Halo Wars - Covenant Strategy - Solo Scarab Rush

[CrisProGameZelda]

If, the rush meets effective ... only against an A.I.!!!! On line your base would be destroyed before coming to the third improvement of the prophet

[effyouceeekay]

all you guys are noobs bunch of what ifs

thistactic is awsome for 2v2 or 3v3

[TheReservoirdog96]

oh invincible huh? what if i cryo your engineers and then bring in 10 cobras, or what if i bring in 15 vampires and 10 hunters? Scarabs suck and can be easilly countered by lots of units

[ACCFJeremiah]

You know what i usually do with scarabs, i just make 1 scarab and a shitload of engineers and there you go. Invincible scarab

[MultiLonewolf12]

the whole video i was saying HIT HIM WITH THE MACGUN HIT MACGUN!!!

[skankyNugget]

i love how this dude only takes 1 secondary reactor.

[01050g]

how come every halo wars videos have horible grafics

[ExiiL3DxJTAGGER1]

uhh dude are u stupid it doesnt work that way with the temple

[freddytayam]

Scarabs are actually pretty useful when theyve earned 3 stars. what I do is buy the population upgrade and purchase 30 engineers and a fully upgraded leader (3 stars too) and youve got an uinstaoppable army

[TickleishPickle]

@GokuPacMan25 if ur in a 3v3 make sure you give all your team mates a task to counter any rush, be defensive at first and wait for an attack and turtle your way through their units, if they make a scarab try to make a trap with cobras or hunters, if hornets of air use arbiter or infantry mostly recomended wolverines, if they make infantry make scorpions or jackals, flame throwers arnt that good but if you make tanks put spartans in them, if hes cutter hell probably have spartans and ODST's

[VeyLaren]

Thatz why i leader rush them....sometimes it works sometimes it dont...if i cant pull it off well enuff that is :P

[VeyLaren]

is this on legendary? i went up to Automatic (124) which is way harder than even legendary...and at that point you would be lucky if u can even age up to the last stage because they will rush u with an army of vultures long before then...

[PNDRazor]

jeez...why this aint for pc

[TDAnimationsUK]

which map is that

[PureXHeart2]

u played againts A.I... not a challange so...

[claudonas]

i domanated with a grunt rush

MUST TRY!!!!!!

[Darklarik]

@1209120912 Is thier a video?

[Darklarik]

I wonder, can 30 fully upgraded grunts take on a solo scarab and win?

[Darklarik]

Had he leader rushed you it would have all been over.

[lucky5650]

lol 2v2 scarab rush, i could win with a 2v2 grunt rush, :D full pop bout >7 mins

[Scorchinn]

This won't work he's playing against a regular AI a good player would rush by then.

[DarKFuZioNMan]

how is this a rush and why didnt you take the other reactor

[Thechillyhotpepper]

he is playing against a computer or is it a she hmmmmmmmmm

SCARAB NOOB AGAINST COMPUTER FAIL

[idk1711]

want to 1v1? if u do send me a friend request

F3R4L KUSH

[chuazongwei123]

ONE LITTLE THING I DO... when ppl scarab rush my base i press the self-destruct button

[rory1009]

@chuazongwei123 and they still get the points

[lelo216]

@chuazongwei123 bitch move

[lucky5650]

@chuazongwei123 pussy

[MaskedOddity]

Scarab rush will work... if you're playing against recruits.

Anyone over the rank of commander knows this shit doesn't work against anyone who knows how the fuck to play.

[blackicel]

bad kid..ur playing against A.I, if you flipping think that a good player will let you sit their without shields, units or a upgraded leader and let you bang out a scarab, then your sourly mistaken....

back to the drawing board for you.

[effyouceeekay]

@blackicel u jelous whore

[blackicel]

bad kid

[xXeddieOo]

i mac blast scarabs and own scarab spammers maybe you scarab spammers will learn someday

[xXeddieOo]

I think you scarab spammers have no skill seriously i could destroy your stupid scarab so easily and all you would do is abuse your fucking leader power and rage quit like a lil bitch so stop fucking scarab spamming

[salamut2202]

@xXeddieOo so you're angry and scarabs when they are so easy to beat?

non sensicles make no sense.

