Lunchtime Halo Highlights: 2008-03-24

Fuel Rod Ricochet

The fuel rod is one of those things that can ricochet. I found this sequence pretty surprising. (Xor1an was firing, Zolimox is shown in the screenshots.)

cenotaph threw a frag grenade at Xor1an just before Zolimox fired his fuel rod gun at Xor1an. The fuel rod explosion damages Xor1an and the frag grenade finished him off.

The explosion from the fuel rod fired by Zolimox launches Xor1an in an arc that carries him over the edge.

cenotaph launches Zolimox over the edge using his fuel rod gun, but Zolimox throws a frag grenade first that kills cenotaph.

Zolimox takes fire from cenotaph (below with the assault rifle) and Xor1an (above with the sniper rifle). (Xor1an got the kill.)

Zolimox throws a power drainer that Xor1an thought was going to hit him in the face.

cenotaph throws a frag grenade at the fusion coils and kills Xor1an. Xor1an denies cenotaph a double kill by assassinating Doobie just before the explosion.

Stick from Above

cenotaph sticks Xor1an on the shoulder. (Two more plasma grenades are in this picture: cazador's on the ground next to Xor1an, and the one Xor1an is throwing.)

Sanghelli Seppuku

cazador falls on his sword (after cenotaph kills him).

cenotaph gets an impressive stick on Xor1an.

Xor1an tries to kill cazador by blowing up the fusion coils. They don't go off and he merely alerts cazador to his presence. cazador turns around and sticks Xor1an.

From up on the bridge, Xor1an steals cenotaph's kill (Doobie).

Close-range needler double-kill

Xor1an left the bubble shield hoping to get Doobie with an assist from cenotaph. Instead cenotaph kills both of them. It's worth noting that it's possible to dodge the needler rounds at this range.