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{{Era|RW}}
{{Status|Gameplay}}
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[[File:HINF-BTB.jpg|thumb|300px|Menu image for Big Team Battle in ''Halo Infinite''.]]
{{Quote|8 on 8 Big Team Slayer and Objective action.|In-game description for ''[[Halo: Reach]]'''s Big Team Battle playlist}}
{{Quote|8 on 8 Big Team Slayer and Objective action.|In-game description for ''[[Halo: Reach]]'''s Big Team Battle playlist}}


'''Big Team Battle''' (also known as BTB) is a [[matchmaking]] playlist in ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''Halo: Reach''. Matches involve two teams of eight, making it the largest players by total player count. Big Team Battle orients towards the large, vehicle-based maps and involves both straight [[Slayer]] and objective games.
'''Big Team Battle''' (also known as BTB) is a [[matchmaking]] playlist in ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', and ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.<ref name="josh">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=168591108&postcount=9516 '''NeoGaf''': ''post #9516 by Josh Holmes'']</ref> Matches involve two teams of eight, making it the largest players by total player count. ''Halo Infinite'' increased the player count to twenty-four, with two teams of twelve.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=ShowcaseExt|L7ZCGAUSCAU|Xbox|Xbox Games Showcase Extended|Y=2021|M=6|D=17}} Big Team Battle orients towards the large, vehicle-based maps and involves both straight [[Slayer]] and objective games.


==Halo 2==
==''Halo 2''==
Big Team Battle existed in ''[[Halo 2]]'' as an unranked playlist, though previously ranked.
Big Team Battle existed in ''[[Halo 2]]'' as an unranked playlist, though previously ranked.
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===Gametypes===
===Gametypes===
*[[BTB Skirmish]]
* [[3 Plots]]
* [[3 Plots]]
* [[Assault]]
* [[Assault]]
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* Multi Bomb (BR)
* Multi Bomb (BR)
* [[Multi Flag CTF]] (BR)
* [[Multi Flag CTF]] (BR)
* [[Neutral Bomb]] (BR)
* [[Assault|Neutral Bomb]] (BR)
* [[1 Flag CTF|One Flag CTF]] (BR)
* [[1 Flag CTF|One Flag CTF]] (BR)
* [[Land Grab]]
* [[Land Grab]]
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* [[Lockout]]
* [[Lockout]]
* [[Midship]]
* [[Midship]]
* [[Relic (level)]]
* [[Relic]]
* [[Sanctuary]]
* [[Sanctuary]]
* [[Terminal (level)]]
* [[Terminal (map)]]
* [[Turf]]
* [[Turf]]
* [[Waterworks]]
* [[Waterworks]]
* [[Zanzibar]]
* [[Zanzibar]]
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==Halo 3==
 
Known as Social Big Team, this is a social playlist in ''Halo 3''. There were both social and ranked BTB playlists, before they were both replaced by Squad Battle in the September Title Update. Social Big Team Battle was then replaced by DLC Big Team. When that playist retired, the current Social Big Team playlist came into play. All [[Map pack|DLC]] is required to enter the playlist. Team size is set to 6-8 players, with a max party size of 16. <ref>http://www.bungie.net/online/playlists.aspx?mode=1</ref>
==''Halo 3''==
Known as Social Big Team, this is a social playlist in ''Halo 3''. There were both social and ranked BTB playlists, before they were both replaced by Squad Battle in the September Title Update. Social Big Team Battle was then replaced by DLC Big Team. When that playist retired, the current Social Big Team playlist came into play. All [[Map pack|DLC]] is required to enter the playlist. Team size is set to 6-8 players, with a max party size of 16.<ref>http://halo.bungie.net/online/playlists.aspx?mode=1</ref>
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* 2 Flag Heavy (5.6%)
* 2 Flag Heavy (5.6%)
** 3 points to win, 20 minute time limit, players start with a Battle Rifle and an Assault Rifle. Heavy weapons and vehicles on map.
** 3 points to win, 20 minute time limit, players start with a Battle Rifle and an Assault Rifle. Heavy weapons and vehicles on map.
*[[Big Team Mythic]]
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===Playlist maps===
===Playlist maps===
* [[Last Resort]]  
* [[Last Resort]]  
* [[Valhalla]]  
* [[Valhalla]]  
* [[Sandtrap]] (Heavy)
* [[Sandtrap]] (Heavy)
* [[SAND TARP]]  
* [[Sandtrap#Sand Tarp|Sand Tarp]]  
* [[Rat's Nest]]  
* [[Rat's Nest]]  
* [[Standoff]] (Heavy)
* [[Standoff]] (Heavy)
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* [[Longshore]]
* [[Longshore]]
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==Halo: Reach==
 
