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| {{Status|Gameplay}} | | {{Article Quote|Your enemies are as numerous as they are ferocious; their attacks are devastating. Survival is not guaranteed.}} |
| [[File:MCC - Heroic symbol.png|150px|thumb|The Heroic shield, as per ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection|Halo: The Master Chief Collection's]] release.]]
| | [[Image:Heroic.jpg|The Heroic Icon|thumb]] |
| {{Quote|Your enemies are as numerous as they are ferocious; their attacks are devastating. Survival is not guaranteed.|Description from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', and ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.}}
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| {{Quote|Fight against formidable foes that will truly test your skill and wits; this is the way Halo is meant to be played.|Description from ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', and ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.}}
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| {{Quote|Fight against foes that will truly test your skill - this is the way Halo is meant to be played!|Description from ''[[Halo 4]]''.}}
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| {{Quote|Formidable opposition will test your resolve. Skilled, tactical play required. Recommended for veteran Halo players.|Description from ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''}}
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| {{Quote|You will have to utilize every skill and tactic you've learned to survive. Recommended for players who have mastered Halo Wars 2.|Description from ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''}}
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| {{Quote|Your foes are well-armed and resolute. Quell the storm and ride the thunder. Recommended for veteran Halo players.|Description from ''[[Halo Infinite]]''}}
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| '''Heroic''' is the second hardest difficulty in the [[Halo universe|Halo]] series [[campaign]] mode.
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| ==Summary== | | ==Summary== |
| [[File:Halo 3 - Heroic Symbol.png|thumb|The original Heroic shield.]]
| | '''Heroic''' is the second-hardest difficulty in Halo campaign mode. It's one step down from [[Legendary]]. |
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| The symbol for the Heroic difficulty setting in the trilogy is represented with a shield that has the [[Marathon]] logo encrusted into the center; over the shield are two [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[machete]]s crossed over each other. In ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', it is represented by two [[M7S Caseless Submachine Gun|silenced SMGs]] crossed over a shield with the Marathon symbol encrusted into the center.
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| Heroic pits you against the [[Covenant]], who now rely on more efficient battlefield tactics, and their [[weapons]] inflict more damage per hit than their Normal-level counterparts. Elites will often take cover when their shields are down, and Grunts can withstand quite a few bullets. It is otherwise considered "Hard", in other games. While Normal represents health, strength and firepower of [[John-117|the Master Chief]], [[Covenant]] and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]]s, Bungie has stated that Heroic difficulty is the "true Halo universe", due to the fact that enemy numbers, behavior, and accuracy are more realistic. | | Heroic pits you against the [[Covenant]], who now are slightly smarter, and their weapons inflict more damage per hit. Otherwise considered Hard in other games. |
| | Among the features the player enjoys in Heroic mode are... |
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| The following are a list of changes in the Heroic difficulty:
| | *[[Health]] meter is weaker. Hits do more damage. |
| *[[Health]] meter is smaller. Hits do more damage. | | *[[Shields]] are only 75% their "Normal" capacity. |
| *Enemy numbers increased.
| | *Increased Shields and health for enemies. |
| *Increased AI on enemies. They will behave much more intelligently to defeat the player while also maintaining defense.
| | *Many [[Minor Elite]]s are replaced by [[Major Elite]]s. [[Major Grunts]] are more frequent as well. |
| *[[Energy shielding|Energy shield]]s are only 75% their "normal" capacity. | | *Enemies are smarter in tactical actions, thus harder to kill. |
| *Increased shields and armor for enemies. | | *[[Marine]]s have reduced effectiveness and are weaker. |
| *Enemy placements have changed. Lower ranking Covenant troops will be replaced by higher ranking ones. Tougher enemies like [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]] will appear in certain areas of the level where they were not originally present in Normal. | | *[[Ultra Elite]]s and [[Ultra Grunt]]s appear ever so often and for the Elites, they normally dual wield. |
| *Enemies will wield more powerful weapons than they did in their Easy and Normal counterparts. | |
| *[[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] have reduced effectiveness and are weaker; their tactical intelligence has also been reduced. | |
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| ==''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo: Anniversary''==
| | All of these wrap up into a nice gameplay option for more experienced players, who find [[Normal]] boring, and [[Legendary]] too hard. This difficultly may be deemed the most realistic by some players, however this is not to be stated as a fact, as each player has their own comfort zone regarding difficulty. |
| ===General differences===
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| ===Awards===
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| *In ''Halo: Anniversary'':
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| **The [[This One's for Jenkins!]] achievement is awarded for killing 50 [[Flood combat form]]s on [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]] on Heroic or higher.
