More:Halo: Combat
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Faster reloading
Xbox To reload most weapons faster, press X. Then
shortly after that, press B to melee. Note: For the shotgun
this will cause you to stop reloading all together.
Xbox Use the following trick to almost instantly reload any weapon.
Tap X(2), then quickly tap Y to switch to your secondary
weapon. After a few seconds, press Y again to switch back
to your first weapon. If done correctly, it will be fully reloaded.
If the audio volume is high enough, you will be able to hear your
weapon reloading in the background. When you hear it click, it
is finished reloading. This works with any weapon. With the shotgun,
the longer you wait, the more shells will be reloaded when you
switch back to it.
Free reload
Xbox This trick can be used anywhere, but is very useful
when playing in multi-player-split-screen mide. Have a gun that
takes clips, not batteries (for example, the plasma rifle and
plasma pistol). When you are running out of ammunition, find a
gun on the ground that you do not have. Back away from it just
enough so that the "Press X to switch gun" message appears.
Press X to manually reload very quickly. Once Master Chief
has pulled the clip from the gun, move towards the gun on the
ground and press X. If done correctly, you should hear
the sound of your gun reloading. When the noise stops, swap the
gun you had with the gun that you picked up. Notice that the gun
reloaded, but did not use any ammunition to do so.
Easy shotgun reload
When you are reloading, quickly tap [Fire]. The
reloading should stop and you will fire a shot. You should have
half a clip remaining. Note: Only do this in an emergency, and
it works best against the Flood.
Fast weapon switch and melee combo
Xbox Shoot a gun until the clip is empty. Next, instead
of waiting for Master Chief to reload his gun or switch to your
other gun, press Y + B. Master Chief will then melee
the other gun, and the switch is somewhat faster.
Extra ammunition
If you shoot your fellow Marines you can pick up their
ammunition. Make sure to only kill a straggler unless you are
prepared to take on all of the Marines. They will turn on you
if you kill more than one of them.
In any level with Marines, you will always have a chance for ammunition.
No matter how many rounds are fired by your Marines, you will
always pick up the same amount when they fall in battle. When
you are hard-pressed for ammunition and you have three or four
Marines remaining, kill them. They might fight back, but they
are easy to eliminate. However, they only carry plasma rifles,
sniper rifles, assault rifles, and sometimes needlers. If you
have a rocket launcher, there is no point in killing them.
Extra shotgun ammunition
Take a shotgun that has 12 shots and 0 clips. After
you shoot it a few times, you should be able to reload manually.
You can do this about ten times.
Very accurate rocket launcher
This trick requires a rocket launcher and a sniper
rifle. Zoom in on your target with your sniper, then without
moving, switch to your rocket launcher and fire. This is useful
when you cannot see your enemy with a rocket launcher but can
with then sniper and need the power of the rocket launcher.
Effective pistol use
The best weapon in the game is the Human Pistol. Three
hit kills and unlimited range make this the most overpowered weapon
in the game. In any map, if someone runs at you with a shotgun
shooting wildly, take out your pistol and shoot them. The most
important factor with this gun it to squeeze off every round with
a different pull of the trigger. Do not hold the trigger for full
auto; press the button individually for each shot. When you do
this, the accuracy will be improved.
More accurate plasma rifle
Instead of holding down [Fire], tap it very quickly.
It should shoot much more accurately and will not overheat as
easily.
Supercharged weapon
Xbox Whenever you have a plasma gun, when shooting hold
R and instead of shooting one shot, it will shoot ten in
one large blast.
Scooping up weapons
Xbox You do not need to stop on top of a weapon to pick
it up. Hold X while moving over a weapon and you will swap
it without slowing down. It will even interrupt the reloading
action initiated when you started holding X.
Double hit
Hit a target with your gun and immediately afterwards,
throw a grenade then hit them again. This way you will not have
to wait for the gun to go back and do it again.
Xbox When you are attacking an enemy, you can hit him twice very quickly
by pressing B then throwing a grenade and quickly pressing
B again. You will throw a grenade in between hits, but
will also be able to hit two times very quickly.
