6 Offensive Fundamentals That Will Improve Your Attack

by admin on June 16, 2008

The following is covered in Level 4 on www.halo3basics.com, and I have supplemented these topics with my own thoughts.

1. Wear down shields

  • Each player has a energy shield that has the ability to regenerate if unharmed for an extended period of time. Once a players shield are down they are vulnerable, especially to projectile weapons. Try to wear shields down as fast as possible before before making your presence known.
  • You easily lower a player’s shields by using splash damage from a rocket, grenade, or fusion coil (explosive canister) or by using a sniper rifle or a charged plasma pistol.
  • Ensure that your cross hairs are red when firing the plasma pistol greatly increase the chances of the shot hitting you target.
  • Remember that if you die to let your teammates know if the opponent is weak, tell them the 1) players name, 2) location, 3) weapon (if important, usually is)
    • “One Shot, dvs poet, rocket hallway, Sniper & BR”

2. Pick on weakened opponents

  • “Clean up” sometimes will lead to frustration on the team. It is good to express whenever teammate “Cleans up” one of your kills to thank them for the “clean up”. If you steal kills from a teammate, then let them know that you got their “clean up.”
  • The battle rifle is my favorite finishing weapon. A headshot with the battle rifle is an instant kill when someone’s shields are gone. Just aim for the head of the weak player and shoot.
  • If death is imminent, then throw a grenade and pray.

3. Aim at the head

  • Aiming for the head most effective when a player’s shields are weakened.
  • When using the BR do not stress about immediately aiming for the head (shots 1-3), but try to have your reticule on their head by the time their shields are down (usually shot 4).
  • Even though a sniper rifle can kill a player with one head shot, a hit anywhere on the player will bring down there shields (so that you can finish with BR) or kill a player whose shields are already down.

4. Don’t attack until you’re ready

  • Attacking too early can give away your position and the new spawn location for your team
  • Always having a secondary weapon that is reloaded give you an advantage over a player with only one weapon. Once you have finished a clip you can switch weapon faster that your opponent can reload.
  • Don’t attack while weak. After killing an opponent you want to let your shields regenerate. Use the time make sure you reload all weapons, get a feel for what the rest of your team is doing, and perhaps wait for teammates to spawn before going back into battle.
    • Be sure not to hover over your kill to long since the players teammates will see a red “x” where they died and the player will spawn soon with you on their mind.

5. Control the power weapons

  • Power weapons can re-spawn while someone is holding it if the one they are holding is empty and, in some cases if enough time has gone by.
  • Be sure to count the rockets and laser shots your enemies fire to be able to gauge how dangerous they are and when you should attack.
  • Power weapons usually respawn on a relatively predictable schedule. If you are not aware of this you will be playing at a distinct disadvantage.
  • Also if the game lags or a player quits can sometimes cause all weapons to spawn allowing 2 of all power weapons.
  • There is usually a rush for power weapons at the start of a game. Be sure to have your team launch grenades to these locations to see if you can get lucky.

6. Camping

  • Staying off radar waiting to pick off unsuspecting opponents around a corner or at the top of a lift is a legitimate strategy.
  • While camping be sure not to reload, change weapons, walk, shoot, or do anything else that makes sound to avoid giving away your position.
  • It is important to move to a new location after getting the easy kill, since there will be a red x, which appears over a fallen teammates body, right where you are standing. The opposing team will definitely know you are there if you get the kill by a beat down or assignation.
  • You must also be aware of time.
    • If there is only 2 minutes left in the game and you are only down by one after making an impressive comeback, then the opposing team may attempt to camp out the rest of the game rather than risking a loss by engaging you.
    • I suggest staying in groups of twos when hunting a camping, or hiding, team.

Be sure to read up on the guide at www.halo3basics.com, and review my additions on the different levels.

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