Halo Wars Hornet Strategy Rush

[AeriaGames95]

Use this strat but sub depot with airpad :P

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[Hawkeye3936]

People always go for me because I'm a recruit. And I can't get crap if I'm the only target.

[IISALLTHAT]

here is my hornet rush. It is the same thing as the tank rush just you make an air pads and make hornets :p

[EpicWin0CriticalFail]

As a side note dude, this strategy works surprisingly well online as well, mostly in 3v3 though. I usually start up with a bunch of upgraded hogs mixed in with the hornets, just to capture rebel bases and scout/piss the enemy off :D good game, and btw, if there's anyone out there, ANYONE, who still plays halo wars, or really plays any halo game, my GT is IPWNFLOOD, and I would appreciate some online gamer-pals. Sorry though, no headset as of yet :(

[RynoX7]

@EpicWin0CriticalFail My GT is Strive Skill. My friends made me get this game because they ALWAYS are playing it.

[EpicWin0CriticalFail]

@RynoX7 Oh really? You enjoy it at all? I find it pretty fun, campaign sucks but the multiplayer is epic :D

[EpicWin0CriticalFail]

may I ask what brand of toaster you record this with? :D

[ryushahkola]

I have to agree with the other commentors, Playing as Forge would double the money, aswell as Trick the player into thinking you're aiming for a Veicle'only attack. Giving you the advantage since Hunters and cobras cannot counter Air units.

[Surge679362]

My strategy would dump on this one anyday! please play me I'd reck you so quickly

[TommyTaylorTX]

if anybody still plays halo wars send brutaltommy a friend requet

[EpicWin0CriticalFail]

@TommyTaylorTX kk, yeah, theres so few players these days... expecta friend-request from IPWNFLOOD

[arturzc54]

i pick cutter make 4 supply pads and 1 reactor wait till you get enough money get another reactor then you will have about 1200 supplies buy air pad then upgrade one of the reactors and start pumping out 10 hornets and then by wingmen then get max population hornets and go attak a base and ive done this several times so it should work

[strangermouse1981]

because you get upgraded supply pads



[strangermouse1981]

why don`t you gust be sgt forg

[jefflegos]

It would work better as forge,

1. Build 2 supply pads

2. 2 reactors

3. Airpad

4. Hornets

[IMNOTAGINGER23]

this would never work on x box live theres to many rushers now youll just end up gone by the forth hornet.

[xPaincakes2556x]

a great rush is where u r forge and u build 4 supply pads and a reactor then by the time your reactor is done u will have enough money to upgrade it then upgrade your base build 2 vehicle depods or 2 air pads and double pump units

[ragingninja2]

DO a odst rush please

[horeman44]

how do you make your troops run a rout cuz i see people do these hog scout but they make them go in a certin path

[Pr0toPaladin]

this is a rush the rush period is 0:00 to 9:00 and 0:00 to 2:00 is just plain modding

[xPaincakes2556x]

@Pr0toPaladin i have nuver seen a modder on halo wars

[yunixkaos]

u should lock at least 3 hornets in case of these attacks and so they help ur turrrets

its just a suggestion

[Phantom2971]

a faster way would be using Sergeant Forge and starting out with three heavy supply pads and then gathering supplies until you can upgrade your base. After that you make another supply pad and start building two reactors until you have enough to upgrade one of them. once you have a double reactor delete the second single reactor and make two airpads and start mass-producing hornets

[kevinsem1]

Dude play against a human and your micro managing is horrible

[RedBlueSucks]

Good strategy...but If you play as Sgt. Forge, then you don't even have to upgrade your supply pads :)

[KnuckleHead65117]

Vs a I.A, it is easy... but vs a player online... Hum...

[RunescapeDomn]

Eh, it wouldn't really work against someone who prophet rushed. The prophet upgrades to blessed immolation, does way more damage, and can just walk in and take the turrets out rather easy - wasting 250 of your precious resources every time he does. As soon as prophet loses shield, they leader recall, and send him in. They'll keep doing it, maybe teleport wraiths to the prophet.. by 8 minutes, you'll be dead or incredibly delayed, and getting hornets will be impossible.

