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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Deployable cover is often used as an area to jump off of, as it is easier to use than the [[grenade jump]] for some players. One of this tactic's best uses is to get the Famine Skull in Halo 3.
*Deployable cover is often used as an area to jump off of, as it is easier to use than the [[grenade jump]] for some players. One of this tactic's best uses is to get the Famine Skull in Halo 3.
*Some people use it as wall to block doorways in order to slow down the enemy and regroup with their team.
*Some people use it as wall to impede doorways in order to slow down the enemy and regroup with their team.
*It takes three [[melee]]s to the shield itself to take it down.
*It takes three [[melee]]s to the shield itself to take it down.
*There is a [[glitch]] that allows the player to become stuck, and have the Deployable Cover spawn through them.
*There is a [[glitch]] that allows the player to become stuck, and have the Deployable Cover spawn through them.
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*In Campaign mode, the Deployable Cover is completely immune to the projectiles fired by [[Flood]] [[Pure Form|Ranged Forms]] making it very useful on the eighth level of Halo 3, [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]].
*In Campaign mode, the Deployable Cover is completely immune to the projectiles fired by [[Flood]] [[Pure Form|Ranged Forms]] making it very useful on the eighth level of Halo 3, [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]].
* The other main problem is that if you stand to close to a portable shield then you still take damage (although not as much) and can be severely damaged when the shield is destroyed.
* The other main problem is that if you stand to close to a portable shield then you still take damage (although not as much) and can be severely damaged when the shield is destroyed.
*The Deployable Cover seems almost immune to ballistics but can be depleted rapidly by energy weapons such as the plasma rifle and plasma pistol overshot.
*The Deployable Cover seems almost immune to ballistics but can be depleted rapidly by energy weapons such as the [[Plasma Rifle]] and a [[Plasma Pistol]] overshot.


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==Sources==