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Tips and Cheats for .hack//g.u. vol.1 Rebirth

View Vol.2 Preview Without Beating The Game
On the desktop, hold R1+R2 and push square, triangle, square, triangle. Release the R's, then while holding L1+L2, push right, up, right, up. Release and press R3+L3. If you do this quickly enough, the Vol.2 Preview will become viewable in the media performer.
 
How to Get to&Beat Dopel ganger
Wait 10 minutes in any feild(don't even touch the controller) and then search around for a red arrow to appear.If you decide to battle him you'll want to equip "Ripper's Blades"(obtained by defeating the blacklist PKers)be level 50,pi and kuhn as party members.When you face the doppel ganger use rengeki as many times as possible to use beast awakening(recommended awakening) and he should go down easy.  After you win you get the "Own King" a key item that you DO wan't for vol.2,it gives you level 50 wepons with the power of level 100 wepons when you face the doppel ganger in vol.2
 
 Item                        Effect                          Location   
Health Drink     Recovers 100 HP                            Magic Item Shop
Healing Serum    Recovers 200 HP                            Magic Item Shop
Healing Rain     Recovers all allies' HP by 100             Medic Clerk Guild Shop
Revive Rain      Recovers all allies' HP by 200             Medic Clerk Guild Shop
Sprite Drop      Recovers 50 SP                             Magic Item Shop
Sprite Rain      Recovers all allies' SP by 50              Medic Clerk Guild Shop
Weird Black Tea  Recover an ally's HP and SP by 50          Trade with Aryosha
Holy Potion      Recover all allies' HP and SP by 50        Trade with Blue Eye Samurai
Antidote Soda    Cures Poison                               Magic Item Shop
Stimulant Soda   Cures Sleep                                Magic Item Shop
Blessing Soda    Cures Curse                                Magic Item Shop
Revival Medicine Revive an ally with 25% HP                 Magic Item Shop
Asian Mango      Recover HP by 60                           Magic Item Shop
Caramel Sauce    Recover SP by 30                           Kiosk
Fire Storm       Range (small): fireball falls from the sky Magic Item Shop
Tidal Wave       Single (small): toss an enemy with water   Magic Item Shop
Tornado          Range (small): create a tornado            Magic Item Shop
Earth Spike      Range(small): boulder falls from the sky   Magic Item Shop
The Death        Inflict Poison on one enemy                Trade with Quasar
The Moon         Inflict Sleep on one enemy                 Trade with Tiphereth
The Devil        Inflicts Curse on one enemy                Trade with Mile
Warrior Blood    Temp increase physical attack by 3         Dancing Doomed Bum
Knight Blood     Temp increase physical defense by 3        Trade with TomCat
Wizard Blood     Temp increase magical attack by 3          Kernel Store
Astrologer Blood Temp increase magical defense by 3         Trade with Aryosha
Warrior Seal     Temp decrease enemy's physical attack by 3 Dancing Doomed Bum
Knight Seal      Temp decrease enemy's physical defense by 3Creeping Tragedy's Hand Song
Wizard Seal      Temp decrease enemy's magic attack by 3    Trade with Wang Lin
Astrologer Seal  Temp decrease enemy's magic defense by 3   Trade with Boltz
Smoke Screen     Escape from battle                         Medic Clerk Guild Shop
Fairy's Orb      Show everything on the map                 Medic Clerk Guild Shop
Return Feather   Warp to the last platform                  Medic Clerk Guild Shop
Fire Mouse Skin  Weapon Ability: fire attack                Material Shop
Olm Shell        Weapon Ability: water attack               Material Shop
Wing Of Lufu     Weapon Ability: wind attack                Material Shop
