The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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The Enemy of My Enemy

The Enemy of My Enemy

Use the Axii Sign to force one opponent to kill another. Do this 20 times.

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How to unlock the The Enemy of My Enemy achievement in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Definitive Guide

The Axii sign can be used to turn an enemy into an Ally for a brief period of time once you've unlocked the second row of abilities for the magic spells (The skill is called Puppet).
It can be levelled up 3 times which will make the turned enemy do 60% more damage than it would have done when it was trying to kill you.
I find its best to do this when an enemy is in amongst a few of his friends, because he just goes straight into attacking them.
A good place to do this is at the monsters nest that is north of Mulbrydale (has loads of level 6 Nekkers). If you use Axii on one of the Warrior Nekkers then it easily dispatches the run of the mill kind and,if you have the puppet Axii leveled up to level 3, by the time the possession runs out your able to possess either it or another nekker again to do it all over again
Good luck :-)

Edit 1: As pointed out by Sneakystabbalot, make sure that once you've unlocked the puppet skill (and equipped it) that you hold RT to activate it rather than the usual tap of RT to stun the enemy.
I'm not sure if it takes the same amount of time at each level of puppet to control the enemy but it takes about 3 seconds of continuous holding for you to take over the other person at level 3, so make sure your far enough away from archers and other enemies before you try it.
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23 May 2015 06:36

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it turns out I was doing this all wrong - to make it work you have to hold down cn_RT for a moment and then release the button. just pressing cn_RT does not work.
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By SneakyStabbalot on 28 May 2015 02:01
20 times or 20 kills?
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By Shadow XBL on 04 Jun 2015 14:55
Far as I'm aware its 20 kills
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By PurplTreeFrog on 05 Jun 2015 03:00
Anyone else lost the power of the sign? Now I seem to be able to only send people flying not control their mind. Used to work by holding RT. Been trying it all day today.
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By FiveWizz on 24 Apr 2016 12:51
Does anyone know if there is any glitch for this not unlocking after the Blood and Wine DLC came out? Im pretty confident Ive done it over 20 times, but still not unlocking. Any help would be awesome.
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By MONKEBOI86 on 03 Jun 2016 19:44
FiveWizz are you sure you haven't accidentally equipped the telekinetic blast, which is a different sign.
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By Heraizen on 13 Jun 2016 04:32
Haha yeah I had ! I figured it out about a week later I felt like such a donut! Thanks for the reply though appreciate it. That would certainly have fixed my issue. Lol.
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By FiveWizz on 13 Jun 2016 08:47
Anyone else encounter issues unlocking this? I was farming kills at the Devils Point, bouncing to it, White Orchard, and then back to it, but even after about an hour of farming, I still haven't gotten the achievement to pop. To be clear, Axii is leveled up, I make sure to hold down RT to control them, and I'm sure that the person who I'm controlling kills another enemy 20 times. Any advice?
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By BigOlBilliam on 12 May 2018 02:30
If you’re having trouble getting this to pop try hard resetting your console and getting another kill. This works with many achievements in this game.
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By BigMoneyHarambe on 29 Jan 2020 04:51
Not true, just unlocked this today WITH the update. Not saying it isn't glitchy, but it didn't "break" the achievement.
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By BastionTheRobot on 21 Dec 2022 05:34
Next Gen Update Broke Achievement

Since the next gen update has released I have seen numerous accounts of issues occurring as well as myself experiencing them. The issue is that when axii is used on the enemy (turned ally) they won't do any damage to the enemy, I have tried many variables such as not attacking, using crossbow, silver sword only, steel sword only, fists and so on and the issue still occurs. I'd recommend waiting and not wasting your time until we get news of a fix or breakthrough.
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By XxDragonBorn02 on 19 Dec 2022 01:34
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You should be able to get this Trophy fairly early in the game - you need 7 Ability points.

In the Character Upgrade screen;

*select the Signs page (blue diamond marker)
*In this first row you have to spend 6 Ability points - can be in ANY Sign you like
*Once your 6th point is spent the 2nd row unlocks
*Goto the far right column (Axii sign) and put your 7th Ability in the 'Puppet' skill

Now, during your travels if you HOLD cn_L2 you cast the alternate Axii Sign, in this case you aim at the foe you wish to possess, let go and for a brief period their health bar is white - it is now that they kill on your behalf and contribute to your total kills required.
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26 May 2015 20:47

In order to do this you need to unlock the Puppet ability, found in the second row of the Axii magic ability. This allows you to temporarily turn an enemy into an ally. You can level this up a few times to make your puppet more powerful. In order to trigger it, you have to hold down the trigger (rather than tap), otherwise you cast the normal 1st level stun.