[MnMfunk]

lol 8:48 warthog knocked profet off his chair

[CopperCabishomo]

Wow you are playing with an A.I

[Cybermrchew]

Too many people have gotten wise to the hornet / hawk rush strategy, better off being Forge any day. 5 wolverines, 3 cobras (stationary guards) and around 6 grizzly's on the ground (3 driven by upgraded Spartans) is the winning combination for taking down leaders, scarabs and Arial units alike (just make sure the carpet bomb is fully upgraded and stay defensive). Make sure to create some marines and at least 3 tanks to counter a warthog rush.

[Degitalxxxde3trgfXXX]

I use sgt forge cause i could just get heavy pads without upgrades so i don't need to worry about a reactor right away

[Lennon1398]

@bobbygarcia4569 good point

[Spartan3431]

if you play as sgt. forge you get the heavy supply pads automaticly when you build supply pads

[killswitchpfl]

Well hornet rush is a better success on Rushin. Well it counters alot of stuff but if the other people make Warthogs wow ur fucked. Im always FORGE, CUTTER or Arbitor. If your a covernant, you can fool your oppoment by makin something that you'll never bulid.

[besttoo12]

13 people got owned by a hornet rush



[Lennon1398]

why would you waste a space on another reactor when you can just upgrade the first one and it makes it much easier

[r1ppleeffect]

but this is a good strategy

[r1ppleeffect]

i normaly just biuld i supply pad then gather supplies get a reactor wait then get another reactor then build air pad when the reactors are done then every 250 u get build a hornet i normaly get 2 then att then build more

[kosterbryan]

@iwimp1994 usually when im getting scouted i build cobra's because he builds wolverines because he will think i will still be building air units

[dustycokecola]

I have a better Strategy than this not to brag but i had a guy tell me the same thing but i can get them out twice as fast if your interested tell me.

[ChrisH614]

@dustycokecola Care to share your strategy?

[timen117]

actually doing this with cutters is the best way becausewingman costs 400 supplies with cutters or 200 supplies with anders so its a profit of 200 supplies but with cutters you gain the fortress upgrade free so you gain 400 supplies

[ABRAHAM101011]

I LOVE HALO WARS

[USTrooper46]

@WAZUP8692

So you mean nothing with dlc maps? I was just asking about campaign co-op because usually nobody wants to play co-op and I still need achievements for it.

[USTrooper46]

@WAZUP8692

ok, where you talking about multiplayer or any mode in halo wars? Because I still need achievement for beating campaign co-op. And I'm doing on heroic to get two achievements at once. Already started on first few levels.

[USTrooper46]

@WAZUP8692

I looked you up on the Xbox web site and you couldn't be found.

[iTzXsn1p3rX]

Make turrets with rail guns, put the air pad in the back and put your base in lockdown so if they come to scout they dont know what rush your doing (helps in online matches).

[animefreak1297]

I do this as Anders and I get the wingmen upgrade first then go in with 7-10 hornets

[poiper80]

yo guys i know that the halo wars community isnt the biggest so if anyone wants to play same halo wars my tag is flawlesssaltine. just tell me its because youve seen this message and ill know.

[FraTxBlacklist]

Well I dont agree with videos against the A.I. Its shows that your not confident with your strategy online.

[Baddudeman142]

i usually get 4 heavy supply pads, 2 upgraded reactors and an air pad as professor anders. 11 hawks and 1 mega-barrage vulture. works perfect every time :)

[myrc60]

i did this as anders and like just as i got to the enemy base all the hornets i had upgraded to hawks.....:D

[ShutDatMouth]

Why not sergeant forge ? 1: 3 supply pads 2: reactor 3: fortress 4: 2nd reactor 5: air pad 6: 4th supply pad and then hornet's .. same as your scorpion rush just build an air pad.