Soil Bug Antenna Weapon Ability: earth attack               Material Shop
Scorpion Tail    Weapon Ability: adds poison to attacks     Arena Town Store
Midoro Flagellum Weapon Ability: adds curse to attacks      Arena Town Store
Sleeping Powder  Weapon Ability: adds sleep to attacks      Arena Town Store
Mantis Nail      Weapon Ability: critical attack + 10%      Immovable Blazing Two Wings
Bear Paw         Weapon Ability: backstab                   Empireo Clerk
Turtle Shell     Armor Ability: lower physical damage 10%   Arena Town Store
Turtle Crest     Armor Ability: Decrease magic damage 10%   Arena Town Store
Cleansing Pill   Armor Ability: nullify Poison              Arena Town Store
Jinx's Bane      Armor Ability: nullify Curse               Arena Town Store
Caffeine Drink   Armor Ability: nullify Sleep               Arena Town Store
Poison Leaf      Armor Ability: Counter with poison when hit Arena Town Store
Curse Plant      Armor Ability: Counter with curse when hit  Arena Town Store
Dream Wood Leaf  Armor Ability: Counter with sleep when hit Arena Town Store
Body Egg         Armor Ability: Increase maximum HP by 10%  Dancing Doomed Bum
Mind Egg       Armor Ability: Increase maximum SP by 10% Trade with Shirochan in Lumina Cloth
Body Scale       Armor Ability: maximum HP + 50             Material Shop
Mind Scale       Armor Ability: maximum SP + 50             Material Shop
Fire Resist Seal Armor Ability: Decreases fire damage 50%   Lucky Animal Quest
Aqua Board       Armor Ability: Decreases water damage 50%  Buzzing Blazing Resort
Calm Propeller   Armor Ability: Decreases wind damage 50%   Rough Song Dusk's Hand Song
Dustproof Lens   Weapon Ability: Decreases earth damage 50% Trade with Lieutenant Okada
Iron Shell       Armor Ability: physical damage - 25        Black Market Shop, behind the Arena
Iron Crest       Armor Ability: magic damage - 25           Black Market Shop, behind the Arena
Red Sun Stone    Accessory: Arts SP -10% / other SP + 5     Material Shop
Blue Moon Ore    Accessory: Attack SP - 10% / other SP + 5  Material Shop
White Star Sand  Accessory: Recovery SP - 10% / other SP + 5Material Shop
Gray Comet Dust  Accessory: Status SP - 10% / other SP + 5  Material Shop
Gold Snake Skin  Accessory: acquired GP + 10%               Trifle Clerk Guild Shop
Dowsing Rod      Accessory: drop rate + 10%                 Trifle Clerk Guild Shop
Amber Dragon Eye Accessory: EXP + 10%                       |Trifle Clerk Guild Shop
Beginner's Text  Increase weapon level points by 50         Trade with Henako or Corporal Yano
Beginner's Book  Increase party's weapon level points by 50 Trade with Henako or Corporal Yano
Text of Power    Increases physical attack by 3             Quest Shop
Text of Stamina  Increases physical defense by 3            Quest Shop
Text of Wisdom   Increases magical attack by 3              Quest Shop
Text of Sense    Increases magical defense by 3             Quest Shop
Word of Vigor    Increases HP by 50                         Quest Shop
Word of Spirit   Increases SP by 50                         Quest Shop
Life Scroll      Learn Repth                                Magic Item Shop
Antidote Scroll   Learn Rip Duk                              Magic Item Shop
Dawn Bird Scroll  Learn Rip Mumyn                            Magic Item Shop
Priest Scroll    Learn Rip Maj                              Magic Item Shop
Hellfire Scroll  Learn Vak Don                              Magic Item Shop
Tidal Scroll     Learn Rue Kruz                             Magic Item Shop
Tornado Scroll   Learn Zan Rom                              Magic Item Shop
Avalanche Scroll Learn Gan Bolg                             Magic Item Shop
Chim Crown       Crown sometimes dropped by King Chim Chim  |King Chim Chim
Coupon           A discount coupon for guild shops          From special encounters with people 




