How to get a 50 (mini-guide)

RedNeck · Aug 6, 2009

This is a guide that a friend of mine made to help people get 50s. All credit goes to him.

FSC Nightmare said:

How to get a 50 (mini-guide)

Skill isn't everything, you have to have the right mindset, a mindset that is not "he lagged through the wall", or "My bullets didn't even knock his shields down", or "I beat him down, and it didn't kill him." You have to have the mindset of when you loose, it's your own fault. Learn from your mistakes, and have a positive attitude.

Skill is still some thing, you do have to have some skill to being a 50, so I will tell you how to increase your "personal skill level." First, just start a custom game with your friends, and try your best. If you try your best, and play the game right, you will get better. If you do not try, and are lazy, then don't expect to get better.

Assault rifles are NOT "noob" weapons. People mistake an AR for a bad weapon, because all they know how to use is a battle rifle. If you can only use a battle rifle and sniper, then you are really, really, bad at Halo. You need to know how to use all weapons, especially an AR, because it is the default weapon for Halo 3! The tactic with the AR is to move in a circular motion when someone is running toward you (shooting them of course), and when they get close enough, melee. You can variate this technique to suit your battle technique.

BR's . . . do I need to say anything else? The battle rifle is the primary weapon in most variated gametypes, so you will probably have to be good with them. The technique for a BR is to move side to side which is called strafing. Practice alone on an open map strafing, and count a lot one, two, one, two. That is the "beat" in which you strafe. I used to listen to fast paced music when I was on my road to general to help keep my beat. Try doing free-for all matches on Guardian with your friends to warm up your BR. Jumping helps at the last second, when you hear your shields start blinking, jump for the sky!

Your greatest, and most powerful weapon, your radar. You radar might not seem like it can kill anyone, but it can assist your every kill, and it can save yourself from many deaths. I personally look at my radar constantly, and use it constantly. People say "radars are for noobs." They say that, because they are unsecure with a radar, and they have to use their team to tell them where every single pebble is on the map. When you are behind a wall, and you see someone coming at you, bank a grenade off the wall in front of you, make them critical, and pop them in the head with your BR! They will probably throw a few shouts at you, but that is because they know that they were not smart enough to look on their radar!

Grenades, second most powerful weapon. You can kill just about anyone with the BR, grenade combo. Some grenades don’t work as well as others, but can still be useful.

Frags can be bounced off of walls, placed in corners correctly, or banked off of many walls. Perfect grenade for getting people critical, and perfect for nudging into the snow, or dirt.

Plasmas can be directly placed wherever you throw it. Can kill people in one hit without weapon fire if placed correctly. Extremely powerful, and a little more powerful than the frag, but does not bounce or bank. Also, can stick onto people.

Spikes actually is very useful. Can shoot spikes out, and kill people around corners if placed correctly. One spike can kill, or cause a critical with an explosive effect. Place on walls, not ground regularly. Can stick onto people

Fire grenades not seen that often. If you do find one, it is most likely on a custom map, but are very deadly. Must hit person directly, or must be run through by opponent. It will take out half shields if the opponent runs through the flames, ready for a good 2 - 1 shot(s) in the head with a BR.

Grenades are meant for taking down shields, or killing on contact. They are also good for knocking down mobs of people's shields at the same time, ready for your team to come in, and you have about 2-4 assists! They are also meant for (what I use them for), strategic purposes. What I mean by strategic purposes, is like banking them off of walls to kill people on the other side of them. Bouncing them in a doorway when an enemy is rushing you. Bouncing them up inclines right into the enemies faces! You can successfully use the grenades any way like that.

Melee, or not to melee, that is the question! You should melee the opponent when their shields are down a little more than half (It doesn't have to be all the way), and then you melee according to how far you are from your opponent. Every weapon has a lunge to it, not just the sword. You can be a certain distance from the opponent when you can lunge, and kill them. The weapons vary when you use the melee, for instance, if you have an AR, you run while shooting, then melee. You can also try different melees, such as jumping or crouching while meleeing.

