Halo 2A Legendary PB

[@Knifesake]

Cortana constantly being cut off half way through a sentence is the true cause of her rampancy.

[@MrKevin-wu8re]

lmao

[@cheesepuff4573]

lmao

[@kx7500]

lmao

[@naughtywizard]

lmao

[@MiXiIaire]

lmao

[@steakrag8158]

4:21 tactical time saving spin

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

100%

[@Nobles44]

That is actually a 2 or 3 second time save!

[@xxbigironxx9889]

@@Nobles44 that’s crazy

[@davidhoffman6980]

Wait...for real? I thought it was just a show move.

[@The_Redstone_Robot]

@@davidhoffman6980 I can't tell if your reply is a joke or not but if it isn't, it was infact a show move this entire comment was a joke.

[@aaron1534]

1:56 *at the marines funeral* "He fought bravely and served with honor... but the master chief needed his grenade rip"

[@mr.dr.kaiser4912]

It would be hilarious if in Halo Infinite campaign marines just straight up give you ammo and grenades if you stare at them too long because they've heard rumors about what happens to marines that have equipment that the Chief wants.

[@aaron1534]

@@mr.dr.kaiser4912 imagine if the marines said something like " he has competitive timing enabled, give the chief your ammo, and don't say any unskippable dialogue that would prevent him from progressing in the mission!" 😂

[@rigo1124]

And he throws a plasma grenade at his dead body for good measure.

[@skyhawkslcb18]

@@mr.dr.kaiser4912 didn't think i'd laugh this hard today but you've managed to make me.

[@FantasticMisterHawks]

Bruh 😂

[@Cryphon]

The future is now

[@rixilonnituo]

Yeah true

[@apollospaghetii1345]

did you hear old man?

[@guitaristshawn]

Can't disagree with that

[@ChimiBomba2]

Yes

[@adampiwowar2559]

28:54 this looks so fake no health lost nothing he got lit up and officially you hold the #1 world record am I wrong how do you explain this

[@denizakman7910]

My absolute favorite part about this run is when he launches himself at 43:00 and rockets the grunts and jackals mid air. If I were them I’d be like wow I can’t fucking compete

[@williamwilliam4944]

If you were them you would be dead

[@GymBossAniki]

12:56 Even such legendary great skill cant delay the inevitable jackal sniper ambush road block the game will throw in after the roof top skip anyone who values their sanity has memorized.

[@CC8sX06]

Glad someone pointed that out. Those m*****f****s! I could barely keep up with his speedrun and the infamous ones just no-scoped him in less than a second 😂

[@Jorge-cs8sn]

I was gonna like your comment, but it has 69 likes, its perfect the way it is.

[@GymBossAniki]

Jorge you just missed it reaching 96 just recently :D

[@Jorge-cs8sn]

@@GymBossAniki 98 now, dang 😭

[@VanillaMidgetSSBM]

Actually its because going in and possibly dying is faster than taking those segments slowly.

[@lordot8665]

3:04 that double noob combo tho was sick.

[@generaljeanmoreau6853]

play halo reach dumb f

[@starseed-]

My exact thoughts too, glad someone else noticed.

[@centurymemes1208]

its the best in halo reach

[@alessandro348]

Arbiter sailing into the arena on a Spectre to dunk on Tartarus with triple Johnsons is just too perfect.

[@solidxsnackssnfearless5371]

1:08:20 Jackal's: "Enemy spotted". Snipes Master Chief.

[@afanoflafear]

This is the most I've seen rocats die in that section, the first he blew our mind in one clean go.

[@afurhat4726]

Only jackals could kill a speedrunner

[@PriscillaTheStruthio_2RedSucks]

And again at 1:08:27

[@tidee7782]

How do you leap like that??

[@afurhat4726]

@@tidee7782 You mean swordflying? First get an energy sword, then a ranged weapon, finally if you get a red reticle on an enemy with the ranged weapon in Halo 2 original, you should be able to with a certain level of frames press switch weapons, and fire into the energy sword, and with enough luck your energy sword lunge will activate and fling you at enemies.

