Halo Infinite - How To Kill Hunters 

I have to say, the hunters in this game turn around a lot faster. I tried to get behind them like before in previous games, but it's nearly impossible

The only real piece of advice when going for legendary difficulty; while all these advice are solid, I will emphasize to cover as much as you can for hit-and-run shots. If you're lucky, you'll have alot of cover on some open landscapes. If you're unlucky, you gotta swing that grappleshot like a titanfall spiderman.

Needlers wreck hunters. The arcane sentinel beam does too, but only on the weakspots. Cloak thruster or a marine distraction, as mentioned here, is a good way of getting behind them.

What I find ridiculous is that you need 6 skewer shots or a full HMG and a skewer to kill one red hunter

I love that there's a tutorial from IGN about this. As there's probably a LOT of players joining the Halo franchise via Halo Infinite, Hunters are probably WRECKING them and those of us who've played all the other games would NEVER know they're having a hard time against them. Oh, and the Needler is essentially the best weapon against most bosses or tanky enemies in the game. It's intentionally kept nearby in boss fights, and can dish a LOT of damage really quickly against slow lumbering enemies, aka most bosses. Only downfall is they can run out of ammo fairly quickly if you're missing shots or spraying and praying with them. Solid tut btw.

Needler is super op against hunters. You don't even have to aim and full needler ammo easily does the job on lower difficulties.

One thing not mentioned, trying to deal damage to each evenly instead of 1 at a time then try and finish them off at the same time so that the rage from remaining one doesn’t kill you

Short tip: use a precision weapon (preferably a sniper or skewer) and shoot the neck area when exposed.

This just reminded me how annoying it is that the companion AI isn't programmed to take advantage of the dropwall. They ran right through it into danger like lemmings. Disappointed in 343 for not accounting for that.

I found the needler to be surprisingly effective

Spamming sticky grenades is a viable approach. I’ve taken down a lot of them throughout the legendary campaign easily utilizing them. And a Needler is an unsung hero. Go and unlock the HVT Needler as soon as you can and it’s easy peezy.

Remember in halo 1 when it only took 1 bullet from a pistol to the back to kill them

These guys are really kicking my ass atm. They're waaay more difficult than previous games

Another tip is getting all the marines in the razorback WITH skewers. I did this and destroyed the myriad brothers under 10 seconds there.

Watching him drop the needler for a skewer was just painful. The needler damages them regardless of where you shoot them. The skewer needs to hit them in the worms.

Also, for frontal engagement they always show 1 knee, the one opposite at the shield, is a grunt size week spot

In open world if you can bring a razorback full of 5 marines with either arcane sentinel beams or the m41 tracker spnkr. Legit most op thing

What also helps is if you progress through the entire Infinite story campaign and unlock the bandana skull so that you'll never run completely out of ammo, one of the power weapons of choice for me is the Flexible variant of The new S7 Sniper because it's more suited for close to mid range engagements plus having a 10 round magazine is way better than just the traditional 4 round capacity

Those are worms by the way not cords. The hunters are actually a colony of worms that eat metal.

As a first time halo player, the way I won in the first hunter fight was: 1. Find coil 2. Use coil 3. Find coil 4. Use coil Repeat

Agree with the advice. Also, you have to cover most of the time because they can lock their explosive rounds on you. It’s annoying and fun at the same time. Furthermore, if you kill one out of the pair they start full on sprinting for you and use their automatic plasma weapon, which can kill you in a instant. You just have to keep using explosives on them and have as much ammo as possible because it takes more than maximum ammo capacity to kill them with a assault or battle rifle alone.

I’ve been through in Heroic and will be back for Legendary. These Hunters are definitely are another level from previous games. Getting behind them is tough! And that rapid fire will torch a Wasp pretty quick and has ridiculous range.

I found the best weapon was the Scorpion 😀

What i did to kill them before i saw this video was: I literally just got up close and went ham with melee. And it worked.. somehow..

Fusion Coils & Needlers are king against hunters on legendary.