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| **The [[Popcorn.gif]] achievement is awarded for killing 100 [[Infection form]]s during [[Keyes]] on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[Brovershield]] achievement is awarded for completing a level of ''Halo: Anniversary'' on Heroic in cooperative play.
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| *Shared between ''Halo: Anniversary'' and ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'':
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| **The [[Beachhead (achievement)|Beachhead]] achievement is awarded for storming the beach during [[The Silent Cartographer]] without suffering any Marine casualties on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[Grenadier (achievement)|Grenadier]] achievement is awarded for escaping the map room during The Silent Cartographer without firing a shot on Heroic or higher.
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| **The [[That Just Happened]] achievement is awarded for completing [[The Library]] on Heroic or harder without dying.
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| **The [[Look Out for the Little Guys]] achievement is awarded for completing [[Two Betrayals]] on Heroic or harder without killing any [[Unggoy|Grunts]].
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| **The [[Tying Up Loose Ends]] achievement is awarded for killing every Elite on the level Keyes on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[Believe in a Hero]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo: Anniversary'' on Heroic.
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| ==''Halo 2''==
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| ===General differences===
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| ===Awards===
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| *In ''Halo 2: Vista'':
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| **The [[Demon (Halo 2 achievement)|Demon]] achievement is awarded for completing a level of ''Halo 2: Vista'' without dying on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[Hero (achievement)|Hero]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo 2: Vista'' on Heroic.
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| *In ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'':
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| | In Halo 3, Heroic is being made for those who have played the prior games and have found that Normal is too easy. |
| ==''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 3: ODST''==
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| [[File:Halo 3 ODST - Heroic Symbol.png|150px|thumb|The ''Halo 3: ODST'' Heroic shield.]]
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| ===General differences===
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| ===Awards===
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| *In ''Halo 3'':
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| **Completing [[Tsavo Highway]] on Heroic will unlock the [[Flight harness]] chest for multiplayer use.
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| **Completing [[The Ark (level)|The Ark]] on Heroic will unlock the [[Flight harness]] shoulders for multiplayer use.
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| **Completing the campaign on Heroic will unlock the [[Flight harness]] helmet for multiplayer use.
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| **The [[Campaign Complete: Heroic (Halo 3 achievement)|Campaign Complete: Heroic]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo 3'' on Heroic.
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| *In ''Halo 3: ODST'':
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| **The [[Campaign Complete: Heroic (Halo 3: ODST achievement)|Campaign Complete: Heroic]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo 3: ODST'' on Heroic.
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| **The [[Vidmaster Challenge: Endure]] achievement is awarded for passing the fourth set in a game of Firefight on 4-player co-op on Xbox Live.
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| *In ''Halo 3'' on ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'':
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| **The [[With Your Shield or On It]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo 3'' on Heroic.
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| *In ''Halo 3: ODST'' on ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'':
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| **The [[Shoot and Scoot]] achievement is awarded for completing [[NMPD HQ]] without firing the sniper rifle on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[One Way Ride]] achievement is awarded for completing a level of ''Halo 3: ODST'' without using a health pack on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[Just Sayin...I Ain't Dead]] achievement is awarded for completing a level of ''Halo 3: ODST'' without dying on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[First In, Last Out]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo 3: ODST'' on Heroic.
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| ==''Halo Wars''== | | == Sources == |
| ===General differences===
| | *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' |
| ===Awards===
| | *''[[Halo 2]]'' |
| *The [[Adjudicate the Arbiter]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo Wars'' on Heroic. | | |
| *The [[Mr. Punctual]] achievement is awarded for completing all missions in ''Halo Wars'' on Heroic, under the par times.
| | == Related Links == |
| *The [[Big Al's Scooter]] achievement is awarded for winning a Heroic Skirmish game against AI in under ten minutes. | | *[[Easy]] |
| *The [[Penny Pincher]] achievement is awarded for obtaining a winning high score against a Heroic AI with ten or less squads.
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| | *[[Legendary]] |
| ==''Halo: Reach''==
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| [[File:HR Heroic Icon.png|thumb|The ''Halo: Reach'' Heroic shield.]]
