Halo MCC - Halo 2 LASO (Part 13: The Great Journey) - Back for More - Guide

[@SpeederClaw]

"All these Johnsons are solid as a rock" Johnson: Oh I know what the ladies like

[@silentphotographer117]

Underrated comment

[@yincimaster8530]

First we get a PG-13 for hip thrusting and then suddenly Johnsons are solid as rocks. Are we still playing HALO? xD

[@level99mike]

Its almost poetic how the halo 2 LASO campaign starts with exploiting Johnson and ends with exploiting Johnson.

[@dennismakarov93]

This is funny

[@ratedrhated5909]

Hope they'll name an Achievement after you in Infinite, truly deserve it !

[@incognito3817]

Halo Completionist-Get all achievements

[@jaimegomez7224]

Halo completionist - unlock all halo MCC achievements

[@justin_38]

Bruh what

[@horrorsans3676]

Silver Scorpion - Beat the LASO playlist. Completionist - Beat the campaign in legendary, par times and scores included.

[@RamboSnoop]

'Probably not the great journey tartarus was expecting' 10/10 thank you

[@horrorsans3676]

Tartarus: wait, the great journey the prophets foretold... Was all... Johnson? 4 Johnson's: Always has been. *Plasma rifle shots*

[@Laffen831]

he did it. the madman actually did it. thanks for your under-appreciated hard work and countless hours poured into this, and also thanks for the bragging rights for us mere mortals who could only dream of finishing cairo station within 19 hours.

[@TheDarkMewtwo996]

Truth be told, even with the enormous help Silver provides with his helpful guides, LASO is not for mere mortals. You need atleast a bit of spartan blood in you to even attempt it. Currently on the oracle. Im not scared, i already died so many times.

[@jakeasch4839]

@@TheDarkMewtwo996 When it comes to LASO, Silver cuts the skill requirement in half. The true test is patience and perseverance

[@no-barknoonan1335]

​​@@TheDarkMewtwo996 Did you end up beating LASO? I left off on Gravemind during the pandemic and haven't touched it in almost 2 years due to being too busy with work, but I think I'm going to finish it in the next week or two. I would not have made it thru Cairo station without these guides, those Hangar rooms are brutal and borderline impossible if you don't have Johnson there helping, these guides cut the skill requirement to 1/4 what it would be. Some missions are easy to complete, but GL making it through the hardest ones without any good tips and tricks.

[@TheDarkMewtwo996]

@@no-barknoonan1335 Yeah I managed to beat it! I left my current achievement hunt on Halo 3 ODST, due to time constrains (Job) I can't dedicate myself to keep going, but atleast i got the LASO achievments for Halo CE, 2, and 3 on my belt, It feels good.

[@no-barknoonan1335]

@@TheDarkMewtwo996 Nice mate I'm happy for you, I need to finish 2 and do 3 and 4, the rest I finished. I will finish 2, do 4 because it's my least favorite, and then do 3 last bc it doesn't seem super challenging and to finish on a high note. I did CE LASO 3 times now, one solo, one solo again for the LMCS playlist, and a 3rd time with my brother co-op LASO, I'm at the point I legit enjoy it and I don't find it that difficult. Gravemind on H2, a whole different beast, I know I can do it just need to muster the courage to spend a day working to get out of the starting room. After that you play carefully until prison skip, and once you do prison skip you get past most of the mission without too much difficulty and the remaining missions shouldn't be too bad. I understand your pain with work, just don't have the time to play but I'll make time to finish it. If you did CE and H2, the rest are not that bad. ODST is a bit challenging mainly the 1st mission, after that it gets easier. Reach has some challenging moments but it's balanced enough that I would play it for fun, and 4 is challenging mainly in that fighting the prometheans is boring and the LASO just isn't all that fun to play on 4, but people say it isn't challenging. Thankfully there's levels you can get out of the map for sections on 4, that's the only thing that makes it tolerable imo.