 Accessory                   Effect     Level  Location   

Simple Bracelet  Fire + 1, Wind + 1    1      Equipment Shop
Simple Necklace  Water + 1, Earth + 1  1      Equipment Shop
Seal of Yu Wang  Fire + 2, Water - 1   1      Kestrel Guild Shop
Crown of Lu Ming Fire - 1, Water + 2   1      Moon Tree Guild Shop
Medic Badge      Wind + 2, Earth - 1   1      Medic Clerk Guild Shop
1 Line Reference Wind - 1, Earth + 2   1      Trifle Clerk Guild Shop
Secret News Book All Elements + 1      1      Empireo Guild Shop
Simple Fire Idol Fire + 5, Water - 3   15     Equipment Shop
Simple Water Idol Fire - 3, Water + 5   15     Equipment Shop
Simple Wind Idol Wind + 5, Earth - 3   15     Equipment Shop
Simple Earth Idol Wind - 3, Earth + 5   15     Equipment Shop
Simple Steam Ring Fire + 3, Water + 3   15     Save Mecha Grunty 5 times
Simple Gloves    Fire + 3, Water + 3   20     DXArmor Shop
Simple Earrings  Water + 3, Earth + 3  20     DXArmor Shop
Steam Bracelet   Fire + 5, Water + 5   20     Save Mecha Grunty 20 times
Simple Pendant   All Elements + 3      24     Trifle Clerk Guild Shop
Simple Fire Bell Fire + 15, Water - 7  30     DXArmor Shop
Simple Water Bell Fire - 7, Water + 15  30     DXArmor Shop
Simple Wind Bell Wind + 15, Earth - 7  30     DXArmor Shop
Simple Earth Bell Wind - 7, Earth + 15  30     DXArmor Shop
Simple Pouch     Fire + 10, Wind + 10  35     Trifle Clerk Guild Shop
Simple Head Band Water + 10, Earth + 10 35     Sometimes a reward for saving people from PKers
Simple Watch     All Elements + 10     40     Trifle Clerk Guild Shop
  Weapon Name           Type      Level Location    

Spin Gai Gu      Spin          1      Starting Weapon
Spin Kouga       Spin          4      Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Spin Man Que     Spin          8      Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Spin Rasetu      Spin          14     Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Spin Corpse      Spin          18     Trade with Ninjato
Spin Locust      Spin          23     Sometimes a reward for saving people from PKers
Spin Ban Mu    Spin          26     Kestral Guild Merchant (Water Ban Mu)
Spin Piney       Spin          30     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
Spin Axe         Spin          35     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
Spin Needle      Spin          35     Buy from Kestral Guild Merchant
Ripper's Blade   Spin          45     Kill all of the Blacklisted PKers
Broad Demon      Broad         1    Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Broad Wheel      Broad         10     Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Broad Maiden     Broad         15     Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Broad Legged     Broad         20     Recieve after completing Job Extension
Broad Zhen       Broad         25     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
Broad Tu Wan     Broad         30     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
Flame Sword      Broad         32     Receive after the 2nd Arena Tournament
Broad Wings    Broad         43     Trade with IGA (Wrath Wings)
Gun Steel        Gun           1      Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Gun Fu Yue       Gun           8      Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Gun Waves        Gun           24     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
Gun Ocher        Gun           31     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
Water Bayonet    Gun           13     Trade with Kuhn
Gun Hong       Gun           41     Trade with Sidewinder (Fire Hong)
Blade Guifei     Blade         1      Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Blade Fern       Blade         4      Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Blade Thorns     Blade         10     Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Blade Thread     Blade         17     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
Blade Sun        Blade         35     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
Tiger Fist       Fist          14     trade with Pi
Fist Altair    Fist          32     Trade with Mihirogi (Poison Altair)
Golden Spear     Lance         15     Trade with Piros the 3rd
Lance Yantie     Lance         24     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
Lance Law        Lance         42     Trade with Aralagi
Spell Xialin     Spell         1      Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Spell Xinzhu     Spell         15     Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Spell Baiyan     Spell         32     Buy from Kestral Guild Merchant
Spell Omen     Spell         38     Trade with NAOO
Magic Amber      Magic         1      Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Magic Hosei      Magic         15     Mercenary Area Weapon Shop
Magic Nymph      Magic         28     Buy from DXWeapon Shop Alchemy Sector
[Magic Crest]    Magic         37     Trade with Nagare (Sleep Crest)

