- Hylebos
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Posted by: GenerateX3
Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: GAMEWINNERS
Its called the shotgun
How is a shotgun the counter to an energy sword?The energy sword is a melee weapon,and the shotgun is a gun.
The shotgun is a melee ranged weapon.
I'll explain: There are four ranges of combat in Halo 3. Long, Medium, Close, and Melee. Weapons are designed for a specific range but can be adapted to other ranges at a disadvantage.
Melee ranged weapons have two attributes: They kill in one hit, and they have a mechanism to "catch up" to people fighting in close range.
The Sword, has a lunge.
The Hammer, has a short lunge, and a gravity well.
The Shotgun does less damage at close range but it can add up as you get closer.
You may not be physically beating people over their heads to get kills with it, but for all intents and purpouses, it is the Human Melee ranged weapon.
Unlike elites and brutes, marines aren't strong enough to utilize a sword or a knife or whatever to have killing strength, so instead they use a gun that had lethal melee range power. It makes perfect sense.
Spartans have no need for a katana, knife, machete, whatever, because they are so strong it doesn't matter whether they are punching with the butt of their gun or slicing with a knife. The bruteshot melee isn't a one hit kill, so why do you think these weapons would be one hit kills?
So, to answer your question simply, how is the shotgun the counter to an energy sword? Blast them as they lunge. Its pretty simple.