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Subject: Elites or Spartans
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Poll: Who is stronger?  [closed]
Spartans:  73%
(41 Votes)
Elites:  27%
(15 Votes)
Total Votes: 56

Who do you think is stronger. I mean yeah, mstr. Chief is strong and can beat up tonnes of elites and all but as the guy said at e3 " A single elite can decimate a squad of marines". What do you guys think.

  • 05.25.2004 5:39 PM PDT
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MC and crew, definantly

  • 05.25.2004 5:41 PM PDT
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Let me see uh Elites. Just kidding Spartans can kick any Elites arse.

  • 05.25.2004 5:43 PM PDT
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dude, there's more elites than spartans. if the covenant were smart and jsut mobbed mc with like a million troops they'd kill him and be done with it. i swears, alienses is so dumb.

  • 05.25.2004 5:43 PM PDT
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i concur with Night

  • 05.25.2004 5:44 PM PDT

SB-117

They are equal. Bungie wanted to have the Elites and Spartans equal (in the story) so that the multiplayer modes make sense. They have the same armour, energy shielding, driving skills, height, weight, width, head sizes (for head shots) and speed.

Obviously Master Chief is the best SPARTAN but I'm guessing the others would struggle against the elies (ie the spartans you play as in multiplayer)

  • 05.25.2004 5:50 PM PDT
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Elites because Master Cheif got in a hand to hand fight with one in the book "The Fall of Reach" and barley won, but he had his armor making him alot stonger so without armor the Elites are stonger

  • 05.25.2004 6:14 PM PDT
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Well, the Spartans are definfitly stronger, but the Elites are normally kickass, the Spartans are just that way due to their cybernetic enhancements.
So if it came down to who was better naturally, the Elites will r0x0r your b0x0rz, however the Spartans are better non-naturally/overall and thats the way things are in the game so of course the Spartans are stronger.

  • 05.25.2004 6:18 PM PDT
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Spartans because their suit is way better than anything the elites can have.

  • 05.25.2004 6:24 PM PDT
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i say there pretty even...but in campaing the spartans win cause well it wouldn't be any fun if you could barely get out alive from one elite.

  • 05.25.2004 7:48 PM PDT
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Okay then....Now if we were to put the two up against each other without armor and without any special things an Elite would win hands down. That is if the Chief would not use his cunning. Now with all their little toys....Elites still win. The Chief dies after being shot by an MA5B twenty-two times (I've counted) and a Blue Elite(that is the lowest and weakest) dies after 50. So basically the Chief would lose unless he played it smart, like he does, and wins with wits over strength.

  • 05.25.2004 7:51 PM PDT
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too true, often elites judgement (or lack off) is mainly concerned with killing humans and as many as possible, the best way (for them) is to charge in and kill, ask questions later.
physically the elites are indeed superiour without any enhancements or strength augmenting armour, spartans have better armour and overall can lift approx 2-3 tonnes (based on the fact that they normally weigh 200-300 kg, and its stated that they can lift 2 times normal body weight and that the mjolner armour increases strength... dunno 6 fold i think) please dont check up on my crack pot maths

  • 05.25.2004 7:57 PM PDT
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I remember reading... I think in the Halo owner's manuel (or whatever) that in field testing, Spartans did very well against elites. Ergo, spartans are better than elites.

Correct me if I'm wrong about it saying that in the Halo handbook.

  • 05.25.2004 8:09 PM PDT
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They did well against normal Covenant ground troops. Meaning Jackals and Grunts. Elites did not show until August 30th, 2552 at the Fall of Reach and Hunters just a bit before that at Sigma Octanus IV. So basically Spartans had ZERO combat experience with Elites. heck we didn't even have shields until just a week before Reach fell. So pretty much the only combat experience we have with Elites is at Halo, Reach, and Operation First Strike. That's it. Even then those battles were hard fought and were tough wins (what do you expect when the war is like Legenadry mode?)

So you are corrected.

  • 05.25.2004 8:21 PM PDT
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Did not know the specifics. Thanks, Hikaru, for clarifying. Since, I know that... Elites are better. They look cooler and their fighting style is pretty intimidating, especially when they have swords.

  • 05.25.2004 8:27 PM PDT
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They look cooler and their fighting style is pretty intimidating, especially when they have swords.

Amen to that.

[Edited on 5/25/2004 8:38:58 PM]

  • 05.25.2004 8:38 PM PDT
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I concur!

  • 05.25.2004 8:42 PM PDT
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First of all I'd like to point out to people everywhere for the ten bajillionth time that 'decimate' means 'to decrease by one tenth', so that isn't that impressive. Even if he was using it incorrectly and meant something along the lines of "A single Elite can obliterate a squad of Marines.", it isn't that impressive. I mean, How many squads of Marines have you taken out by yourself on campaign. A BUNCH. Because with the exception of Sergeants Johnson and Stacker, and their Sniper Rifles of pain, the marines generally suck ass. This might change in Halo 2 when good weapons are stadard issue, but you'll still kick their asses.
Also, it depends on what you mean by stronger. We know that Spartans are stronger, as in physical strength, but it complicates things if you mean fighting ability.

  • 05.25.2004 9:06 PM PDT
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It all depends what kind of elite and who is the spartan.

  • 07.07.2004 8:13 AM PDT
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well first of all. The MC made it through most of halo by himslef. and how many elites did he face? a lot.

[Edited on 7/7/2004 8:16:31 AM]

  • 07.07.2004 8:16 AM PDT
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Posted by: AMP187
dude, there's more elites than spartans. if the covenant were smart and jsut mobbed mc with like a million troops they'd kill him and be done with it. i swears, alienses is so dumb.

spartens aren't stupid. they plant a few nukes, maybe a nova, then get the hell outta there. million troops wasted. besides, would you send millions of troops just to kill a handful of enemy soliders?

  • 07.07.2004 8:16 AM PDT

SB-117

Elites and Spartans are completely equal so I didn't vote.

  • 07.07.2004 8:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: Juggernaut_009
Elites because Master Cheif got in a hand to hand fight with one in the book "The Fall of Reach" and barley won, but he had his armor making him alot stonger so without armor the Elites are stonger


elites have armor too dumbass. they are equal.

  • 07.07.2004 8:18 AM PDT
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how do u no the elite armor add stregth

  • 07.07.2004 8:25 AM PDT
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i have to say that the elites are stronger. Think about how hard one hits you in melee. It seriously kicks the -blam!- out of you. They do way more damage in hand to hand. In the books when MC is fighting in hand to hand combat with an elite(for the first time) that the elite was almost as fast, but stronger than MC, he barely won. Now the spartans are better tactically, and they are smarter, but physical strength goes to the elites.

  • 07.07.2004 8:55 AM PDT

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