to understand. Good luck!

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26 Nov 2018 21:26

This is best done right at the beginning of the game since the enemies you'll encounter are very weak.

As soon as you enter combat make sure your teammates draw attention away from you. Circle the enemy group until you are on their side or behind them. The enemy has to take cover while you kill it otherwise it will not count as a flanking kill.

If you wanna make sure it counts just press cn_O while aiming at an alien to enter Battle Focus. If it says Flanked above the enemies' head...nuke him.
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11 Aug 2015 15:03

You will have to flank the enemy from behind or their sides for this to count. I suggest playing aggressive during the first few operations while the enemies are weaker. If you enter Battle Focus "Flanked" will appear when you target them. If you continue to flank the enemy with the shotgun and take them out while they are in cover, this trophy should come mid to late game.

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Enemies are counter as flanked when they are in cover and attacked from the side, behind or a above by Carter or a Squaddie. Additionally in the Command View () it will show if an enemy is flanked by the selected soldier. This is another one that should come naturally.

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  • You need to distract attention with your team and skills, come in from the side or from behind - so that they don’t see you, and if the enemy’s status is FLANKED , then take him down immediately!! Also use the sniper skill CRITICAL STRIKE and DIVERSION/CLOAK . Look for an alien with FLANKED status, and kill him from a long distance or by walking around unnoticed.
  • Only FLANKED kills by Agent Carter are counted, i.e. made by hand.
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22 Jun 2014 10:10