[@urallnoobs8943]

47:29 shooting the carbine just to have 69 ammo nice

[@lunaisspy4424]

69 likes

[@Voro_Rogarai]

Nice

[@monumentalsin3552]

Good meme wow

[@BetaBreaking]

96 likes *NICE*

[@happymealchiz]

117 likes nice

[@christopherb7266]

36:44 the timing of the beat dropping is perfect for that sword fly and fuel rod kill spree 🔥🔥

[@firefly2651]

Damn, those Jackal snipers on Gravemind were brutal

[@strongnsilent]

man it took me 75 minutes to beat gravemind on legendary, and you beat the whole game in almost the same amount of time

[@bradleycope120]

@@2fangz296 12:54 ?

[@noidTV]

Took me 0 minutes, because I don’t know how quick it took me to beat gravemind on legendary. Because I haven’t beat the gravemind on legendary 😎

[@johnjohnson201]

Quarantine is the most insanely difficult one for me, I still haven’t gotten past it on legendary😭

[@Minicraftiano]

48:55 Jump almost ruined by this flood lol

[@ubermenschderewigkeit5530]

That was I thought 🤣🤣🤣

[@o_o-037]

Imagine if you were doing this LASO and that flood made you fall. *IRON SKULL:* You know the rules, and so do I.

[@CragynosII]

Vibe check passed

[@Its_THE_questionable_person]

@@o_o-037 Save & Quit: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@ImpsDelight]

Man I would love to hear you do a commentary over one of these where you explain your strats and why you did what you did etc. Anyone else?

[@toxicxhazard]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnjFooNvrJt0rc0 This one is segmented but works

[@ImpsDelight]

@@toxicxhazard oh awesome, thanks!

[@Zebrahhh]

I would imagine it would go something like this: “Well I did this because it saves time.”

[@LeYoIdBeHe]

@@toxicxhazard how did you find this video

[@toxicxhazard]

@@LeYoIdBeHe I watched it when it wasn't unlisted a while ago and went through my watch history to find it

[@afurhat4726]

I'm so happy the halo community is still alive and playing these actually fun games

[@kyledespain5247]

This is a player who knows every square inch of this game. Impressive

[@Sawyaboya]

That high charity skip is nuts.

[@sodium7127]

*literally* nuts

[@WcHDICE]

That flood has big cojones

[@connormaudlin8705]

Yeah yeah, WRs are cool and all, but how is this going to affect the trout population?

[@colemanzap9904]

The trout population is fine, what are you talking about

[@jaimegomez7224]

I gave you your 69th like you’re welcome

[@XEpicGodX]

Finally, someone spreading awareness for our Trout brothers and sisters

[@codymoreland4496]

Jesus I wish more people would raise awareness for trout round these parts. Amen.

[@defaultuser6291]

#WeAreTrouts

[@gangstadog208]

9:12 "The covenant must me trying to regroup, don't let them" *Continues to let them*

[@fase1doughnut]

I'm impressed when anyone completes this on legendary let alone under an hour and a half. This is mental. The man has sword flying down to a science.

[@Catacomb007]

2:15 Grunt almost wins war for the Covenant by accidentally sticking his squad leader in the back of the head. Absolute mad-lad.

[@jacobmoorcroft3893]

As always, immensely impressive

[@sodium7127]

lmao, almost the entirety of high charity was spent repeatedly beating the hell out of that one flood marine

[@PearDBD]

Thats how it always is

[@Spartan375X]

*Beating off ...because melee cancel

[@aetherwarrior4640]

Oh fuck , new video. I'm still trying to consistently do sword flying

[@brooksbrooks6805]

I can't even do it at all its insane...

[@frost7463]

Finally. I'd been waiting for this for a while after hangar skip was discovered edit: no hangar skip. Huh.

