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==Tips and Tactics==
==Tips and Tactics==
Ranged Forms are an extremely powerful Flood form on the battlefield and thus are very difficult to dispatch, without first exposing yourself to fire. Your first goal should be to close the distance as normally you can, only tell which direction they are firing from—they blend in quite well in the dark places they inhabit and are hard to see. When you are within sighting range, any weapon with any sort of range will do, the {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}} and the [[Paegaas Workshop Spiker|Brute Spiker]] used in short bursts (long bursts with the Plasma Rifle causes it to overheat, not good on the level [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]) seem to do just as well as more accurate weapons like the [[Carbine]] and the [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle|Battle Rifle]], and are more common on a [[The Flood|Flood]] infested battlefield so they may be your only choice. Note that Plasma Rifles and Brute Spikers are found easily therefore, one should be kept as a precaution. The Ranged Form is an anomaly in the mostly [[melee]]-based Flood combat and are normally hard to kill due to the simple fact that you do not normally have the ranged weapons required to take one out. In this case, well-placed [[Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|Plasma Grenades]] and/or [[Type-2 Antipersonnel Fragmentation Grenade|Spike Grenades]] work well, and so does a [[Type-3 Antipersonnel/Antimatériel Orgudam Workshop firebomb|Firebomb]], which requires much less accuracy as it explodes on impact next to the enemy. Ultimately, if you get within melee distance of a Ranged Form they are just as easily destroyed as any other combat form with close ranged weapons like the [[Type-52 Pistol|Brute Mauler]], [[Shotgun]], [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|Gravity Hammer]], [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|Energy Sword]] or a melee attack with any weapon. As true with all Pure forms the [[M7057/Defoliant Projector|Flamethrower]] is an excellent weapon, as do dual-wielding [[Paegaas Workshop Spiker|Spikers]] and [[Sentinel Beam]]. One good idea when dealing with Ranged Forms is to continually advance towards them, dodging their projectiles, and melee them though make sure this is only done 1 to 1, especially on higher difficulties. The [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]] is very effective when attacking at medium to medium-long range. Another tactic which works 1-1 is the Unggoy method of, "shoot enough bullets and at least ''some'' of them will hit.", which can apply to the more primitive weapons like plasma pistols.
Ranged Forms are an extremely powerful Flood form on the battlefield and thus are very difficult to dispatch, without first exposing yourself to fire. Your first goal should be to close the distance as normally you can, only tell which direction they are firing from—they blend in quite well in the dark places they inhabit and are hard to see. When you are within sighting range, any weapon with any sort of range will do, the {{Pattern|Okarda'phaa|plasma rifle}} and the [[Paegaas Workshop Spiker|Brute Spiker]] used in short bursts (long bursts with the Plasma Rifle causes it to overheat, not good on the level [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]) seem to do just as well as more accurate weapons like the [[Carbine]] and the [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle|Battle Rifle]], and are more common on a [[The Flood|Flood]] infested battlefield so they may be your only choice. Note that Plasma Rifles and Brute Spikers are found easily therefore, one should be kept as a precaution. The Ranged Form is an anomaly in the mostly [[melee]]-based Flood combat and are normally hard to kill due to the simple fact that you do not normally have the ranged weapons required to take one out. In this case, well-placed [[Anskum-pattern plasma grenade|Plasma Grenades]] and/or [[Type-2 Antipersonnel Fragmentation Grenade|Spike Grenades]] work well, and so does a [[Type-3 Antipersonnel/Antimatériel Orgudam Workshop firebomb|Firebomb]], which requires much less accuracy as it explodes on impact next to the enemy. Ultimately, if you get within melee distance of a Ranged Form they are just as easily destroyed as any other combat form with close ranged weapons like the [[Type-52 Pistol|Brute Mauler]], [[Shotgun]], [[Type-2 Energy Weapon/Hammer|Gravity Hammer]], [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|Energy Sword]] or a melee attack with any weapon. As true with all Pure forms the [[M7057/Defoliant Projector|Flamethrower]] is an excellent weapon, as do dual-wielding [[Paegaas Workshop Spiker|Spikers]] and [[Sentinel Beam]]. One good idea when dealing with Ranged Forms is to continually advance towards them, dodging their projectiles, and melee them though make sure this is only done 1 to 1, especially on higher difficulties. The [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needler]] is very effective when attacking at medium to medium-long range. Another tactic which works 1-1 is the Unggoy method of, "shoot enough bullets and at least ''some'' of them will hit.", which can apply to the more primitive weapons like plasma pistols.


The [[Type-25 Grenade Launcher|Brute Shot]] is a good choice for these Pure Forms as one or two [[grenade]]s will, while not killing them out right (on [[Normal]], it is possible to kill a Ranged Form with 2 well placed shots), knock them off the wall they tend to be stuck to allowing you to get close enough to kill them effectively. The Brute Shot's higher melee attack damage should kill them in one hit after knocking them off. A very helpful strategy is dropping [[Deployable Cover]] because the shield cannot be weakened or penetrated by the needles they shoot. There are many deployable covers on the levels [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]] and [[Floodgate]] for just this purpose.  
The [[Type-25 Grenade Launcher|Brute Shot]] is a good choice for these Pure Forms as one or two [[grenade]]s will, while not killing them out right (on [[Normal]], it is possible to kill a Ranged Form with 2 well placed shots), knock them off the wall they tend to be stuck to allowing you to get close enough to kill them effectively. The Brute Shot's higher melee attack damage should kill them in one hit after knocking them off. A very helpful strategy is dropping [[Deployable Cover]] because the shield cannot be weakened or penetrated by the needles they shoot. There are many deployable covers on the levels [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]] and [[Floodgate]] for just this purpose.  

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