[tenchu44]

The prophet doesn't move that fast anymore

[Leovenardo]

1v1 strategy:

1. Build temple at back.

2. Build Warehouses in all the other slots and upgrade them.

3. Get bonus reactor-Blood Gulch or lvl up the temple.

4. Don't upgrade your base just spam upgrading The Prophet of Regret.

5. Wait for over 3000 resources.

6. Build Scarab.

7. Upgrade base.

8. Make factory and make Locusts.

9. Rush! Locust and Scarab all focus on the base and if there is enemy use the glassing beam.

[gjgkhgjfhgjklhklhglj]

Oi, the days of the speedy prophet.

[WarhammerCrazy100]

SUBED

[MrBoyHavelaar]

looks like you were playing against easy A.I

[Chiken1012]

@MrBoyHavelaar thats what i thouth then i paused it when he paused and it says heoric

[GTO19020]

YOU SON OF A BITCH!!! i caught it when you paused the game, ur playing a damn computer!!!!! you freaking tool! play a real human being and see how well this lil stregy works against them oyyyyyy kid, ur kinda sad, if this is such a good strategy, take it up against a person, not a comp, who runs a set plan over and over...thumbs wwayyyyyy down

[Xero0000]

@GTO19020 O.O -Hands him a tampon- Chill? Ok? Does the body good.

[GTO19020]

@Xero0000 *SPAZZZEZ* no it doesn't!! haha dude, i was just making a spirited remark about how this dude is a tool....oooo and btw Fuck You, for the tampon remark =D

[Chaosemeraldfreak]

@GTO19020 GOOD GRIEF!!! Take a chill pill. (0.0)

[aqwdudeoftherouge]

@GTO19020 Wow dude PMS much calm the hell down hes playing against an AI and its on heroic smart one. So calm down spaz...

[Chiken1012]

@GTO19020 lol at the end of the video it clearly says A.I. Player 1 Defeated haha he doesnt try to hide it or anything

[GTO19020]

good strategy and iv had this pulled on my team a few times...it works if ur playing a no scouting newbbb...one look at ur base indicates a feeder strategy to a scarab....two things we could do then, lockdown cobras in center of field, wait for the scarab, kill it, perform counter attack...other and more easily is to simply scout, see no defense, take the opening, and tank/air rush because of ur lack of defense. Best strategy, scout, react, adapt. Our record for scarab is 7min flat

[matty3415]

He got it wrong, you do not have to upgrade to the age of reclamation if you claim a reactor, you still only have to upgrade to age of doubt

[AJ4710]

...does anyone else hear the upgrade voice guy say "exceptional PERVERSION researched." @ 0:10?

[Br0k3nGL4ZZ]

@AJ4710 its saying ancestral perversion researched its an upgrade that gives the prophet 2 floating sentinels that follow him and shoot lazers

[AJ4710]

@Br0k3nGL4ZZ K. I never used the prophet for some reason, so that is probably why I didn't know.

[cspkm]

@AJ4710 lol ya

[pandoran11]

for some one like me whos never payed, everyting he said from 0:30-1:50 makes no sense.

lol

[cmartinori]

i have my own tutorial ( feel free to use it) i lock thebase then get enough points to get a dozen hornets and a few of them warthogs with gunner and i own with it , it took like 2 mins to kill 2 tanks and 3 mins to take down an enemy base

[SuperKoreanGuy]

Lmfao, legendary AI is easy to defeat xD

[MrOmegaProductions1]

play online...its to fucking easy to play against CPU or the AI unless its on legendary

[pocotoco2737]

@MrOmegaProductions1 evyerone has trouble with the keepaway acheivment vs legendary ai its easy unless u do 2v2 or 3v3

[jmcnmr1]

@treygrigsby

By solo i think he may mean ONE scarab

[treygrigsby]

WOOHOO you can win a 1v1 against a bot. Try it on someone that knows how to play

[Aceman515]

i can get a scarab out at 8:21 in 1v1 w/o any hooks or a second base :P and it works incredible because no one. i mean NO ONE suspects a scarab that early

[biteeme]

if you lock down your suply rate increases by 15 %

[halogeneral321]

hey fyi this works in 1 v1 cause im a true skill rank 23 using this 7 times. also if u lock ur base u get 10% more income, AND i usually can get 2 out b4 the opponent can react!

