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Subject: How to get a banshee on The Covenant

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Here is a way I found to get a banshee on The Covenant

1. Grab a hornet and advance as normal. Kill the anti air wraiths, the shade turrets and the wraith.

2. This is were timing is important. Wait until the green phantoms drop off the elites. When a banshee is flying over a green phantom, shoot it softly with the machine guns, preferably from behind, so that the brute dies and the banshee doesn't

3. The banshee should land on the green phantom if the timing was correct. Now, exit the hornet and land on the phantom, and then take the banshee

4. You're done! The only thing is the banshee may be a little damaged, but aside from that everything should be fine. Now just use the banshee for whatever you want. Personally I find it fun to splatter all of the brutes guarding the tower.

So there's how you get a banshee on The Covenant. The only negative thing about this is that the banshee de spawns later on. If you have a quicker method of getting a banshee on The Covenant please post it :)

  • 01.20.2012 8:42 AM PDT

Once you're at the big Scarab battle, just go near the siege of Madrigal spot. Get a banshee to follow you, it'll slowly, slowly come up to you. Jack it .

That and the 'stand on the big rock' one are the two most popular ways.

  • 01.20.2012 8:51 AM PDT

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Posted by: burritosenior
Once you're at the big Scarab battle, just go near the siege of Madrigal spot. Get a banshee to follow you, it'll slowly, slowly come up to you. Jack it .

That and the 'stand on the big rock' one are the two most popular ways.


Is that where the hornets come and there is a big rock behind them?

  • 01.20.2012 8:58 AM PDT
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The way I used to do it at the third tower was to destroy everything except the AA Wraith on the left (destroying both brings in the Pelicans although you could spawn this Phantom instead of the other one then shoot off it's main turret) and lure 1 Banshee at a time with machine gun fire. I get him to chase me to the entrance to the snow area (Journey's End) and board him there. IIRC, the Banshee continues to attack you if you miss your chance.

On Legendary, I would move a Mythic enhanced Elite major somewhere open (say, the dark forest area on the right of the tower) and board the Banshee while it's distracted by the Elite.

  • 01.20.2012 11:24 AM PDT

Halo 2 > Halo 3 > Halo 3 ODST > Halo Reach > Halo CE

Based on campaigns.


Posted by: Sliding Ghost
The way I used to do it at the third tower was to destroy everything except the AA Wraith on the left (destroying both brings in the Pelicans although you could spawn this Phantom instead of the other one then shoot off it's main turret) and lure 1 Banshee at a time with machine gun fire. I get him to chase me to the entrance to the snow area (Journey's End) and board him there. IIRC, the Banshee continues to attack you if you miss your chance.

On Legendary, I would move a Mythic enhanced Elite major somewhere open (say, the dark forest area on the right of the tower) and board the Banshee while it's distracted by the Elite.


Cool, I'm going to start experimenting with strategies to get banshees

Personally I prefer them over hornets

  • 01.20.2012 11:33 AM PDT