Equipment . . . ops, I accidentally threw a bubble! Equipment is only to be used when it is necessary. If you have a bubble shield, you have full shields and are in cover, but three of your teammates are about to get killed, throw the damn shield on your teammates! If you just picked up a regenerator, and you use it, but it where’s off, and you get double teamed, its your OWN FAULT! Use equipment when needed at the right time, and in the needed time.

Powerups, not for noobs. If you grab an overshield, active camo, or custom, you are NOT a noob! Powerups act like equipment in Halo, use them when needed, and at the right time. If you get an oversheild, you can get an easy two kills, and if you get the active camo, you can get at leist 2 assassinations. Both powerups have the same aspect of getting easy kills except they are both very different. Once you pick up the overshield, the 5 second rule starts. The five second rule, is that you are invincible for 5 seconds after you pick up the overshield. The active camo takes about 4 seconds to fully camouflage yourself. Remember those two things about both powerups, and you should be good.

Vehicles, and drivers ed. If you are trying to get your 50 in any map with a vehicle on it, then use anything but a mongoose. The mongoose is actually one of my favorite vehicles, but I would not recommend it in matchmaking. A warthog, chopper, banshee, or scorpion is just fine. Practice drifting with the warthog, because drifting is extremely important. You have to get the right timing with boosting in the chopper, because you could have fun boosting off of a ramp, but you would have wished you had that boost when you landed into a laser! You have to learn how to dodge rockets, brute shots, missile pods, gauss bursts, and mainly lasers in a banshee. It is extremely hard to master, but you can barrel roll, and flip out of the lasers, and heavy weapons. The scorpion tank . . . well . . . just don't let anyone get near you and you should do fine!

Teamwork & Communication, third most important weapon. Teamwork is everything, without teamwork, there would be no General rank. You have to work as a team to do anything except lone wolves. Your team can provide you cover, an extra rifle to kill, or a life saver. If you noticed, you are probably more timid in lone wolves rather in team slayer. You will also need a good team if you go into team slayer, do NOT get matched up with random people! You need a team that supports you, that does not criticize you, and will give you constructive criticism. Communication is a big part of teamwork. Your team should be giving you "callouts." Callouts are locations that your team gives you by voice. You can make your own callouts, or get official MLG callouts from a professional website. You can even make new strategies with your team, so that you can eliminate the enemy faster than they can eliminate you.

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And this was added on by another friend of mine. Again, all credit goes toward him.

FSC Token said:

Knowing your surrounding. Have you ever wanted to try to get to a very tricky part of the map for your own advantage, such as a high up part so you can drop down an just assassinate them. well it's good to use those for your own advantage but it can also work against you, if you fall off the map or you don't make it in time. so it's really good to practice these and know your surrounding, a good way to practice these are to just go in to forge and keep working on them tell you can perfect each of them. Although you shouldn't be constantly using these only use if you have the time and there quick and easy or else it's just not worth it. grenade jumps just don't use these in a matches you will die. you can in 1v1's but this is a guide for 50's. but for example, I'm constantly forging and finding new spots. but i don't think there are much let but now that i have i know every spawn, where every gun spawns, every hiding spot, jumps. If you guys know iTz MLG LS, me and him always practice these and just play customs and it's worth it if you wanna be good. i think he has perfected every near impossible jump in halo 3. So if you ever versed him in a 1v1 you will see him doing these and I'm kinda guessing he won, he is like neighbor Jr. but thats all.

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Notice: Be aware Nightmare has bad grammar. I also prettied it up a bit.

mikelp said:

Aiming: You cannot kill what is not being hit. Aiming is key for killing. Calculate how far away a target is and aim ahead of the target to shoot where that player is moving towards. Remember to find a sensitivity that is best- Note that lower can give a steady shot, but faster will make a player react faster to surroundings, every individual must find something that is the best combination of a steady shot and a quick turning speed.

