Grunts
The Grunts are the weakest, least clever, and least correct enemies in Halo 4. All grunts will be killed with a single headshot from a headshot weapon, so that they pose little or no menace. Each time attainable, decide off grunts from a distance in order that they can not return hearth with their inaccurate weapons. Grunts at all times keep in packs of three to five they usually often observe elites or packs of jackals. As a result of grunts are quite common and infrequently wield plasma pistols, they supply a dependable provide of recent plasma pistol power in covenant areas. Grunts generally function turrets and Ghosts.

Grunts typically throw plasma grenades after they see you in cowl or close to them. Earlier than throwing a grenade, they swing their arm again dramatically, supplying you with loads of warning. Keep away from their grenades by strolling underneath them, facet stepping them, or getting into cowl. In some instances, grunts will commit suicide with their plasma grenades by lighting a grenade in every hand and charging you. In the event that they attain you, they’ll detonate the 2 plasma grenades, killing themselves and also you. Kill all suiciders with headshots earlier than they’ll attain you and again away from the grenades earlier than they detonate.

Grunt Minor: Grunt minors are widespread, weak grunts. They keep in packs with different grunt minors and majors and often observe jackals or elites. These grunts solely wield needlers and plasma pistols.

Grunt Main: Grunt majors are the most typical kind of grunt. They keep in packs with different grunt minors and majors and often observe jackals or elites. These grunts solely wield needlers and plasma pistols.

Grunt Heavy: Grunt heavies typically wield gas rod weapons, so that they pose a bigger menace than the opposite grunts. They’ll kill you with a direct hit with a gas rod, so it’s vital that you just kill them rigorously. I recommend that you just interact them from very far-off so that you’ve extra time to dodge their pictures. Gas rods journey very slowly, so you’ll be able to keep away from them by leaping over them or stepping to them. Use an correct headshot weapon to kill grunt heavies from a distance with a single headshot.

Grunt Ranger: Grunt rangers are specifically outfitted to struggle in house. They’ve jetpacks and full face respiratory apparatuses, although they wield the identical weapons as grunts minors. Merely kill grunt rangers with a single headshot from a distance.

Jackals
Jackals use plasma pistols and needlers like grunts, however they’re tougher to remove as a result of additionally they wield an power defend. When jackals see an enemy, they hunker behind their defend to guard their head. To beat this, shoot them as soon as within the hand together with your headshot weapon to trigger them to flinch and expose their head. This gives you with a possibility to observe up with a deadly headshot. Jackals are extra clever and correct than grunts, they usually keep in packs of three to five. Each time attainable, interact jackals from a distance with a headshot weapon in order that they can not hit you with their inaccurate weapons.

Jackal Minor: Jackal minors are the most typical jackal infantry. They often wield plasma pistols, so that they pose little menace, particularly from a distance. For those who see a jackal minor start to cost its plasma pistol, kill it instantly or take cowl earlier than it will possibly shoot. Jackal minors sometimes wield needler as properly. Kill all jackal minors with a hand shot and a headshot.

Jackal Main: Jackal majors keep in packs with different jackal minors and majors. Jackal majors have yellow shields and helmets, whereas minors have blue shields and no helmets. Apart from their look, the one noticeable distinction between the 2 is that jackal majors largely wield needlers. Subsequently, they pose a bigger menace as a result of 7 – 10 needles can kill you with a brilliant mix explosion. Subsequently, interact them from a distance at any time when attainable and take cowl if you happen to see a number of needles heading your approach. Kill jackal majors with a hand shot and a headshot.

Jackal Sniper: Jackal snipers should not have power shields, however they as an alternative wield highly effective, correct weapons. They often wield beam rifles, permitting them to kill you with solely two physique pictures. Subsequently, they pose a really massive menace and it is best to kill them as rapidly as attainable. In the event that they hit you with one shot, instantly take cowl earlier than they’ll kill you with a second shot. Some jackal snipers wield carbines, they usually pose a lot much less of a menace. You must kill all jackal snipers with a single headshot as quickly as you see them.

Jackal Ranger: Jackal rangers are specifically educated to struggle in house. They’re outfitted with respiratory apparatuses and gravity boots to assist them in zero-gravity environments. Apart from their look, jackal rangers are the identical as jackal majors or minors. Kill them with a hand shot and a headshot.