[@Xamsims]

After Gravemind, the missions became a breeze. What I love about Halo 2 LASO is that you start off with hiding behind Johnson in the beginning and also the end. It was hilarious seeing multiple clones of Johnson stunlocking Tartarus and doing the work taking his shields down quickly, just have to watch out for those 3 brute reinforcements on occasion, definitely a moment you need to see for yourself after making it this far. Thanks for your all help Silver, would have never gotten LASO Master without you!

[@BabickGaming]

Just got my last 3 achievements finishing this LASO. I couldn’t have gotten 700/7000 without you Silver. You truly are Legendary

[@thesuperthingymabob8209]

Man, I'm not this far in yet but I'm just watching the video because I want to see how he does it. Can't believe halo 2 laso starts and ends with johnson shenanigans lmao

[@jakelegitful]

I love the contrast between Silver's narration when he's doing something relatively simple, like par times on easy, where he's basically just chilling and cracking jokes, versus his narration when he's doing LASO where he's super focused and talking quickly

[@TurboGuides]

I just finished halo mcc 100% and i used silver guides for all of my SLASOs and some of the legendary speedruns. My golden advice is to read at least the top 10 comments before attempting the laso mission, silver guides are perfect! but in the comments you will find alot of beneficial comments like warnings, advices, problems and their solution, plan B or even new despawns and starts! I did the hardest 3 lasos in 2020 and the other 3 in 2024 with all of the other online and mop up stuff. As of difficulty IMO halo ce>2>3>reach>4>odst Thank you silver, appreciate your time and explanation for each laso and I couldn't have done it without you. You are a legend

[@felixfarside1210]

I want to say thanks, man. I managed to finish SLASO today thanks to your guides. You are a scholar and a gentleman.

[@TurboGuides]

at 6:40 if you didn't get a brute shot like me you can go up the rock by going to the left and jump from there up the rock and continue normally with the plasma made jump. to everyone you can do it.. anyone can do it with sliver guides. gravemind.. regret.. is not that bad you only need to keep trying and stay calm. Thank you silver great guides as always you are the best!! now i done ce and 2 as of what i heard the others i easier so that's a good thing

[@FAOHUESOS]

I didn't get a Brute shot, but found this comment and did it. you're amazing

[@wayz_4338]

Thanks a lot for the rock backup strat

[@Crysal]

Thank you for this

[@mateonoski6897]

and with this, my friend and I finally got the "Laso Master" achivement, Thanks dude,

[@TopHatPenguin]

Finally after a few years of on and off I have done all of the LASO achievements. Mr Halo Man you are a savior to the highest degree and me and my friend owe it all to you

[@True2ChainzLilWayne]

These guides are a blessing , though I hope they’ll never have a laso achievement ever again on infinite or any future halos, but rewarding laso completions with really amazing armor you can’t get any other way would be cool

[@user-zb9ow6du6c]

Laso brings the challenge. Not having an achievement for it would be pretty stupid

[@221Prohunter]

@@user-zb9ow6du6c This is hardly a "challenge" in all honestly, it's just finding as many ways to abuse the game's mechanics as possible. I've done Reach twice and CE with these guides, they take ages to complete but they're mostly just bullshit and unfun the whole time. I get the appeal of achievements that are actually insanely hard to get but if any of them are like Halo 2 then I'll be turned off right away.

[@JohnSouls7]

@@user-zb9ow6du6c Real and fair challenge is legendary only. This is just bullshit that you must abuse to complete, if you attempt it 100% pure, without any skips/glitches/tricks, I'm pretty sure it's impossible.

[@horrorsans3676]

@@JohnSouls7 Vanilla Halo 2 Legendary is bullshit as it is, LASO is just "i own halo completionist money" levels of unfairness. I would dare anyone trying to beat that laso campaign without abusing game mechanics, glitches or exploits, see how far they can get without going insane. Solo, no coop, and i bet no one would even get past cairo station, you know, without johnson.

[@EARFQ]

@@horrorsans3676 I did Cairo station laso without Johnson it wasn’t too bad

[@UgandaDN]

Thanks a lot for the Halo 2 LASO Silver !

