Flood/Gameplay: Difference between revisions

Their tactics used in ''Halo Wars 2'' are retained from Halo Wars; however, they can no longer infect Grunts. A unit will only be infected when it is killed(in the case of Grunt squads, the squad leader either Jiralhanae or Sangheili will be infected) and a squad cannot be infected unless they are in dying state. The Flood now can commandeer abandoned vehicles that are still operational, such as the Chopper, Warthog and Wraith.

The Flood have become more lethal, as swarms of infection form can easily overrun a base with less effort; however, the tradeoff is that splash damage can kill them very effectively mainly with a single shot. Turret defenses are no longer as effective at dealing with swarms of infection forms. The numbers of Pod Infector unit has increased considerably, from 3 to 4 times larger than ''Halo Wars''.

 

New Flood Forms are introduced such as Flood Spawner that can produce Flood units on mobile. During gameplay, Flood can use Flood burst pod to burst out from any ground on the battlefield that can be used to distract the enemies and surprise attack. The Flood also has the base although it can be destroyed and replaced as minibases.