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Subject: *Mythic Difficulty* -NOW CONQUERED- for Halo: Reach (ALL SKULLS ON!!!)

what about a credit reward for completing all the weekly laso challenges?

  • 05.26.2011 11:23 AM PDT
Subject: Official Halo: Reach *Mythic Difficulty* Guide (LASO for all missions)

Twenty-ninth Halo 3 Mythic Conqueror
Eleventh Halo 3: ODST Mythic Conqueror
Fifth Halo: Reach Mythic Conqueror


Posted by: Tyrant122312
In regards to PoA Tips & Tricks (which I plan on releasing in the wee hours tomorrow morning), who discovered the deload areas, and also who figured out the ORIGINAL Hunter skip. Not talking about the one me, RC, and Jew just happened to all stumble across at the same time that is in the current guide, but rather the skip involving jumping through the window with the Hunters still present.


I'm not sure who figured it out that you could jump through the window, but I was the one who figured out that if you jump through the window while staying away from the door, the enemies would not spawn and you could grab health and ammo and start that battle when you're ready.

  • 05.26.2011 12:46 PM PDT

If you're doing poa, I suggest skipping the wraith completely. This is mainly for those folks who have a hard time dealing with wraiths. Shadowstrike has a good method for driving right past it and you still collect enough needle rifle ammo by the time you get to the landing pad.

  • 05.26.2011 1:24 PM PDT

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

Best Regards,
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Posted by: Ogbuehi
If you're doing poa, I suggest skipping the wraith completely. This is mainly for those folks who have a hard time dealing with wraiths. Shadowstrike has a good method for driving right past it and you still collect enough needle rifle ammo by the time you get to the landing pad.


This is likely the method already in the guide (killing the two Marksmen Jackals, any infantry that pose an immediate threat, then zoom past on the Mongoose). There are, however, two additional methods for getting around that area.

  • 05.26.2011 2:08 PM PDT
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Imagine a triangle. It's perfect, but a little plain. You take a chisel, and carve a small decorative symbol into it to make it a little more interesting. People like it, but it could use a little more.

So you then take a sledgehammer..

I'm sorry if this has been asked a lot before, but are you ever going to try Halo 2 on Mythic?

  • 05.26.2011 2:13 PM PDT

A lot of people seem to have trouble with the first major combat area with the wraith. Has no one tried snatching a plasma pistol from one of the grunts to stun the wraith? In all my runs, I only died once using this tactic, and that was during the approach.

  • 05.26.2011 2:16 PM PDT

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

Best Regards,
The Tyrant


Posted by: A Random Turtle
I'm sorry if this has been asked a lot before, but are you ever going to try Halo 2 on Mythic?


Nope :-)


Posted by: ZebadiahZ
A lot of people seem to have trouble with the first major combat area with the wraith. Has no one tried snatching a plasma pistol from one of the grunts to stun the wraith? In all my runs, I only died once using this tactic, and that was during the approach.


The Wraith can still shoot when it's stunned.

[Edited on 05.26.2011 2:27 PM PDT]

  • 05.26.2011 2:26 PM PDT
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Imagine a triangle. It's perfect, but a little plain. You take a chisel, and carve a small decorative symbol into it to make it a little more interesting. People like it, but it could use a little more.

So you then take a sledgehammer..


Posted by: Tyrant122312

Posted by: A Random Turtle
I'm sorry if this has been asked a lot before, but are you ever going to try Halo 2 on Mythic?


Nope :-)


Posted by: ZebadiahZ
A lot of people seem to have trouble with the first major combat area with the wraith. Has no one tried snatching a plasma pistol from one of the grunts to stun the wraith? In all my runs, I only died once using this tactic, and that was during the approach.


The Wraith can still shoot when it's stunned.

Ok, thanks for the reply. But do you know if anyone has ever done it?

  • 05.26.2011 2:31 PM PDT

Halo Reach 2/3rds of the way mythic conqueror (6/9)


Posted by: A Random Turtle

Posted by: Tyrant122312

Posted by: A Random Turtle
I'm sorry if this has been asked a lot before, but are you ever going to try Halo 2 on Mythic?


Nope :-)


Posted by: ZebadiahZ
A lot of people seem to have trouble with the first major combat area with the wraith. Has no one tried snatching a plasma pistol from one of the grunts to stun the wraith? In all my runs, I only died once using this tactic, and that was during the approach.


The Wraith can still shoot when it's stunned.

Ok, thanks for the reply. But do you know if anyone has ever done it?





As far as I know. No. But getting a plasma pistle might be a problem and skipping it using RC Master's method probably is safer.

  • 05.26.2011 2:50 PM PDT

Halo 3 (31st), ODST (14th) and Reach (4th) Mythic Conqueror. (Mythic is Solo, Legendary, All skulls on + scoring on and no deaths/saves).

Staff Writer and speedrun record holder at highspeedhalo.net

Ignorance is the true enemy of all things.

Rocking Bungie.net for over 8 years!