Double melee attack
Xbox Get a grenade, or play a multi-player game with infinite
grenades. Melee, then quickly melee again while throwing a grenade
(press B, then just as your character finishes his melee,
press the L + B). If done correctly, your character
will melee twice, but in-between melees throw a grenade. If your
use fragmentation grenades in multi-player mode, other characters
will not see you throw the grenade and can easily be destroyed
by it. If your grenade is not plasma, it may bounce off your enemy
and blow you up as well.
While running, your melee attacks are stronger, but still not
as strong as while jumping.
Throw a grenade and melee at the same time. Sometimes you will
get a double melee attack.
Telefragged
There is a kill in the game known as Telefragged. To
do this easily, play in multi-player mode on the Battle Creek
level. Have player one go into the teleporter. When they get to
the other side, move player one backwards until they are inside
the teleporter. Then, have player two to go to the free teleporter
and move into it. Player one's screen will start to go white.
When the screen is completely white, player one will die and player
two will teleport on top of them. At the top of player one's screen,
the message "You have been telefragged" will appear.
Winning in multi-player mode
- If you stand still, you will not appear on the motion tracker. This will give you the element of surprise.
- The sniper rifle is an excellent way to spot or kill an opponent. A direct hit in the head with normal (100%) health settings will kill them in one hit. If you miss, your bullet traces will give you away. If sniping, be sure to stay in the shadows. Blood Gulch is an excellent sniping area.
- A Ghost can defeat a Scorpion. While in the ghost, hold [Right] or [Left] and keep your crosshair on the tank, and keep moving in a circle around it. Constantly shoot, and the rounds will slow down the Scorpion. You should not get killed if done correctly.
- The best combos are Pistol and Shotgun; Plasma Pistol and AR; and Shotgun and SPNKr (rocket launcher).
- Always keep moving. If you stop, you are as good as dead if there is a sniper. Never get in the gunner seat of a Warthog unless you definitely know that there are no snipers or you have a driver.
Grenade rain
Play a multi-player game with infinite grenades. Move
forward, look up, and turn, while throwing grenades. If an enemy
is approaching, rotate in different directions frantically, and
look up and down. Grenades will go everywhere but on you, and
amateur players will be surprised and possibly killed. Experts,
however, will probably get close enough to kill you unless you
get a lucky hit. In any case, if the plan is not fully effective,
pick off stragglers with a secret grenade using the "Double
melee attack" trick.
Frag grenades
When you throw a frag grenade, it will have a small
glow where the pin was pulled. It is not very bright or very big;
look carefully to see it. Its easier if you know the direction
that you threw it and the estimated distance. Watch for this so
you do not step on it, or in multi player co-op mode, that you
do not kill your teammate or yourself. This also works well if
you accidentally threw a grenade.
Suicide grenadier
When facing a group of difficult enemies in cooperative
multi-player mode, leave the room and put a plasma grenade on
your partner. He can run into the group of enemies, blowing them
up. Wait for him to respawn and repeat as many times as desired.
Super bombs
Choose any multi-player level and make sure you have
at least one plasma grenade, one frag grenade, and more that 100%
health. Choose a location where the plasma and frag grenades will
not bounce all over. Throw the plasma grenade, and as soon and
you pull the trigger, press the [Change Grenade] and immediately
throw the frag grenade. If done correctly, the two grenades will
explode at the same time and place. This is useful for making
Ghosts and Warthogs fly far.
Choose any multi-player level and make sure you have at least
one plasma grenade, one frag grenade, one rocket, and more than
150% health. Choose a location where the plasma and frag grenades
will not bounce all over. Throw the plasma grenade, and as soon
and you pull the trigger, press the [Change Grenade] and
immediately throw the frag grenade. Also, aim a little lower and
fire. If done correctly, the grenades and rocket will explode
at the same time and location. In addition to making Warthogs
and Ghosts fly, this can also flip a Tank halfway over. Combine
this with more people to create even more of an explosion. Two
people can make a tank do an entire flip.
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Blue shields
In some levels there are blue shields that you can
hide behind. Opponents cannot see you there, but you can see them.
Shield from most attacks
Find a flamethrower in any level and start spinning
around while shooting it. People will not be able to melee attack
or shoot you with a shotgun, because they would have to get close
and be killed by the fire. You also cannot get sniped because
it is very difficult to see through the fire. Note: This only
works in multi-player mode.
Stronger melee attacks
Jump in the air and your melee attacks will be stronger
while you are falling.