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| ===General differences===
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| *The [[Folks Need Heroes...]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo: Reach'' on Heroic. | |
| *The [[Wake Up, Buttercup]] achievement is awarded for destroying the Corvette's engines and escort in under three minutes during [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]] on Heroic or harder. | |
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| ==''Halo 4''==
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| [[File:Halo 4 - Heroic symbol.png|150px|thumb|The ''Halo 4'' Heroic shield.]]
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| ===General differences===
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| ===Awards===
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| *In ''Halo 4'':
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| **The [[Bropocalypse]] achievement is awarded for completing any campaign mission cooperatively on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[Bromageddon]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo 4'' cooperatively on Heroic or harder.
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| *Shared between ''Halo 4'' and ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'':
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| **The [[This is my Rifle, this is my Gun]] achievement is awarded for carrying a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] weapon all the way through [[Forerunner (level)|Forerunner]] on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[Bros to the Close]] achievement is awarded for completing [[Infinity (Halo 4 level)|Infinity]] without one preventable Marine death on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[Mortardom]] achievement is awarded for hijacking a [[Zurdo-pattern Wraith|Wraith]] and using it to kill four other Wraiths during [[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]] on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[Skullduggery]] achievement is awarded for completing any campaign mission with three or more Skulls on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[I Need a Hero]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo 4'' on Heroic difficulty.
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| **The [[No One Left Behind]] achievement is awarded for saving at least one Marine in the [[Spartan Ops]] mission [[Artifact (Spartan Ops)/Hacksaw|Hacksaw]] on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[No Easy Way Out]] achievement is awarded for surviving the enemy assault during the defense portion of [[Memento Mori/Spartan Miller|Spartan Miller]] on Heroic or harder.
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| **The [[What Power Outage?]] achievement is awarded for completing [[Memento Mori/Spartan Thorne|Spartan Thorne]] without losing a generator on Heroic or harder.
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| == ''Halo 5: Guardians'' ==
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| [[File:Halo 5 Guardians - Heroic symbol.png|150px|thumb|The ''Halo 5: Guardians'' Heroic shield.]]
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| === General differences ===
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| * [[Kig-Yar Sniper|Jackal Snipers]] with Beam Rifles appear more often.
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| * [[Promethean Crawler]]s' built-in [[Z-110 Boltshot|Boltshots]] exhibit stronger tracking behavior.
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| === Awards ===
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| * The [[Enemy of my Enemy]] achievement is awarded for helping the Elite General [[Kitun 'Arach]] charge the hill in [[Osiris (level)|Osiris]] on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[Savior]] achievement is awarded for keeping 6 miners alive at the elevator in [[Evacuation]] on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[Fire Drill]] achievement is awarded for completing Evacuation within 18 minutes without dying on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[No Witnesses]] achievement is awarded for destroying the [[Mikpramu-pattern Phantom|Phantom]] at the Covenant camp in [[Reunion]] on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[Take a Hike]] achievement is awarded for traversing the canyon without a [[Phaeton]] in Reunion on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[Rolling Thunder]] achievement is awarded for operating four different vehicles at once during [[Genesis (level)|Genesis]] on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[Prison Break]] achievement is awarded for simultaneously destroying two [[Warden Eternal|Wardens]] in [[The Breaking]] on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[Icy Cool]] achievement is awarded for using a ground pound on an exterior power core in [[Guardians]] on Heroic difficulty, as per the achievement's official description.
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| ** It is actually unlockable on any difficulty.
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| * The [[Double Stuff]] achievement is awarded for simultaneously destroying two cores in Guardians on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[My Rules]] achievement is awarded for completing any mission with three or more skulls active on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[One for All]] achievement is awarded for completing any mission in co-op on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[All for One]] achievement is awarded for completing all missions in co-op on Heroic difficulty.
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| * The [[Heroes Rise]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo 5: Guardians'' on Heroic difficulty.
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| ==''Halo Wars 2''==
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| [[File:Halo Wars 2 - Heroic symbol.png|150px|thumb|The ''Halo Wars 2'' Heroic shield.]]
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| ===Awards===
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| *The [[The hard fight]] achievement is awarded for completing ''Halo Wars 2'' on Heroic.
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| ==''Halo Infinite''==
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| ===General differences===
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| {{Expand-section}}
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| *The [[Fight Hard, Die Well]] achievement is awarded for completing Halo Infinite on Heroic.
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| {{Halo Difficulty Levels}}
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