Armor Guide: 

   Armor Name         Type      Level Location    

Sub Gear         Robe          1      Equipment Shop
Sub Robe         Robe          10     Equipment Shop
Sub Gown         Robe          20     Delta Blurry Cursed Pure Bred
Sub Attire     Robe          28     Moon Tree Guild Shop 
Sub Yin Yang     Robe          36     DXArmor Shop
Sub Garment      Robe          42     Trade with Nogmung
Wild Robe        Robe          47     Complete the Lucky Animal Quest
Loose Sash       Light Armor   1      Equipment Shop
Loose Guard      Light Armor   10     Equipment Shop
Loose Kimono   Light Armor   20     Moon Tree Guild Shop
Loose Vest       Light Armor   28     Graceful Humbling Holy Relic
Loose Plate    Light Armor   36     Trade with DOMINATOR
Loose Sheath     Light Armor   42     Trade with Encephalon
Rough Armor      Heavy Armor   1      Equipment Shop
Rough Shell      Heavy Armor   10     Equipment Shop
Steam Plate      Heavy Armor   20     Complete the Chim Chim Quest
Rough Mail       Heavy Armor   20     Equipment Shop
Rough Defense  Heavy Armor   27     Moon Tree Guild Shop
Rough Jiongjia Heavy Armor   35     Moon Tree Guild Shop
Steam Armor      Heavy Armor   35     Mecha Grunty Quest
Rough Metal      Heavy Armor   42     DXArmor Shop
Rough Alloy      Heavy Armor   47     Trade with -COOH
Black Armor      |Heavy Armor   48     Complete Abyss Quest
Steam Suit       Heavy Armor   50     Complete Mecha Grunt Quest
Key Item

Canard Key - Guild master's key to enter Canard's @HOME
Kestrel Key - Guest key to enter Kestrel's @HOME
Moon Tree Key - Guest key to enter Moon Tree's @HOME
Icolo Key - Guest key to enter Icolo's @HOME
Raven Key - Guest key to enter Raven's @HOME
Hunter's Symbol - An ID for bounty hunter (After you pass the bounty hunter test)
Lucky Ball - Collects lucky data from Lucky Animals
Leaflet Bundle - A bundle of flyers given by Bikman
AIDA-011 - AIDA <Anna>'s structure data (After you data drain AIDA)
Phase 7 Epitaph - Tarvos' structure data (After you data drain Tarvos)
Phase 3 Epitaph - Magus' structure data (After you data drain Magus)
Phase 6 Epitaph - Macha's structure data (After you data drain Macha)
Azure Flame God - Azure Flame God's structure data (After you data drain Azure Flame God)

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Tips and Cheats for Gears of War

