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Subject: Red Elites in Legendary
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My friend claims to have killed a red Elite with a single shot with the sniper rifle on Legendary. I find this very hard to believe but he says he just shot randomly and killed it. My question is : Is killing a red elite with full shields and full health possible with a sniper rifle in Legendary?

Thank you for your time.
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  • 07.24.2004 3:57 PM PDT
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A red elite in legendary? I doubt it i seriously doubt it. I'm not sure but i think theyre at least a 2 shot job in legendary

  • 07.24.2004 4:18 PM PDT
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No way, unless he wounded it previously with a grenade or something and didn't realize it.

  • 07.24.2004 4:19 PM PDT
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of course it is. A grenade probably went off near him or his health was really low.

  • 07.24.2004 4:22 PM PDT
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um who cares, any ways ofcorse it is its

  • 07.24.2004 4:42 PM PDT
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Yes, headshots on elites are still one-hit-kills with sniper rifles.

  • 07.24.2004 4:51 PM PDT
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Its easy to get a one shot kill in legendary....just hit the elite in the back of the head.....

  • 07.24.2004 5:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Woo
Yes, headshots on elites are still one-hit-kills with sniper rifles.


On legendary?? Are ya sure?
Its been a week since i played halo(long story) but im pretty sure most elites need 2+ headshots. Red or above. Or maybe I dont know what their head looks like

  • 07.24.2004 5:05 PM PDT
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yes it is possible i killed one with a single shot too. I shotin the eye-ball and came out the outer-side leaving a hole on the wall with a lot of blood everywhere.

  • 07.24.2004 5:05 PM PDT
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idiot. it takes 2 hits to kill a red elite in legendary. you have never played legenadry have you? the first shot wont even take its shield down. if you want proof than go try.

  • 07.24.2004 7:46 PM PDT
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alright thanks guys. I too was thinking that the Elite may have been damaged. With the amount of times I've played through Legendary, it was always clear to me that it takes 2 shots in the head with the sniper rifle. One to take the shielding off and another for the final kill.

  • 07.24.2004 8:36 PM PDT
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wait guys it is posible to get a head shot on legendary you have to hit him in the back of the headand they cant see you. i dont know of any others though

  • 07.24.2004 8:45 PM PDT
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back of the head eh? pretty cheap. I'll have to try that out

  • 07.24.2004 8:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: I KILL GRUNTS
idiot. it takes 2 hits to kill a red elite in legendary. you have never played legenadry have you? the first shot wont even take its shield down. if you want proof than go try.


Now unless something is messed up, I have shot an Elite in the top of the head on legendary and it died.I think it was on Assault on the Control Room.

  • 07.27.2004 11:46 AM PDT
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No they are not. sometimes they don't een take down the sheilds of the red elites on legendary.

  • 07.27.2004 12:23 PM PDT

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It's possible to kill Red Elites with one shot on Legendary. It is a Very Rare occasion though. I've only done it three times at the most.

  • 07.27.2004 12:28 PM PDT
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i guess it is possible.... anything is possible. I guess it would just have to be one dead sexy bullet though.

  • 07.27.2004 12:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: asms
i guess it is possible.... anything is possible. I guess it would just have to be one dead sexy bullet though.


Uhh.. Sure. Let's go with that...

  • 07.27.2004 12:34 PM PDT
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I don't know I've done it to my friend though, so I guess it could be possible on legendary

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When I think back on my Legendary difficulty sniping I do remember on 2 separate occasions taking out an Elite with one shot. On closer inspection I found out they were Red Elites.

The shot on the first Elite was up into the head/throat, from slightly below.
The shot on the second Elite was from above and down through the skull.

If anyone wants to test this out then go through the end doors in AotCR on Legendary. Use the 'Ghost strafing tactic' to pass through the door. You'll have the sniper rifle with lots of ammo, one Elite of each colour (Red, Blue and Gold). To make things better, they will be totally unaware of you being there. You can test every part of each rank of Elite to see if its possible

  • 07.27.2004 12:46 PM PDT