Unsouled
52 Achievements
1,000
35-40h
PC
Xbox One
Xbox Series
Counter Grandmaster
Successfully perform 20 Chain counters on the Master Soul difficulty.
20
0.05%
How to unlock the Counter Grandmaster achievement in Unsouled - Definitive Guide
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(Massive thanks to Infamous for the tips with this one.)
Ah, Counter Grandmaster. This absolute bastard.
First off, let’s get a very easy-to-make misconception out of the way: this achievement IS NOT for total Chain Counters, it is for consecutive Chain Counters. As a result, I would very highly recommend defeating Kamas and getting the Active Soul that comes from that fight first before tackling this, it’ll make a third of this achievement much easier to do. If you have not fought him yet refer to the guide found at for information in regards on how to find him.
Now, there’s probably a few other places that could work for this, but the one I ended up doing this in is in Act 3. Basically, take the route that gets you to the Twisted Soul (go through the gate that is marked as destructible via Soul Focusing) and go through the whole puzzle to get outside. Take care of all enemies on the right side of the outer-box-esque area, go up the stairs, and take out both spearmen. Head up, go all the way to the right (but don’t go down), and you’ll see 25 zombies running towards you. Activate the previously mentioned Active Soul, and go to town from there.
Unfortunately I can’t really give any real tips in regards to the execution of this one (though CrAk ll does recommend a metronome set at 141 BPM to help, with other recommendations pointing to 143 BPM) aside from practicing the Chain Counter tutorial in the Abyss, but with enough patience and attempts, this can be done. Good luck, you’ll need it.
Video demonstration (note: you may have to press the third icon on the right from top to bottom, which sends you to a new URL with just the clip, to get it to play):
Ah, Counter Grandmaster. This absolute bastard.
First off, let’s get a very easy-to-make misconception out of the way: this achievement IS NOT for total Chain Counters, it is for consecutive Chain Counters. As a result, I would very highly recommend defeating Kamas and getting the Active Soul that comes from that fight first before tackling this, it’ll make a third of this achievement much easier to do. If you have not fought him yet refer to the guide found at for information in regards on how to find him.
Now, there’s probably a few other places that could work for this, but the one I ended up doing this in is in Act 3. Basically, take the route that gets you to the Twisted Soul (go through the gate that is marked as destructible via Soul Focusing) and go through the whole puzzle to get outside. Take care of all enemies on the right side of the outer-box-esque area, go up the stairs, and take out both spearmen. Head up, go all the way to the right (but don’t go down), and you’ll see 25 zombies running towards you. Activate the previously mentioned Active Soul, and go to town from there.
Unfortunately I can’t really give any real tips in regards to the execution of this one (though CrAk ll does recommend a metronome set at 141 BPM to help, with other recommendations pointing to 143 BPM) aside from practicing the Chain Counter tutorial in the Abyss, but with enough patience and attempts, this can be done. Good luck, you’ll need it.
Video demonstration (note: you may have to press the third icon on the right from top to bottom, which sends you to a new URL with just the clip, to get it to play):
6 Comments
Thank you!
By M4G II NER0 on 19 Jun 2022 17:20
I had a lot of trouble getting the timing down on master soul difficulty so I ended up using a metronome to help me (lol). When I finally got the achievement it was set to 141 bpm, and that is what I tried to copy to stay on the correct timing. Not sure if this info is particularly useful, but it's what helped me unlock it, good luck.
By CrAk ll on 11 Apr 2023 04:27
