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[[File: | [[File:H3_FloodCombatForm_Trio.jpg|thumb|250px|The Flood converts its foes into combat forms, adding their strength to its own.]] | ||
The Flood is primarily dependent on the capabilities of its enemies to supplement its own. Any living combatant it infects provides with intel and whatever equipment and expertise it possessed when it was assimilated, which is then shared by the Flood hivemind. The physical remnants of its victims become combat forms, serving as basic infantry, until the infection process allows the Flood to begin crafting them into more specialized forms. Infection forms are the primary agent of infection, though in later stages the Flood begins converting local atmosphere to be more hospitable, and releases [[Flood spore|spores]] into the air. More advanced forms, such as [[Proto-Gravemind]]s, are capable of using sophisticated technology and directing Flood forces with more precision and control, with massive numbers moving in concert, united in purpose. The largest forms, Key Minds, are capable of directing Flood-infected forces across vast areas of space in real time, and directed powerful and arcane [[Precursor]] technology against the Forerunners toward the end of their war. | The Flood is primarily dependent on the capabilities of its enemies to supplement its own. Any living combatant it infects provides with intel and whatever equipment and expertise it possessed when it was assimilated, which is then shared by the Flood hivemind. The physical remnants of its victims become combat forms, serving as basic infantry, until the infection process allows the Flood to begin crafting them into more specialized forms. Infection forms are the primary agent of infection, though in later stages the Flood begins converting local atmosphere to be more hospitable, and releases [[Flood spore|spores]] into the air. More advanced forms, such as [[Proto-Gravemind]]s, are capable of using sophisticated technology and directing Flood forces with more precision and control, with massive numbers moving in concert, united in purpose. The largest forms, Key Minds, are capable of directing Flood-infected forces across vast areas of space in real time, and directed powerful and arcane [[Precursor]] technology against the Forerunners toward the end of their war. | ||