How on Earth do you carom shot?

[Just_Call_Me_G]

I've seen multiple posts and guides saying it's easy if I do a backspin. The problem is I am low and when I hit the ball (with power ranging from medium to max) 3 things happen

1. It dead stops
2. It ricochets off the first ball and banks all around the table, never going backwards.
3. The ball "hops" in place then backspins away from the other ball

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong

[HoloLiveSonic™]

try this instead, its even more painful to set them up as well, u have to aim the stick at the bottom of the ball or else all 3 steps u ended up, u also have to position the ball as well
https://youtu.be/1jGpLIsrnHg

[JimmyT]

For the completion requirements, I just hit the target ball as hard as possible and eventually I got 3 carom shots after a little under an hour. I recommend you aim for the very edge of the target ball so the cue ball goes flying off in a different direction.

[Paradoxical]

Originally posted by DT Scurvy:

For the completion requirements, I just hit the target ball as hard as possible and eventually I got 3 carom shots after a little under an hour. I recommend you aim for the very edge of the target ball so the cue ball goes flying off in a different direction.

Thanks for this, I tried this after 45 mins of trying and got 2 right off the bat.

[Plants Vs. Zombies For The DS]

just had to add this, but i was struggling to get this on the ps4 version, followed this advice and got the 2 carom shots i needed in 15 mins, literally the best way to do it

Originally posted by DT Scurvy:

For the completion requirements, I just hit the target ball as hard as possible and eventually I got 3 carom shots after a little under an hour. I recommend you aim for the very edge of the target ball so the cue ball goes flying off in a different direction.

[Kasiornis]

Was looking for solution for Yakuza Kiwami and found this topic.
Just to clarify - in Y0 I did that challenge pretty much the way OP intended to do, with backflipping all 3 carom shots.
In YK the game SUDDENLY decided to refuse this completely, sending the cue ball anywhere, but back.

So I just followed the advice above and it worked perfectly for Kiwami as well.
Thank you.

[Hotel Security]

I followed the video posted where I painstakingly set up the balls along the side of the table.

One thing to note if you HAVE to give a lot of room to hit the cue. If it's too close to the target ball, it won't back up even if you hit low on the cue ball. You need to give a decent amount of space to hit the ball or it doesn't work. This drove me nuts the first few times where the cue would never back up until I realized I just needed more space. Hope this helps.