I used the grapple when facing a Hunter to fly past them and turn to fire on their backs. Not the easiest way but it works. Also, I've just about completed it and only just found out there's a torch!

My loadout against hunters would usually be a gravity hammer and energy sword, but if I don't have those 2, it would be a needle and any weapon and a bunch of nades and coils. This loading helped me a lot in heroic and legendary

this is why we need the magnum not that i have anything against the sidekick but it cant one tap a hunter

Pokémon brilliant diamond and GOT DC guides are also very helpful, alongside halo infinite, thanks IGN Guides

Flexfire Sniper Rifle vs Cindershot? What to choose between the two? I'm currently on a Nexus mission in the campaign and I brought a Flexfire Sniper with me (I know it's weaker than the S7, but it has more ammo), and in the section before the Hunters I also found a Cindershot, so I'm undecided. Both are power weapons, and I didn't bring the M41 SPNKR because it's low on ammo. Cindershot seemed stronger than Hydra to me, so I was choosing between it and Flexfire Sniper.

Thanks for the tips,The red ones are like 2 bosses, evil brothers. For me i had to try 5 times (legendary) , and full focus. Focus on one is my best advice, avoid 2 while one is alive.

I beat the game on legendary for some context. Use shock pistol it’ll slow down their attacks and do some decent damage. The needler is pretty decent too. The skewer is great against them. One of the final mission you’ll be in a room with two of them. There should be a skewer and use the fusion coils to weaken both of them when they’re close together. Use the skewer to finish them off. Wait until their backplates blow off from the coils before u shoot them.

I find that going for their legs is pretty effective

Was just doing the myriad brothers on legendary. I used all of my skewer on one, but thankfully i had the shock rounds barrier and was able to use my br to finish the other one.

The revenger for me seems to be the best weapon against them

Aim for the sides: the orange clusters of cords. Ah my man knows his lore :)

Bro thank you soooo much

Just finished the two in silent auditorium on legendary- they’re really something. Might actually be the hardest encounter in the game because you can’t really cheese them well.

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So haven't gotten to the hunters yet but does the get close dodge and one shot the soft back spot not work anymore

Infinite’s Hunters are the deadliest of all time. Their AI, armour, health and speed is another level compared to previous games.

I fought and beat the Myriad pair of hunters on Heroic difficulty. That shock pistol weapon and the needler did the most damage.

Just load up a Razorback and hand out snipers. Do a 50 cal drive bye. Works for me

I just took down two red hunters with ease. The plasma pistol charged up and fired through the drop wall at them does some serious damage.

Keep moving and shoot worms. Idk what they tell you in the video but considering who made it I doubt it's any better than that.

Hunters aren’t too bad in CE, 2, 3, or ODST. They’re tougher in Reach and 4. I haven’t played 5. But the hunters in Infinite are absolute monsters.

Getting close to finishing my LASO run and hunters are a breeze with the scorpion gun.

hey thanks dude :)

Is it just me, or did everyone here forget about or not play against Halo 5 Hunters? These Infinite hunters are definitely hard but the Halo 5 ones were the hardest by far imo. Much faster, more aggressive and insane firepower. Cant even get behind them with a shotgun without being insta-killed by the shield (something that doesnt happen in Infinite) or even its aoe damage. And you could get insta-killed by their fuel rod cannons as well, which were very precisely fire. Even with the teammate system allowing for being brought back to life, it was a supreme challenge. I feel like if anything, the Halo Infinite hunter is a response to this and is somewhat nerfed (which is fine IMO, although I do wish it was the toughest unit outside of main bosses, which it is not imo). Check out this video if you want a quick reference: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c8qwrW-_078.html&feature=share

The Hunter's at the skull,was a challenge on legendary

I miss when u could just dodge the hunters attacks u can’t really do that now

Not me on legendary in an enclosed room with two red hunters that wreck me every time I spawn haha

Here's the thing, none, and I mean NONE, of the weapons that are supposed to "wreck" hunters do anything for me. It shows that hits are happening, damage and stuff. But its not hurting them anymore than if I had shot them with an assault rifle. Basically I'm literally using EVERY last bit of ammo I have and grenades just to kill one hunter. Everything I've watched videos of these weapons/strategies working but they literally don't work in mine. And since they travel in pairs, well then I have nothing to do enough damage to the 2nd one at that point. Its an insane chore. Edit:Yes I'm shooting the weak points. The back as well as the new weak spots like the knees. It legitimately is like they forgot to code in all the hunter specs for my game or something.

