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Subject: My Guide to killing things
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I always told and keep telling people in co-op how to kill thing effectivle so i decided to share what i have to say(Best for people that haven't had it long)

* GRUNTS: If you have troble killing one of these i surrgest playing on easy. they're a joke for every differculty

* JACKELS: Their skin is very weak but the shield is kinda hard to take down on higher differculties their hand that they shoot with is where you shoot at, or use a charge shot from the plasma pistol to take it down

* ELITES: I think these are the hardest to kill but a charge shot from the PP then a shot to the head with the pistol is always a instant kill

* HUNTERS: they look hard but are easier then a jackel with the right weapons. shoot them in the waist flesh( you can also shoot them in the neck but waist shows more and is bigger )
Pistols and sniper rifles are the most effective. They always fight in pairs, no more no less

* GHOSTS: Preety musch the same as elites coz they drive them a plasma nade on the front will flip it and may also kill the pilot

* WRATHS: there is no easy way to kill these but if using frags throw them down the gun
so they get them for shore they are most of the time on ice lakes and frags bounces more on ice and they can sharft them preety well

* BANSHEES: I might look like gun turrets would be good against them(and they are) but you don't have much time to get out if they use the fuel rod gun im getting realy good at shoting them down with rockets( shoot just above them when flying towards you )

I know most of you already know this but i hope it helps

[Edited on 10/2/2004 3:36:15 AM]

  • 10.02.2004 3:34 AM PDT
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I like to kill elites by: emptying a full clip of assault rifle ammo into them, then melee attack them until they die. with grunts, i just shoot them in the head with a pistol. jackals, just punch them, and hunters i just shoot them in the stomach with a pistol

  • 10.02.2004 12:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: maggotman2004
I like to kill elites by: emptying a full clip of assault rifle ammo into them, then melee attack them until they die. with grunts, i just shoot them in the head with a pistol. jackals, just punch them, and hunters i just shoot them in the stomach with a pistol

Im talking about how to do it heroic and legandary
The assault rifle won't kill most elites maybe the blue ones
and jackels take a few melees on the higher differcultys anyway if they're 100metres away melee isn't going to knock dead alot of people

  • 10.02.2004 6:32 PM PDT
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ELITES: shoot em' with a plasma rifle then melee them to death/ snipeings great to.
GRUNTS: burst with ausalt rifle if not dead melee em'
JACKELS: shoot hole in shield with pistol of snipe riffle
HUNTERS: make em' mad and when they charge dodge out of way an pop em' in the back
WRAITHS: rocket launcher
GHOSTS: empty a clip with asault rifle or pistol
BANSHEE: aim ahead with rocket launcher/ asault rifle works to

  • 10.02.2004 6:51 PM PDT
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NO ONE needs your help. and your help is just plain crap anyway.

  • 10.02.2004 8:24 PM PDT
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lol grunt killing guy

killing enemies should be quick and painless... use as few melees as possible and very effective, i've killed hunters with melees, sure its hard to get close without getting shot at... Elites are weak against plasma rifles, sniper rifle and RL

Grunts... HAHHA, run them over
Jackals, shoot short slow burst at the shield and evade enemy fire, grenade or melee him


aw screw it, LAAG all the vehicles, YES WRAITHS DO DIE FROM LAAG

  • 10.02.2004 9:08 PM PDT
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Guess this guy hasnt made it to GS yet...haha

No worries.

Tall Flood - Pistol for long range, shot gun for up close and personal.
Short flood - Same as tall.
Fat Flood - Pistol (you shouldn’t be close enough to them to use the shotgun unless you are aware of your surroundings, like grenades on the ground around you.
Baby Flood - Assault Riffle for wide spread and when there’s lots, the Pistol (helps with gun control, they make for good target practice) and also I have found the needler actually to be quite elegant in killing them from a distance. (Shoot slowly, one needle for each, its actualy very relaxing)

A rocket will cover all the bases. Have fun.

  • 10.02.2004 9:40 PM PDT
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Elites are fun to overcharge Plasma Pistol and sticky tag. Instant kill and they don't try to fight back. Gets them every time, and improves your grenade skills exponentially.