Jackal Ranger Sniper: Jackal ranger snipers are jackal snipers educated to struggle in house. Like jackal rangers, they’ve respiratory apparatuses and gravity boots. Kill them with a single headshot.

Elites
Elites are essentially the most clever of the covenant infantry, and they’re able to wielding any covenant weapon. As a result of they’re outfitted with shields, you can’t kill them with a single headshot. As an alternative, overcharge and hearth a plasma pistol at an elite to take away its shields, then kill it with a headshot from a headshot weapon. Earlier than you do that, ensure to filter out all mild infantry from a distance as a way to focus all your consideration on the elite. Elites are in a position to throw plasma grenades very precisely, however you’ll be able to simply keep away from these by strolling underneath them or stepping to the facet.

As quickly as you take away an elite’s shields, his habits will change. At first, the elite will both stumble or shake his fist at you, which provides you time to complete him with a headshot. If you don’t instantly kill the elite, he’ll often cost in direction of you and try to make use of a melee assault. An elite’s melee may be very highly effective; a single punch can kill you in case your shields are lower than half full. Your melee assault offers little or no harm to an elite; it requires 2 punches to kill one after you take away his shields. Subsequently, don’t attempt to interact a charging elite with a melee assault; moderately, kill him with a headshot earlier than he can attain you.

Elite Minor: Elite minors are the weakest kind of elites. They often wield needlers, plasma pistols, or storm rifles. Minors have low capability shields, so you’ll be able to take away their shields with a number of physique pictures out of your headshot weapon. This lets you kill them from a lot farther away, however solely do that you probably have loads of ammo to your headshot weapon.

Elite Main: Elite majors are the most typical kind of elite. They make the most of all the covenant weapons, however they largely use the storm rifle. Often, you will notice elite majors with the strongest weapons such because the power sword or gas rod gun. Elite majors have regular capability shields, so take away their shields with a brief overcharged plasma pistol burst and end them with a headshot.

Elite Ranger: Elite rangers are educated and outfitted to struggle in house; they’ve jetpacks and respiratory apparatuses. Watch out when combating rangers as a result of they’ll typically use their jetpacks to flank or come up behind you. They mostly wield storm rifles they usually have normal capability shields (in contrast to in Halo Attain).

Elite Spec Ops: Elite spec ops are specialised elites outfitted with the lively camouflage armor capability. They mostly use an power sword together with their invisibility to sneak up and assassinate you. When they’re utilizing their lively camouflage, they don’t seem in your movement tracker so you need to depend on your imaginative and prescient to search out them. Search for a slight silhouette or a rippling impact within the background to identify them, and instantly kill them with an overcharged plasma pistol and headshot mixture earlier than they’ll attain you with their power sword. Once you struggle elite spec ops that wield weaker weapons, interact them like some other elite.

Elite Basic: Elite generals are the best rating elites within the covenant navy. They have a tendency to wield the strongest weapons such because the gas rod gun or the concussion rifle, although they often use storm rifles as properly. As a result of they’ve such robust weapons, it is best to interact them from a distance. Stand subsequent to a chunk of fine cowl and hit the elite basic with an overcharged plasma pistol blast as quickly as he walks into plasma pistol vary. Then, rapidly end him with a headshot earlier than he can get better and return hearth. Elite generals have very excessive capability shields, so you need to cost your plasma pistol somewhat longer earlier than firing. Due to their excessive capability shields, it is vitally tough to kill them with a sniper rifle or beam rifle (it requires 4 headshots).

Elite Zealot: Elite zealots are a specialised group of elites that analysis and retrieve forerunner artifacts. They don’t seem to be a part of the covenant navy, although you’ll sometimes encounter them close to forerunner constructions. Elite Zealots are the second strongest elite within the Halo universe (second solely to the Subject Marshal), and they’re essentially the most highly effective elite you’ll encounter in Halo 4. Like generals, zealots can wield any covenant weapon, although they often wield the stronger weapons reminiscent of power swords or gas rod weapons. Some zealots wield two weapons (mostly an power sword and an extended vary weapon). Zealots have the strongest shields of all the elites, so you want to overcharge your plasma pistol longer when combating them.

