- Makko Mace
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People seem to view the Brutes as lumbering morons, and think that they are easily defeated by "cunning Elites and Spartans".
If I had only played the games I would agree, but the books and assorted cannon say other wise.
I'll make a physical comparison with Elites just to clear things up a bit. (Sizes from Halopedia. Beastiarium and Encyclopedia info from Anton1792)
Height:
Elites are stated to stand 7'6" or 8'4" (my personal opinion being that, they hunch over, though that could just be gameplay)
Bestiarium: 2.2m or 7'2"
Encyclopaedia: 2.24m or 7'4"
Brutes stand 8'6" (Though many are stated to be at least 9') But in Contact Harvest Maccabeus is stated to stand a full head taller (1'aprox') than any Elite
Bestiarium: 2.8m or 9'2"
Encyclopaedia: 2.59m or 8'5"
Weight:
Elites are said to weigh 320lbs, although figures vary from source to source. (Personally this seems rather low but I am assuming that this is there weight without their power harness, which similar to a spartans suit provide shielding and strength no doubt at a heavy weight.)
Bestiarium: 144kg or 318lbs
Encyclopaedia: 144kg or 318lbs
Brutes weigh 1500lbs (According to Halopedia although I remember seeing 1000lbs somewhere) It is important to note that this is slightly less than five times an Elite. This is because of the fact that the the Brute home world has a gravity of more than twice earths.
Bestiarium: 1124lbs or 510kg
Encyclopaedia: 1500lbs or 680kg
Strength:
Elites (wearing combat harnesses) are nearly equal to a Spartan in Mjolnir armor (First Strike control room anyone?) A spartan can lift 3 times his/her body weight and the suit doubles there strength to 6 times there body weight. (The in game ability to flip multi-ton vehicles is for gameplay folks)
Brutes, They weigh 4.7 times an Elite, an incredible 1500lbs, in both Halo 3 and the elevator shaft in Contact Harvest they leap at least 15' straight up... The amount of force required to move a 1500lb object 15' straight up in a split second is enormous. Oh, and by the way that was without power armor (as the C.H. Brutes weren't always wearing theirs and the Halo 3 Brute's had been destroyed) The power armor does not increase the strength and is 1000lbs, yet does not seem to seriously hinder movement. Perhaps this is why the brutes in the latter games don't sprint?
Agility:
Elites are very mobile, dodging and rolling even strafing while firing throughout the games. There exact speed is unknown, but due to there long, reverse jointed legs and slim build(compared to Brutes) They can probably out-sprint any normal human.
Brutes... here is where the most people seem to be mistaken.
They see brutes as slow dumb ape-like thugs, while its true that they do use their raw strength as a weapon they are not lumbering beasts. In First Strike John-117s firt clue that they were not elites was that they moved to fast. People seem to forget that Brutes do not run upright, they sprint forward on all fours (Halo 2 beserkers?) much like a grizzly bear. This was most apparent in Halo 2, but in halo 3 the beserkers and chieftans ran on two legs, and were still very light on there feet. (I've had cheiftans dodge rockets)
Intelligence and Tactics:
Elites win, but not as easily as you might think. (I won't waste time but elites are clever, resourceful and brilliant tacitions)
Brutes... the prophets did not stab the the Elites in the back for the Brutes aestetic appeal. The Brutes had allready developed space flight and nuclear weapons before they were discovered by the Covenant. They also led squads into battle, flew ships and have proven capable at every job once occupied by Elites. Also, the parts of Contact Harvest show the brutes to be reasonably intelligent and there combat techniques were supprisingly refined.
All Right well, I don't know if this was worth an hour, but I might add more later. Please enjoy :D
[Edited on 01.19.2011 8:59 PM PST]