Assault

Assault redirects here. For the Halo 3 armor, see Assault harness. For the Halo: Reach armor pieces, see Assault attachments.

The icon for Assault in Halo 3.

Assault is a multiplayer gametype in Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo: Reach, Halo 2: Anniversary and Halo 5: Guardians where one team attempts to 'arm' a bomb in the opponents base. This 'arming' requires the player carrying the bomb to occupy a designated circle in the enemies base for a predetermined amount of time. This is a task greatly aided by Sticky Arming. The bomb will be visible to all players when it is not being carried except in single bomb and multi-bomb games when a team has not removed the bomb from its original spawn site. However, once an opponent has picked up the bomb, it disappears and can only be viewed when seen by you or a teammate. Also after the it has been dropped. It is easy to be seen however, due to its bright glow.

Built-in variants

Halo 2

Title	Description
Multi Bomb	Defend your base while trying to deliver your bomb into the enemy's base. 3 successful bombings wins.
Single Bomb	Take turns on offense/defense. A successful bombing wins a round. First to 3 wins. No bomb return. Rounds last 3 minutes.
Single Bomb Fast	Intense 2 minute rounds of offense/defense. A successful bombing wins a round. Bomb may not be returned. First to 3 wins.
Neutral Bomb	There's just one bomb that starts in the middle. Use it to bomb the enemy base 3 times to win.
Blast Resort	You have just 1 life and no motion sensor in this single bomb game. 10 second arming, 3 minute rounds, first to 3 wins.

Halo 3

Title	Description
Assault	Every team has a bomb, and a base to defend. 3 detonations to win.
Neutral Bomb	All teams have a base to defend, but share a single bomb. 3 detonations to win.
One Bomb	Only one team has a base to defend. 4 rounds, teams take turns defending.
Attrition Bomb	Highly tactical Assault. Neutral bomb, long respawns, but teams respawn on detonations.

Halo: Reach

Title	Description
Assault	Retrieve the bomb, arm it in your opponent's base, and then protect it until it detonates.
Netural Bomb Assault	Retrieve the bomb, arm it in your opponent's base, and then protect it until it detonates.
One Bomb Assault	Retrieve the bomb, arm it in your opponent's base, and then protect it until it detonates.

Halo 2: Anniversary

Title	Description
Multi-Bomb Assault	Arm your bomb in the enemy base while protecting your base.
Half-Time Assault	Play 2 rounds of multi-bomb Assault on an asymmetrical map and swap sides at half time.
One Bomb Assault	Round-based game of alternating offense and defense. A detonation wins a round.
One Bomb Fast	Short, round-based game of alternating offense and defense. A detonation wins a round.
Blast Resort	You have just 1 life and no motion sensor in this single-bomb game. 10 second arming, 4 minute rounds, first to 3 points.
Neutral Bomb Assault	Both teams fight to take the neutral bomb and detonate it in the enemy base.

Halo 5: Guardians

Title	Description
Assault	Deliver the Bomb to the enemy's goal and arm it to score.
Super Fiesta Assault	Assault with random weapons. This is madness!
Big Team Assault	Deliver the Bomb to the enemy's goal and arm it to score.

General Tips

• You're only as good as your team. Having teammates around you as you carry the bomb makes it harder to kill you. Have at least two people around you at all times, and retreat if needed.

• If you find yourself attacked without anyone to block you, drop the bomb, attack, and pick it up after you kill them.

• A preference of some people is to hide the bomb carrier, thinking they're not going to figure out where you are. If you get a well placed hiding spot, put some people around it, but not enough to make it obvious that you're defending something. Do not place the bomb down if you are hiding it. The bomb will respawn, and the other team will most likely get it.

• A good place for Bomb planting is Sandtrap. Using the tunnels, getting to their Elephant is easy. A good tactic is to move their Elephant next to the tower that has the bomb, and defend it as you get it and hop right on their Elephant.

• The more people you have on the bomb, the faster it is disarmed.

• In One Bomb, most maps have Active Camo somewhere on them. If the bomb carrier has this then it gives you a huge advantage. They won't be able to see him so he can sneak in while the rest of your team keeps them busy.

Trivia

The human Assault bomb has messages written on it.

Gallery

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  The Type 14 Magnetic/Anti-Tank Mine.

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  A Spartan holding the bomb on Remnant in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.

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  A Spartan holding the bomb while riding a Gungoose on Remnant in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.

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  A Spartan defending an armed bomb on Remnant in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.

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  A bomb detonation on Remnant in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.

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  Spartan-IVs playing Assault on Coliseum in Halo 5: Guardians.

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  Concept art of the Assault bomb for Halo Infinite (top right).

See also

• Team Objective
• Team Skirmish