[easymacnpepsi]

sucks hes playing against a.i if u click on warthog it says ai

[easymacnpepsi]

sucks hes playing against a.i if u click on warthog it says ai

[frank12364]

@RKR671 I started building my scarab at 4:23 and finished at 5:56 how about that shit

[chich311]

i did the odst rush, it was good, but you need to over run many bases to get supllies, otherwise you can keep replacing them ODSTs!!! of course you want to play normaly build an army a small one, then you attack so they think your not really good, then you bring them down!!!!! HEAD SHOT!!!!!

[ggeo123]

@Im18okduh No you didn't read my question right...

I said by 4-5 minutes i could have 15 marines attacking your base...

Its pretty much impossible to get a scarab out by 4-5 minutes and now i can get that out by 3-4 minutes

[vengeanceproductions]

15 marines? You're going to win with three squads?

[ggeo123]

@vengeanceproductions

I'm sorry i mean 15 squads.

[vengeanceproductions]

S'okay, I was being a smartass. :)

[RichyBabess]

You wanna get stars on your leader BEFORE you upgrade him. A fully upgraded leader is almost impossible to get 3 stars on.

[MastirCheef29]

this would work if you had a teammate protecting your base. its a great strategy and a great way to turn the tide in battle and to be safe make two encase it is captain forge because of grizzly tanks! which is your side? Covenant, or UNSC? lets have a huge talk. and discuss strategies! it is always nice to learn new things!

[ggeo123]

4-5 minutes into the game i will have maybe 15 marines at your base while you have no defence :) NEVER scarab rush by yourself. You waste to much time getting 3000 supply's while you have no defence. You did build troops but they wont last long.

[gutweed1]

nope..no good... i can throw a better much faster scarab rush and brute chopper rush. 10 chopers 5 min scarab rush in 9\... go play skirmish or ask ur ducky friend how 2 play...

[thomosufc]

me and my mate have hawks and grizzlies by 9mins easy, you would get trounced

[xWNLxINCOGNITO]

Um yeah if you were playing a real person and they let you go 7-9 min w/o attacking they're pretty bad lol!

[garrett1693]

hes not playing a person hes playing a comp

[angrycanadian8]

getting paid to play video games? i smell a huge scam

[stu177120]

@angrycanadian8 perhapsly

[stu177120]

@angrycanadian8 perhapsly

[liltimmyspeashooter]

@stu177120 perhapsly isn't a word you fucking retard

[GuitarOwnsDrums]

@angrycanadian8 If it ain't Machinima, it's probably a scam

[starscreamleader]

if he tried the scarab rush on hell no my units would destroy the base before the scarab even got out

[str8rippnnz]

This would not work if you are playing experienced people, i would have cleaned you up in 4 min my friend! Good idea tho i guess

[frank12364]

@str8rippnnz it works on 3v3

[maxoursler23]

your would get rushed in 9 min... make shield / turrets?

[anvilsnare]

lol @ everyone who says this would never work in 1v1. No Shit. He says its intended for 2v2. Forge and a covie. LEERN2LISTEN

[InLucidity]

@anvilsnare learn to spell!

[InLucidity]

@anvilsnare this video is actually him doing a 1v1

[anvilsnare]

@InLucidity Probably against the computer, because the computer is terrible. You would never get away with this in a 1v1.

[InLucidity]

@anvilsnare yeah i know that :P i know online you'd be leader rushed or summot.....

[treygrigsby]

@anvilsnare  He may say it intended for 2v2 but the title is solo scarab rush...

[Leovenardo]

@anvilsnare

Lol I did a 1v1 match and Scarab rush the opponent everytime. They resigned each time they see my Prophet of Regret lvl 3 with a Scarab and 5 Locusts. Lolololol whoever can't do it in 1v1 must suck a lot. I know your comment is 11 months ago. lololol

[gxxlee123]

It would only work if you was playing 1v1 BY YOURSELF. The other play would have had units attack you and stop you first.

[incinerator327]

0:40 its prophet of truth.

[gxxlee123]

No prohet of regret see 2:49.

[MrStrechLimo]

this is a horrible strategy it takes like 7 minutes and you have no sheilds so a bunch of warthogs kill kill you, it would never work online in 1v1

[xSickSnipe]

It would work but you would need to harass with your leader destroying key building or just taking people out o.o i could probably pull it off

[adi1096]

you would be surprised at how good it is in 1 v 1 I beat a Brigadier with it go try it. But only on 1 v 1 it wont work on 3 v 3 unless all 3 people do it then it works but if it fails your screwed

oh BTW whats your rank? Major? lol

[IKILLPPLALOT1]

wouldnt a rusher take out ur base in like a minute?

