- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The shield technology was stolen off the covies, but they have better ones because they invented it. On paper elites are better than Master Chief in every single way, but the covies are too arrogant. A jackal would rather fight hand to hand than pick up an assualt rifle, they are not resourceful enough. Elites may have perfect aim, greater fire-power, more shields and more health, but is even a gold or black elite on legendary a match for a vet with a nice choice of guns? 9 times out of 10 the answer is no. That is because of tactics. You can snipe while they are out of range, you can contact-shoot wih shotgun, you can 2 hit with a plasma pistol - pistol combo, you can stick a plasma, you can strafing run a whole charge of plasma rifle onto one and hide while it recharges (covies very rarely hide), there are a whole number of ways to kill them.
Anyway, 95% of that was off topic, so to summarise: elites have more health than you