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| {{Covenant Rank Infobox
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| |name=Heavy
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| |image=[[File:H4-UnggoyHeavy.png|300px]]
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| |species=[[Unggoy]]
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| |weapons=*[[Fuel Rod Gun]]
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| *[[Plasma Cannon]]
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| *[[Plasma Pistol]]
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| *[[Needler]]
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| *[[Plasma Grenade]]
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| *[[Plasma Rifle]]
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| *[[Shade]]s
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| *[[Maulers]]
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| *[[Brute Spiker]]
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| *[[Plasma Launcher]]
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| |equipment=[[Unggoy combat harness]]
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| |vehicles=*[[Ghost]]s
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| *[[Type-47 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform|Scarab]] (on board only)
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| *[[Phantom]] (on side turrets only)
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| *[[Wraith]] (on turret only)
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| |missions=*Boarding parties
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| *Defense
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| *Patrolling (in ghosts)
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| |role=*Heavy weapons experts
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| *Defenders
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| *Combat Supportsmen
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| |notable=
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| |affiliation=*[[Covenant Loyalists]]
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| *[[Covenant Separatists]]
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| *[[Covenant remnant]]
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| }}
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| '''Heavy''' is a high [[Covenant]] [[Unggoy]] rank. This rank is designated for the use of heavy [[weapons]], turrets, and some vehicles.<ref> '''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', page 87 </ref><ref> '''Halo Encyclopedia''', pages 142-143 </ref> Even after the dissolution of the original Covenant, the [[Covenant remnant]] still made use of the Heavies.
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| ==Armor==
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| Heavy Grunts wear distinctive dark green armor, typically with a full-face methane breather and a cylindrical methane tank on their back, similar to the [[Unggoy Ultra]]. They can take much more damage than [[Unggoy Minor]]s and [[Unggoy Major|Major]]s, but not as much as higher ranking [[Unggoy Ultra]]s and [[Special Operations Unggoy|SpecOps Unggoy]]. In ''[[Halo 4]]'', the Heavies return with a visibly different, although similar, combat harness. The harness can be found in orange, red, silver, and blue colors.<ref name="H4 Interactive Guide">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-US/halo4guide '''Halo 4 Interactive Guide''']</ref><ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/Detail/character-enemy-renders/421563ab-3b18-4e29-8487-3dd79b627a70#imageNumber=17 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''New Halo 4 Renders'']</ref><ref>'''Halo 4 Prima Official Game Guide''' (Collector's Edition), page 51</ref>
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| ==Combat==
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| [[File:1218481089 Heavygrunt.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Stationed on a [[Type-52 Troop Carrier|Phantom]]'s side, this particular Grunt Heavy shows one of the many duties of its rank: operating [[Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon|Plasma Cannons]] or Heavy weaponry.]]
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| Heavy Grunts are usually seen in conjunction with other [[Covenant]] infantry, operating as heavy support units and are usually operating heavy weapon systems such as [[Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon|Plasma Cannons]], [[Shade|Shade Turrets]] and [[Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon|Fuel Rod Guns]] with deadly effect.
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| They will usually not flee from their position unless the player is too close or out of range of their [[Weapon]], in which case they will pull out a [[Plasma Pistol]] and attack like a normal Grunt. They are easily dispatched using most tactics. Their armor seems to be slightly tougher than the average Grunt, most likely to protect them from explosives and the possible backfiring of their powerful weapons. Unlike most Grunts, it is strangely rare for Heavy Grunts to throw [[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|Plasma Grenades]].
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| Note that the cannon is free for a player to use after taking out its operator. In ''[[Halo 2]]'' a Heavy Grunt must first deploy its Plasma Cannon before it can be used. If the Grunt Heavy carrying the Plasma Cannon is killed before it can deploy it then it cannot be used. This is not the case in ''[[Halo 3]]'', since most of the Plasma Cannons encountered are already deployed, with the exception of a few. They can still be used even if they are detached from their tripod mount.
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| In ''Halo 3'', Heavy Grunts are seen utilizing many different heavy [[Weapons]] and [[Vehicles]]. They are commonly seen driving [[Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle|Ghosts]] and seem to be skillful drivers, especially on higher difficulties. Due to their low target profile, they are also much harder to kill in a Ghost from head on. Grunts will attempt to ram enemies and will keep their distance from advancing foes. Heavy Grunts may also work in teams on higher difficulties in which case one rams a foe and another shoots the foe out of what they are driving. Usually if they're not piloting a Ghost then they're manning a plasma turret or carrying a [[Fuel Rod Gun]].
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| Like [[Special Operations|Spec Ops]] and [[Ultra Grunt|Ultra]] grunts, they are some of the most dangerous and tactical [[Unggoy]]. When not manning a vehicle or turret or carrying a Fuel Rod Gun, Grunt Heavies will usually use [[Plasma Pistol]]s, but on higher difficulties they may use [[Needler]]s.
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| ==Trivia==
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| *The only time a non-Heavy Grunt is seen deploying a [[Type-42 Directed Energy Support Weapon|Plasma Cannon]] is in ''[[Halo 2]]'' at the beginning of the level [[The Arbiter (Level)|The Arbiter]], where a [[Special Operations Unggoy|SpecOps Grunt]] is seen carrying one. This is because the only [[Unggoy]] allies encountered in the level are Special Operations Grunts.
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| *In ''[[Halo 3]]'' Heavy Grunts are sometimes, but rarely, seen wielding [[Spiker]]s. This is easier to find when the player destroys a Phantom, the Grunt will most likely (if it survived) be wielding a Spiker or a Mauler.
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| *In ''Halo 3'', if a Heavy Grunt panics while carrying an undeployed turret, it will wave the turret around in the air with only one hand. This is because Grunts usually use small single-handed weapons, and no separate animation was created for Heavy Grunts using turrets.
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| *Heavy Grunts are classified as Spec-ops Grunts in Firefight, where white-armored Grunts are simply classed as regular Grunts. Spec-ops Grunts in Firefight are only seen manning the side mounted plasma turrets on the Phantoms.
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| *In ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', Heavy Unggoy have a cylindrical methane tank, same as the Ultras, and a full face mask that looks similar to a [[Human]] gas mask.
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| *In ''Halo: Reach'' [[campaign]] level [[ONI: Sword Base]], Heavy Grunts are seen with [[Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle|Plasma Rifles]] on higher difficulties.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery widths="120" orientation="portrait">
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| File:HReach - Heavy Unggoy.png|An Unggoy Heavy in ''Halo: Reach''.
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| File:Turret Grunt.jpg|An Unggoy Heavy with a portable [[Type-42 Directed Energy Support Weapon|Plasma Cannon]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
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| File:H2 Heavy Grunt.png|Detail view of a Heavy Grunt from ''Halo 2''.
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| File:GH firing spiker.jpg|An Unggoy Heavy firing a [[Type-25 Carbine|Spiker]] on the mission ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''.
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| File:GruntHeavyCutout.png|An Unggoy Heavy in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
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| File:TurretGrunt.jpg|An Unggoy Heavy operating the plasma turret on a [[Type-26 Assault Gun Carriage|Wraith]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
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| File:H4 Grunt Heavy.png|The Unggoy Heavy in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo 3]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[Origins]]''
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| *''[[Halo 4]]''
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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| {{Unggoy Ranks}}
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