[Techwizard08]

its funny, cause i do succesful rushes all the time, but tis easier to rush in deathmatch! only thing wrong with these vids are that seasoned halo wars players in multiplayer would never be as easy to defeat as the computer, hgranted in multiplayer its alos easy for the enemy to rush, but u have to take risks for good rewards but w/e

[Spartan3431]

i made 14 hornets 11 marine units, 3 spartans,7 flame throwers, and 3 cyclops earlier today, and 2 spartans were in hornets, the other was in a commandered wraith.

[lokyu100]

can u make a hawk rush pllz

[XbOxSaReAwEsOmE]

@lokyu100 just use prof anders and upgrade 2 the hawk :D

[lokyu100]

@WAZUP8692 i am gonna get it hope u don't have too many my gt is lokywilkinsd

[Mylesruether]

hornets are retarded without wingmen

[carby212]

@WAZUP8692 wow

[DjB2Productions]

You should be Sergeant Forge, if you want a big army and lots of money

[killswitchpfl]

DUDE ONLY FORGE CAN DO A HORNET RUSH, HE DOES IT IN 3 MINS N 30 SEC

COUNTING!:

4 supply pad 2 mins

2 reactors and upgrade at the same way 1min

airpad 30 seconds

DONE!! its like a 4 min job

[snuggl3s123]

i play as Forge cause he instantly has upgraded supply pads any time u buy them

[asorlonnn]

right is fun

wrong is Boring

Good=God

Bad=Devil

[GreenwayBoys]

lol i just tryd this and out of noware they have 3 scarbs!

[bryanvaldes1]

@WAZUP8692 how do we know if u r not hacker

jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk :)

[fdz413x]

I have a better video Im rushing on legendary

go on people check my video rate and coment

[EbilGrunt360]

lol nice i cud even make a TUT doing that on Legendary without on easy. You shud try that. Or even do it on XBL and hope u get a VID of it turning out right. TIP: When u upgrade the better and faster & make a better TUT. Not a bad video though.

[xxTaylorxx0]

why dont you use the other dude who builds heavy suplly pads

[ProGamerAd]

They cost more

[anvilsnare]

Look when this video was posted

[taterfrickintot]

i can get 10 hawks in 8-9 minutes. not too hard

[taterfrickintot]

this strategy sucks. i can get 10 hornets in 5 minutes

[Ultiser]

Good strategy, but if this is against professor anders, you can just use the cyrobomb, so be careful about that.

[WombleWarlord]

@Ultiser unless the Cryobomb is upgraded it will do minimal damage to air as a pose to super cryo :)

[odlerthanspice]

@Ultiser ya but no one plays anders cuz her abilities are kinda bad



[tomanater00]

sp sp sp r sp r airpad upgrade reactor que wingman selfdestruct single reactor and make a second airpad double pump wingman.

upgrade your 3 pads when you get the reactor up and then upgrade the 4th pad when it gets up.

[cmacf3]

if u play halo wars on 360 add my gamertag (xHail the Goat) & ill show u my brute & brute chieftian rush

[godwar99]

i;ve had so many people do that to me and destroy me XD

[mikeythebrute]

@cmacf3 halowars is only for the 360 idiot...

[brodeurheaton]

Why do you never upgrade anything while you have several buildings in queve and your wasting your money away by doing nothing with it. You ALWAYS have to be productive and multi task. Just saying

[tapotteehee]

do sum rushes on live

[phoenixmystic]

its not a rush if you play the comp, its not even hard

[TheLOLBOY11]

wow the warthog killed a prophet

[RicoEglacius]

you should make a rush against an actual opponent over xbox live

[AlfredoHalo666]

4 supplies, 1 reactor, upgrade supplies, 1 reactor, 1 airpad, start building hornets imidietly and destroy 1 supply and replace for armoury (MUST BE ANDERS) countinue bulding hornets but dont que up alot so u can upgrade to reserves. When reserves upgrades- detroy armoury, make supply and upgrade and continue making hornets, at 10 hornets, rush and upgrade reactors and upgrade hornets - try not to be reckless with hornets, if u can, wait until the shotgun upgrade for hornet b4 rush.