Defeating Covenants
When Covenant dropship is getting ready to unload a
group of Covenants, throw a grenade into the door as it opens.
The blast will kill several of the enemies since they are all
in one area.
There are places (especially in the first level) where a groups
of Covenants are, waiting for you to barge in and start shooting.
If you can, sneak to the aliens and throw a grenade into their
midst. It is best when a plasma grenade sticks to a Grunt, because
he will run behind the rest of his companions. One simple grenade
can take out five Covenants.
When trying to kill Covenants, jump over them (so you can look
at their back) then shoot or hit them with the butt of your gun.
When playing in legendary mode, have a plasma weapon (Plasma Pistol
recommended) and a Human Pistol. First, use the plasma weapon
to blow off the Covenent's shield. Then, use the Human Pistol
to kill them.
You can stun a Covenant drop ship's gun turret with a plasma grenade
for three seconds, if you place it on or near the turret.
Defeating Elites
Find a needler and waste a clip on an Elite during
the early levels. This will take out the Elite and the gathered
needles form grenade-like explosions, injuring if not killing
anything near the target.
Xbox Hold R to fully charge a Covenent energy pistol. You can
continue to hold the charge indefinitely. Find an Elite and blast
him. Depending on the distance to him, he will sometimes flex
and get angry. When he does this, walk up and punch him with the
pistol. On the easy difficulty setting, he will die immediately.
Use the plasma pistol and charge up or use a different plasma
weapon to lower the shields. Plasma lowers shields faster than
bullets. Then, switch to the assault rifle and kill him. Bullets
will kill everything except shielded enemies faster.
Xbox Equip the assault rifle and aim at an Elite. When they start running
towards you, tap R lightly to get short bursts of fire
from your rifle. About five bursts will take down their shields.
You can now use bursts or melee attacks to finish them off. If
you fire your bursts fast enough, they will hardly move or fire
back.
Get a plasma pistol, charge it up, and fire at the elite. The
blast will completely remove his shields. Then, take out a human
pistol, zoom in, and take him out with a single head shot. This
is almost the only way to take out Elites under the legendary
difficulty setting, as they can remove your shields and kill you
with about five shots of their plasma rifle. If they are in the
open, get a Needler and empty an entire clip in the direction
of the Elite. If at least twelve hit, the Elite will die under
the legendary difficulty setting.
There are a few ways to kill Elites faster than usual. The first
is a plasma grenade to the face. The second is the needler; unload
a full clip and watch the Elites die. Finally, get a pistol and
a plasma pistol. Charge up plasma and fire it at the Elite. Then,
as soon as you have fired plasma, switch to normal pistol, and
zoom in. Aim for Elite's head and fire.
When an Elite is about to melee attack you, melee attack him twice.
Until he is away from you, shoot him with the assault rifle.
Elites' strength differs from what rank, or color, they are. Blue
is the weakest; Black and Gold are the strongest. They are usually
equipped with plasma rifle or needles, though some carry a beam
sword. It is easiest to kill them is with explosives or automatic
weapons. The shotgun is also effective. The sniper rifle will
go through the Elite's body shields and kill him instantly.
Besides the sniper rifle or rocket launcher, the plasma rifle
or pistol can do the job. Covenant are lethal, but take more damage
from weapons that are plasma. Run straight at an Elite, holding
down the trigger on the plasma rifle. If you hit it enough times,
its shields will wear out. If your gun overheats, smack it up
side the head with the rifle. This works even under the legendary
difficulty setting, but you will most likely need a health pack
afterwards, since about four shots will kill your shields.
Xbox Get a plasma pistol. Hold L until it is fully powered.
Release L, then melee attack it while it is still stunned.
If you see a yellow Elite and you have plasma grenades, save at
least one. Use your others to take out the Covenant around him.
Then, you can finally annihilate the Elite with your plasma grenade.
If you miss, use a shotgun to take him down. Another good way
to kill the yellow Elite is to snipe him out with a rocket launcher.
However if he is invisible take him out with a grenade. If desired
you can kill the Elite first, then the Grunts will run around
helplessly and will not shoot you.
On any co-operative mission where you have to fight gold or red
Elites, have a partner shoot at an unsuspecting Elite. Then, hit
the Elite on the back of the head while he is distracted by your
partner. This also works well against Hunters if you shoot the
orange spot on their necks.
