Regret
Beginner Goals:
Easy: ~9:00; Legendary: ~12:00
Intermediate Goals:
Easy: ~7:30; Legendary: ~10:30
World Class Goals:
Easy: ~6:45; Legendary: ~9:30
IL Records:
Easy: 6:21; Legendary: 8:35
Segmented Times:
Legendary: x:xx
Regret is the eighth playable level in Halo 2. See Regret (level) for general information.
HaloRuns record page: https://haloruns.com/leaderboards/h2a/solo/regret/Legendary
Contents
Start & Early Gondola
Easy
This guide will assume that the player has carried over the Energy Sword and Rocket Launcher from Delta Halo. To start, walk through the door on your right and pick up the Beam Rifle that's sitting on the ground. Then, walk out into the main section. Go straight until you see a small balcony projecting towards the platform in the center. Jump onto the railing and grenade jump over to the central platform. Then, sword cancel off the Jackals or Elites that spawn at the far end of the platform near the departing gondola onto that gondola. If everything has gone right, you will now be on the gondola early!
From here, what you do will depend on your proficiency at the game and your strategy of choice. There are 3 options:
God Despawn
This trick only works on the MCC version of the game. To do this, simple continue to melee and/or jump while on the gondola. This is delaying a checkpoint that will cause the Phantom that flies in to disappear and will skip multiple spawns at the next tower. Once the Phantom has disappeared, you can stop meleeing or jumping. Stay on the gondola you are on right now and proceed to the tower.
Tower Swordfly
Once on the gondola, don't melee or do anything. This will cause the Phantom to not disappear and the level to proceed normally. Once the gondolas cross, jump over to the other one and press the gondola's "Start" button. This will cause enemies to spawn on the other gondola. Kill them. Once they're dead, drones will spawn at the section you just came from. Snipe them midair as they fly towards you. The gondola will keep moving towards the tower. Line yourself up alongside the left side of the wall that holds the "Start" button, as seen here. Then, swordfly off of the left-side turret and you should fly right to the top of the tower.
Gondola Launch
This trick is very different between H2C and H2A. This walkthrough will assume that the player is on H2A; for a detailed breakdown on H2C Gondola Launch, visit this link. To start, perform Early Gondola like normal. Keep meleeing while on the gondola and stay turned towards the enemies on the platform. From here you have two options. The first is to wait 25 seconds after the enemies on the platform appearing, then turning around towards the tower. This should despawn all of the enemies on the platform and spawn the Phantom but is unreliable. The second option is to kill enough enemies on the platform to force the Phantom to spawn. Whichever method you choose, the Phantom will spawn. Keep meleeing until the Phantom flies overhead, then stop. This should give you a checkpoint. Grenade jump or regular jump over to the other gondola and hit its "Start" button. Then, throw a grenade at the other gondola to spawn kill all of the drones (best visualized through a video). Then, use your beam rifle to shoot one of the two Elites that spawn. Leave the other alive. Line yourself up along the edge of the overhang just above the button so that your foot is halfway off of the little slope facing the back of the gondola. Wait until Miranda's dialogue line starts to play. As soon as you hear Cortana respond with "Understood, ma'am" kill the last Elite. If you've done everything correctly, you should launch right to the tower. This is best visualized through a video example.
Legendary
The start plays a little differently from Easy. Walk out of the right-side door like on Easy, but hold onto your Rocket Launcher. Look to your right immediately when exiting and swordfly to the Jackal Sniper that spawns beyond the broken bridge. Kill him and shoot a rocket at the other potential Jackal Sniper spawn inside the tower, towards the balcony. Then, pick up the dropped Beam Rifle and kill the remaining Jackal Snipers. There are 5 in total, with 6 potential spawnpoints. Be sure to remember their spawnpoints for future runs. Jump from the tower onto the gondola. If necessary, shoot once to draw out the last Jackal Sniper. Once all 5 are dead, you should get a checkpoint. If not, kill an enemy or two in the background. Then, jump onto the railing in front of you with your Energy Sword out. This will spawn 2 Elites and 4 Jackal Snipers. Stick the Elite closest to you and run back towards the gondola quickly.
From here, what you do will depend on your proficiency at the game and your strategy of choice. There are 3 options, same as on Easy: the God Despawn, the Tower Swordfly, and Gondola Launch. Each strategy plays out the exact same as on Easy, except on Legendary you can die quite easily. Be sure to practice your chosen technique before using it in runs.
During the Regret fight, you can cloak to force a CP. You can also backtrack to the temple entrance to get a CP.
