H2:Sentinel Beam

Sentinel Beam
The Sentinel 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 Eliminator Beam
Gameplay stats
Damage:	2
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:	-0.3% per shot (334 shots)
Heat:	Generation: +4% 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_aggressor_beam

This article is part of a series on Sentinel Beams

First-person shooters

H2:Sentinel Beam
H2:Eliminator Beam
H3:Sentinel Gun
H3ODST:Sentinel Gun
H4:Sentinel Beam
H2AMP:Sentinel Beam
H5G:Safeguard Sentinel Beam
HINF:Sentinel Beam

CEV:Sentinel Beam

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v • d • e

The Sentinel Beam is a weapon that was first made usable in Halo 2. This page focuses on the original Halo 2 game and the campaign of Anniversary. Information on the Sentinel Beam found in the multiplayer component of Halo 2: Anniversary can be found here.

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, standard Sentinels Beam fire an orange beam, opposed to the Eliminator Beam used by Gold Sentinels that fires a blue beam.

Gameplay

Counterparts

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  Eliminator Beam
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  Plasma Rifle
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  Brute Plasma Rifle
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  Needler
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  SMG

Campaign

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Multiplayer

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