[ohkki123]

uhh what difficulty is this?

[Drsgod555]

I made a full army of Hawks in 8 minutes

[doomking94]

its not realy a rush but more of a spam

[musicismyfreind]

this is actually good against covy just becuz by the time most people dont have tech 2 yet so they cant make vampires and just save up for a disruption bomb and ur gonna dominate

[TheGreatGamers]

hehe even the computer new to attack you when all of your units left your base, but it doesnt know how to do anything so w/e lol

[xXDylanGXx]

Warthog FTW he killed the prophet

[SpNs47]

i used sgt forge in online gameplay

it only took me 10 minutes to destroy three bases with hornets

[Jldmon]

wow are nerdy little kids getting mad because hes posting a strategy? it seems like hes just trying to give some advice. maby you shouldnt put down his strategy and listen to the part where he said it was kinda slow.... simmer down u geeky little 9 year old british kids and quit watching videos just to whine like a little school girl

[stuartfox15]

i made a scarab in 6 mins ans 2 scarabs in 7 mins so ur hornet rush is niot very effective but well done, plus my friend sends me supplies whilwe i save up for a scarab

[TheGreatGamers]

then you get mac blasted and your scarabs gone and you have no supplies, PLAN FAIL

[k4nv3r]

building turrets is stupid no1 is gonna atk u 1 minute into the game...

[Airboy624]

unless they rush you

[fdz413x]

I use sgt forge i build a bunch of hornets to rush now I have automatic 115 its really easy if u rush with forge in legendary

[AVENGERX51]

Almost all rushes are a lot quicker in deathmatch, but they also have a higher chance of failing.

[turkneck]

its best if u be sgt. forge

[UbuntuDragon]

u say aaaaaa to much

[halofreak9724]

8:50 warthog pwned the prohet

[DAZ4C]

lol i can have 5 or 6 tanks atacking a base in 5 1/2 minutes and have like 3 tanks making and that guy who previously posted was right a rush is supposed to be fast as not taking 11 minutes its kinda a bad attack strat especially when you will get mass pwned up the but if you attacked

[IXR3APERIX]

wow can these guys b more right ive wiped out a guys base with an infintry rush in 6 mins wat is that like 3 min and 36 secs faster than urs learn to freakin RUSH.....its people like u that give halo wars a bad name

[aaron08965]

maybe dats da way e does it leave im alone

[stuartb0ffin]

dude your an idiot. the definition of rush is "build an army as fast as you can to attack the army". its not a rush if you take 15 minutes to do it, in fifteen minutes they can make vampires to wipe out your hornets then attack your base, and if you noticed, in 15minutes he also made another base and leveled up his prophet. over all YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO RUSH, YOU KNOW HOW TO TURTLE. SO STFU. also, there not suply depots there supply pads. get your facts straight

[Queso51]

thats just stupid

[thaGotMilk4me]

it is suppose to be called supply pad but he gets mixed up with vehicle depot and say supply depot and probably says vehicle pad

[thaGotMilk4me]

he always says supply depot

[elvenmage271]

thats wat it is called but ya he could just say something shorter

[DBro222]

no... actually it isnt. prick.

it's supply pad

[SublimePunk925]

I'm with ScArYxSpOoN when I play Forge I can have 15 hornets with wingmen out by the 7:15 mark easy. While they're attacking I destroy the Air Pad's and build vehicle depots to be sure I'm prepared encase they counter attack.

[zzxcvb98]

i just played a hilarious game like that. my forge enemy did a generic scorpion rush at the same time i was wraith rushing. i destroyed my factory and started building hunters. i killed his scorps and bam, 15 hornets come so i build 2 summits for vampires. then he starts build grizzlies so i built hunters again and destroyed the grizzlies, then attacked as he had just built 2 barracks.

