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Subject: Counter-Banshee help
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I need help on how to shoot down banshees. I play on BG and I'm talking about fighting a banshee like out in the open, not when they're camping.

  • 06.09.2004 5:01 PM PDT

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If you got a Tank I think you know what to do. The most likely way youll be able to take one down with avalible weapons is the pistol. If you're good with it try and take it down with that. If it gets in close use your Assault Rifle. Or better, a Shotgun. Thats for common weapons you'll find. If you can try and latch a plasma grenade onto it if you have one. Good luck.

  • 06.09.2004 5:07 PM PDT
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Since all non-explosive rounds, to my knowledge, damage the Banshee flier equally, I'd suggest clipping their shields away with the sniper rifle and then using the pistol or a decent medium to short range weapon.

  • 06.09.2004 6:15 PM PDT
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Just shoot the damn thing.

  • 06.09.2004 6:59 PM PDT
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Brilliant advice. ;)

If you are caught in the open, that's a nasty situation for any but a really good player. :) Plasma grenades are always good, otherwise, learn how to run and dodge effectively while keeping a constant rate of fire into the thing. I'm not very good, but I tend to try to hit them with the pistol while they are relatively high up, then as they get closer, start peppering them with a plasma rifle. If they get really close, start throwing grenades while leaping around like a deranged grasshopper.

The real trick is to avoide getting crushed. If he's just trying to shoot you down, you can usually get them to get off your back while shooting at them, as you'll do enough damage and avoid a lot if you keep moving.

Rule of thumb, though - on any blood gulch map with banshees or tanks, don't run around on foot in the middle of the map far away from cover. :)

  • 06.09.2004 7:50 PM PDT
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One good way is to use a plasma pistol, fire an overcharged shot right when they are charging you, then switch to shotgun or pistol to finish them off.

Of course, plasma nades always work well. :)

And practice, practice, practice!

  • 06.09.2004 8:41 PM PDT
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Thanks

  • 06.10.2004 12:57 PM PDT
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When you're on foot fighting a banshee, they'll almost certainly try to run you over. Dodge to the side just in time while emptying your Assault Rifle or Shotgun into them. When they start to get out of range of those close-range weapons (or your clip runs out), switch to your pistol and finish them off, or at least keep their shields from recharging before they make another pass at you. Rinse and repeat. Of course, if you have plasma grenades it's even easier. Stick one to as they try to run you over, preferably somewhere other than the nose or wings (the sides or underbelly is much better).

It's not true that shooting them with any weapon anywhere will do the same damage. Shooting the underbelly of the banshee is MUCH more effective than shooting the nose or wings. In fact, if you're ever in a banshee-to-banshee fight, try to hit them on the bottom with a fuel rod shot. It will kill them in one hit.

Once you get the hang of it, taking down banshees in the open will be easy. The only hard part is if there's two of them coming after you at once, or if they surprise you from behind.

  • 06.10.2004 3:22 PM PDT
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Yea shooting it with a shotgun at 2.3 km is realy not a good thing to do.

  • 06.10.2004 5:21 PM PDT
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[color=gold] i prefer the rocket launcher but rember to lead the target [/color]

  • 06.10.2004 6:14 PM PDT
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While on foot, if you have a side or back shot on the bashee, empty your pistol clip and you can kill him if in range. If you are about to get run over, then try to move sideways and jump to evade using all possible obstacles to hinder the banshees wings - like the big rocks and trees on death island. If you are in a hog alone, then you are banshee fodder, get out and try to fight back as best as possible. A hog cannot outrun a banshee and it is instant death if you are hit with the plasma burst.

The biggest thing is always listen for the banshee and watching for the white streaks that they make in the sky.

  • 06.11.2004 7:01 AM PDT
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i can take a shee down in 2 hits with shotty if thier stupid, 3 if thier not. Plasma nades definitly work. I like the plasma pistol idea... take shields away then bam with shotty.

  • 06.11.2004 4:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: Thanatos 117
If you got a Tank I think you know what to do. The most likely way youll be able to take one down with avalible weapons is the pistol. If you're good with it try and take it down with that. If it gets in close use your Assault Rifle. Or better, a Shotgun. Thats for common weapons you'll find. If you can try and latch a plasma grenade onto it if you have one. Good luck.


Actually, tanks are usually weak aginst banshees. if you hit the wrong spot (of which there are many), the shee driver will remain undamaged. also, it the banshee goes into your deadzone over your head, your screwed. however, it is true that the common guns are useful aginst a banshee, but you might try to get in a shade. the're really effective, but you might get killed in the process.

I got all this infomation firsthand, as i am a banshee flyer.