Hunters
Hunters are the strongest and largest of the covenant infantry, however they severely lack intelligence. Hunters not often seem all through the marketing campaign and they’re at all times seen in pairs. A hunter’s helmet protects him from all headshot weapons, so you need to as an alternative use sheer harm to kill them. Fortunately, you have got entry to some form of explosive weapon in each hunter struggle through the marketing campaign, so you’ll be able to kill them by merely bombarding them with explosives.

On one arm, hunters wield a gas rod gun, which they hearth if you find yourself far-off. Keep away from their gas rod gun by both leaping over it, facet stepping it, or taking cowl. On their different arm, hunters have a powerful defend that they use for cover and melee assaults. Explosives will nonetheless harm them by means of this defend, although it should scale back a few of the harm. For those who get near a hunter, he’ll cost you and try and melee you together with his defend. This melee assault will often kill you immediately, so it’s crucial that you just keep away from it. Dash at a forty five diploma angle to a charging hunter, and will probably be unable to show and hit you.

Crawlers
Crawlers are the most typical and weakest Promethean infantry. On their very own, crawlers and pose little menace, however in packs, they’re much extra formidable. They’ve extra well being, deal extra harm, and are extra aggressive than grunts. Crawlers will be killed with a single headshot, although their head is smaller and tougher to hit than a grunt’s or jackal’s head. It’s simple for a pack of crawlers to overwhelm you, so attempt to decide them off from a distance at any time when attainable.

Crawler: The usual crawler is the most typical crawler. These crawlers often keep in packs led by alpha crawlers. Abnormal crawlers wield bolt pistols, so that they deal little or no harm individually. Nevertheless, the mixed hearth of a whole pack poses a big menace, so at all times interact packs of crawlers from a distance.

Alpha Crawler: Alpha crawlers are extra highly effective than peculiar crawlers they usually often lead a pack. Alpha crawlers have extra well being and are extra aggressive than peculiar crawlers, they usually wield suppressors as an alternative of bolt pistols, permitting them to inflict excessive quantities of injury up shut. For these causes, it is best to at all times interact alpha crawlers from a distance. Don’t try and kill an alpha crawler together with your melee assault as a result of it should require 3 punches on Legendary.

Crawler Sniper: Crawler snipers wield binary rifles, permitting them to kill you with a single physique shot. These crawlers often climb to excessive perches far-off from the principle pack to snipe you from a distance. Simply earlier than a crawler sniper fires, a pink halo seems over its head. As quickly as you see this, instantly dash to cowl earlier than the sniper can hit you. So long as you retain shifting, the crawler will almost certainly miss. When a crawler sniper isn’t about to fireplace, kill it with a single headshot. The binary rifle is likely one of the finest weapons for combating knights, so I recommend that you just swap your secondary weapon for a crawler sniper’s binary rifle after you kill it.

Watchers
Watchers are flying help infantry that always accompany knights. They’re able to resurrect useless knights, summon crawlers and laser turrets, and supply infantry with exhausting mild shields. It’s practically not possible to kill knight some time a watcher helps it as a result of the watchers will create a tough mild defend at any time when the knight loses its shields. Subsequently, you have to to remove all the watchers in an space earlier than you interact any knights. Watchers should not have heads, so you have to to destroy them with harm. I recommend that you just decide them off from a distance together with your headshot weapon. Relying on which weapon you might be utilizing, it ought to take 3 – 5 pictures to kill a watcher on Legendary. Each time attainable, use the sunshine rifle (whereas zoomed in) or the battle rifle as a result of these weapons deal essentially the most harm per shot.

When a watcher resurrects a useless knight or summons reinforcements, it fires a vivid blue beam on the floor. For those who see a watcher doing this, kill it instantly earlier than it will possibly end. Rise up shut and use an assault weapon to kill them rapidly (so long as it’s secure to do that). All watchers are outfitted with bolt pistols, permitting them to inflict some harm. As a result of they’ll fly, they’ll hit you even if you find yourself in cowl, so make sure that you retreat far-off from any watchers if you’re damage. You can too launch your auto sentry if you find yourself damage to attract their hearth and permit your shields to regenerate.