Take the shotgun and run up to an Elite. Fire at the chest and
it should kill it in one shot.
Defeating Flood types
Do not try to take out any Flood types with a sniper
rifle. It will simply go through their bodies without killing
them. The weapon of choice is the shotgun. You can take them down
with one shot. Remember, the closer they are, the faster they
fall.
On the small crawling Flood, use your assault rifle in short controlled
bursts. Once one pops, it will also pop the ones nearby. Save
shotgun and pistol ammunition for the working class Flood to drop
them fast. It is also a good idea to hit them with your gun after
they fall to make sure they are dead. On the fat Flood, use the
shotgun to pop them, then clean up with rifle.
When you first meet the Flood, they will outnumber you in groups.
For the large Flood, use a shotgun, rocket launcher, or most importantly,
a fragmentation grenade. Do not use a plasma grenade because they
will run towards you and kill you.
When you get attacked by the Flood, after you make them fall down
the first time, shoot their head off while they are on the ground.
They will not get back up.
Most of the Flood attack you with weapons and strong melee attacks
with their arms. Some of the combat form Flood are harmless. They
may chase you, but they cannot inflict any damage. You can tell
that they are harmless by noticing that they have no arms. Do
not waste ammunition on these harmless flood -- just melee attack
them. Be careful not to mistake the harmless for the harmful types.
To end all Flood types quickly under the easy difficulty setting,
crouch down and shoot their legs with the shotgun. You do not
have to crouch yet when they are swarming on you -- it seems to
confuse them. Stay crouched, pivot, and fire. Also try to alternate
shooting, crouching, and shooting, etc.
Melee any Flood that are too close. This will buy time to shoot
other Flood and save your Shield. This also works against jumping
Flood.
When battling the Flood, use human weapons such as rockets, frag
grenades, pistols, assault rifles, and especially shotguns. After
you have knocked one of the enemies down, hit them with the butt
of your gun to kill them permanently.
To kill the little Flood heads faster,. use a Needler. Shoot one
needle at the heads. This needle will blow up and cause others
around it to die. Also, the head that has the needler stuck in
it will blow up. The combined force of both explosions will take
out a lot of them without using much ammunition.
The small flood Are easiest to kill with the MA5B assault rife.
The pistol also works, but the assault rifle has more ammunition.
The larger ones (infested Elite type) are easiest to kill with
shotgun and pistol. The rocket launcher can also be used, but
they can often dodge the rocket. The smaller ones (infested Marine
type) are the same. They are faster and jump higher than the Elites,
and more often carry human weapons. The good thing is, especially
under the easy difficulty setting, they will run over to you,
hit you, then just stand there. This is the best time to kill
them. For the big balloon types, the plasma pistol works surprisingly
well, as does the pistol and shotgun. Sometimes if you kill one
of the Elite or Human Floods, they drop grenades. This is very
useful if one of the balloon types is behind them. Blow him up,
and the grenades also will explode, killing the little ones that
appear and anyone around.
Xbox To kill the big Floods easily, hit them with a rocket launcher,
frag grenade, shotgun, or plasma grenade. You can also use assault
rifles and other weapons not previously mentioned to shoot them
until they fall, but are not dead. Then, use the B melee
attack when they are on floor about three to five times for the
kill.
When facing a large number of the Flood, use plasma grenades and
a Human or Covenant version of the assault rifle. Note: This works
best with the smaller ones.
The pod Flood forms are very fragile and easy to destroy. They
can be a nuisance in large groups. It is easiest to destroy them
with a grenade or automatic weapons
Combat Flood forms are reasonably difficult to kill. They will
use whatever weapons they can find, with no regard of their or
other Flood's safety. They will run quickly and can jump long
distances. Any weapon that dose and decent damage will suffice,
but the shotgun is preferred. The Flood will get up after being
killed if not enough damage was done the first time; aim for the
head or arms to blow them off tp make them less threatening.
Carrier Flood forms are rather fat and slow. When killed, they
will explode and eject pod forms. These enemies travel in groups
with other carriers or Flood. The explosion will kill surrounding
Flood as well as set of loose grenades; be careful.
