- Cmdr DaeFaron
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Posted by: Wolverfrog
What's with all the criticising of Spartans going on around here? Fred could take on a group of Sangheili easily.
Consider; the majority of Spartan IIs survived most of the war; that's, what, thirty years of fighting against the Covenant. Countless Sangheili and other Covenant died at their hands during that time.
The Spartans were still standing, and if they did die it was often in the face of overwhelming odds, through anomalous circumstances, or self-sacrifice. There's a reason why the Master Chief won the war almost single-handed -- it's not luck. It annoys me when I see people around here saying 'the Master Chief is better only because he's lucky.'
No, he's better. You can't quantify a concept as abstract as luck. He killed all those Covenant because he's better than them all, because he's a Spartan II.
Plain and simple.
A: I doubt the bulk of the Spartans spent the war in hand to hand combat.
B: Look above. The Spartans also were backed by the UNSC forces. And against, ranged combat over hand to hand.
C: For one, Chief did not win the war almost single-handed. He had help nearly everywhere. What won the war was The elites joining the Humans during the final days and Thel, not Chief, killing the prophet of Truth.
D: We can also argue luck has been used as a plot shield for Chief to get him out of horrible spots.
E: Again, Elite Zealout, fleet master rank (aka one of the highest), with energy sword vs Fred, with no weapons other then maybe a combat knife (as per the situation given). I'm sorry but the Elite has the upper hand here.