Halo Infinite Weapon Variants Ranked (Tier List) 

Sorry about the wait everyone, I was very busy all last week with finals and Christmas stuff. Hope you enjoy the video and learn something from it, feel free to let me know what you think.

The Sun beam was my “aight I just wanna end this quickly” gun. The only drawback was the low ammo, but that thing melts on any difficulty.

This is the first place I’ve actually been able to find descriptions of the weapon variants. The UNSC ones have them thanks to the FOB menu but the ones taken from targets in game can be really annoying to try and figure out what makes them different. Not sure why 343 didn’t put even a couple of bullet points with each one just to let people know what makes them different but it seems like an oversight.

I slept on the normal sentinel beam until late in the campaign. Only when I realized it was pretty good did I notice the arcane version was phenomenal.

You should've mentioned that when using the Duelist Energy Sword, your slide distance is increased dramatically, makes it super fun to use

On a second note, I REALLY wished the Plasma Pistol variant was like the one in H5 that creates a BLACK HOLE when charged. That stuff was awesome.

I wish they went the opposite route with the commando. Made the rate of fire slower or made it single fire and increase the mag size with maybe a slight boost to damage output. Easy A tier.

The Stalker Rifle Ultra is kind of like a Covenant Carbine

getting a razorback and giving all my marines arcane sentinel beams is some of the most fun ive had playing halo

As soon as I realized how OP the arcane sentinel beam is, that's the only thing I give to the Marines when loading them into the razor now. It's just an instant delete button on every enemy 😂

When you said, “I don’t like the regular heat wave,” I questioned the validity of everything in this video

The worst part of the variants in the campaign is the ammo exclusivity. I can understand why maybe the variant pistol might use different bullets than the standard pistol but... The needler variant? Does the duelist sword use different size batteries than the standard energy sword? I dunno, pisses me off. I figure it's fine for MP balance but makes very little sense for campaign

Thank you for the video! Some minor additions for the record: The S7 flexfire also has **slightly** reduced accuracy. The calcine disruptor (in my testing) will actually disable all vehicles in one shot, it just takes a couple seconds of letting the tazer err... taze lol. The rapidfire pulse carbine also has increased projectile speed and tracking. The duelist energy sword increases lunge range and jump height substantially. It also increases swing speed which means you'll always win *duels* with normal swords The unbound plasma pistol has substantially increased charged projectile speed and tracking, and the regular shots seem to do much more damage. But it quickly loses these perks at range. The rushdown gravity hammer increases jump height and damage substantially (I don't know if its intended, but it does a LOT more damage in my campaign testing. Also seems to have increased knockback? Like it'll send a warthog through slipspace). The pinpoint needler also has substantially increased fire rate and projectile speed. The diminisher of hope (in my testing) had a much greater area and much less fall-off than a normal hammer, however it did the same damage for me vs vehicles and bosses.

Bit late to the party but something I feel the need to mention is with the Scatterbound Heatwave the "Pellets" actually have a much greater magnetism towards enemy players, meaning you can miss your shots but still hit them, place the weapon in atleast S imo

I like the variants, but I wish they were more chaotic like the ones in Halo 5.

This is the best tier list out. Took 30 seconds to jump right into it, love it!

I just started the point of no return Command Spire on legendary, with the arcane beam in my back pocket for the bosses, mostly relying on the Striker. I nearly brought the Breacher, but changed my mind. The Striker melts in campaign, believe me.

Fantastic video pal, gives me a really good idea what weapons to give a whirl on campaign.

I wanna add something about the longshot ar, from some testing I did in campaign. It can get headshots, which was kinda surprising cuz it was already good. Good job on the video btw, it was solid.

Finally someone uploads something like this lol I've been wondering what the variants do. Part of me feels like they should have been "classic" variants but I assume they'll just add in those weapons overtime.

That was a fun video thanks!

Nice tier list, this was really interesting. The skewer variant is absolutely hilarious when given to a razorback full of marines. Check out some of the videos - it is like artillery

Cool vid my guy !

I think if I got to choose a loadout for Fiesta I'd go with the Arcane and probably the Flexfire btw great vid

Nice to see another sun laser fan

LOVE THIS! More rankings please :)))

Loved the weapon and vehicle variants in halo 5 glad they’ve brought em back

You forgot the best gun in campaign. The anti armor tank Foot rifle cannon :P. / easteregg tank gun.

