Editing Flood Friends

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[[Image:Armless_flood.jpg|right|thumb| And the chase is on: People will notice this is the part from the "Keyes" walkthrough with the Grunt being chased by the Armless Flood.]]
In [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] you were able to neutralize [[Flood]] forms and make them harmless, they were called '''Flood Buddies''', '''Floodsicles''', or sometimes '''Flooddonells''', these flood forms would still try and follow you around and could then be used as shields, taking enemy fire while you crouch and shoot between their legs.

==Walk Through==
This can be done on any level with the Flood and it is relatively easy. It works particularly well with the [[Assault Rifle]] and [[M6D|Pistol]], though the [[Plasma Rifle]] or [[Plasma Pistol]] are recommended as they cause less damage. When you spot a Flood Combat Form, shoot off its tentacled arm. On higher difficulties, you may also want to shoot off the [[Elite]] infected flood's head, as this may be used as a [[weapon]] from time to time. If they are carrying a weapon, shoot off their right arm as well. In addition one may be seen at the beginning of the level keyes chasing a grunt by default. Only the left arm must be amputated, and on [[Human]] infected flood, the head poses no threat. The arm in which they hold a weapon is only dangerous if they have a gun. After taking off the left arm, and sometimes the head, the Flood are incapable of hurting you. Another way is too shoot them down with a pistol and then shoot their arms off while they are down.If it took a couple of shots to get them down they will probably get back up though it isn't certain. The number of Flood buddies you can make is technically indefinite, however the game will begin to slow after 6-7 flood buddies are acquired (if you have a slow computer), and lags severely when more than a dozen are present (again, if you have a slow computer). The flood buddies will be very hard to get rid of, because they run very fast around you. Strangely enough, the "friendly" Flood do not show up on your motion sensor at all.

==[[Halo 2]]==
Unfortunately in Halo 2 the game designers changed the Flood attributes. So that once you shoot the arms off a [[Combat Form]] it will shortly pop into an [[Infection Form]]. However, by shooting the left arm of a Human Flood that is not carrying a weapon, you can create a Halo 2 Flood buddy. Though these tend to push you around, they cannot damage you.

You may also shoot off the arms of a "dead" combat form. If it reanimates, it will be armless.

==[[Halo 3]]==
In Halo 3, it is possible to make an actual Flood Buddy by shooting off the tentacled arm or appendage of a [[Combat Form]] that is not carrying a [[weapon]]. In order to shoot the Elite Combat Form's arm off, its shield must be down. The [[Combat Form]] will charge at you but cannot harm you unless it pushes you off a ledge. If you are facing away, they will also attempt to "assassinate" you with an invisible tentacled arm (this will only take down a quarter of your shields). Also, if your Flood buddies attempt to follow you after their designated checkpoint, the [[Infection Forms]] will detach themselves from the combat forms (not destroying the form but merely turning it into a rag doll) and will run in random directions, and popping shortly.

Another way is to kill the combat form without destroying the body and shoot off the head and the left arm. then put a gravity hammer and wait for an infection form to take control. The rejuviniated flood will run after you, but never use the hammer, making them living shields. But since there're a few gravity hammers around the place, its more tempting to play batter ball, t-ball, with the hammer than to make them buddies.

==External Links==
*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-984014267322481528&q Flood Buddy] - A [[machinima]].

==Related Pages==
*[[Flood]]