[ZaCkOX900]

at 6 minutes i can have gunner, 5 warthogs, 3 spartan tanks and chaingun upgrade. Hmm, that's even worse.

[SublimePunk925]

that's terrible lol...

[ZaCkOX900]

You mean to have attacking you or you could do better? :)

[SublimePunk925]

to have attacking you lol.

[ZaCkOX900]

ya that combo wins me so many games. The only thing that really beats that is bad micro management or being out teamed. 1v1 if you can do that start it's almost a for-sure win.

[SublimePunk925]

I only play 3v3 lol so hornet rush works for me. take 1 person out right off the bat then the 3v2 slaughter begins. 1v1 I would probably mass make scorpians as forge then upgrade

[SinbladeZen]

...Well you were playing on easy mode it seems...still if you do a hornet rush against covenant, its fine, but against unsc, if they scout and find a bunch of hornets, theyll just make a bunch of wolverines or counter with more hornets, maybe even hawks. ps if they are anders, they almost always are making hawks

[zzxcvb98]

i doubt this is even counterable for covenants, normally you dont reach tech 2 at 6 minutes so if that many hornets come in youre busted

[BFTclan]

i was having this battle and this guy rushed me with Banshes and i wiped them out. ppl, don't do banshes orghost rushes

[kckillar]

oi use forge he comes with the supply pads upgraded lol

[dumbdave7]

theres no difference between cutter and anders.. 4 supply pads already upgraded saves 400 supplies where as the base upgrade for cutter also saves 400.. NEVER use anders for this though she only saves 200 for wingmen lol.

[fdz413x]

enemy always go 4 suply crates I kno cuz I always play on automatic level

[asdfghjklsuperhero12]

dude you should make a spartan rush cuz that would own

[lipsy1234]

i don't know if you've played or not but you can only have 3 spartans at once...

[AlfredoHalo666]

simple, make 1 reactor, then 3 suply pads, upgrade all of them and build a barracks, train 3 spartens and take anothr base, build anothr reactor and give them chain guns and build air pad, train 3 hornets, commendear the hornets with spartns and then attack enemy base, overral time of this: bout 7-9 minutes

it works :)

[snipaboy38]

can you make a vid that shows us how to make a 14 star unit

[AlfredoHalo666]

easy, im gonna post one soon, so just keep a lookout for my vids. but the hint is to never let your spartens die and let them commendear a friendly vehicle, so press Y on like a hornet and the sparten will drive it, then just keep killing enemy units until the star LV, rises.

[bladestin]

i did a hawk rush with 3 vultures and the rest were vultures in a 3vs3 xbox livfe macth i lost tho becuase my team mate were sooooooooo dam slow by the time ai attacked they still had only a few hunters out so i was faceing 3 people by mah self

[THEJOSHINATOR11]

omg!!!! please check out my video every1!!! its much faster and more effective

[LuminatX]

when i do hornet rushes i use professor anders so i can get hawks which own....and i always capture another base at the beginning to get way more supplies so i don't have to worry later

[lipsy1234]

if you get hawks it's not a hornet rush then is it?

[wyccad690]

fuck that, thats slow, i get 15 hornets in 7 min, i already have a vid, check it out.

[THEMASKEDBRIT]

Yea ill try man

[warlock12321212]

i mean this game kick s total major aass ive been hooked on it and played like 2 days straight but your spartans cant have rockets whats uo with that just wondering i mean do you have to beat the game to get that or something

[wyccad690]

nope, they have rockets in the campaign but only sometimes, but i think spartan laser is better than rockets

[warlock12321212]

o ok

[THEMASKEDBRIT]

Hornet rush:

Be Sgt. Forge. Build 3 supply pads + 1 reactor. Get Warthog to get supplys, upgrade to fortress then build 2nd reactor. Send scout into base to see what they are building or assembling. Build 2 air pads and get 15 Hornets in total, set global rally point at their base, attack with full force, carpet bomb them, then disprution bomb them. If you lose a unit, build it back again. Carry on until they resign or lose.

