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I'm stubborn as long as I'm not wrong. Prove me wrong and you'll get an apology.
Posted by: MasterJh
Posted by: Suzaku2809
Actually they are about equal in hand to hand combat.
Truthfully, I'd be a Grunt.
I'd want to be an Elite though
You mean Spartans and Elites? Video proof that Spartans dominate Elites Spoiler warning from Halo Wars...For starters the Spartans dominate those Elites and second of all, Sergeant Forge kills the Arbiter in hand to hand combat...
Also if they're equal, how come MC managed to whipe out hundreds of them in Halo CE and Halo 2? Or why, in Ghosts of Onyx, can't loads of Elites, Hunters and Grunts take out a few Spartan 2's, some Spartan 3's, Doctor Halsey and CPO Mendez?
Read the books, Master Chief fought an elite in unarmed hand to hand combat, both had shields (unlike the elites in Halo Wars) and he just barely won, Arbiter underestimated Forge, and MC wiped em all out, yes, but if the Elites never split from the Covenant, then in the end, they would have won the war. The Spartan II's and III's from Onyx knew the terrain much better and could set up traps/ambushes, the Spartans ONLY won because of the nuke that Kurt set off in Onyx, without that, they would have been overrun and decimated.
EDIT: Also in Halo and Halo 2 the Covenant were also fighting the Flood, so were distracted by more threatening enemies then the Chief.
[Edited on 08.04.2009 4:31 PM PDT]