Bruh, you forgot to mention or didn't know that the better energy sword (forgot the name) has double the lunge range of a normal sword and the rush down gravity hammer has the same aoe as the Diminisher of Hope. Also the Pursuit Hydra can lock on from way more lock on range. Also the better heat wave shotgun has stupidly insane tracking on projectiles once they bounce, so you shoot the floor at an opponents feet and all projectiles will hit them nearly 100% of the time and it two hits, so definitely in the S tier. Also the better needle can lock onto and attack two targets at once.

haha I tested some weapons with the marines myself and I was pretty sure the Arcane Beam was going to the top tier. It is legit broken on the campaign and even more so with the AI, they never run out of ammo and they actually have pretty good aim and they fire it all the time. Makes some encounters super easy.

Pretty good list, personally I would only change a few weapons rank because of how I play and use them. It would've been a better video if you told people where they can find each of the Variants in the Campaign but over-all.....Nice One !!

This is some good content 🤟

I love the gravity hammer you get when you kill the final boss is so good and I also love the sniper and the brecher

1:09 Otto Octavius : The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand!

The Duelist energy sword and the Rushdown hammer both make you run and jump significantly faster/higher. Also the Calcine Disruptor gets an SSS tier rating from me simply because it causes grunt backpacks to violently explode about 95% of the time, launching them about 40 feet into the air.

oh my GOD. YOUR AIM BRO. im lit holding back tears

All of these in a fiesta game mode would be gorgeous

I love the Volitiale Skewer in Campaign. It was my go to weapon for hunting HTVs, especially because I played the campaign immediately on legendary. What especially was good for me was I got the weapon very early on, and didn't even mean to. I am so glad I did though. If you're on legendary and intend on completion, get the Skewer Asap

The diminisher of hope i found to be very useful when combined with a sentinel beam on the harbinger

You said it's so good in ranked, I really want to see this thing in ranked lol

This video is super old but i wish i could show you some things, the heatwave for example should be way higher. Just shoot on horizontal on the ground in front of someone and it will two tap everyone with no aim required, across the map aswell. Also some other weapons i dont think you were using correctly or well (commando, flexfire, disruptor, etc) that I could have helped you understand. good video though

Tracker is S in your hands, SSS with marines. You can just sit back and watch 5 rockets home in on any enemy you’re fighting. I used a razorback full of tracker marines and wiped out like 5 mini bosses before one marine died on Heroic.

Loving the FTL music.

They should put the weapons on the wall for fiesta

The Diminisher of Hope also seems to have a slightly longer but more powerful bash animation for when you don’t want to use energy. Also the only opponent I have seen survive a swing is The Harbinger but it staggers her, not sure if thats a mechanic exclusive to her. But she was one of the easiest boss fights in the game when I just went to an inlet and let her box herself in near me.

It would be nice if the plasma pistol variant stopped vehicles but the cooling takes longer it also would be cool if on the mini boss descriptions it talked about what the weapons did and cortana could tell you

fun vid :)

The power of the sun in the palm of my hands

projectiles from the scatterbound heatwave also bounce toward the nearest enemy

Love the FTL music

You forgot about the third campaign exclusive, the scorpion head, you know the one that makes you a literal tank

You were definitely right about first place after the new update and now has 250 rounds instead

Personally, I actually like the plasma pistol variant. It stuns most enemies on almost every other shot - which you can basically spam - and the charged shotgun is visually cool and helpful with enemy shields, if a bit underwhelming in damage for being a plasma shotgun. But it wreaks havoc as a close quarters weapon.

You also forgot to mention that the scatter bound shotgun homes onto targets after it bounces which is why it's so effective

10:07 I need a video talking about this. I’m intrigued

Don't pigeon hole yourself into tier lists, you're capable of so much more! You got this, keep growing!

