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Subject: What are some tips for killing Elites on Legendary?

I hate everything, but it's not my fault.

I know the needler can work well, and tagging them but what are some other effective tactics? Is the pistol effective if you have good aim (I don't because I just changed my sensitivity up)? Just so you know Heroic is easy for me, but these Legendary elites are a pain.

  • 06.02.2004 6:51 PM PDT
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I'll admit...those elites on legendary are a pain in the azz.

This is my favorite way to kill elites: Ok first things first, get a plasma rifle. when you see an elite keep shooting with the plasma rifle and drop his shields. Then keep meleeing it 'till its dead. BTW, it doesnt work on sword elites...especially the gold elites...

You are probably thinking about how you can possibly do that right? Teh answer is simple. Teh plasma rifle freezes your opponet on contact so the elite does not move. then as you melee him, he doubles over. Lukily, you melee attacks (keep tapping teh B buttton) come faster than the elite can recover. There you have it. It's a lot easier than it sounds trust me.

  • 06.02.2004 7:07 PM PDT

I hate everything, but it's not my fault.

Ya I do that sometimes on heroic, but if I try that on legendary the jackals and grunts shoot me to death (or close) with their ultra-fast plasma pistols. So do you just have to kill the grunts and jackals first? C'mon, one of you people who have beaten it 20 times on Legendary help me! Please!

  • 06.02.2004 7:16 PM PDT
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the easiet way to stick them is to throw a plasma right when they point to at you while coming around corner. They never jump out of the way.

  • 06.02.2004 7:24 PM PDT
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the most easyest way is to get a rocet louncher.! hehhe they go boom.

  • 06.02.2004 7:27 PM PDT
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plasma rifle, and pistol. that's all you need against the covies.

  • 06.02.2004 7:28 PM PDT
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ummm to kill them! Ok that was stupid, but I remeber when i was on the level Halo, at the first base thingy. For some strange reason, instaed of the normal loads of soldiers from the dropships, i had 8 elites (4 from each dropship) on the final drop. And this was when i was kinda new. So i ran behind a rock and slowly wittled away thier forces with my pistol. It worked but everybody was dead (i had like 3 shots left in pistol)

  • 06.02.2004 7:29 PM PDT
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Plasma grenades and frag grenades also do the job. They take out the jackals and grunts and blast away the shields and portions of the elite's health. Did I mention never to let the elites run into open ground? They have everywhere to run and since they are faster than you, they get the advantage.

  • 06.02.2004 7:32 PM PDT
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Basic battle stratagy:
1. take out your moast iminent threat first: A flanking jackel or a hunter or what ever is in your face at the moment.
2. take out the "softest" targets: grunts just siting there or any other supporting infantry.
3. your main target.
of coarse the situation canges whith the number of troops, or if they have artillary or air support.
but basicaly it's all the same formula. there that should solve all yoyr problems.

  • 06.02.2004 7:34 PM PDT
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I use the plasma pistol to take down their shields and the shoot them in the head with the human pistol.

  • 06.02.2004 7:44 PM PDT
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The grunts scatter if you kill the elite, incase they give you a hard time. But otherwise plasma and human pistol.

  • 06.02.2004 7:59 PM PDT

I hate everything, but it's not my fault.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the tips. So I guess I was doing it right when I killed everything but the elites first. I thought that maybe you were suppposed to kill Elites first so the grunts would scatter, but I guess not.
Also, does anybody else have to hide a lot to regenerate sheild? It seems like I have to do it every five seconds.

[Edited on 6/2/2004 8:03:25 PM]

  • 06.02.2004 8:01 PM PDT