After you encounter the Flood, you will notice three types: small
bulb-like ones, larger fighting ones, and even bigger carriers
that spew out the smaller ones. When playing under the easy or
normal difficulty setting, always concentrate your fire on the
large ones, especially the ones with weapons. The small bulb like
ones will hurt your shields, but only slightly, and are not an
immediate threat. They start to really hurt you only when your
shields are down. Also, when a carrier form is around lots of
the combat ones, fire on the carrier. It will explode and blast
the others out of your way. They wukk get back up, but are out
of the way temporarily.
When you first discover the Flood, you will notice that the larger
forms will jump high into the air and come down on top of you,
hurting you. To stop them, simply look at them as they are coming
down and melee attack them. They will halt in the air, and fall
to the ground, stunned. This will give you a chance to kill him
with whatever weapon desired.
Some of the best weapons for battling the Flood are the pistol
and the shotgun. When going through the library level it may seem
as if the Flood waves are endless, but they are not. Usually Flood
will come in two or three waves. Most of the time they are just
hiding in all the crevices and corners available. When a wave
comes at you, use the pistol to take out all the big spore carriers
and far away flood zombies. The shotgun will take out any that
you did not get before. Remember to go slow in the library level;
the faster you go the more likely you are to miss waves that catch
up on you.
Flood infection forms
The Flood infection forms (the small ones) are deadly
when you do not have a shield. Normally they pop, but without
a shield, they drain your life slowly away. The only way to get
rid of them is to run away, then shoot. Do not always shrug off
the infection forms, as that can get you killed.
Making sure Flood are dead
After you shoot a Flood and it is on the ground, move
your crosshairs over it. If it remains blue, the Flood is dead.
If it turns red, blow it to bits.
Fun with the Flood
Use the human handgun to shoot the weapon out of the
Flood's hand, without shooting off the limb. The Maw is a good
place to try this.
On any level with the Flood, kill one of the bigger ones. If you
look down at it, it may have one of those messed up arms. You
are able to shoot the arms and the head off.
On the second Assault On The Control room, there is a room that
has only the smaller, more human-like Flood. You can shoot their
arms off and they cannot hurt you. They will only chase you around.
To have more fun, you can try to blow off the top of their head.
Most of the time this does not kill them, and you can see their
brain.
Canny.
Shoot off the arms of any flood and it will follow you around
like a dog. Weapons that can shoot off arms are the assault rifle
and human pistol.
Use Flood as slaves
To make flood your slaves, simply shoot their arms
off. They will follow you around and attack Covenant. However,
they will not attack their own kind. Also, if the Flood you are
shooting at has a gun, only shoot off the arm without a gun. This
very useful when fighting large numbers of Covenant.
Conserve ammo while fighting Flood
When fighting the Flood, only fight the combat and carrier forms. If you are against only a few of the little ones, do not shoot. Your shield will be able to take most of the damage. Only shoot them when they are in very big numbers.
Defeating Flugs
In the later levels of the game you will encounter
new enemies called Flugs. These enemies will be small at first,
but they will attack and control anything alive. Use a shotgun
on these baby Flug as they tend to group in large numbers. By
using the shotgun it will send a storm of bullets and kill most
of them that are around. Use a shotgun on the possessed Flug,
and it will kill most of them in one shot. This is made easier
by the fact that most of them carry shotguns.
If you use a shotgun on the Flugs, it is much easier to kill them.
They do not run away from grenades, which work very well against
them.
Defeating Grunts
When the Grunts are sleeping you can beat them to death
with the butt of your gun without waking up any of the other Grunts.
You can usually kill a four to seven of them before an alien spots
you. They start sleeping in level 5, Assault on the Control Room.
Just remember not to shoot or they will wake up.
Grunts are rather weak and easy to kill. They are armed with a
plasma pistol or needler. They will carry fuel rods from multi-player
mode in later levels. Any weapon can easily kill them, though
a melee is quicker.
Fun with Hunters
If you are a skilled player, you can kill a Grunt and
lure a Hunter over to it. Wait until he melees and move out of
the way. The hunter will hit the Grunt and it will fly farther
than if you hit it with a rocket launcher. For a harder challenge
but farther distance, try getting it to hit a live Grunt.
In any level with Hunters, you can jump almost three times as
high while fighting them. To do this, jump over the Hunter just
before he bashes you. If done correctly, he will bash you in mid
air, and give you an extra boost. In some areas, you can use this
trick to get to high ledges or areas you are not supposed to reach.