H2:Eliminator Beam

Eliminator Beam
The Eliminator Beams in Halo 2 (top) and the campaign of Halo 2: Anniversary (bottom).
Gameplay role
Faction:	Forerunner
Weapon class (?):	Support
Weapon type (?):	Energy
Firing mode:	Automatic
Effective range:	Close to medium
Counterparts:	Human (UNSC) SMG Covenant Needler Plasma Rifle Brute Plasma Rifle Forerunner Sentinel Beam
Gameplay stats
Damage:	3
Damage type (?):	Generic: plasma_fast Specific: anti_flood
Projectile speed:	1200 wu/s
Hitscan range (?):	80 wu
Max range (?):	30 wu
Rate of fire:	30 rounds per second
Spread (?):	0 degrees
Battery:	-0.35% per shot (286 shots)
Heat:	Generation: +4.5% per shot Cooldown: -85.25% per second Overheated: -35% per second
Auto aim (?):	1 degree out to 12 wu
Sticky aim (?):	9 degrees out to 18 wu
Melee damage (?):	Smash Melee
Tag name (?):	sentinel_agg_beam_elim

This article is part of a series on Sentinel Beam

First-person shooters

Halo 2 (Eliminator Beam)
Halo 3
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 4
Halo 2: Anniversary
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Infinite

Halo: Campaign Evolved

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The Eliminator Beam is a weapon that was first made usable in Halo 2. It is a variant of the standard Sentinel Beam found exclusively in the game's campaign levels.

Alongside being one of the few weapons in Halo 2 to not be useable in multiplayer, it is the only usable weapon in Halo 2 that was not utilised in the multiplayer component of Halo 2: Anniversary.

Universe and lore

Main article: Sentinel beam

Sentinel Beams are sterilization weapons used by the eponymous Sentinels for Flood containment. In Halo 2 and Halo 2: Anniversary, the Eliminator Beam is fired by the gold Aggressor Sentinel Eliminators, opposed to the Sentinel Beam fired by Sentinels that fires an orange beam.

In both Halo 2 and Anniversary the weapon reuses the model and texture of the standard Sentinel Beam, with the only differentiator being the gold tint and firing effects.

Gameplay

Counterparts

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  SMG

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  Needler

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  Plasma Rifle

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  Brute Plasma Rifle

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  Sentinel Beam

Campaign

The Eliminator Beam appears in Halo 2 on the levels Sacred Icon and Quarantine Zone. It is typically found as the weapon used by the Aggressor Sentinel Eliminators or by Flood combat forms wielding stolen weapons. Visually the weapon resembles the standard Sentinel Beam with a reused model and texture, but instead fires a bright blue beam compared to the standard Sentinel Beam's orange-gold.

Mechanically the Eliminator Beam is almost identical to the regular Sentinel Beam, with the main differences being:

• The Eliminator Beam does 3 damage to the Sentinel Beam's 2.
• The Eliminator Beam has 4.5% heat generation per-second, compared to the Sentinel Beam's 4%.

These differences make the weapon do slightly more damage at the cost of overheating faster.

Gallery

Halo 2

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  Three Eliminators firing their beams.

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  Both Sentinel Beams side-by-side.

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  First-person of the Eliminator Beam.

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  First-person of the Eliminator Beam.

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  An in-game side view of a Eliminator Beam.

Halo 2: Anniversary campaign

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  First-person view of the Gold Sentinel beam in Halo 2: Anniversary campaign.

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  First-person view of the Gold Sentinel beam being fired in Halo 2: Anniversary campaign.

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  Both Sentinel beam designs side by side in Halo 2.