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Subject: Air Superiority: Advanced Banshee Techniques (Video Demos Included)

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I've been having more and more success on standoff heavy recently. Most teams just ignore the banshee because of the 4 lasers on the map. Take this game I was able to spend most of my game in a banshee and get a good number of respawn splatters. One key trick on standoff is to hide behind the cliffs on dish 2 side. you can get from there all the way to the backside of cliff base without being exposed to laser fire.

If you spawn "cliff base" it is a straight shot to the back of the map and dive behind and move to dish 2 for a run on the bruteshot spawn where laser likes to camp.

If you spawn "dish base" it's a bit tougher, but the breakout is the same, get to the banshee 1st, get low and fast to dish 2 and over the cliff so you can't get shot down. Then waiting just 30-45 seconds you'd be amazed how quick people forget you were over there and go about the game. You can sneak behind the "cliff base" to the green boxes that sniper/laser likes to camp.

Quick cannon/fuel rod runs or boosting splatter runs are key on heavy maps, you have to be willing to only expose yourself for 20-30 seconds and then hide. Anything longer and someone will find something to take you out of the air.

If you're lucky and your team is getting 4-5 people down at a time you might be gifted a 5 person mongoose spawn, where it is boost through and hope to catch an ease killtacular.

  • 11.19.2008 10:24 AM PDT
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In the beginning game of stand off heavy, I think its best to take the same low path as where your gauss would go. Most laser wielders would aim for the gauss rather than the banshee. I use this to my advantage to kill both lasers as they concentrate on my gauss.

If the enemy gauss sits back, I take their gauss out 1st. I take the primary objective as to keeping my friendly gauss alive in the beginning. Once both lasers are down, Im off to defending those dropped lasers until they disappear.

  • 11.19.2008 6:28 PM PDT
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The only in game "machine" that i would bother using woulb be the hornet, Many peoplesuck with the banshee and ive shot down hundreds of banshee pilots with battle rifles and snipers,you just have to wait for the right second, and if someone gets the laser god help that poor son of a B*@#^ that is flying it

  • 11.24.2008 7:32 PM PDT

Largest Wall 'O Text I ever read.....

Now to actually read it!

  • 11.24.2008 7:33 PM PDT
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O_P

*Eye twitches*

That's freakin huge....... only one thing to say................................

China called....

  • 11.24.2008 7:41 PM PDT

We just need to instigate more elitism and Mythic shenanigans.

Posted by: DBomb117
The only in game "machine" that i would bother using woulb be the hornet, Many peoplesuck with the banshee and ive shot down hundreds of banshee pilots with battle rifles and snipers,you just have to wait for the right second, and if someone gets the laser god help that poor son of a B*@#^ that is flying it
How do you kill a banshee with a BR? I know you can usually take it down with a lot of help from your team, but a single BR doesn't stand a chance. It is possible to snipe/shoot the feet as they fly away, but it is a tough shot.

  • 11.26.2008 1:07 AM PDT

the banshee is retarded

  • 11.26.2008 1:36 AM PDT
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On Standoff Heavy its rarely a good idea to take your own Banshee, so at the start of the game I like to grab sniper or rockets and camo, then sneak round the enemy's base, use my power weapon to take down their lasers, grab one and steal their Banshee, then just go for splatters unless they're at camo where plasma grenades spawn :P

Also guys, you will do well to note that FoMan's highest spree is a Social Untouchable which he has 1 of, so if you're looking to go big in the Banshee, this may be the wrong guide for you.

[Edited on 11.26.2008 1:54 AM PST]

  • 11.26.2008 1:41 AM PDT

Those 3 first videos fail if enemies have brains

  • 11.26.2008 1:47 AM PDT
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ZOMG! WALL OF TEXT CHINA WANTZ DER WALL BAK PLZ KKTHXBAI

  • 11.26.2008 12:32 PM PDT

Aw, I only have about 1500 banshee kills (493 ranked, 1051 social). You beat me. <3 Banshee. I get so many unsporting avoidings though....

  • 11.26.2008 12:36 PM PDT

Matt1983:Thickest and Maulers title should be "Im black"
Thickest: Not bad. Simple and to the point. "Affirmative Action" works as well.
Matt198: lulz. we need 2 more members. Who else is black?
Saiyan: Im sort of light-brownish. Does that count?
Mcgooch: LOL. no
Saiyan: I give up
Thickest: LMAO

My laser>>>>your banshee strats

  • 11.26.2008 12:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: DBomb117
The only in game "machine" that i would bother using woulb be the hornet, Many peoplesuck with the banshee and ive shot down hundreds of banshee pilots with battle rifles and snipers,you just have to wait for the right second, and if someone gets the laser god help that poor son of a B*@#^ that is flying it
How do you kill a banshee with a BR? I know you can usually take it down with a lot of help from your team, but a single BR doesn't stand a chance. It is possible to snipe/shoot the feet as they fly away, but it is a tough shot.


