Shade



The Shade is a Covenant stationary gun turret used against infantry, manned in third person like a vehicle. They consist of a stand and a floating mobile turret-like seating with control systems to its gun. In Halo 2, the Shade is replaced with a new Shielded Plasma Cannon, which has energy shields around it, similar to a Jackal's. The gun fires three fairly slow, high powered bolts of energy.

It is possible to snipe a Shade-user off its turret, but one must aim above the center (which the red reticule usually denotes) and at the user itself, since the Shade protects the user. In Halo: Combat Evolved it is possible to melee attack a foe off of a Shade.

Character Compatibility

 * Elites
 * Spartans
 * Grunts
 * Marines (Have animation, but not used in-game. Used in Halo: First Strike)

Related Links

 * Plasma Cannon
 * Shielded Plasma Cannon