Editing Hailstorm

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Weapon infobox
|name = Hailstorm
|image ={{Pageimage|H5G-Hailstorm.png}} [[File:Halo 5 Needler Hailstorm.png|300px]]
|manufacturer = [[Lodam Armory]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc294}}
|series = Type-56D{{Ref/Site|Id=LAL|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-locke-load|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cannon Fodder - Locke & Load|D=8|M=11|Y=2020}}
|type = Guided Munitions Launcher{{Ref/Reuse|LAL}}
|cost =
|variant = [[Type-56D Needler]]
|service = [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|affiliation = [[Swords of Sanghelios]]<br>[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]
|weight = 
|length = 
|width = 
|height = 
|ammotype = [[Subanese crystal]]{{Ref/Book
|Id=Enc294
|Book=Enc22 
|Page=294 
}}
|capacity =
|feed = 33 needle magazine{{Ref/Game|Id=H5G|H5G|Hailstorm in-game weapon and Req description}}
|operation = 
|rate = 480 RPM<ref name="analysis">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgndXPFG27A '''YouTube''' - ''Halo 5 | Needlers Full Analysis'', Channel: ''Aozolai'', Date: ''2/23/2017'']</ref>
|velocity = 32.31 m/s (106.0 ft/s; 72.28 mph){{Ref/Reuse|analysis}}
|optics =
|range = Short to medium
}}
{{Article quote|The Hailstorm owes much to a pre-Covenant weapon used during the volatile early-interstellar period of Sangheili history. Improved Needler which fires fast-moving crystal shards that exhibit strong homing behavior.{{Ref/Reuse|H5G}}}}

The Hailstorm is a variant of the [[Type-56D Needler]].

==Overview==
The Hailstorm is an upgraded variant of the standard Type-56D Needler.

The shell of the weapon is adorned with a red stripe and features [[Sangheili (language)|Sangheili symbols]] inscribed in white and a large one in red. The weapon is modified to fire the Subanese crystals faster, and the crystals have a stronger homing behavior, which allow them to tracks enemies from farther distances. It carries more crystals in its magazine than a standard ''Needler''.{{Ref/Reuse|H5G}}{{Ref/Reuse|analysis}}

==In-game information==
The Hailstorm is one of the 2 available variants of the Needler in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
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|[[File:REQ card - Hailstorm.jpg|130px]]
|'''''[[Hailstorm]]'''''
|Uncommon
|{{RP|75}}
|{{Energy|3
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|style="text-align:left;" |''The Hailstorm owes much to a pre-Covenant weapon used during the volatile early-interstellar period of Sangheili history. Improved Needler which fires fast-moving crystal shards that exhibit strong homing behavior.''
|}

===Advantages===
The Hailstorm excels in supercombines, as it fires faster than a normal Needler and the projectiles fly much faster. Due to its 33-shard magazine, it carries 132 crystals in reserve.

===Disadvantages===
Aside from its faster projectiles and fire rate, stronger homing and extended magazine, it acts like a standard Needler.

It does pitiful damage against vehicles.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H5G-Hailstorm.png|A  [[CENTURION-class Mjolnir|Centurion]]-clad Spartan holding the Hailstorm.
File:H5G-HailstormHUD.png|First-person view of the weapon.
</gallery>

==Sources==
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{{Covenant rifles}}

[[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]]
[[Category:Small arms]]
[[Category:Needle weaponry]]