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Achievements
Complete each achievement to get the allotted gamerscore.
Unlockable How to Unlock
The Money Shot (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with a headshot.
Always Remember Your First (10) Finish playing a versus ranked match.
Don't Hate the Player (10) Finish with the highest points in a ranked match.
Mix It Up (30) Win a ranked match in every versus game type.
Around the World (30) Win a ranked match on every versus map.
Can't Touch Me (20) Win 10 ranked matches without losing a round.
Seriously ... (50) Kill 10,000 people in versus ranked match total.
Prison Breakout (10) Completed tutorial level on any skill level.
Completed Act 1 on Casual (10) Complete Act 1 on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 2 on Casual (10) Complete Act 2 on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 3 on Casual (10) Complete Act 3 on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 4 on Casual (10) Complete Act 4 on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 5 on Casual (10) Complete Act 5 on Casual Difficulty.
Mercenary (10) Complete all acts on Casual Difficulty.
Completed Act 1 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 1 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 2 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 2 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 3 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 3 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 4 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 4 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 5 on Hardcore (20) Complete Act 5 on Hardcore Difficulty.
Soldier (20) Complete all acts on Hardcore Difficulty.
Completed Act 1 on Insane (30) Complete Act 1 on Insane Difficulty.
Completed Act 2 on Insane (30) Complete Act 2 on Insane Difficulty.
Completed Act 3 on Insane (30) Complete Act 3 on Insane Difficulty.
Completed Act 4 on Insane (30) Complete Act 4 on Insane Difficulty.
Completed Act 5 on Insane (30) Complete Act 5 on Insane Difficulty.
Commando (30) Complete all acts on Insane Difficulty.
Time to Remember (10) Recover one-third of the COG tags (on any difficulty).
Honor-Bound (20) Recover two-thirds of the COG tags (on any difficulty).
For the Fallen (30) Recover all of the COG tags (on any difficulty).
My Love for You Is Like a Truck (30) Defeat a Berserker on Hardcore Difficulty.
Broken Fingers (30) Defeat a Corpser on Hardcore Difficulty.
A Dish Best Served Cold (30) Defeat General RAAM on Hardcore Difficulty.
Zen and the Art of Reloading (10) Perform 25 perfect active reloads (on any difficulty).
Zen and the Art Part 2 (20) Perform 5 perfect active reloads in a row (on any difficulty).
Clusterluck (20) Kill 3 enemies at once 10 different times (on any difficulty).
A Series of Tubes (20) Host and complete 50 ranked matches.
Dom-Curious (10) Complete 1 co-op chapter as Dominic Santiago on any difficulty.
Domination (20) Complete 10 different co-op chapters as Dominic Santiago on any difficulty.
I Can't Quit You Dom (30) Complete all acts in co-op as Dominic Santiago on any difficulty.
Don't You Die On Me (10) Revive 100 teammates in ranked matches.
Fall Down Go Boom (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Boomshot.
Pistolero (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with a pistol.
The Nuge (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Torque Bow.
I Spy with My Little Eye (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Longshot.
Don't Hurt 'Em (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Hammer of Dawn.
It's a Massacre (10) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the Chainsaw.
Curb Appeal (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with the curb stomp.
Capital Punishment (20) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with an execution.
Is It a Spider (30) Kill 100 enemies in ranked matches with grenade tag.
Insane Difficulty
Complete the game on either Casual or Hardcore difficulty to unlock Insane difficulty.
Secret Gamer Pic
Complete the game on Insane difficulty to unlock a secret gamer picture. It has the Red Gear's Symbol behind Marcus Fenix.
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Hint: Quick Reload
When reloading your weapon, watch the upper-right corner of the screen for a meter that counts down. Press the reload button a second time when the meter's moving bar matches up with the stationary bar. This will give you a super fast reload and put you back in the fight quicker than normal. However, if you mis-time the second button press your reload will take longer than normal.
Hint: Avoiding the Kryll
In the second chapter of the game, you'll be swarmed by enemy kryll if you so much as set foot in the dark. To avoid being attacked, stay in the light at all times. When there's no light in sight, look for propane canisters you can blow up to create some flames that'll scare off the kryll.
Hint: Regain Health
Unlike most games, you can regain all of your health in Gears of War without the need for health packs. Simple stay in cover for a few seconds and watch as the bright-red gear in the center of the screen fades away. When the gear has comlpetely disappears, your health will be completely full.
Hint: Fighting the Wretches
When fighting wretches--the small, shrieking enemies that don't use weapons--attack with melee strikes. The best melee strikes come from weapons other than your grenades and Lancer chainsaw rifle. The chainsaw attack is too slow to combat the swarming wretches, so stick to quick-hit melee punches for instant kills.
Hint: Finding Cog Tags
There are thirty hidden Cog Tags scattered throughout the game. They're small and sometimes hard to find, but there's a a mark you can look out for that'll make finding the Cog Tags easier. Look for large, red Gear logos pasted on the walls--if you find a room with this large Gear logo, examine the room and you're sure to find a Cog Tag somewhere.
Hint - Berserker Beat Down (Then Beat Yourself Down)
To defeat the Beserker at the end of act one, simply dive to the side when she charges at you. Run through the doorway to your right and continue to the door at the end of the room and face your back to it. Get the Berserkers attention by shooting at her or revving the chainsaw then, dive away at the last moment when she charges causing her to break the door down for you.

