5th August – Challenges & Commentary

Today’s challenges are:

More than a Handful – Kill 25 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking – 1000 cR
Showtime – Earn 5 assists in a multiplayer Matchmaking game – 1250 cR
Streaky Shooter – Earn 10 sprees in multiplayer Matchmaking – 2500 cR
Iron with Friends – Complete a Campaign mission co-op on Heroic or harder with the Iron skull on – 1750 cR

Commentary follows after the break

More than a Handful – Kill 25 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking – 1000 cR

Multi Team Battle or Grifball are the best ways to get lots and lots of kills, you tend to get more than any other modes. If you play Crazy King or Oddball you can get even more as some people who would shoot you go for the objective, and you can take them out. Seasoned Grifball players will also be able to get this in only a game or two, and if you can make an area in an Infection game defensible as a human you can rack up kills quickly. But looking at the other challenges you can pick this up naturally with them.

Showtime – Earn 5 assists in a multiplayer Matchmaking game – 1250 cR

Rumble Pit is good for assists since it’s just bullets and fists flying everywhere! As usual with assists you can do well in a Team game type if you pair up with someone, tell them that’s what you want to do and join forces, using Sniper Rifles, Plasma Pistol overcharges and the like to do max damage to someone, and your partner finishing them off. Hockey is also very good, just run around gunning people and tell your team when their shields pop they’re a one hit kill with the golf club. Don’t forget an assist is classed as doing 40% or more damage to someone with another playing killing them within 4 seconds.

Streaky Shooter – Earn 10 sprees in multiplayer Matchmaking – 2500 cR

This should apply to any spree, not just kills. So you can get sprees using:

• Hammer
• Shotgun
• Sniper Rifle
• Plasma Grenade sticks
• Sword
• Vehicles (two here – kills in vehicle where you do the killing, and kills as driver with passenger killing)
• Spartan Laser
• Assists
• Some for specific variants of Juggernaut, Invasion and Infection

See the list on Halopedia for everything, especially as you can get 3 spree medals for each type. My recommendation – go for a weapon that allows you an easy spree, personally a Shotgun or Sword work for me. If you can take out 5 dudes you should get two sprees – one for 5 kills and one for the weapon (ie Grifball). Infection can be excellent for the number of medals you get per Zombie kill so if you can defend one position on your own or in a team you’ll get this easily.

Iron with Friends – Complete a Campaign mission co-op on Heroic or harder with the Iron skull on – 1750 cR

Go with Winter Contingency or Nightfall, and taking it slowly (except of course the parts that you just run through). I’ve heard that on Nightfall in co-op the enemies are more likely to spawn behind the door (watch this video off Youtube if you’re not sure about speed running Nightfall), however I’ve also heard that the best thing is you go in co-op but then let only one person do the run. Yes there are some more enemies but it should still be easy.