  • 06.14.2004 12:11 PM PDT
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Actually, tanks are usually weak aginst banshees. if you hit the wrong spot (of which there are many), the shee driver will remain undamaged.

Which weak spots are you talking about? I'm not sure if that's true. With all the vehicles in Halo, any hit on the vehicle itself damages the driver (i.e. if you shoot the Warthog tire, it hurts the driver). Sometimes lag can make it look like a shot hit when it actually didn't hit on the server.

  • 06.14.2004 1:10 PM PDT
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yeah, if youre a crappy shot, elmo. what i like to do, is draw them in, with pot shots, then whip out a rocket launcher, and nail em. or dwar them near a tank, or another poor bastard who is a bigger target.

  • 06.14.2004 2:42 PM PDT
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Which weak spots are you talking about? I'm not sure if that's true. With all the vehicles in Halo, any hit on the vehicle itself damages the driver (i.e. if you shoot the Warthog tire, it hurts the driver). Sometimes lag can make it look like a shot hit when it actually didn't hit on the server.


ohh... the wings, the front, the back, basically anywhere that's not the bottem, top, or sides of the shee
oh, and i have played on a lan, with a seprate computer as a server. no lag. i survived several tank blasts. im right, at least untill the next update

[Edited on 6/18/2004 8:49:22 AM]

  • 06.17.2004 8:46 AM PDT

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  • 06.17.2004 10:24 AM PDT
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Okay well I tried some of the ideas and now I have a pretty good idea. Here is a nice way of "handling" it. My way. Use pistol when it's coming to you and keep strafing. If you're lucky he won't just hover somewhere near you and keep firing. Once he gets on the ground, it's just like fighting a warthog, only easier. Keep your pointer on him or else you might go the wrong way and end up running him over, which kills you anyway. Use grenades a little in front of you then back off and he might get hit. Or just use AR or shotgun and destroy him. Try to get behind him to avoid his fire and make him keep trying to turn around. That usually works. Plasma pistols aren't in Blood Gulch, and if they are TELL ME WHERE. Ummm... I think that's all you can really do with the "standard" arnament. Try to always have armed a pistol and an "anti-vehicle" gun, swapping it for fuel rod of rocket launcher when you can. I perfer shotgun, only because I can't really use those fancy weapons. It works. Just remember that no weapon is perfect, all has it's disadvantages. Except maybe pistol. By the way, where is the head positioned in a banshee? It would be cool it gun it down in 3 shots.

  • 06.17.2004 11:11 AM PDT
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Can you snipe someone out of a banshee that's hanging in one place? I was just wondering because some people just hang and fire down on a target

  • 06.17.2004 12:00 PM PDT
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yeah, but it will always take about 5-6 shots. it's impossible to headshoot a banshee driver

  • 06.17.2004 7:25 PM PDT
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By the way if the banshee flies off and is coming back for another attack run, shoot it slowly with pistol so his shields don't regenerate. Or shoot it fast if you think you can kill it.

  • 06.18.2004 10:56 AM PDT
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Sometimes the banshee does some major damage reduction... I've sometimes had to use a tank's main cannon 3 times in multiplayer to take one down. 'Course, that seems absurd, but it's the truth. If you want to avoid crushed deaths, try to either get behind an obstacle like a tree or a rock with a small circumference. Use that as a barricade to stop them from being able to run you over outright, and hope that they don't notice where they're going.

  • 06.18.2004 11:55 AM PDT
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I definetly have been sniped out of a banshee in a single shot. It's embarressing because I didn't think it was possible, but if the angle is perfectly right, then the head can be reached. I believe if you shoot the very bottom if the guy in the banshee, then the bullet will continue to travel up, and god willing, if the pilot is hovering in one place, he'll be dead. That or he hit my shin, which may kill you in one hit, unless they fixed it... Actually, now that I think about it, I have no idea how they did it. They just did and I wants me an explanation.

  • 06.18.2004 1:00 PM PDT
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all this talk of shotguns is all well and good, but only if they are stupid fools and actually swoop down and try to run you over... i pride myself on being one of the few sart banshee pilots out there; i never get close... always stay far away... and the only thing that ever takes you down is tanks... if you Dont have acess to a tank, then try to get your own banshee... but banshee dogfights are a pain in the ass. I'm talking primarily about death island, gerophobia, and infinity though, so this might not be helpful (not enough room in BG to maneuver... i alwaysget shot down because I cant stay far enough away.)

  • 06.18.2004 1:18 PM PDT
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but, of course, almost no servers run blood gulch with banshees, so why are you asking about this map in particular?

  • 06.18.2004 6:38 PM PDT

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