Damage Boost: Difference between revisions

'''Damage Boost''' is a [[power-up]] enhancement featured in ''[[Halo 4]]''<ref name="Bulletin 1">[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/07/06/The-Halo-Bulletin-7612.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 7.6.12'']</ref> and ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.<ref name="req">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/more-info-req-packs-in-halo-5-guardians '''Halo Waypoint''': ''More info: REQ Packs in Halo 5: Guardians'']</ref> It lasts for 30 seconds and increases the damage per shot of the player's weapons by 100%. This includes vehicle-mounted weapons.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgSY3Sj9wCY '''Halo 4 Mythbusters''' - ''Episode 3'']</ref> However, the power-up has little effect on the [[M45 shotgun|shotgun]], [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]], [[Z-750 binary rifle|binary rifle]] and launched explosives. The effect lasts for 30 seconds. While in use, the player is awarded a visual effect which gives off a red full-body glowing effect and leaves a trail as the player moves.<ref name="Bulletin 1"/> This effect also appears on the player's HUD.

In ''Halo 4'' Damage Boost is typically earned in [[Slayer#Halo 4|Infinity Slayer]] games through ordnance drops. It is also earned and automatically equipped in [[Regicide]] for [[Reign of Terror|surviving as king for 60 seconds]]. In ''Halo 5: Guardians'' damage boosts are commonly used in [[Warzone]]. Unlike ''Halo 4'' the damage boost in ''Halo 5: Guardians'' can be applied to vehicles as well.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'''</ref>

File:H4 - Damage Boost Third Person.jpg|A Spartan under the effects of Damage Boost in ''Halo 4''.

File:Damage Boost HUD comparison.jpg|Player HUD before and after activating Damage Boost. Note the red tinge on the latter.

File:Damageboost1.png|REQ Card of Damage Boost I in ''Halo 5: Guardians''.