Shooting the exposed kneecap with a sniper or skewer does a lot of damage, but probably not as much damage as shooting the exposed neck

Next video idea for IGN: how to kill a grunt with 5 arcane sentinel beam marines on a razorback

For the hunters in infinite I just get some f union coils and then find a needler.

I destroyed a pair of them with the scorpion, and they weren’t normal hunters, they were *spoilers* The myriad brothers

The needler works well taking them down

Fully charged ravenger shots

The hunters after the escharum boss are extreme even in normal mode

The spartan killer hunters and the banished and the blue ones

Funnily enough, when I played through on Heroic I found that needlers were useful.

Far cry from Halo CE where you can just walk up to them, spin around and kill them in one hit with the pistol.

Ravager surprisingly does well against hunters lol

Basically every red Banished variant is a basic version on cocaine lol

If you shoot their knees they will back away for a sec. But be careful with the second one as the other one might flank you.

I'm a madman that's playing my first playthrough on legendary and I've been finding it decently manageable so far but I can't get near those red hunters.

Shoot ‘em in the waist on the side or back . It’s fun , they are a challenge but not too bad but the other ones were harder if I remember correctly .

Playing PC Halo for the first time, I always hid from hunters... Very far away... And PISTOL. Yes, the pistol was my most powerful weapon to use and chicken behind stuff while shooting through tiny holes.

Hunters - back - rocked

I figured it out get your squad of Marines give them all skewers and rocket launchers and just drive by the hunters

The orange is not cords, its worms, hunters are worms in the shape of a humanoid being.

Well there's also another method on killing hunters what you have to do is to do enough damage and then you use the grapple hook and punch them repeatedly I hope this helped.

Hunters haven’t been tough for me honestly. Beat the game on heroic first, and I’m now nearing the end of a legendary run. That damn brute chieftain with the hammer at the harbinger tho, fuck that guy, not looking forward to that encounter again.

I remember the days where you just baited them in melee and took them down with a single pistol shot to the arm pit....

Razorback with five skewer marines👌

Sage advice brought to you by the people that were wrecked by Doom Eternal's Marauders.

I’m having no problems with them vs the bruits with regard armor

They're ridiculous on Legendary, but so much fun.

The disruptor is underrated for taking out hunters. Thats my new weapon of choice for them.

the fact that a video had to be made about killing hunters 6 games in 🤣 fair tho, practice makes perfect !! i got killed so many times fore I started racking up hunter bodies lmao

Oh how I hate to fight those enemies!

Marines+snipers+razorback= no problems from anyone or anything at anytime 😤😤

They're literally just bullet sponges on legendary and it fucking blows

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Those red hunters on legendary.... ....holy balls.

Fun fact those Orange cords are worms

2:14 they're not cords, they're worms lol

Sticky grenades an power weapons rocket launchers worked the best for me

im surprised the final boss of the game isn't just like 4 hunters

Ah we already know how since we been playing Halo in the past before infinite?

Yeah too bad you can't hoock onto them and if you bo behind they turn around much faster than you can actually run or hook behind them so not really doable

Fuck how they made hunters so difficult to kill damn halo really did step up thir game for the hunters 😂😂

Two needler mags takes out a blue Hunter

I dislike how they shoot point blank rather than swing at you I used to love jumping around them and boxing with them in previous games they barley use melee.

Honestly just use a needler. Swear it works

Easy, two words. Tank Gun

these are much harder than they are in previous games

Full dropwall and any power weapon easy to get down hunters, even on legendary

Just use the cindershot variant and just shoot the ground right in front of them for the bounce to hit them and it shreds them