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| [[Image:Tartarusfull.jpg|right|thumb|Another image of Tartarus.]] | | [[Image:Tartarusfull.jpg|right|thumb|Another image of Tartarus.]] |
| [[Image:HaloP_20-_2009.jpg|right|thumb|Tartarus with 343 Guilty Spark.]] | | [[Image:HaloP_20-_2009.jpg|right|thumb|Tartarus with 343 Guilty Spark.]] |
| Tartarus is invincible as long as his shield is up. It can be taken out temporarily with Beam Rifle shots (more shots are needed on higher difficulties) in close succession. Fortunately, Sgt. Johnson has one. Keep Tartarus in Johnson's line of sight so he can fire. When it goes out, hit him with all you've got before his shield recharges.
| | Before he became cheiftain, tartarus wielded the [[Spiker]] with lethal force, with goth its projectiles and fierce blades. He used an unloaded Spiker in his battle against his uncle [[Maccabeus]] and gained his new primary weapon, the [[Fist of Rukt]]. Tartarus is able to wield the Fist of Rukt with great strength, easily decimating foes in a single blow. In the battle between the [[Arbiter]], his shield is so strong, only direct hits from a [[Beam Rifle]] can lower it. Despite that, it quickly recharges, making Tartarus invincible once more. Even without his shield, Tartarus is still able to take large amounts of damage before falling. |
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| While powerful, the [[Brute Shot]], [[Needler]] and [[Covenant Carbine]] are all too slow-firing to be of much use. The [[Energy Sword]] needs three hits to kill him, but usually does the trick, if you jump out of harms way as soon as you hit him, although if your playing in easy and you manage to stab him in the back, it should kill him in one hit. The Shotgun is also effective, although only at close range. Dual-wielded [[Brute Plasma Rifle]]s are usually the way to go.
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| When fighting him, be careful of his Gravity Hammer, it will kill you in one quick blow. Just keep your distance from him and let Sgt. Johnson take his shield away. Then, attack!
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| There are two other ways to fight him if you're either bored and want to "cheat" or just try something new. The first involves the Banshee you fly while "protecting" the Scarab Johnson is in. Once he blows the door open, you can maneuver the Banshee up and over the wreckage and with enough patience can get it through and into the final rooms. The cutscene will force you out of it, but as soon as you regain control, just run backwards into the hallway where your allies spawn, and it will be sitting there ready to fly. From that point, you can just fly around in the room shooting at him with both the normal plasma canon and the Fuel Rod cannon. Johnson will still fire at him when he's visible so there's no worries there. Be careful though, you will still die automatically if you fly below the lowest platform the same as if you just fell down there normally. On top of that, if Tartarus falls off the cliff, he will jump right back up.
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| The second and perhaps more amusing way takes even more patience but the second half is a bit easier than the previous method, though it requires you to be playing with a friend in co-op. At the start of the level on the ground, at whenever point you choose, take Halfjaw's tank so he'll get out. use a spectre get him in turret after you beat the two wraiths go toward second door it will be too small but back the turret into the door then get out and shoot with brute shot till it explodes the jump over the wreck Then hit him or (encourage him)to get to next battle then begin a very long and very slow process of "herding" him through the level by smacking him with melee attacks constantly. He can't die so there's no worries there, but if you miss him once, he will try to run all the way back to the start where he's normally scripted to stop.
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| So, if you get him through the whole level, get to the part where Johnson takes the Scarab and he'll no longer try to run. At this point is where you need the second player for this whole thing to work. This is very hard, but possible. At this point have one player fly a banshee into the edge of the platform and try to stay level, while the other will whack Halfjaw off onto the Banshee. Here's the tough part, you have to fly all the way to the end of the level very slowly, since he can fall of rather easily, and try to fly high since he will shoot at enemies and possibly fall off trying to reach other banshees.
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| If you manage to get him all the way to the other door after Johnson blows it open, you can just smack him through the ruins. Once there he should join the fight with the other elites after the cutscene, though if he doesn't, run back to the main hallway and check if he's there. So, once he joins the fight you can usually just watch, since he can't die he'll eventually beat Tartarus assuming Johnson ever gets enough hits to bring his shield down, though he can be "defeated" if Tartarus knocks him off the platform. He won't die, but he can't come back up, and you can't go get him without dying.
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| ==Gravity Hammer== | | ==Gravity Hammer== |