[@Those2menoverthere]

If you’re talking about clipping through walks, that’s only possible in the original release of the game or a modified 30 tick “modern version” of the game.

[@frost7463]

@@Those2menoverthere I thought hangar skip was on MCC too.

[@Those2menoverthere]

@@frost7463 If he's talking about bumping into the box to get through the door by getting it into that one specific location after throwing a grenade, that's not possible.

[@idontreallyknow1649]

@@Those2menoverthere I think he’s talking about the hanger skip on the arbiter that rocats uploaded a few days ago

[@frost7463]

@@idontreallyknow1649 Yeah. The one where you bump a box onto the elevator and throw three plasmas then sword cancel off a sentinel into the room after the hangar.

[@carlg4544]

This speedrun has the music and dialogue on point, like a movie. Good job

[@williamwilliam4944]

Most impressive part of this run for me is the precision of the vehicle driving. Underrated.

[@JamJam117]

Congrats Rocats on beating rocats' record!

[@allenwalker125]

Man's completed the entire game faster than I took trying to finish Gravemind

[@CluelessWill]

New WR? Time to order takeout and enjoy the next 1.5 hours. Love your stuff my dude, you’re the best (literally!)

[@texterbro101]

Damn man. Keep em coming. Love from Australia

[@_Phen_]

Chips dubbo would be pround

[@texterbro101]

@@_Phen_ haha the name is the best. Dubbo is a country town and chips is what Americans call fries haha

[@yeVcM]

This Halo speedrun was great with an amazing finish! (Legendary)

[@itsPonkulz]

@KommitTheRat This Halo speedrun was great with an amazing finish! (Legendary)

[@pearlcommodore4772]

what happened here

[@GamertagO1]

Garish goblin reference?

[@GymBossAniki]

Btw something I found out about that elevator to the cable cut section: doing that skip even in H2 Project Cartographer borks the game and causes damage taken not to register. Never woulda figured that tactic and its side effect without this video.

[@mowbrizzle922]

I love it when a new Halo speedrun WR comes out.

[@quarterbrownder1585]

32:13 the fucking coolest thing I've seen today

[@rom0860]

Wow a lot of nostalgia in a speedrun. First halos are still the best games ever for me.

[@soysauce2087]

For the most part that was a clean run though those sniper jackals really did a number on you but nonetheless absolutely terrific run beating PB by a full 4 minutes. Congrats!

[@jhnyjoejoe69]

what's BP?

[@bigdoge6602]

My whole life I’ve tired to climb that scarb early at 14:30 and it’s actually possible 🤣

[@ImReallyRaw]

It's just so beautiful! Brings a tear to the eye. GGs

[@siyeezy1]

MC: “Sir, permission to leave the station” Lord Hood: “For what purpose Master Chief?” MC: “Sir, finishing this fight”

[@mastermidir]

Cortana: "Its been an honor serving with you John"

[@paulgallagher6027]

Rocats did the whole game on legendary quicker than I did the first level on legendary 🙃

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

to this day, i still have never completed Cairo on legendary lol

[@chrismoule7242]

@@ThiefOfBaghdad It's definitely not the easiest opening Halo level on Legendary

[@catzillafirefox]

12:55 Sniper Jackals, how tiresome... 17:00 lol the Grunt killed itself 43:27 if you listen closely, the Elite killed the Jackal

[@RunningShovel]

"Smiling frog goes faster than ever before in you're favourite video game!"

[@CustomMuscleCarAccessories]

"SIR, WE GOTTA NEUTRALIZE THOSE TUR" *BOOOM* I've always love that part.

[@Jimmyjsegram]

I definitely wasn't expecting 1:16:40, didn't even know it could be a thing Awesome run, bro! You're my hero👍🏻

[@afanoflafear]

Really? If I remember correctly that trick has been around for a few years now.