Laptop HDD dead. Typing on phone. Also exams = :'(

Here are urls, hyperlink pain in ass, hope you understand and I'm not too late
Roof skip and Wraith de-spawn,
Dealing with zealots,
Whole mass driver segment,
Alternate jump with bubble shield,
Not from mythic run but from MD high score run, did same thing in actual mythic,
Alternate 12 skull rooftop skip with wrath still there.

Would have gotten all clips from a real run but had these already and render mins you know.

Edit: so people don't have to scroll to mathguy's post.

[Edited on 05.27.2011 4:13 AM PDT]

  • 05.26.2011 4:11 PM PDT
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Imagine a triangle. It's perfect, but a little plain. You take a chisel, and carve a small decorative symbol into it to make it a little more interesting. People like it, but it could use a little more.

So you then take a sledgehammer..

Sorry, I was referring to Tyrant's reply about Halo 2 Mythc. I'm new here, so I'm not great with the quote button.

  • 05.26.2011 4:12 PM PDT
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I re-watched the video of RC jumping up to the MAC cannon on Pillar, and i was wondering, would it be viable on Mythic? I have a LOT of trouble fighting all the enemies, which i found out during both runs of LD Pillar. Shooting the drop ships before they drop the enemies would make it so much easier, but the non-regenerating health might be a bit of a problem.

Viable on mythic? Definately.

RC's method, imo, is a bit harder to get down opposed to the drop shield method. I had been trying RC's but could never get it to work for me, but got it with the ds on my first attempt. So long as you've taken out all but 4 (correct me if that's not the minimum before the next wave comes in) of the enemies around the landing pad, and have full health and shields via a health pack, it's a green light for the jump.

Awesome, i think that's what i'll have to do then. It just looks a lot safer than fighting out the whole battle.

I can't get the concussion rifle jump either. How would the drop shield work (video please, doesn't need to be rendered)? I have tried that before but I'm probably doing it wrong. I can get everything else to work just fine on legendary except that part. If I could complete PoA on mythic I would seriously consider going for the rest.

Sorry to quote myself, but I got the drop shield jump to work. I made a film clip of it and put it in my fileshare, but I'm not linking it because I doubt anyone would want it because I was practicing on normal. I hope to have a clip up of the same thing on legendary by tomorrow. Thanks for making this thread tyrant! It has really helped me with the LASO challenges.

  • 05.26.2011 4:15 PM PDT

Halo 3 (31st), ODST (14th) and Reach (4th) Mythic Conqueror. (Mythic is Solo, Legendary, All skulls on + scoring on and no deaths/saves).

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Ignorance is the true enemy of all things.

Rocking Bungie.net for over 8 years!

Also I saw the despawns in legendary smile's run i think. I thought tyrant discovered the hunter despawn: don't think it was me. I think my first run of the level involved running past them while they were still there. I did use the catwalks in smelting room 1 but to PPed the elites. catwalk jump I saw in legendary smile's film.

  • 05.26.2011 4:22 PM PDT

Twenty-ninth Halo 3 Mythic Conqueror
Eleventh Halo 3: ODST Mythic Conqueror
Fifth Halo: Reach Mythic Conqueror

And as I saw in your film.

The strategy was risky as hell and tedious, but it was the best at the time.

  • 05.26.2011 4:34 PM PDT

Well I am officially f'd. I'm doing PoA and have made it to the landing pad. The first wave was slowly picked off and I had my Plasma pistol nearby and was even moving it around to keep it from despawning. Second wave starts flying in and I go to get my plasma pistol, and guess what? I've tried about 5 times and haven't found a way to kill the hammer brute without getting grenaded by 2 other brutes. I can't believe I'll have to restart this -blam!- stage over and over just because that dam plasma pistol despawns. So I'm seriously contemplating the plasma fuel cannon jump. My only question is where do you get one? I haven't seen any on my route that didn't involve fighting 10 elites to get it. This stage is looking like a good candidate to be the first I didn't get the challenge done.

  • 05.26.2011 5:28 PM PDT


Posted by: RC Master
Laptop HDD dead. Typing on phone. Also exams = :'(

Here are urls, hyperlink pain in ass, hope you understand and I'm not too late
Roof skip and writhe despawn
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=176223 01&player=Ultimate%20RC
Dealing with zealots
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=175022 19&player=Ultimate%20RC
Whole mass driver segment
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=174943 90&player=Ultimate%20RC
Alternate jump with bubble shield
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=149925 71&player=Ultimate%20RC
Not from mythic run but from MD high score run, did same thing in actual mythic;
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=146301 61&player=Ultimate%20RC
Alternate 12 skull rooftop skip with wrath still there:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=138434 87&player=Ultimate%20RC

Would have gotten all clips from real run but had these already and render mins you know.


Looks like your links are bad. Some error comes up when I copy and paste into the browser. It makes to bungie.net, but that's about it.

  • 05.26.2011 5:30 PM PDT

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You can get a concussion rifle either from one of the three Elites in the first smelting room.

