Lone Wolves

"A mix of Slayer and other Free For All games. Here, you must stand on your own."

- In-game description for Halo 3's ranked Lone Wolf playlist

Description
Lone Wolves, is a Ranked, free-for-all playlist in Halo 3. It's a considerable counterpart of Rumble Pit, which is a non-ranked free-for-all playlist. Lone Wolves matches contain six players.

Players typically advance in level by consistently placing in the top three, and drop in level by placing in the bottom three. However, several other factors also affect this, including comparison of the player's level compared to the others in the game (although usually the players have similar levels), what specific place the player came in (1st place will level a player up faster than 3rd), and their Kill/Death spread (for slayer games). Originally the games had five players, but was soon increased to six. On September 16th 2008 Lone Wolves player count increased from six players to eight players. In the February 2009 Matchmaking Update, Lone Wolves was reduced back down to 6 players, as 8 players on a small map like Epitaph would deem players' K/D spread as low.

Maps Played In Lone Wolves
Note: All maps have an equal chance of being selected
 * Snowbound (Boundless variant)
 * Construct
 * Epitaph
 * Anvil (Foundry) - Foundry variant for asymmetrical gameplay.
 * Foundry
 * Guardian
 * High Ground
 * Isolation
 * Narrows
 * The Pit
 * Pit Stop (The Pit) - Variant of The Pit with spawn hives removed from play.
 * Swat Pit (The Pit) - The Pit variant with no weapons on the map.
 * Blackout

Gametypes Played In Lone Wolves

 * Slayer (45% chance of being selected) - First player to 25 kills wins. 10 minute match time limit.
 * Slayer BRs (28.3%) - First player to 25 kills wins. Players spawn with Battle Rifles and Assault Rifle secondary weapons. 10 minute match time limit.
 * Oddball (13.1%) - Hold the skull to earn points. First player to 50 points wins. 10 minute match time limit.
 * Crazy King (10.1%) - Stand in the hill to earn points. First player to 100 points wins. Hill traits: Moves to a random location every 30 seconds. 10 minute match time limit.
 * Swords (3.5%) - First player to 25 kills wins. Players spawn with Energy Swords and no secondary weapon. Player traits: Infinite ammo, cannot pick up weapons or drive/ride in vehicles. 10 minute match time limit.

Trivia

 * With eight players in Lone Wolves, it becomes much easier to get many of the original Achievements that many have not got. (Lone Wolves has been reverted back to 6 man due to the February 2009 Update)
 * Compared to Rumble Pit, Lone wolves is much more competitive, since everyone there wants to get their rank higher. In Rumble Pit, you fight for experience points only.