Knights
Knights are the strongest of the Promethean infantry, and in my view, they’re essentially the most tough enemy in Halo 4. All knights are outfitted with very excessive capability shields, and their heads are hid behind a faceguard. It’s attainable to kill an unshielded knight with a headshot, however you need to shoot it a couple of times within the head to trigger it to retract its faceguard first. You’ll be able to overcharge a plasma pistol to rapidly take away the shields of a knight, however you not often have entry to covenant weapons when combating Prometheans. As an alternative, you have to to make use of excessive damaging weapons such because the binary rifle, incinerator cannon, or suppressor to kill the knights in most conditions. It’s important that you just concentrate on one knight at a time and struggle it alone if attainable to keep away from turning into overwhelmed. Subsequently, it is best to at all times kill any crawlers or watchers in an space earlier than you interact any knights. It’s particularly essential that you just kill any watchers first as a result of they’ll shield injured knights with hardlight shields, making them practically not possible to kill.

Knights have many skills that they use to assist themselves in fight. All knights are able to teleporting, which they use each to flee when injured and to cost you. Knight’s shields regenerate in a short time, so if a knight teleports away from you, you need to instantly harm it as quickly because it reappears or else its shields will start regenerating. Some knights carry watchers on their backs, which they’ll deploy after they see you. You’ll need to kill this watcher earlier than you’ll be able to interact the knight, or else the watcher will use its hardlight defend to guard the knight. All ranks of knights will launch pulse grenades at you from a mechanism of their arm. Whereas they’re can throw these grenades a lot farther than covenant infantry, they can not transfer when doing so, which leaves them very susceptible. Use this chance to hit them with a powerful weapon (reminiscent of a rocket launcher) or a grenade.

Usually, you have to to make use of the suppressor to fight knights. This weapon is available in all ranges with Prometheans, and it is likely one of the strongest assault weapons within the sport. When utilizing the suppressor on Legendary, it should require greater than a whole journal to kill a knight. Reloading leaves you very susceptible, so I recommend that you just performing a number of of the next methods to kill the knights rapidly and safely.

– Throw a pulse grenade or a frag grenade at a knight’s ft if it begins to throw a grenade at you. Knights are unable to maneuver after they throw grenades, so they are going to be unable to keep away from your grenade. If it explodes at their ft, you’ll be able to then end them off with underneath {a magazine} of suppressor hearth.

– When you have a plasma grenade, stick a knight to deal immense harm and take away most of its shields. You’ll be able to then end the knight with a small quantity of suppressor or mild rifle hearth.

– At all times deploy an auto sentry earlier than partaking a knight. Not solely will it draw a few of his hearth, the additional harm of the auto sentry will assist you to kill him quicker.

– Get as shut as you’ll be able to when combating knights with out scattershots or incinerator cannons. The suppressor is very inaccurate so you have to to get very near deal essentially the most harm.

– If a knight is almost useless, you’ll be able to end it with a melee assault. Watch out as a result of if you don’t kill it, it should melee you again.

With observe, you need to use a suppressor to kill a single knight with ease. Nevertheless, if you find yourself combating a number of knights, it helps to have stronger weapons. Maintain an eye fixed out for the next weapons and use them at any time when attainable as a result of they’ll let you kill knights quicker and extra simply. That is particularly helpful when combating a number of knights at a time. The record is ordered from best to hardest weapons to make use of towards knights.

– Incinerator cannon: This rocket launcher offers sufficient harm to kill any knight in a single shot, even with an oblique hit. Rise up shut and shoot on the knight’s ft to keep away from lacking.

– Rocket launcher: The UNSC rocket launcher additionally offers sufficient harm to kill a knight in a single shot, and it has two rockets per journal. For those who leap earlier than you shoot, you’ll hearth at a downward angle, so you may be much less more likely to miss.

– Binary rifle: The binary rifle is the strongest sniper rifle within the sport, and it means that you can kill a knight in solely two headshots. In case you are a poor sniper, as an alternative take away the knight’s shields with two physique pictures and end him with a couple of headshots from you headshot weapon.
– Plasma pistol: Identical to if you find yourself combating elites, you’ll be able to take away a knight’s shields with an overcharged plasma pistol. You’ll be able to then kill him with a couple of headshots out of your headshot weapon.
– Rail gun: The railgun means that you can take away a knight’s shields from a good distance. You’ll be able to then end off the knight with a couple of headshots out of your headshot weapon.
– Gas rod gun: The gas rod gun is the weakest rocket launcher, so it requires a number of direct hits to kill a knight. Fortunately, it has a excessive hearth charge and a big journal. Rise up shut and bombard the knight within the physique with 2 – 4 gas rods.
– SAW: The Noticed is the strongest assault weapon within the sport, and it offers immense harm per second on account of its fast hearth charge. You’ll be able to simply kill a knight with underneath {a magazine} of SAW hearth, however you have to to stand up shut to beat the SAW’s restricted accuracy.
– Needler: Although the needler offers little or no harm per bullet, if you happen to hit a knight with 15 – 20 needles, it should create two tremendous mix explosions, killing the knight. The needler solely has 22 bullets per journal, so it is best to stand up near be sure to hit with many of the pictures. The needles dwelling barely, which helps compensate for his or her low velocity.