Inventory:Never be afraid to use a specific weapon, vehicle, equipment, etc because it is "for noobs" That is not a reason to refuse to use something that could rack up a large amount of kills. The reason that most people started insulting people for using specific items is to discourage people to even touch them.

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RedNeck said:

Bumper Jumper: I have found Bumper Jumper to be very useful when playing competitively. Bumper Jumper lets you jump straf without taking your thumb off the thumb stick. Over all it has improve my game play a lot. I would recomend it to anyone looking to better there skills.

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Agamer · Aug 6, 2009

Thanks for bringing this over to FH =)

I pretty much knew every thing in this tutorial and most of it was almost self explanatory, yet I never heard of moving in a circular motion when shooting with an assault rifle and I've heard of strafing yet I've never done it. I should try that out some time.

Loscocco · Aug 6, 2009

Aiming: You cannot kill what is not being hit. Aiming is key for killing. Calculate how far away a target is and aim ahead of the target to shoot where that player is moving towards. Remember to find a sensitivity that is best- Note that lower can give a steady shot, but faster will make a player react faster to surroundings, every individual must find something that is the best combination of a steady shot and a quick turning speed.

Inventory: Never be afraid to use a specific weapon, vehicle, equipment, etc because it is "for noobs" That is not a reason to refuse to use something that could rack up a large amount of kills. The reason that most people started insulting people for using specific items is to discourage people to even touch them.

RedNeck · Aug 6, 2009

mikelp said: ↑

Aiming: You cannot kill what is not being hit. Aiming is key for killing. Calculate how far away a target is and aim ahead of the target to shoot where that player is moving towards. Remember to find a sensitivity that is best- Note that lower can give a steady shot, but faster will make a player react faster to surroundings, every individual must find something that is the best combination of a steady shot and a quick turning speed.

Inventory: Never be afraid to use a specific weapon, vehicle, equipment, etc because it is "for noobs" That is not a reason to refuse to use something that could rack up a large amount of kills. The reason that most people started insulting people for using specific items is to discourage people to even touch them.

Aiming: You cannot kill what is not being hit. Aiming is key for killing. Calculate how far away a target is and aim ahead of the target to shoot where that player is moving towards. Remember to find a sensitivity that is best- Note that lower can give a steady shot, but faster will make a player react faster to surroundings, every individual must find something that is the best combination of a steady shot and a quick turning speed.

Inventory: Never be afraid to use a specific weapon, vehicle, equipment, etc because it is "for noobs" That is not a reason to refuse to use something that could rack up a large amount of kills. The reason that most people started insulting people for using specific items is to discourage people to even touch them.
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Thanks for the extra pointers.

Loscocco · Aug 6, 2009

lol im not sure why my post was doubled...

Also- Driving tips. Drifting: To make very sharp turns, try drifting by holding LT (default controls) right before turning. Halfway through the turn, let go of LT to prevent skidding. This makes very good turns on Rats Nest, Sandtrap, etc... You may also want to slow down (not completely) directly before the turn.

RedNeck · Aug 6, 2009

Thanks mike.

Also:

Bumper Jumper: I have found Bumper Jumper to be very useful when playing competitively. Bumper Jumper lets you jump straf without taking your thumb off the thumb stick. Over all it has improve my game play a lot. I would recomend it to anyone looking to better there skills.

I will begin to add user created content to the main guide if we continue to get it.

ToKeN · Aug 6, 2009

Yay, you put my post in there and it took me a bit but i found the post. =]

RedNeck · Aug 6, 2009

Updated for Bumper Jumper, Aiming, and Inventory.

ToKeN said:

Yay, you put my post in there and it took me a bit but i found the post. =]
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Welcome to Forge Hub token, glad to see more FSC members here.

L Mahavishnu L · Aug 7, 2009

The biggest key to getting a 50 is to learn your surroundings, knowing the maps and reacting to different situations is the easiest way to get kills. Oh and don't rush!!!!!!

Reincarnation · Sep 27, 2009

there are some good thoughts in here, and they are all true!!!

- Reincarnation

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