Big Team Battle is part of the Competitive playlists in ''Halo: Reach''. Teams are compsed of up to 6-8 players, with a max party size of 16 and two max local players. Prior to the update, Team Slayer games went to 75.<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=30229</ref> Big Team Slayer games go to 100 kills, but other Slayer formats go to 75. All players spawn with a [[M392 Designated Marksman Rifle|DMR]] and a [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System|Magnum]], with the exception of Elite Slayer and BTB Snipers. <ref>http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/playlists.aspx?p=28476</ref>
==''Halo: Reach''==
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{{Quote|8 on 8 Big Team Slayer and Objective action.|Playlist description<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101003030547/http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/playlists.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''Online Intel - Playlists'']</ref>}}
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===Gametypes===
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<div class="tab">September 14th, 2010</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*[[Slayer|Big Team Slayer]]
*BTB Classic
*[[Snipers|BTB Snipers]]
*Elite Slayer
*[[Team SWAT]]
*[[Headhunter (game variant)|Team Headhunter]]
*[[Capture the Flag|1 Flag CTF]]
*[[Capture the Flag|Multiflag CTF]]
*[[Stockpile]]
*[[Territories]]
 
'''Maps'''
*[[Boardwalk]]
*[[Boneyard]]
*[[Countdown]]
*[[Spire]]
*[[Forge World]]
**[[Hemorrhage]]
**[[Paradiso]]
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<div class="tab">October 5th, 2010</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*Elite Slayer
*Team Headhunter
*1 Flag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*Stockpile
*Territories
*[[King of the Hill|Crazy King]]
 
'''Maps'''
*Boardwalk
*Boneyard
*Countdown
*Spire
*Forge World
**Hemorrhage
**Paradiso
 
'''Changelog'''
*Added Crazy King
*Removed SWAT
*Removed Snipers from Boneyard
*Weights adjusted based on voting data
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<div class="tab">October 19th, 2010</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*Elite Slayer
*Team Headhunter
*1 Flag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*Stockpile
*Territories
*Crazy King
 
'''Maps'''
*Boardwalk
*Boneyard
*Countdown
*Spire
*Forge World
**Atom
**Hemorrhage
**Paradiso
 
'''Changelog'''
*Removed Multiflag from Boneyard and Spire
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<div class="tab">November 30th, 2010</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*Elite Slayer
*Team Headhunter
*1 Flag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*Stockpile
*Territories
*Crazy King
 
'''Maps'''
*Boardwalk
*Boneyard
*[[Breakpoint]]
*Countdown
*Spire
*[[Tempest]]
*Forge World
**Hemorrhage
**Paradiso
**Atom
 
'''Changelog'''
*Modified party split rules to decrease party splits
*Added Team Snipers on Boneyard
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<div class="tab">January 4th, 2011</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*Elite Slayer
*Team Headhunter
*1 Flag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*Stockpile
*Territories
*Crazy King
 
'''Maps'''
*Boardwalk
*Boneyard
*Breakpoint
*Countdown
*Spire
*Tempest
*Forge World
**Hemorrhage
**Paradiso
**Atom
 
'''Changelog'''
*Big Team Slayer: Now 100 to win!
*Elite Slayer: Modified loadouts, Armor Lock is now accompanied by a Plasma Rifle instead of a Needler
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<div class="tab">February 8th, 2011</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*Elite Slayer
*Team Headhunter
*1 Flag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*Stockpile
*Territories
*Crazy King
*Big Bro Slayer
 
'''Maps'''
*Boardwalk
*Boneyard
*Breakpoint
*Countdown
*Spire
*Tempest
*Forge World
**Hemorrhage
**Paradiso
**Atom
 
'''Changelog'''
*Added Bro Slayer game variants.
*New gametype which uses fireteam spawning. Players can choose to spawn on their teammates or at back field spawn locations.
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<div class="tab">March 1st, 2011</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*Elite Slayer
*Team Headhunter
*1 Flag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*Stockpile
*Territories
*Crazy King
*Big Bro Slayer
 
'''Maps'''
*Boardwalk
*Boneyard
*Breakpoint
*Countdown
*Forge World
**Hemorrhage
**Paradiso
**Atom
 
'''Changelog'''
*All Big Team Slayer gametypes are now 100 to win
*Big Team Headhunter is now 75 to win
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<div class="tab">March 29th, 2011</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*Elite Slayer
*Team Headhunter
*1 Flag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*Stockpile
*Territories
*Crazy King
*Big Bro Slayer
 