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-[[File:Armless flood.jpg|thumb|An example of a Flood Friend. This is seen in the level [[Keyes (Level)|Keyes]].]]
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-'''Flood Friends''', also referred to as '''Flood Buddies''' or '''Pet Flood''', is a phenomenon found in the [[Campaign]]s of the [[Halo universe|Halo Trilogy]]. It is a design flaw that allows [[The Flood|Flood]] [[Flood combat form|combat forms]] to be made into harmless "pets" that follow the player around. Such "pets" can also be used as shields and distractions.
+[[Image:Armless_flood.jpg|right|thumb| And the chase is on: People will notice this is the part from the "Keyes" walkthrough with the Grunt being chased by the Armless Flood.]]
+In [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] you were able to neutralize [[Flood]] forms and make them harmless, they were called '''Flood Buddies''', '''Floodsicles''', or sometimes '''Flooddonells''', these flood forms would still try and follow you around and could then be used as shields, taking enemy fire while you crouch and shoot between their legs.
-==''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Anniversary''==
+==Walk Through==
-Play a Campaign level in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' or ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Anniversary]]'' that contains Flood forces. You can use the [[MA5B assault rifle|assault rifle]] and [[M6D magnum|pistol]] for the glitch, but the [[Type-25 plasma pistol|plasma pistol]] and [[Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle|plasma rifle]] are more recommended.
+This can be done on any level with the Flood and it is relatively easy. It works particularly well with the [[Assault Rifle]] and [[M6D|Pistol]], though the [[Plasma Rifle]] or [[Plasma Pistol]] are recommended as they cause less damage. When you spot a Flood Combat Form, shoot off its tentacled arm. On higher difficulties, you may also want to shoot off the [[Elite]] infected flood's head, as this may be used as a [[weapon]] from time to time. If they are carrying a weapon, shoot off their right arm as well. In addition one may be seen at the beginning of the level keyes chasing a grunt by default. Only the left arm must be amputated, and on [[Human]] infected flood, the head poses no threat. The arm in which they hold a weapon is only dangerous if they have a gun. After taking off the left arm, and sometimes the head, the Flood are incapable of hurting you. Another way is too shoot them down with a pistol and then shoot their arms off while they are down.If it took a couple of shots to get them down they will probably get back up though it isn't certain. The number of Flood buddies you can make is technically indefinite, however the game will begin to slow after 6-7 flood buddies are acquired (if you have a slow computer), and lags severely when more than a dozen are present (again, if you have a slow computer). The flood buddies will be very hard to get rid of, because they run very fast around you. Strangely enough, the "friendly" Flood do not show up on your motion sensor at all.
-When you spot a Flood combat form, shoot off its tentacled arm. If the combat form is carrying a weapon, shoot off its right arm as well. When dealing with unarmed combat forms, only the left arm must be amputated.
+==[[Halo 2]]==
+Unfortunately in Halo 2 the game designers changed the Flood attributes. So that once you shoot the arms off a [[Combat Form]] it will shortly pop into an [[Infection Form]]. However, by shooting the left arm of a Human Flood that is not carrying a weapon, you can create a Halo 2 Flood buddy. Though these tend to push you around, they cannot damage you.
-At this point, the combat form will have been rendered harmless, and will simply follow the player around.
+You may also shoot off the arms of a "dead" combat form. If it reanimates, it will be armless.
-The number of Flood Buddies you can make is technically indefinite, but on a slow computer, the game will begin to slow after 6-7 Flood Buddies are acquired, and will lag severely when more than 12 are present. Flood Buddies are very hard to get rid of, because they run very fast around you. Strangely enough, the "friendly" Flood do not show up on your [[Motion tracker]].
+==[[Halo 3]]==
+In Halo 3, it is possible to make an actual Flood Buddy by shooting off the tentacled arm or appendage of a [[Combat Form]] that is not carrying a [[weapon]]. In order to shoot the Elite Combat Form's arm off, its shield must be down. The [[Combat Form]] will charge at you but cannot harm you unless it pushes you off a ledge. If you are facing away, they will also attempt to "assassinate" you with an invisible tentacled arm (this will only take down a quarter of your shields). Also, if your Flood buddies attempt to follow you after their designated checkpoint, the [[Infection Forms]] will detach themselves from the combat forms (not destroying the form but merely turning it into a rag doll) and will run in random directions, and popping shortly.
-==''Halo 2''==
+Another way is to kill the combat form without destroying the body and shoot off the head and the left arm. then put a gravity hammer and wait for an infection form to take control. The rejuviniated flood will run after you, but never use the hammer, making them living shields. But since there're a few gravity hammers around the place, its more tempting to play batter ball, t-ball, with the hammer than to make them buddies.
-In ''[[Halo 2]]'', the game designers changed the Flood's programming. When you shoot both arms off an Elite [[Flood combat form|combat form]], its [[Pod infector]] will abandon the body. Human Combat Forms will simply disintegrate and take the Pod infector with it when both arms are shot off. However, it is still possible to make a Flood Buddy: if the Flood combat form isn't carrying a weapon, you can shoot off just the left arm, and it will be harmless since it has no weapon. Though they may push you around a bit by attacking you with their right arm, they are not able to damage you in any way.
-Also, if you shoot off both arms of a dead combat form as it is being revived by a Pod infector, it will get up for a brief moment and then get abandoned by the Pod infector.
+==External Links==
+*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-984014267322481528&q Flood Buddy] - A [[machinima]].
-==''Halo 3''==
+==Related Pages==
-In ''[[Halo 3]]'', it is possible to make a Flood Buddy in the same way as in ''Halo 2'' - by shooting off the tentacled appendage of any [[Flood combat form|combat form]] that is not carrying a weapon. In order to shoot the Elite combat form's arm off, its shield must be down.
+*[[Flood]]
-The combat form will charge at you, but cannot harm you unless it pushes you off a ledge. If you are facing away, they will also attempt to [[assassin Medal|assassinate]] you with an invisible tentacled arm, though this will only take down a quarter of your shields. Also, if your Flood Buddies attempt to follow you after their designated checkpoint, the [[Pod infector]]s will detach themselves from the combat forms (not destroying the form but merely turning it into a rag doll) and run in random directions, and popping shortly.
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+[[Category:Halo 1 Tricks and Cheats]]
-Another way is to kill a combat form without destroying the body, and then shoot off the left arm. You must leave any weapon near it that it cannot use due to not having an animation for it, such as a [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|Gravity Hammer]]. Leaving a weapon near a body will seem to attract an Pod infector to the body, as it would have a means of hurting the player. Once the body is alive again, it will follow you around like a normal Flood Friend, but it cannot hurt you as it doesn't have an animation to attack with the [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|Gravity Hammer]].
-==Related links==
-===Internal===
-*[[The Flood|Flood]]
-===External===
-*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-984014267322481528&q Flood Buddy]—[[machinima]].
-[[Category:Tricks and cheats]]