[Edited on 05.26.2011 5:36 PM PDT]

  • 05.26.2011 5:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: ZebadiahZ
A lot of people seem to have trouble with the first major combat area with the wraith. Has no one tried snatching a plasma pistol from one of the grunts to stun the wraith? In all my runs, I only died once using this tactic, and that was during the approach.


The Wraith can still shoot when it's stunned.


It can, but not right away. When you first stun it, the mortar closes and it can't shoot until it opens up again, so you do have a brief window to close the distance and fire off another overcharge shot if needed.

  • 05.26.2011 5:46 PM PDT

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You guys have been such a help to me with the Challenges. I'm not skilled enough to help by making my own films, so I'll try to patch up the URLs for the new video. I wouldn't want to do URLs from a phone either. Hope this helps.
Posted by: RC Master
Laptop HDD dead. Typing on phone. Also exams = :'(

Here are urls, hyperlink pain in ass, hope you understand and I'm not too late
Roof skip and writhe despawn
Dealing with zealots
Whole mass driver segment
Alternate jump with bubble shield
Not from mythic run but from MD high score run, did same thing in actual mythic;
Alternate 12 skull rooftop skip with wrath still there:

Would have gotten all clips from real run but had these already and render mins you know.

  • 05.26.2011 6:49 PM PDT

Hello, Community!

Hopefully if you're reading this, it's because you're interesting in kicking your campaign experience up a notch by cranking up the Legendary with all skulls activated :-) Need advice? A guide? Maybe even a friendly community to cheer you on and help guide you through the process? Then give our Mythic thread a read, and Godspeed on your Mythic journey!

Best Regards,
The Tyrant


Posted by: MathGuy42
You guys have been such a help to me with the Challenges. I'm not skilled enough to help by making my own films, so I'll try to patch up the URLs for the new video. I wouldn't want to do URLs from a phone either. Hope this helps.
Posted by: RC Master
Laptop HDD dead. Typing on phone. Also exams = :'(

Here are urls, hyperlink pain in ass, hope you understand and I'm not too late
Roof skip and writhe despawn
Dealing with zealots
Whole mass driver segment
Alternate jump with bubble shield
Not from mythic run but from MD high score run, did same thing in actual mythic;
Alternate 12 skull rooftop skip with wrath still there:

Would have gotten all clips from real run but had these already and render mins you know.


Thanks :-)

And thanks for posting them, RC.

  • 05.26.2011 8:03 PM PDT


Posted by: Tyrant122312

Posted by: MathGuy42
You guys have been such a help to me with the Challenges. I'm not skilled enough to help by making my own films, so I'll try to patch up the URLs for the new video. I wouldn't want to do URLs from a phone either. Hope this helps.
Posted by: RC Master
Laptop HDD dead. Typing on phone. Also exams = :'(

Here are urls, hyperlink pain in ass, hope you understand and I'm not too late
Roof skip and writhe despawn
Dealing with zealots
Whole mass driver segment
Alternate jump with bubble shield
Not from mythic run but from MD high score run, did same thing in actual mythic;
Alternate 12 skull rooftop skip with wrath still there:

Would have gotten all clips from real run but had these already and render mins you know.


Thanks :-)

And thanks for posting them, RC.



That zealot battle is tight!! I think I may just give it a shot. I'm just having a hard time trying to kill that engineer. He's positioned himself behind that pillar perfectly to where I can't get angle on him without dying. And the messed up part is I still have plenty of needle rifle ammo to blast him with just 3 more shots to pop him.

  • 05.26.2011 9:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tyrant122312

Posted by: A Random Turtle
I'm sorry if this has been asked a lot before, but are you ever going to try Halo 2 on Mythic?


Nope :-)


Well at least do Halo CE and Halo 2 Legendary guides on Youtube after you finish ODST and Halo 3 of course. :) I know there are written guides on HBO, but your commentary makes it much easier to follow. People want it.

Mythic is cool and all, but I think most of the community really enjoy regular Legendary runs without all the skipping of battles, de-spawning enemies, and just playing the game on Legendary as intended. No offense RC, your speed runs are amazing.

Think about it....the majority aren't ever going to complete H3, ODST, or Reach on Mythic difficulty. Nonetheless, good work and keep it up.





[Edited on 05.26.2011 10:00 PM PDT]

  • 05.26.2011 9:57 PM PDT

Long night is finally done! The pain is over.
I wont know what to do with myself now, hah.
Man, I cannot believe I finally finished it, I just kept waiting for my inevitable death and it never came!

Stats: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=62335 5334&player=Dannye%2036

I think I might have to celebrate by finally using the 48hr gold trial that came with Reach to start putting the films in my fileshare!

Now only PoA remains. I am just so damn glad the LNoS is over. Woo!!!

  • 05.27.2011 3:19 AM PDT

bad luck for me im going to have to fight the whole fight without using mac cannon hard times....

who is going to fight the whole fight without using the mac cannon?


[Edited on 05.27.2011 4:07 AM PDT]

  • 05.27.2011 4:02 AM PDT