Magebreaker achievement

[Rjan]

Hello there, I'm trying to unlock "Magebreaker" achievement. The description says that you have to burn 2.500 mana from a single enemy. I have a storm character, with 6 points invested in Spell Breaker, but hitting until they die mana using enemies as high level bosses like the Dragon Liche does not work for me.
I've even tried with legendary sword Silence (35% chance of energy drain,100% of lost energy as damage) with no success.
Since I haven't found a detailed guide and I don't precisely know how much mana is burned each time I cast Spell Breaker, is there something I'm doing wrong?
Of course I don't use mods, anyone else is having problems with this achievement?

[chris.ferrantegerard]

I don't think bosses can be mana drained. I think you'll need to find some high mana mobs (like cyclops) and maybe get some +skill gear to give you better version of spell.

[redgreen999]

I don't think the energy drain chance is applied unless you hit the target with the sword directly. I could be wrong. I believe the 35% drain on the sword only works when target is hit with that sword.

So maybe use that sword with a melee charactor. Forsaken amulets also have %chance to drain and non damage stats on an amelut apply to melee.

Many bosses have resist against energy drain. Perhaps a skill that lowers all resists would also help.

I haven't done this achievement so these are just my thoughts. Also I don't know how much mana monsters have. There may not be many that have that much. Interestingly, when I try to leech mana, skeleton mobs top my mana off fast. Maybe a skelton mage boss might be the ticket.

[rulikstanislav]

use full "+4" spellshock on an enemy with high amount of energy... hydra should do the trick (perhaps even bandari in changhan, alastor in athens), also use full "+4" obscured visibility beforehand to lower resistance.

[Rjan]

Hmmm I tried almost everything of what you say, but still no achievement popping... I can't understand... Any other suggestion?

[rulikstanislav]

then try the "magebane" scroll and jewelry with the "(%drain as damage)" .

[Rjan]

I am still trying to get this achievement. Of course I've tried several item/spell combinations, and I've read in most topics that Epic Dragon Liche is a guarantee 2.500 mana owner, but I really can't understand why burning all his mana with Spell Breaker won't let pop up the achievement.

I guess it is not a burn damage problem or a skill level, since the Dragon Liche's mana is completely burned when he dies.

Any other suggestion?

[redgreen999]

I am stumped, unless its an achievment that was added in the DLC and only applies to that. The using 10 different classes achievment only works with the DLC, that is why I mentioned that. Otherwise, maybe its bugged or something.

[Rjan]

Of course I have the DLC, so this won't be a problem. Initially I was thinking of a bug, but I've seen the achievement unlocked in the achievement board of some players, so this will be the proof that is not bugged.

Surely there must be something else to do. I guess the achievement requires a single drain shot that strikes a mana percentage which provide 2.500 damage or more to a target.

e.g. of this theory
For example, you can use items like Silence sword that when procs drains a percentage of the mana of the target (my dropped Silence sword drains 41%) and provides to the monster a damage equivalent to 100% of the mana drained. Seeing the situation from this point of view, by striking a monster that owns 10.000 mana, in case of proc, should let you drain him about 4.100 mana points, and with 100% damage bonus you should strike him for about 4.100 damage points. Of course there are resistances to keep in consideration, but again there are no clues because monster stats are not visible in game and neither on the web.

Honestly I'm stumped too, this is the first time that I don't understand how to unlock an achievement.

[Rjan]

Finally I've got the achievement!

I was supposing right: you have to strike a single drain shot that burns a mana percentage which can provide 2.500 damage or more to a target.

I have to suggest to use the Golden Eye of Sun Wukong, a divine artifact who has a passive skill that can produce 8.000% energy drain (200% of energy drained deals damage) on hit received. Of course you have to know that the spell procs on hit received and has a cooldown of 90 seconds. You just have to find an appropriate enemy and to be good to coordinate your movements with the cooldown, ensure to be stricken by the enemy only once the skill is ready to use.

Personally, I've got the achievement on a boss dragonian mage in act 3, legendary difficulty.

Thanks for trying to help! I wish this post could help someone else in future! Good luck!

[redgreen999]

Congrats on getting the achievement!

[redgreen999]

I just got magebreaker using the 'Lyre of Apollo' artifact. I also got the K.O. achievement with that same artifact even though it only stuns for 5.0 seconds.

[Rjan]

Originally posted by redgreen999:

I just got magebreaker using the 'Lyre of Apollo' artifact. I also got the K.O. achievement with that same artifact even though it only stuns for 5.0 seconds.

Thanks again for the contributes mate, of course there are several ways to obtain the achievement. I'm sure that this thread could be really helpful to clarify the situation for everyone interested in.

[redgreen999]

haha I wasn't much help, but thanks to you it set me on the right path.

[Jiorujii]

Hello there!
I got this achievement on https://titanquest.fandom.com/wiki/Vengeful_Ghost using the Spell Breaker spell.

[Rjan]

Originally posted by Jiorujii:

Hello there!
I got this achievement on https://titanquest.fandom.com/wiki/Vengeful_Ghost using the Spell Breaker spell.

Thanks for sharing your experience! :)