The Breacher variant solves the issue i have with the BR, and thats its fire rate. it just feels unaturally clunky that i just cant get a proper handle on it. The Commando in single fire feels better then the default BR

Appreciate you , great video

I found the breacher br super early on ky first legendary play through. Kept it the whole game literally, who doesnt want jackals down in 1 hand burst and legendary elites to feel like a halo reach heroic. Also the volatile skewer is comically strong. Nothin like skewer ammo at every fob early in tye game

1:09 The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand. -Dr. Otto Octavius

I don't think you know this because you didn't mention it, but the Scatterbound Heatwave can even track your target if you purposely ricochet it off the ground near your target, which is completely undodgable because of how fast the projectiles fly as you already said. This makes the weapon an easily guaranteed 2 shot kill which should put it in SS Tier at least.

13:08 FTL music kicks in, along with some related PTSD

I love giving all the marines beams and watchin them delete everything🤣🤣

The volatile skewer becomes a sss if you give it to a warthog full of marines, instant mobile artillary

Side note, I just find it funny how fast I recognized the ftl soundtrack as soon as the Ricen mangler came up

1:13 was perfect for Doc Ocks famous line

Playing on legendary as soon as I got the arcane sentinel beam I used it all the time, it cuts through absolutely everything.

Love the striker

It appears the arcane sentinel beam is Halo infinite's Spartan Laser. Vary naice.

this is my oversimplified descriptions for the weapon varients (if you want more just ask) arcane sentinel beam: the power of the sun in the palm of my hand flexfire sniper: budget DMR calcine disruptor: hipity hoppity your life go stopity longshot AR: I only used one bullet and my gun FLEW out of my hand then back in, I held the trigger and didn't move at all

13:15 yooo the FTL soundtrack

1:09 i call it the blue centinel ray that was back in Halo 2, idk how it actually called but yeah

The normal pulse carbine is phenomenal, you take your disrespect BACK

Awesome vid, also go to 6:09

about the second g hammer: "this thing one shots", yeah so does a regular one against pretty much everything except high shield targets jkek

around 13:40 I hear FTL music lol

You forgot one small detail about the pinpoint needler, it can lock on to multiple targets and each needles fired will track down the locked on enemies in a cycled fashion, it's stupid cool

Rapid-fire pusle carbine squad in the razorback is too op, especially when they fire at different times creating a river of plasma

Dude the RapidFire Carbine is insane in campaign. If you give a whole squad of marines this gun and put them on a razor back they will melt all enemies in your path

Duelist energy sword and rush down hammer also increase jump height. The duelist energy sword is faster, but less high than the hammer, and vice versa for the hammer

I slept on the sentinel beam in campaign until I had to use it. I regret that cause it is so good

1:13 “The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand.” - Doctor Otto Octavius

Not sure if this is because of balance changes or what but I find the Purging Shock rifle to arc between more enemies and almost always stun them (even if the dude I shot was 2 enemies away).

1:16 "Power of the sun in your own two hands" sounds like Doc Ock

Ayo have you tried the quintuple sun laser razorback? Most op thing I have ever seen.

12:05 … YOO THE COVENANT CARBINE IS BACK

I always run BR75 breacher and S7 flexfire

Make a video on the best guns to give marines in the Razorback. Or what are the best gun combos.

By manipulating the heat wave, I thought it was dead space for a moment when it entered cross-section mode. LOL🤣

The Rushdown also increases jump height and vastly increases the shockwave range.

A few things that are wrong or not mentioned The regular hydra does more damage when not locking on making it have a 2 shot kill potential instead of 4 the variant averages these numbers making it 3 for both The pinpoint needles can lock onto multiple targets and can kill in 8 shot due to the convergence (when they explode) The gravity hammer variant always does insta-kill despite having the same damage radius

When are *all* these variants coming to matchmaking? They are fantastic for the most part.

A warthog full of volatile skewer marines is a mobile artillery battery. Its amazing

"The power of the Sun in the palm of my hands"-Doc Ock probably

Try the SPF 1million shield against the Sun Laser! LOL Great video and commentary!

the longshot ar actually has a smaller crosshair, therefore lesser bullet spread, and the striker sidekick doesnt have bloom

Beams Johnson is my boy

you can also target 2 ppl at once with the needler variant

Some don't realise how good that heatwave varient is, if you're aiming at people directly with it then you're using it wrong if you aim at the ground near anyone the rebound shot will always reflect towards the enemy even does a bit more dmg too

Scatterbound heatwave is an absolute unit against sheilded jackals. Literally disintegrates their sheild and them in one shot. Great otherwise too but that's my favorite use for it