This works best when the enemy your targeting is close to others. If you use Puppet on one whose off by himself he'll over just stand there and not attack anyone else.

Beyond getting the achievement itself (which isn't too hard), this ability is extremely useful for getting through a lot of battles, particularly earlier in the game (when you're weaker) on harder difficulty levels.
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26 Mar 2016 00:00

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Only thing I'd note is that the new update caused your secondary casts to take longer than "just hold a bit longer than a tap".

I'd say what helped me the most was to utilize the hills and counters. If you counter them on a hill, you will kick them and it gives you some breathing room to actually cast on the guy you need to. (figure you at least hurt the one you're puppet is killing with a hit or two)
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By Quoth_the_Raven on 25 Dec 2022 02:12

Before you can attempt this, you must first unlock the "Puppet" skill from the Axii skill tree (and preferably max it out). When using Puppet, make sure there's at least two or more enemies present in combat. As such, groups of humans/bandits, nekkers, drowners and ghouls work well when going for this achievement.

First, weaken one enemy so that they have very little health left. Now cast Axii's alternate Sign mode, Puppet, on another enemy in the group and he/it will quickly dispose of the weakened enemy. It might be easier to work on this if you're only facing two opponents at a time rather than a larger group. Either way, once an Axii-possessed enemy has killed another enemy 20 times, this achievement will unlock.

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You will need to unlock the "Puppet" skill from the Sign tree and equip it in your skills. This is one of the best Signs to use in Death March difficulty, as it makes your opponents fight each other.

Once you have it equipped, find a group of enemies and weaken one enemy, then cast the alternative Axii sign (hold for a split second and release instead of tapping) on the other enemy. Keep casting it until you have made an opponent kill another opponent 20 times, at which point, the trophy will unlock.

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Axii of the second type (an alternative version of the sign) lures opponents to your side, easiest to do with two opponents. You lower the health of one, and enchant the second (it kills the first). Repeat 20 times and the trophy is yours.
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21 May 2015 21:14

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I made it simpler, went to the swamps in Velen, and did it with the Nautopians, they kill each other with one blow
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By Yost on 07 Jul 2015 18:06
The easiest way to do this is on bandits on the "To Death" difficulty level; they kill each other with a blow. It doesn’t matter who kills your controlled person or himself.
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By dr4louft on 04 Jan 2016 16:30
I show one of the options in my video guide at 39:21

https://youtu.be/ngBmEloCcHg

The description contains timings for the remaining trophies.
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By Zardarius on 06 Apr 2016 10:38
In the devil's pit we make a lap of honor, collect a locomotive from enemies and beat the second-level axii, as soon as the enchanted one is killed, we throw a sign at the next one. All kills count. And those that the enchanted one chops, and if they kill him too
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By ALexZ25 on 30 Jun 2016 09:10
They write here that it doesn’t matter which enemy kills. I've had an enemy kill my puppet 50 times. The trophy only came out when the puppet was the one doing the killing.
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By Monarch on 06 Jun 2020 13:52
It’s very easy to do in the same devil’s pit a couple of times and your
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By Nouer on 22 May 2015 19:04
I reset my skills and upgraded Axis to the maximum. I got to the place where I farm achievements, that is, a place on Skellige with 2 endless pirates appearing, I completed the achievement in 10 minutes.
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By VFarkhad on 16 Jun 2019 11:34
For a long time it was impossible to take the trophy, because the puppet was killed with one blow. It is imperative that your puppet kills, not her. The best option for pirates on Skelig. We bring one's HP down to a minimum, then throw a freeze bomb. We subdue those who have full HP. Throw the freeze bomb again and voila the puppet succeeded
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By ttrapp on 06 Jan 2023 12:10
Skellige, Faroe Island. On the "To Death" difficulty level, it is convenient to knock out in this place (marked with a green mark, next to the horse mark), as well as the trophies "Riddle for the Coroner", "Humpty Dumpty" and "Counterattack". Two bandits will spawn quite quickly. I spent about 5 minutes trying to get the “Enemy of My Enemy” trophy. It doesn’t matter who kills whom, the main thing is to subordinate one to the axioms. You stand close to the bandits, they react to you and while they are running towards you, use axies. If they get too close, roll away from them and use Axii at the right moment.

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By DrunkFox24 on 14 Mar 2020 00:35
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Upgrade Axii to the second type and activate it. Next, we set the game to the lowest difficulty level, find wolves, drowners, etc. In order for them to fight against their own, we hold and so on until they kill each other, it’s better not to interfere in the combat process, just roll and get away from the enemies.
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26 Jun 2015 16:51