[@Jimmyjsegram]

@@afanoflafear I guess I am definitely not up to date with lots of things lol Just got into speed runs to be honest

[@caboose8110]

Why is he ur hero fagalol

[@caboose8110]

Oh

[@sentriple5120]

i remember watching you speedrun like 2 years ago and you cut this speedrun in half. insane glad you got more fans bro keep growing

[@NeuroPulse]

34:54 yeah, that was a squat moment. Amazing.

[@sohailsayeed9361]

Awesome run. and also lmfao at 48:50 dude was trying to jump scare

[@uselessinventor4030]

I can only imagine your reactions at some points where you have close calls or things don't go right. Great play through.

[@icetina117]

Halo 2 WR be like: Rocats: you can't defeat me!.. Rocats: I know..but he can.. *Also Rocats*

[@Noah050]

57:17 can you explain how you turned blue and then green and stayed green for the rest of the level

[@mt.ziongamers5106]

I was also wondering this. Does it help him to do that??

[@Noah050]

@@mt.ziongamers5106 I assume not but since he had to wait I thought he might as Well become green

[@marcbelsch3887]

Just a visual glitch that happens sometimes. Is not benefitial towards time.

[@stithler9757]

I actually wonder if Rocats has some amount of WR vids and only posts the ones he likes, or once he starts on a new strat. (Now that hangar skip is out, he uploads this until he gets a time he likes with new strats)

[@not_princeton]

Me and my co-op partner gonna follow every move for LASO. This is just insane and I hope this video reaches the goals you wanted to achieve. You have earn a new sub.💪🏼❤️

[@FailBucketFilms]

I recommed a LASO guide, a lot of these strats wouldnt work too well on LASO. If you decide to do it, best of luck!

[@FatBoyEntertainment]

My favorite speedrun to watch of all time possibly

[@xlegionnaryx5391]

Hi Rocats, when you get these new records, can you change the title of the old video instead of unlisting them? I enjoy comparing the different runs. Thanks for the videos!

[@KingDuken]

After all of these years, I practically forgot about super bounces and sword canceling glitches. Puts speedrunning on a whole new level.

[@hectorgonzalez-ip3qv]

I been watching this video for 4 months to fall asleep

[@Coryindahouse81]

Me too, theres something about halo that's like an ambien to me.

[@vanidge]

Man you beat legendary in as much time as it takes me to get half way through the first level in legendary.

[@Hannah-rd3ce]

This man is a legend. Even tho he eas speedrunning he waited for his marines. And to that I salute him

[@TheCrispyTwinkies]

43:15 lmao close enough

[@kl4969]

Never would have guessed a flood's crotch would be the path to victory

[@disownership]

1:24:25 18 years later and I’m just now learning that Tartarus has a “Hammer time!” voice line.

[@Frido19]

Cortana: You might consider sitting this one out Rocats slaughtering everything: 😎 *Music begins playing*

[@2SeizeTheDay]

Ever think about commentating one of your runs? Just got into running H2A the past few weeks and would love some insight from a top mind in the field. Amazing run, btw

[@toxicxhazard]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnjFooNvrJt0rc0 It's segmented, but I like this one

[@sadmcguire3481]

4:03 Johnson: come on cheif thi- Cheif: Flys by at Mach 2 speed

[@robamiri9665]

I like the little bits of flair and toxicity shown. Gives the run some character

[@grhew97]

“We are the arm of the prophets Arbiter, and you are the blade. Be silent and swift; we have the element of surprise.”

[@_sqwid]

I think I remember playing Halo 2 on legendary in 2014 on legendary when I was 8 and never getting past the first part at my cousin’s house

[@JamesonMusic808]

24 seconds in and I’m already furious at how good your slide jumps are.

[@jhnyjoejoe69]

Back in 2005 i used to do flawless legendary Halo 2 runs, 0 deaths, no level skips/exploits and killed 99% of the enemies. I only didn't complete 1 missions. Regret because i kept getting killed off his seat everytime i needed to punch him one last time. I beat the entirety of Bungies Halo games Complete flawless except for Halo 2 but was so close.

