With Halo Infinite’s Big Team Battle mode finally fixed, more players are experiencing vehicle combat in multiplayer. One of the most popular vehicles in Halo’s history has been the banshee, a very fast, very maneuverable covenant flying vehicle that shoots plasma blasts and fusion bombs. The fan-favorite vehicle has returned to Halo Infinite, and has led to many incredible clips of players’ flying skills.
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The biggest danger for banshee pilots has always been hijacking, and Halo Infinite’s useful grappling hook has made this threat much more common. With the grappling hook, players can now latch onto a banshee and hijack it without the banshee’s flyer ever getting close to the ground. However, Reddit user RedHotGiblets has deduced a way to not only avoid grappling hijackers, but take them for a wild, deadly ride in the process.
Wacky Halo Infinite banshee moments are common, but RedHotGiblets’ piloting skills are a true marvel. The clip shows RedHotGiblets flying through the air, pausing to fire at an enemy. Suddenly, a grappling player latches on to the banshee, but RedHotGiblets quickly backflips, sending the player flying through the air. To the grappler’s credit, they latch back onto the banshee in mid-air, but RedHotGiblets hits the player with another backflip, sending them flying even further into the air and most likely falling to their death.
RedHotGiblets’ discovery of a way to dodge grappling would-be hijackers is revelatory for other banshee pilots. With this strategy, banshee pilots will be able to avoid all forms of hijacking as long as they stay away from the ground. Many Reddit users were shocked by the clip, with many saying they had never thought to try that. Others praised RedHotGiblets for the clip, saying it was awesome and that they were going to try it out in their next match. Some stated that another way to stop grapplers is to jump out and back in as it breaks their tether; this strategy sounds next to impossible, but supposedly it works every time.
With the update to Big Team Battle now live and Halo Infinite’s Tactical Ops game modes coming soon, now is the perfect time for players to jump back in and test their piloting skills. Perhaps RedHotGiblets’ clip will lead to many others as the playerbase learns and masters the newest way to avoid pesky grapplers and jumpy hijackers.
Halo Infinite is now available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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