'''Maps'''
*Boardwalk
*Boneyard
*Breakpoint
*Countdown
*Hemorrhage
*[[Highlands]]
*Spire
*Tempest
*Forge World
**Atom
**Paradiso
 
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<div class="tab">May 3rd, 2011</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*Elite Slayer
*1 Flag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*Stockpile
*Territories
*Crazy King
*[[Assault]]
*Neutral Bomb
*1 Bomb Assault
 
'''Maps'''
*Boardwalk
*Boneyard
*Breakpoint
*Hemorrhage
*Highlands
*Paradiso
*Spire
*Tempest
*Forge World
**Abridged
**Renegade
**Utopie
**Wayont
**Trident
**Temptation
 
'''Changelog'''
*Added Community Maps: Abridged, Renegade, Utopie, Wayont, Trident, Temptation
*Added Assault game variants
*Removed Headhunter and Bro Slayer
*Removed Elite Slayer on Spire
*Removed Atom and Countdown
*Big Team Slayer now uses DMR/AR starting weapons
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<div class="tab">June 8th, 2011</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Big Team Slayer
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*BTB Snipers
*[[Slayer#Elite Slayer|Elite Slayer]]
*Elite Slayer
*1 Flag CTF
*1 Flag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*Multiflag CTF
*[[Stockpile]]
*Stockpile
*Territories
*Territories
*Crazy King
*Assault
*Neutral Bomb
*1 Bomb Assault
'''Maps'''
*Boardwalk
*Boneyard
*Breakpoint
*Hemorrhage
*Highlands
*Paradiso
*Spire
*Tempest
*Forge World
**Abridged
**Renegade
**Utopie
**Wayont
**Trident
**Temptation
**Mt Lam Lam
'''Changelog'''
*Added community map Mt Lam Lam to Big Team Battle
*Big CTF gametypes now have 15 second Flag Return and 30 second Flag Reset
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<div class="tab">November, 2011</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*Assault
*Assault
*One Bomb Assault
*Neutral Bomb
*[[Neutral Assault|Neutral Bomb Assault]]
*Multiflag CTF
*Big Team Slayer
*BTB Classic
*BTB Snipers
*Stockpile
*Territories
*Elite Slayer
*1 Bomb Assault
*1 Flag CTF
*Team Crazy King
 
'''Maps'''
*Tempest
*Temptation
*Highlands
*Breakpoint
*[[Breakneck]]
*[[Ridgeline]]
*[[High Noon]]
*Spire
*Boardwalk
*Paradiso
*Hemorrhage
*Boneyard
*Forge World
**Abridged
**Renegade
**Utopie
**Wayont
**Trident
**Mt Lam Lam
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<div class="tab">January 10th, 2012</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*TU Assault
*TU Neutral Bomb
*TU Multiflag CTF
*TU Big Team Slayer
*TU BTB Classic
*TU BTB Snipers
*TU Stockpile
*TU Territories
*TU Elite Slayer
*TU 1 Bomb Assault
*TU 1 Flag CTF
*TU Team Crazy King
 
'''Maps'''
*Tempest
*Temptation
*Highlands
*Breakpoint
*Breakneck
*Ridgeline
*High Noon
*Spire
*Boardwalk
*Forge World
**Paradiso
**Hemorrhage
**Abridged
**Renegade
**Utopie
**Wayont
**Trident
*Mt Lam Lam
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<div class="tab">March, 2012</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*TU Assault
*TU Neutral Bomb
*TU Multiflag CTF
*TU Big Team Slayer
*TU BTB Classic
*TU BTB Snipers
*TU Stockpile
*TU Territories
*TU Elite Slayer
*TU 1 Bomb Assault
*TU 1 Flag CTF
*TU Team Crazy King
*BTB Heavies
 
'''Maps'''
*Tempest
**Typhoon
*Temptation
*Highlands
*Breakpoint
*Breakneck
*Ridgeline
**Superstition
*High Noon
*Spire
**Cragmire
*Boardwalk
*Paradiso
*Hemorrhage
*Boneyard
*Forge World
**Abridged
**Renegade
**Utopie
**Wayont
**Trident
**Mt Lam Lam
**Delta Facility
**Eminence
**Rasu
**Breakout
**Headstrong
**Asphalt
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<div class="tab">June, 2012</div>
'''Gametypes'''
*TU Assault
*TU Neutral Bomb
*TU Multiflag CTF
*TU Big Team Slayer
*TU BTB Classic
*TU BTB Snipers
*TU Stockpile
*TU Territories
*TU Elite Slayer
*TU 1 Bomb Assault
*TU 1 Flag CTF
*TU Team Crazy King
*TU BTB Heavies
 