Well placed shots for the body and feet as they pass by it takes lots of patience but if you do it enough its easy to master

  • 11.26.2008 9:14 PM PDT

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Nice, But I Prefer to Stay away from Vehicles, I Prefer to Destroy them, Still a Little Training Never Hurt anyone

  • 11.26.2008 9:21 PM PDT

heres what i did if you want to see
try this
a good step by step walk through

  • 11.26.2008 9:22 PM PDT
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I really never thought of the banshee as being a major weapon.well,not at least in halo 3.I usually avoid getting in to it due to all the ways it can be shot down.plasma pistol,energy drain,missle pod,bourding,are all examples of this.I suppose you could dominate if you know the right moves to pull but i really need some big maps to own with it.something halo 3 kind of lacks.

  • 11.26.2008 9:31 PM PDT
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when ever i get skyjacked i boost into the nearest wall/building to destroy it before they can get in

  • 11.26.2008 10:51 PM PDT

We just need to instigate more elitism and Mythic shenanigans.

Posted by: DBomb117
Posted by: Reykjavik
Posted by: DBomb117
The only in game "machine" that i would bother using woulb be the hornet, Many peoplesuck with the banshee and ive shot down hundreds of banshee pilots with battle rifles and snipers,you just have to wait for the right second, and if someone gets the laser god help that poor son of a B*@#^ that is flying it
How do you kill a banshee with a BR? I know you can usually take it down with a lot of help from your team, but a single BR doesn't stand a chance. It is possible to snipe/shoot the feet as they fly away, but it is a tough shot.


Well placed shots for the body and feet as they pass by it takes lots of patience but if you do it enough its easy to master
It takes more than four shots, because you can't hit the head. Without most of the team, it is practically impossible against a banshee pilot who pays attention.

  • 11.28.2008 2:17 AM PDT

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It`s a shame halo 3 isn`t a flightsim or what OP? Stay on the ground, stay cool.

  • 11.28.2008 3:28 AM PDT

Nice guide. I'm not a real expert at the Banshee, but I do like it. There have been some successes, however...

All in the banshee, with 9 more after
The game stats

  • 11.28.2008 3:55 AM PDT

Hey nice one x Foman123 x i have read your provious thread and it helped me to become a beter banshee pilot now this will help me even more thanks for your time making this guide.

Im corently ranked 7# in HaloCharts.com with 1263 ranked banshee kills 3 ranked invincibles (done in the banshee) many running riots overall i have 2275 banshee kills and its my 5# fave Tool of Destruction.

But i have to say im not realy good at multykills and platterspeers i have only done like 3-4 overkills (many double kills though) how can i impruve myselff at this?

And one last thing you say keep flying low and try to splatter people so you kill team morale thats good and all but wen you playng vs generals (im 25 high skill in squad battle right now and almost only play against generals full partyes) then its almost imposible to keep this strategy going.

I have tryed also in RBTB (wen it still was on matchmaking i was 40-42 high skill) to splatter people but it seems wen a general spawns he spawns with plasma nades every time im going to splatter one of them they are prepared and they throwing enything they got on me...

I just wana say its not wise to try splatter people wen its obvius that they know what they are doing so i personaly try to avoid splatters wen playng against good players.

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  • 11.28.2008 5:58 AM PDT

We just need to instigate more elitism and Mythic shenanigans.

Posted by: RedSparrows
Nice guide. I'm not a real expert at the Banshee, but I do like it. There have been some successes, however...

All in the banshee, with 9 more after
The game stats
Nice. If you can get both banshees and the laser all on the same team, it is pretty much game over for the other team.

  • 11.28.2008 10:52 PM PDT
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Ah, I've been looking for this thread. Great info.

  • 11.30.2008 5:29 PM PDT

Awesome articles! I read both this one and your first one... I'm printing them too :). Very well written! Now it's time to go try them out :)

  • 12.03.2008 9:11 AM PDT
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The Mythic Threads (Halo 3) (ODST) (Reach)

I think this can catch my interest in Banshees.

  • 01.21.2009 4:52 AM PDT