[IXBlackoutXI1]

dude ur taking to much time on building hornets! MaskedBrit .. ur stratgy is not that good because just makein hornets will screw you over

[DeadStawker]

Problem with rushes, you get less points that the last place in a regular 30-minute 3vs3 fight...

[Korther]

I can get that many Hornets in about 4 minutes....

[repsaj36]

Its the demo...

[mayito7615]

I think this rush takes way long than a regular rush of the arbiturr well...

[IXBlackoutXI1]

A few vampires will fuck up this strategy!!!

[DeadStawker]

And who the fuck researches an Age and builds 5+ vampires in the first 5 minutes of the game?

[IXBlackoutXI1]

Lol you act like its impossible! i really dont see y u cant, i always do this in the first five min i sumtimes research almost everythin for my leader, hunters, wraths, and locust

[DeadStawker]

Lol its not imposible, but no one does that..

What I do is to research 1st all for my arbiter, banshees, engineers and vampires, but that takes like 10 minutes or more

[IXBlackoutXI1]

Lol yeah its not! but do you usually win every match? or do you sometimes lose? but the strategy i use i never lose no matter wat... but unless the other guy is a dick and rushes lol but then again i do it to lol

[DeadStawker]

Well, I win about 8/10 of the matches, I do in 3vs3, because I play defensive always till my units are fully upgraded, cuz if I rush I get really shitty points.

And the matches I loose are cuz my teammates leave the game early, or they are complete noobs.. nothing I can do

[DeadStawker]

Lol all im saying is that even with vampires, this rush can fuk them up in seconds, so doing this strategy, or surviving it is really awkward

[blaky039]

I think the turrets drain too much supplies, I think you should scout and see if the enemy would rush, if he does then build them if he doesn't then don't.

Maybe with forge it'll work best-> HSP>HSP>HSP>R>FT>R>AP>HSP

[zzxcvb98]

wow i can see this beating a lot of non-rushing covenants since you cant get vampires out that quickly without bonus reactors

[MasterKingz001]

Lol i can have Grizzlies within 8 mins

[omgwhycantidothis]

lol this is terrible what i usually do is uset cutter and i marine rush and as i keep rushing i lock my main base and when they kill all my guys and elephant i have hornets to attack them never fails really

[ROCKER9080]

do a grizzly rush

[wyccad690]

my strat

1: buy worthog ( to collect supplies, 2 collects them:)

2:build 2 supply pads

3:build reactor

4:build another supply pad and upgrage base

5: build another reactor

6:build airpad and last supply pad

7: as soon as the airpad is done you should be able to build 3 hornets right away

8: rush once you have 6, should be around 5 minutes into game, and keep pumping them out, you should have 9 around 6-7 minutes and by then they should be pretty much powerles

[wyccad690]

btw thats with forge..

[Korther]

This rush is terrible. I can get ~12 Hornets up (with 1st upgrade) in about 4 minutes, give or take as forge. And by 10 minutes, I have Grizzly's, and I can usually take out a base or two.

[RonocSnuorc]

i get anders and make tons of hawks and my other 2 freinds would get mainly banshees and alot of hunters the one who was cutter would use his mac blast on the base the i would use my cryo bom then we would leave and leave the reast the the brute cheiftain maxed and we would would beat a game in under 6 minutes I am always slingshooting with resorces then well they loose

[newgeo21]

yes is ridiculous, XD the guy is a noob

[wyccad690]

dude, this is the demo, so this strategy was good then and Im sure coming into the game knowing all that already he has some good rushes now..

[asassin698]

thats not a rush but if u do get hornets dont upgrade 2 to the super unit if ur Anders cause wing men take out vehicles faster.

[qFr4nkp]

what if the other guy rushes

[slowmanrunning2]

that's because all he's ever played is the demo, why he's always captain cutter.

[theygotleader]

actually this is a great rush. if ur forge u can doit in like 4:30. all u need is 6 or so hornets to attack then just keep pumpin them out