'''Maps'''
*Tempest
**Typhoon
*Temptation
*Highlands
*Breakpoint
*Breakneck
*Ridgeline
**Superstition
*High Noon
*Spire
**Cragmire
*Boardwalk
*Paradiso
*Hemorrhage
*Boneyard
**Graveyard
*Forge World
**Abridged
**Renegade
**Utopie
**Wayont
**Trident
**Mt Lam Lam
**Eminence
**Rasu
**Breakout
**Headstrong
**Asphalt
**Delta Facility
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==''Halo 5: Guardians''==
Big Team Battle returns in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' and was released on [[2015|November 18, 2015]]. Two more maps, [[Antifreeze]] and [[Entombed]], were added on [[2015|December 16, 2015]]
 
===Gametypes===
*[[Big Team Slayer]]
*[[Strongholds|Big Team Strongholds]]
*[[Capture the Flag|Big Team CTF]]
*Big Team Assault


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===Playlist maps===
===Playlist maps===
* Atom
*[[Basin]]
* [[Boardwalk]]
*[[Deadlock]]
* [[Boneyard]]
*[[Guillotine]]
* [[Breakneck]]
*[[Recurve]]
* [[Breakpoint]]
*[[Antifreeze]]
* [[Countdown]]
*[[Entombed]]
* [[Forge World/Hemorrhage|Hemorrhage]]
*Altar (update 1, March 2016)
* [[Forge World/Paradiso|Paradiso]]
*Viking (update 1, March 2016)
* [[High Noon]]
*Scavenger (update 1, March 2016)
* [[Ridgeline]]
*Fracture (update 1, March 2016)
* [[Spire]]
*Eagle Square (update 1, March 2016)
* [[Tempest]]
*Boulevard (update 1, March 2016)
* [[Highlands]]
*Dispelled (update 2, Sept 2016)
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*Estuary (update 2, Sept 2016)
*Traffic Jam (update 2, Sept 2016)
*Unearthed (update 2, Sept 2016)
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/big-team-bonanza Ancestor] (update 3, Apr 2017)
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/big-team-bonanza Echoes] (update 3, Apr 2017)
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/big-team-bonanza Port Authority] (update 3, Apr 2017)
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/big-team-bonanza Risen] (update 3, Apr 2017)
*[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/big-team-bonanza Trafic Jam] (update 3, Apr 2017)
 
===Current Lineup===
'''BIG TEAM SLAYER'''
*Port Authority
*Risen
*Ancestor
*Guillotine
*Scavenger
*Eagle Square
*Altar
*Dispelled
 
'''BIG TEAM CTF'''
*Echoes
*Ancestor
*Traffic Jam
*Recurve
*Eagle Square
*Deadlock
*Viking
*Fracture
*Dispelled
 
'''BIG TEAM STRONGHOLDS'''
*Risen
*Scavenger
*Recurve
*Boulevard
*Entombed
 
'''BIG TEAM ASSAULT'''
*Echoes
*Traffic Jam
*Eagle Square
*Viking
*Deadlock
*Fracture
*Dispelled
 
==''Halo Infinite''==
{{Quote|Assorted games for teams of 12 on 12, featuring large-scale maps and vehicular carnage.|Playlist description}}
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! Gametypes !! Maps
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| [[Slayer|BTB:Slayer]] || [[Fragmentation]]
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| [[Capture the Flag|BTB:CTF]] || Fragmentation
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| [[Total Control|BTB:Total Control]] || Fragmentation
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| [[Stockpile|BTB:Stockpile]] || Fragmentation
|-
| BTB:Slayer || [[Deadlock (Halo Infinite)|Deadlock]]
|-
| BTB:CTF || Deadlock
|-
| BTB:Total Control || Deadlock
|-
| BTB:Stockpile || Deadlock
|-
| BTB:Slayer || [[Highpower]]
|-
| BTB:CTF || Highpower
|-
| BTB:Total Control || Highpower
|-
| BTB:Stockpile || Highpower
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|}
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HINF BTBelt.jpg|Internal artwork of a BTB championship belt created during ''Halo Infinite''{{'}}s development.
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==References==
==Sources==
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==Related Pages==
==See also==
{{Games}}
*[[6 vs 6]]
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[[Category:Halo 3 social playlists]]
[[Category:Halo 3 social playlists]]
[[Category:Halo: Reach playlists]]
[[Category:Halo: Reach playlists]]
[[Category:Halo 5: Guardians playlists]]
[[Category:Halo Infinite playlists]]
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