Flood combat form: Difference between revisions
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The creature seems to draw on its host's brutish nature and often forgo projectile weapons in favor of close combat. | The creature seems to draw on its host's brutish nature and often forgo projectile weapons in favor of close combat. | ||
They usually wield Brute weapons such as Spikers, Maulers, Brute Shots, and even Gravity Hammers, as well as more traditional Covenant weaponry and human armaments. | They usually wield Brute weapons such as Spikers, Maulers, Brute Shots, and even Gravity Hammers, as well as more traditional Covenant weaponry and human armaments. | ||
However, they do not use the hammer to great effect, they just use it to melee instead of using the primary explosive hit (though that may have been a consideration on Bungie's part). They are more powerful than the Human Form, but they are slower (bulkier) and can't jump as high. Since when a brute's armor is damaged far enough, it falls off leaving a stripped body. When a Flood infection form infects them, they | However, they do not use the hammer to great effect, they just use it to melee instead of using the primary explosive hit (though that may have been a consideration on Bungie's part). They are more powerful than the Human Form, but they are slower (bulkier) and can't jump as high. Since when a brute's armor is damaged far enough, it falls off leaving a stripped body. When a Flood infection form infects them, they don't have shielding capabilities like the Elite form. A shotgun round or a few melees should do the trick with them. | ||
==Anti-Flood Countermeasures== | ==Anti-Flood Countermeasures== | ||