[xXDylanGXx]

scarabs and vulrures are for taking out buildings they suck for infantry

[adi1096]

at 4 minutes I can have 3 tanks and own u hahaha

[xXDylanGXx]

rlly can u show me how to get them out that fast

[adi1096]

Ok you have to be Cutter

First you build 3 Supply Pads dont upgrade them.

Second you build two reactors.

Then you build two vehicle depots and start making tanks once you have 3 tanks you can go attack the enemy it only takes 4 minutes

[millypillypuddingpie]

sum dude tried just cyclops on me 1 tank and 4 turrets beat of twenty of them rofl

[xXDylanGXx]

lol pwned cant they take out elephants though cuz they are considered buildings who were you

[SkillsonaK]

I tried an elite honor guard rush... it failed miserably :(

[117x117Spartan]

a scarab rush is impossible

[p1l3o]

its not rushing with a scarab...its rushing a scarab up.

[dryzen]

yeah he is right, you had to have not scout to have made that mistake.

[AVENGERX51]

2:05-2:45 warthog fail. And I have and Idea for a rush: Warthog/Cyclops rush. Ratio is 1:1 and this is meant to be done in deathmatch. You can do it in standard, but then it wouldn't be a rush. The idea is that the cyclops attack the buildings and heal the warthogs when needed, and the warthogs would also attack the buildings and provide cover for the cyclopses if they come under enemy fire.

[Gravitybacon]

what I do a lot is vulcher rush and 2 reactors upgrade ASAP and one air thing and the rest supply pads

[knollis01]

nice vid but u had jus clicked to get the scarab at 7 min i would have been at your base at 6 min with full cap of marines with rockets >>>WHAT DO U DO...WHAT DO YOU DOOO!!!!

[thekillertaco911]

i did this a lot faster and better...2 scarabs and 9 healers in less than 10 mins with fully upgraded prophet.

[xdbu]

So... show the vid.

[zzxcvb98]

yes

[leedshero]

doesnt this mean that forge gets no points whatsoever :L

[zzxcvb98]

forge players don't deserve to get anny points

[leedshero]

:L n whys that?

[zzxcvb98]

forge is the worst balance problem in this game

[megahalolord]

its a pretty little mode called deathmatch

[megahalolord]

trhe carpet bomb owns those marines

[megahalolord]

about 4:00 realy, and on live or splitscreen, im pm it to ya.

[megahalolord]

6:00 ? i could make a scarb rush within 3:00 now i wanna know. do your rushes take lomg in the video so u can explain it better, and u do it much faster in game. or is it reallty that slow?

[megahalolord]

oh solo scarab rush, my bad, about 1:00 or 2:00

[leedshero]

a solo scarab takes a little over 10 to 15 minutes

[zzxcvb98]

how can you get a scarab in 3 minutes, do you mean it comes out in 3 minutes or do you just start building it at 3 minutes(which also sounds impossible)

[megahalolord]

it comes out in 3 min.ill upload a vid of how to do it as soon as i can.

[beaupivot]

im sorry to say but this video doesnt help, i tried both, having a friend build only supply pads as forge and sending me them while i only have them too and the dudes destroyed my base before i could get out the scarab ON NORMAL and i tried both with people and my base got destroyed also again, so it is OK but its not great... i can get 13 locust out (39 pop.) before the other team can get all marines out so i have no interest about this since i have no help when i do locust rush

[NewLonghorn70]

first of all this is a long rush and would not work on live but if you did it on normal with other people to help you must suck and be a total noob

[Vinx210]

This isn't really a rush dude. A rush I consider is getting units attacking the enemies base before 5 mins into game. But the scarab with a few hunters and jackals can cause complete havoc. All you have to do is watch out for UNSC leader powers (mac blast more or less) and any cobras or vultures. Other than that its a great strategy. As long as your rival dosen't launch a rush first.

[sasuke64palms]

Why wouldn't you get the extra 30 Engineers to go along with the Scarab?

[REDbull0909COD]

When i attack i alaways focus on individual building, two reasons 1. It slows there attack down while your attacking and two is if you fail you still hurt them alot, cause if you focus on the main base and u fail then what you dident hurt then at all

[megahalolord]

uh ya it does, if their coveenant they cant fix their base, and it makes the base weaker for follwinfg attacks

[xmetacorx]

engineers can fix stuff "covenant support"

[Helghast57]

Hey you clusterfuck assholes shut the hell up.. if you dont have to say anything good about this rush then dont say anything at all you fucking retards..

