The next salvo of killer content hits Halo 5: Guardians in the first update of 2016 dropping next week, containing REQs worthy of its name. With Infinity’s armoury players will step into new battlegrounds both for Arena and Warzone. A legendary classic returns, players will see the return of Halo 2’s classic BR (Battle Rifle), equip more Alien weapons and outfit your Spartan with all-new armor sets and weapon skins.
Halo 2 released back in 2004 and the Battle Rifle has been one of the foremost favourites amongst many eSports players and gamers alike! The classic Battle Rifle returns to Halo 5: Guardians as a Mythic loadout weapon REQ to deploy in Warzone. For the Forgers out there wanting to recreate true Halo 2 classic maps and take their nostalgia to the next level, the weapons unlocked in Forge.
Arena players can look forward to the new Riptide map based on The Created’s grand designs. The agents of Cortana can reshape worlds into verdant gardens teeming with life after only a few decades of manipulation, but at much short-term cost. Scarred by wars both ancient and new, the Created have judged this planet to be in need of significant remediation and remodeling; shifting continents and oceans after the AI constructs carefully balanced the drawbacks and benefits of both limited extinction events and damage to the existing colonial infrastructure.
Players will need to quickly learn the winding routes of steel and sand to excel in the weathered structures of Riptide. By controlling the top catwalks, Spartans can analyze, pinpoint, and track down the enemy’s location.
Warzone players can look forward to Urban, in the aftermath of the Human-Covenant war, the underlying fractures in humanity that had precipitated the Insurrection once more became apparent. A dynamic combination of social engagement, reconstruction, and security operations was embarked on by the UNSC to disrupt nascent rebel movements, contain extremist politicians, and deny the Insurrection freedom of maneuver. The most difficult of these missions took place in the sprawling and densely populated urban metroplexes of worlds such as Andesia.
Urban is one of Warzone Assault’s open maps with many sightlines. The Armory is a hard base to fight over due it being on top of the grassy hill. Get some good sharpshooters on the overpasses to get some height to help control the fight.
Looking for more assassinate your opponents with more finesse, well you’re in luck check out the Wind Up and Stop Stabbing Yourself assassinations below.
Wind Up
Rare - Twist and Shout
Stop Stabbing Yourself
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