Continue this to get through the next two doors. When you finally lure her into the courtyard simply use the Hammer of Dawn twice to take her down. If Dom is killed the mission is over, so revive him if he's knocked down.

The second one in Act 4 is defeated similarly. Defeating the second berserker. There are six stone supports for the second part of the greenhouse. Lead the berserker through the six supports, you will see glass dropping from the ceiling. Once all six supports have been taken out, two shots with the Hammer of Dawn will crisp her.
 
Hint - How To Defeat General Raam
In order to defeat Raam, you need to have grenades and a sniper rifle which is supplied in the center of the room before entering the boss arena.

After entering the arena, stay behind the wall you ended the cut scene with. This is important because you need to maintain your distance from Raam. Also, it helps to command Don to "cease fire." This will make him run back towards you keeping him alive longer to distract Raam.

The trick is to get Raam's swarm away from his body. In order to do this, you need to throw a grenade at Raam. If successful, the swarm will disperse giving you clear head shots using the sniper rifle. Repeat until he’s defeated.

If you don't defeat Raam by the time he reaches your wall cover, move in the opposite direction he does and shoot when the swarm disperses. You will take damage from Raam’s machine gun, but you stay in the light which prevents the swarm from killing you.
(my personal comment to his tip: or when he does get to your wall cover go to other wall and use the damned machine thats right where RAAM standed when you started the battle)
 
Hint - Corpser Corpse
When you are pitted against the Corpser in the Act 3 mines, there's a quick way to win. The Lancer's (chainsaw rifle) constant stream of fire makes it the weapon of choice here. Shoot at the belly of the Corpser, working any angle you can between its legs.

If you hit the belly a few times, it will lift it's front legs and expose it's face. Immediately fire up at it's face and chin. It will shriek and move back.

Hurry, move up grab ammo and repeat. If you don't move fast enough wretches will arrive in waves and make things ten times harder. You must hit the Corpser's face three times.

You'll back it up onto a platform with two destructable joints. They're lit up and on the ground. Shoot them both and the Corpser will plunge into the Imulsion liquid. If you're quick enough you can kill the corpser before any wretches arrive.
 
Hint - Wretched Fun
Wretches are most annoying since they swarm your soldier and kill him almost instantly on medium and hard. The best method to deal with them is with a shotgun or the alien repeater, since those weapons let you slug them without the dangerous downtime of the chainsaw.

The shotgun is the best for the in-close situation, since you can forego the left trigger and hip fire the shotgun quickly to catch the wretches as they hop around. Smacking them if they get close is the only way to counter, short of using A to dodge.
 
Hint - Advantage Co-Op
The best way to defeat General Raam on Insane is to go with co-op. You have twice the smart firepower allowing one person get the Torque Bow and the other the sniper rifle.

The bow carrying player should have at least ten arrows. The Torque Bow is the only weapon other than the grenades that will hurt the boss seriously when he has his Kryll shield. The explosion of the tips will also send the Kryll flying, allowing your partner to get in a nice head shot with the sniper rifle for a good one-two combo.
 
Hint - Cluster Kill Achievement
To get the achievement killing three enemies at once ten times, go to the stage Act 3 - Evolution and locate the area of the Imulsion plant where the guy gets killed when he falls through the rotten wood floor.

Take along at least one grenade and simply follow the dead guy down a hole (or any hole, if you step in the wrong spot). Run around the cellar until you think you have enough enemies following (meaning at least three running after you), tag one with a grenade melee attack.

If you die, that's perfect, since you restart right at the checkpoint of that room and do it again. Achievement progress are independent of game progress. If not, reload the checkpoint and do it again.