[eclipsegts03]

dude you took way to long

i your base would have been raped in under 2mins

[BroncoBHS]

always wondered how the MAC round which is ment to blow up ships the size of cities cant kill 1 scarab with one shot, instead it takes 4.

[vissonari]

i can get a scarab in 6 mins at exile without having a forge boost me...this vid is crap plz play online before you post usless shit like this

[megahalolord]

love your vis, meso subscribo

[PivotDemon548]

I tried a lot of your rushes online and not against the AI. Human players counter these rushes WAY to easily. You should do the videos in live action so it's more realistic to players.

[gishgos]

he's not good enough.

[xxptdxj3susxx]

you are shit, you have no idea what you're talking about. Please don't make any more tutorials. Captain Forge? wtf? and your whole buy age of doubt before reactor this is false. You can claim a reactor to get your lvl 2 tech and only have to pay for an age of doubt for lvl 3. You could have also easily gotten both reactors since the one to your left was a lot closer than the one on the right. A 2nd base would have been a good choice too. Please don't flatter us by defeating the HW AI on easy.

[Iowaspikehead]

if you play anyone good at all, you will get attacked before then, be it a 1 minute rush or a 5 minute attack. Your not cool, your not good.

[zzxcvb98]

as soon as you start building the scarab i would build a summit and start building engineers

[AlfredoHalo666]

not such a bad rush but if the enemy was smart, when he scouted, maybe he couldv seen u whr preperaing a scrab or sumthn since u had no other units sp instead of air units, he couldv build cobras which own scarabs. but nice vid :)

[megahalolord]

ya one time i was scouting this guy was comptly fillin up with banshhes. i just built lots of wolverins and and elephant for troops. i pw3nd him

[doncan578]

two much advertising i almost flagged u

[doods91]

whats up with the website it looks and sounds like a scam?

[zzxcvb98]

never do this against cutter because a single un-upgraded mac will destroy a quarter of the scarab's health

[Korther]

Actually it's more of 1/6th of its health...but okay

[zzxcvb98]

um i got maced and it looked like 1/4, maybe i should try it again but it makes sense since 4 mac shots kill it...

[SinbladeZen]

Well you only get 4 mac shots when theyre fully upgraded, otherwise unupgraded does about 1/6

[zzxcvb98]

against a brute chieftain player ranked as a commander, i think i had it starting to build at around 9 minutes because i found his brute chieftain and raged it to death with my arbiter, which took a lot of resources. he had almost no units besides some jackals, brutes, and hunters(without the assault beam), and a new expansion base which my scarab and arbiter killed easily. however the chieftain's vortex power can damage the scarab alot quickly so keep it away from enemy leaders(espec. arbiter)

[zzxcvb98]

i tried a scarab rush on pirth outskirts today. against a total idiot who did nothing but build one marine to try and get a reactor, i had the scarab build starting at 6 minutes. i used warehouse-warehouse-temple-war­ehouse-warehouse-warehouse-shi­eld generator. on pirth outskirts it is easier because there are only 2 rebels guarding each reactor, and you get tons of supply crates by killing them. you could skip the shield generator to get the scarab out a little faster

[sargebbb]

i rape with all

[chukman102]

people that put out these videos of rushing are assholes. They show people how to rush witch is fucking LAME! I am always rush by that solo scarb rush right there. The 2nd guy giving supplys is getting nothing out of that but thank you and here is your like what 120 points.

[XBoxLingo]

Is there really a tactic that doesn't involve rushing?

[zzxcvb98]

first learn to spell, then flame

[glarrg01]

by 9 minutes i can have a full pop of canister scorpions and a tri-upgraded MAC. That will decimate this terrible 'rush'.

Not one of your best videos.

[zzxcvb98]

with or without bonus reactors? i doubt you could do that without any reactors/supply elevators

[glarrg01]

...Its kinda easy.

[zzxcvb98]

not reallly

[xSickSnipe]

But it is an ai o.o

[xSickSnipe]

Pretty cool but a lot of flaws on both sides :/

[Vxy55]

... its not a rush it take 2 mins for th scarab to trian

[xXMANNY27Xx]

at 2;29 the warthog is seeing wat ur doing