[@Hchris101]

I love how the texture of the floor looks like it’s made of lego tiles

[@dissplaymusic]

You know this game is hard as fuck when sniper jackal catch you in the air

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

Arbiter: *betrays his teammates* The Prophets: *betray the Arbiter* Arbiter: *surprised pikachu face*

[@Lonewolf-uq2qj]

Tell me why the sword looks 1000x better in Halo 2 than infinite 😂

[@lozicrazy]

Bungie

[@metrictiger3868]

Honestly impressed Gravemind is where a lot of speedrunners struggle but he kept on goin.

[@scyclone23]

13:18 I dont remember those being able to fire that quickly

[@saidkhidir9887]

Rocats: *speedruns halo 2* That fking recon jackal in metropolis: how bout nah

[@anoobis117]

This is the Golden Age for Halo speedrunning

[@TypeCerulean]

H2 Legendary speedrunners: Time to set a new world record That one jackal on gravemind: Oh no you don't

[@finaltenno300]

I feel like watching speed runs are very satisfying

[@Johnonymous666]

John’s reflexes are so fast, he literally predicts the future

[@RiskyFeat]

The fact that you can Sword Fly on H2A is nuts! Epic run!

[@casey45334]

The High Charity skip is top 3 (maybe top 1) favorite speedrunning tricks of all time.

[@samtheweebo]

Impressive, most impressive. Anymore John whick runs coming up? Those are quite entertaining too.

[@NextenBlade]

The High Charity speed trick is one of the nuttiest things I've ever seen in a Halo runthrough

[@dovacin23]

A perfect way to spend my hour of free time

[@beircheartaghaistin2332]

Dwight from Scary Movie 2: 'Come on, shake those legs!'

[@CFunk99]

These Halo 2 speedruns just get crazier and crazier.

[@theearthandthemoon]

Master chief would be proud

[@ArtSagGut]

That Artillery Elite: 5:06 The first SPARTAN completely ignored us sir!

[@chernobylsanta4627]

i didn't even know that legendary would have a gold energy sword elite at the first mission. Then again i have not even tried playing this on legendary.

[@Zaymont720]

Meanwhile I spend this amount of time just beating gravemind. Huge GG's for this run. Halo 2 is definitely my weakest game in terms of doing well at it and getting through effectively. Whereas a game like Halo 3 or Reach I can do really well on.

[@oskr152]

those sword jumps are something beautiful

[@justrelax8465]

Watching this after grinding halo 5 makes me miss the old cortana

[@bouncinggreenblob]

Why no clipping on Cairo station? Not complaining about more interesting gameplay, but it seems like it would still be faster.

[@Those2menoverthere]

Because that’s not possible in 60 tick rate Halo 2.

[@taewoosuh9323]

@@Those2menoverthere I dont think OP meant ghosting, but the melee fly clip glitch that involves betraying marines. Maybe that one is really inconsistent?

[@Those2menoverthere]

@@taewoosuh9323 No? He said clipping, which means going though a wall.

[@bouncinggreenblob]

I meant going through a wall. Didn't realize that trick wasn't possible in H2A; I thought rocats pretty much exclusively played H2A (vice H2) and I know I've seen him do it, so I suppose I just assumed it was possible.

[@taewoosuh9323]

@@bouncinggreenblob oh in that video he played a 30 tickrate mod of h2a, because the higher tickrate is what makes ghosting impossible on regular h2a

[@210shonuff]

2:02 Thanks for showing us the Molta explosion

[@JJBcovers]

Congrats on the WR! You are a beast

[@Legendgary916]

Watching you run threw this is making me think about trying for the under 3 hours achievement your just gliding threw and it’s awesome

[@austinlee9463]

Halo 2 is so fucking hard it’s crazy to think by the time I beat the first level you already beat the game gg lol