ONI: Sword Base
Beginner Goals:
Easy: ~5:00; Legendary: ~6:30
Intermediate Goals:
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World Class Goals:
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IL Records:
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Segmented Times:
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ONI: Sword Base is the second playable level in Halo: Reach. See Halopedia for general information. There are different strats for Legendary and they will be covered in this page.
HaloRuns record page: http://haloruns.com/records?lb=502 (click the timestamps for video links)
Video Examples
Examples of every trick mentioned here can be found on either the Individual Level or the Full Game Records page. There are also multiple video tutorials for some specific tricks indicated on this page. Be sure to check #reach-links in the Haloruns discord
Mission Start
Your first task is to kill all of the enemies in the courtyard and grab the Target Locator.
Easy
The fastest way is to run past all of the enemies and fire a well-placed Target Locator shot in their midst. Make sure to kill the four grunts that are under the bridge and the four Skirmishes that are closer to the Target Locator, you should then aim the target locator to a barricade and wait for it to shoot. If everyone dies the door will open and you can proceed with the level.
Legendary
Start By killing going to the left, once in the ramp, throw a grenade to the grunts under the bridge and antoher one to the jackals. Grab a Plasma Pistol and srpint towards the Sniper, start killing everything while taking cover from the Phantom that will drop some elites. Use your Plasma Pistol to quickly eliminate them and once the rest of the enemies start to retreat get closer and continue killing them, once everyone is dead take the Target Locator and the door will start to open.
You can try a variation of the easy strat by running to ther right as soon as possible and swap your Assault Rifle for a Shotgun with one Marine, then sprint up the ramp and kill the elite either by backsmacking him(a blue one will take a shotgun shot and a melee while a red will take two shotgun shots and a melee), then walk over the right side and throw a grenade to distract and if possible kill some grunts. While the grenade is travelling Sprint towards the Target Locator and throw another grenade to protect your back, try to headshot all of the Skirmishes on your way to the Target Locator and do the same thing as the easy strat.
Easy
Easy strategies can be used through Heroic, or even Legendary if you are segmenting.
Your first task is to kill all of the enemies in the courtyard and grab the Target Locator. The fastest way is to run past all of the enemies and fire a well-placed Target Locator shot in their midst. This can be viewed here: [Will be added later].
Once the gate opens to the rest of the mission, you have two options. You can head to Farragut Outpost, or you can head to the AA Gun. It is significantly faster to do the AA Gun objective first. To do this, you will grab the rockets located on the rocks in front of the Wraiths, then head to your right. You will see a Ghost there. To complete the mission quickly, hijack the Ghost. Boost to the building next to the AA Gun. You can activate the button from below by jumping while aiming up and holding X. This can be viewed here: [Will be added later].
This method is reliable for Easy-Heroic difficulties. After that, boost around the cliff. On Easy-Heroic difficulties, take this route past the Ghosts: [Will be added later].
As shown here: [Will be added later]
This is for Easy, Normal, and potentially SLASO difficulties. To view this part for Heroic or Legendary difficulties, look below.
Activate the switch through the wall. Then get back on your Ghost and drive to the other button. A spring jump will enable you to activate the button. Drop down, and get in your Ghost. Drive back to the courtyard and... push the button. For all difficulties, shoot a Target Locator shot at the enemies like this: [Will be added later].
Now you can either run past them or you can get in the Ghost, and get over the barrier as shown here: [Will be added later]
Drive to the Hunters. This step can be used on any difficulty to preserve a Target Locator shot if desired.
Once in the area with the Hunters, shoot two rockets at each of them on Easy or Normal difficulty. This will use up all of your rockets. If you are doing Heroic or Legendary, you will do a different step shown below at Farragut Outpost to grab the second rocket. If you are doing SLASO, a different method will be mentioned below.
Get into the elevator and... push the button. Once inside the building, follow this video: [Will be added later]
On Easy-Heroic difficulty or a Zero Shot run. Finally, kill the two Jackals up top. Rocket some Banshees and target the Phantom with the Target Locator. This will complete the mission. Strategies listed below for Heroic-SLASO build off of this basic route. I will only explain the deviations from this route.
Legendary
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