  • 10.02.2004 11:21 PM PDT
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I prefer different tactics when dispensing with flood.

Infected forms: (tall & short, elite & human, its all the same) most people assume the assault rifle is an effective weapon, because it works on easy and normal. it isn't.
in heroic and legendary, the infected forms will shrug off bullets like rain drops (unless the rain is radioactive and acidic, like in Texas.) use the pistol and the shotgun, depending on availability. The needler will do in a pinch, but is to be avoided in close range battles. Never use the sniper rifle or melee (if you happen to find one), as this will only agitate them further.

Carriers: (fat ones) Do not let them get close! is the main lesson about Carriers. while this is applicable to all flood, carriers are the premier of this rule. try to use them in 'grenade effects' where they detonate each other, in a chain reaction. It's loads o' fun! most weapons will kill them in about four or five hits, shotguns and pistols will cause detonation after about one or two hits.

Spores: (little ones, floodlings, babies, parasites) in most cases, there will be only a few, and are little cause for concern. However, when they arrive in mass quantities, drowning in a sea of spores is a very real possbility. NEVER waste valuable pistol ammo on them, it is better to let them drain your shields until they die. In the occasion were you have to confront them, automatic weapons (assault rifle, plasma rifle, needler) work well.

  • 10.02.2004 11:37 PM PDT
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Why should you never use a pistol to kill the lil ones? Afrade of running out of rounds? I cant see how thats possable, theres always lots of pistols and shot guns laying around. Shooting them down with the pistol IS good practice, they cause no real harm unless your sheeld is down. Just let them munch you? how fun is that?

  • 10.03.2004 12:12 AM PDT
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On levels like the Library, shooting a few spores and wasting valuable pistol ammunition is a bad idea. Your pistol does not automatically come with a standard 120 rounds, and often times, yes, it can run out of ammunition, especially if you have to keep moving to avoid being overrun by flood and do not have time to search for more ammo.

As for your shield.. melee. dont waste ammo, and dont stand around as the shield goes down. have some common sense!

  • 10.03.2004 12:19 AM PDT
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Whatever you gotta do to get threw the level man, giver. I dont know what im talking about. Pay no attention.

Personaly, Im always swiching weapons on the Library. I keep a pistol for the long shots and for the fatties. But for my secondary gun, I am constently swiching from a shot gun to the rocket launcher to the needler and the circle continues. When somthing gets low, I toss it and find somthing else along the way. By hanging on to the same two weapons, you waist time looking for amo. And nothing is more stupid then waiting for your partner in co-op to find more rounds for THEIR shot gun haha.

If your weapon of choice is running low and there are no rounds in the last batch of carnage then momentarly switch to a needler, unload from a distance into the next batch and then pick your prefured weapon back up. If you leave a few rounds in it that might be smart. The chances of not finding a pistol or shot gun in two waves of flood is unlikly.

Also, if you play on Legendary (like you should) you would have no problem finding enough of what you want.

Dont argue, just try it. You'll find the Library isnt that bad a place to hang out.

  • 10.03.2004 12:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: EliteSlapPer
Guess this guy hasnt made it to GS yet...haha


I quess finishing it on legandary by my self using the plasma pistol isn't getting to GS i didn't post them coz they are to easy

I have another way of killing jackels with the needler shaft left aiming the needer to their left(or you right)

  • 10.03.2004 1:58 AM PDT
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No I was joking man, anyone willing to tell anyone how to kill foes on here has deffinatly finnished the game. What you put for covies was alright, just thought maybe the flood got forgotten. For anyone relitivly new to the halo adventure (which is the group of people I asume you wrote that for) there going to need to know who to kill what with in the second half of the game. Not that what you wrote wasnt insightful, just most of us have killed more jackles then jurked off, (we're pritty good at by now haha)

Was just adding my 2 cents, nice post, not knocking yea in anyway.

  • 10.03.2004 2:15 AM PDT
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Don't forget sentinels.
Unshielded: Nearly anything.
Shielded: Plasma weapons.

  • 10.03.2004 10:01 AM PDT