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== | ==Description== | ||
The '''Flood Ranged Form''' is a | The '''Flood Ranged Form''' is one of several mutations of a [[Flood]] [[Pure Form]]. It is formed when a [[Flood Stalker Form]] chooses to mount itself in a stationary position either on the walls, ceiling, or ground. The Stalker's body reconfigures itself into a tripodal configuration, and the abdomen morphs into a living missile platform of regenerating spikes. These spikes, constructed from scavenged bone and biomatter, can be shot out of the abdomen with extreme force and accuracy, relentlessly pelting targets from afar. | ||
== | When harassed, Ranged Forms will curl up to shield their heads, their weak point. In this state, they are far more resistant to damage. When a Pure Form is killed on a wall or ceiling, they will fall off. | ||
==Tactics== | |||
[[File:Flood Ranged Form.jpg|thumb|left|Ranged Forms make close range weapons no longer the only weapons needed to face the Flood in Halo 3.]] | [[File:Flood Ranged Form.jpg|thumb|left|Ranged Forms make close range weapons no longer the only weapons needed to face the Flood in Halo 3.]] | ||
Ranged Forms are very powerful on the battlefield and thus are extremely difficult to dispatch, without first exposing yourself to fire. Your first goal should be to close the distance as normally you can, only tell which direction they are firing from- they blend in quite well in the dark places they inhabit and are hard to see. When you are within sighting range, any weapon with any sort of range will do, the [[Plasma Rifle]] and the [[Brute Spiker]] used in short bursts (long bursts with the Plasma Rifle causes it to overheat, not good on the level [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]) seem to do just as well as more accurate weapons like the [[Carbine]] and the [[Battle Rifle]], and are more common on a [[Flood]] infested battlefield so they may be your only choice. Note that Plasma Rifles and Brute Spikers are found easily therefore, one should be kept as a precaution. The Ranged Form is an anomaly in the mostly [[melee]]-based Flood combat and are normally hard to kill due to the simple fact that you do not normally have the ranged weapons required to take one out. In this case, well-placed [[Plasma Grenade]]s and/or [[Spike Grenades]] work well, and so does a [[Firebomb]], which requires much less accuracy as it explodes on impact next to the enemy. Ultimately, if you get within melee distance of a Ranged Form they are just as easily destroyed as any other combat form with close ranged weapons like the [[Brute Mauler]], [[Shotgun]], [[Gravity Hammer]], [[Energy Sword]] or a melee attack with any weapon. As true with all Pure forms the [[Flamethrower]] is an excellent weapon, as do dual-wielding [[Spiker]]s and [[Sentinel Beam]]. | Ranged Forms are very powerful on the battlefield and thus are extremely difficult to dispatch, without first exposing yourself to fire. Your first goal should be to close the distance as normally you can, only tell which direction they are firing from- they blend in quite well in the dark places they inhabit and are hard to see. When you are within sighting range, any weapon with any sort of range will do, the [[Plasma Rifle]] and the [[Brute Spiker]] used in short bursts (long bursts with the Plasma Rifle causes it to overheat, not good on the level [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]) seem to do just as well as more accurate weapons like the [[Carbine]] and the [[Battle Rifle]], and are more common on a [[Flood]] infested battlefield so they may be your only choice. Note that Plasma Rifles and Brute Spikers are found easily therefore, one should be kept as a precaution. The Ranged Form is an anomaly in the mostly [[melee]]-based Flood combat and are normally hard to kill due to the simple fact that you do not normally have the ranged weapons required to take one out. In this case, well-placed [[Plasma Grenade]]s and/or [[Spike Grenades]] work well, and so does a [[Firebomb]], which requires much less accuracy as it explodes on impact next to the enemy. Ultimately, if you get within melee distance of a Ranged Form they are just as easily destroyed as any other combat form with close ranged weapons like the [[Brute Mauler]], [[Shotgun]], [[Gravity Hammer]], [[Energy Sword]] or a melee attack with any weapon. As true with all Pure forms the [[Flamethrower]] is an excellent weapon, as do dual-wielding [[Spiker]]s and [[Sentinel Beam]]. | ||