Knight: Whereas peculiar knights are the weakest and lowest ranked, they’re nonetheless a formidable enemy. These knights wield both a light-weight rifle or a suppressor. The knights with mild rifles have an extended vary however they deal low harm per second. Subsequently, it is best to stand up shut and kill them with a suppressor (or some other weapon listed above). When combating knights with suppressors, it is best to as an alternative keep farther away to make the most of their decrease accuracy. In case you are utilizing an inaccurate gun (reminiscent of a SAW or a suppressor), you have to to stand up shut, so I extremely recommend that you just launch an auto sentry to attract a few of the knight’s hearth.

Knight Sniper: Though knight snipers are technically simply peculiar knights, I outline them as a special class as a result of they behave a lot in another way and you need to fight them with totally different techniques. Knight snipers at all times cling again and kill you from a distance with their highly effective binary rifles. They pose a really massive menace as a result of they’ll kill you with a single physique shot. When a sniper is about to fireplace, a pink halo seems round his head. You haven’t any likelihood of killing a knight sniper from a distance (except you have got a binary rifle), so that you as an alternative should stand up shut. When he’s not about to shoot, transfer between items of canopy till you come inside 5 meters of him. At this level, you’ll be able to rush the knight sniper and kill him with an assault weapon (or some other accessible weapon). For those who keep at practically level clean vary and circle across the knight, he will be unable to hit you. When you have a binary rifle, kill the knight from a distance with two headshots when he’s not about to shoot.

Knight Battlewagon: Knight Battlewagons are greater ranked and extra highly effective than peculiar knights. You’ll be able to distinguish them by their extra elaborate face gear and spikes on their again. A Battlewagon has stronger shields than normal knights and wields a scattershot, which is a kind of shotgun. Up shut, the scattershot can kill you with a single shot, although at vary, it offers no harm in any respect. Battlewagons will lunge over 5 meters or use their teleportation capability to come back inside scatter shot vary, so that they nonetheless pose a menace at a medium distance. Subsequently, I recommend that you just interact Battlewagons from a far-off in an open space at any time when attainable.

Knight Commander: Knight commanders are the best rank of knights, they usually due to this fact wield the strongest weapons and have the best capability shields. Nearly all of commanders wield incinerator cannons, a kind of rocket launcher that explodes with sufficient drive to kill you from over a meter away. It’s most secure to interact a commander from a distance as a result of you’ll have essentially the most time to dodge his rockets. First, launch your auto sentry to attract the knight’s hearth and deal some harm to him. Then, bombard him with a number of magazines of fireside out of your headshot weapon within the physique to take away his shields. As soon as his shields break, you’ll be able to end him with a couple of headshots out of your headshot weapon. I extremely recommend that you just then equip the knight’s incinerator cannon as you secondary weapon as a result of that is the perfect weapon for combating knights. When you have a binary rifle, you’ll be able to simply kill a commander with 2 headshots from a distance. Very not often, knight commanders will wield weaker weapons, through which case you’ll be able to kill them with peculiar techniques.

Laser Turrets
The laser turret is a stationary Promethean infantry that gives lengthy distance protecting hearth. It prices up and fires a laser much like the main target rifle from Halo Attain. This laser offers low harm per second, although it is vitally correct. Laser turrets flip very slowly when firing, so you’ll be able to keep away from their hearth by strolling perpendicular to them. They don’t have heads, so you need to destroy laser turrets with pure harm. I recommend you utilize 3 melee assaults to preserve 17 Hornet ammo or a pulse grenade and some pictures out of your headshot weapon to kill them from a distance.