Hold down the trigger and you’ll charge up a shot capable of not only wiping out a Spartan’s shields in a single hit, but also able to disable a vehicle for several seconds. The weapon of choice for Covenant Grunts, the Plasma Pistol is a basic energy pistol with an extremely valuable secondary fire function. This weapon is why we’d ditch the Magnum on vehicle-friendly maps. Fast to reload and of course, available to all Spartans from the start, it’s a fantastic starting weapon and as reliable as an Assault Rifle.

In Halo 4, it’s back to full strength, and it’s a sidearm of choice for small environments that lack vehicles (we’ll get into why this isn’t your ideal vehicle map pistol later). However, the Magnum was hit with the nerf bat later in the series and rendered largely useless compared to other weapons. An incredibly powerful pistol with a reasonable zoom, accurate and lethal from extreme range, it was hard to justify using much else, apart from the sniper rifle and the shotgun, when it came to playing around in Blood Gulch. The Magnum was, without a doubt, the star of Halo: CE’s multi-player scene. So join us, on our journey into the Spartan training armoury. We’ll also comment on their balance, and what sort of players are going to benefit from certain loadouts.

But here’s the thing about playing Halo competitively – you could know a map back to front, but if you don’t understand the full capability of the weaponry in your hands, your potential could be wasted.įor this reason, we’re providing you with an in-depth guide to Halo 4 weaponry – what the weapons do, how they feel in combat, which situations to use them in and which situations you’ll find them totally useless. If you’re heading into the space-based wild west that is the Halo 4 multi-player universe, you’re going to need to think tactics, strategy, location knowledge, and weapons.

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