[@HaloStarMax]

Thank you, John, for all these guides, I wouldn’t been able to make it if it weren’t for you. May there be plenty of content for you to make when Infinite drops. Also, I still have 20 achievements left, they are all multiplayer achievements, but those are more tedious than tough, but hey the really hard ones are done!

[@audax117]

John? Isn't his name Silver?

[@HaloStarMax]

GOKU DOS GAMES It’s his real name

[@LoganJarrell]

That's an incredibly fitting name

[@matty9162]

Just finished this!! My first complete laso playthrough ever. That Johnson glitch at the end is just the icing on the cake, so hilarious

[@SuperUltimate9]

This was my final LASO achievement - I saved it for last because Gravemind just took it all out of me. And I even messed up the Spectre strat lol....but I finally finished it. I definitely had to find ways to grapple with contingencies that came up across the Halo franchise, but I certainly never could have done it without the roadmap set forth by your guides. Truly, thank you Silver! Now, all that'll be left for me aside from a handful of achievements across the rest of the Halo titles, is mopping up the playlists on MCC (including that behemoth LMCS), H5 LASO and finally playing Firteam Raven haha. Oh and the Chinese MCC - that'll be my capstone!

[@sinrj9028]

Ha I see we finished where we started Behind Johnson

[@memeteam8274]

thank you so much for your guides silver. I truly do hope you realize how thankful we are for you and your funny commentary. Hope to see you stream soon!

[@memeteam8274]

btw, the brute plasma rifles do the quickest damage to tarturus, its the speedrun strategy.

[@ColeTrain520]

Hey Silver! Just finished Halo 2 Laso, with help from your guides and I just want to thank you for these amazing guides. I used your Laso guides for Halo Reach and CE aswell and also your speedrun guides and guides for other achievements. They are a tremendous help and well explained. It helped me, and I bet a whole lot of other people, from going insane. So again thank you very much!

[@HaloCompletionist]

Thank you and congrats!

[@shirarylindurkek1964]

Just finished this LASO campaign, and with this all of the other campaigns, even with these guides it was a difficult road, I played about 16 hours in the Cairo Station alone, and after 5 resets because I couldn´t do the prison skip (and I never could) I passed gravemind, there are no words to thank you enough

[@dieoskodi]

Tried to clear the gap at 2:14 with a ghost more times than i can remember and never made it. Can't believe i could have just jumped it.

[@Sigma_Eight]

You're the best, man. Halo CE wasn't that bad for me personally (Truth and Reconciliation was by far the hardest bit), but I legitimately didn't think 2 was possible for me. Thanks to your guidance, I just finished it. You rock man, I'll see you in Halo 3 here shortly!

[@blazingsandwich1234]

I am super late. Thank you for your guides up to this point! I always able to finish CE and 2 with your help and will be looking to finish the fight soon! You're the best, Silver!

[@Juggy2_Halo]

Thank you Silver, couldn't have gotten all the LASO achievements without your guides!🤟

[@lmncarlson]

Silver, thanks so much. I have completed every MCC title SLASO because of your guides. Couldn't have done it without you.

[@poachedegg5964]

Used your old guide for great journey yesterday because I wanted to get the achievement early but I still have to say, thank you for the help in completing one of the most daunting challenges in gaming. I will be patiently awaiting your revised halo 3 guides.

[@HarroEveryone]

Love your guides! Thought I'd never be able to complete LASO, but it was actually pretty fun with your help.

[@mattmcn415]

I finally did it. I am now a LASO Master and it's all thanks to you. Would not of even attempted this without your guides. THANK YOU SILVER!!!

[@luisfernandomendez2909]

Can’t believe I finish Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3 & Halo 3 ODST laso campaign’s in just 1 month. Only Halo Reach laso is left, but not for too long. Thanks for your amazing guides, Silver. I’ve never thought I would achieve something like this.

[@braindeadcabbage]

I know you probably get comments like this all the time, but I still wanted to say thanks for all your video guides. My co-op partner and I both just finished up all 700 Halo MCC achievements in large part thanks to your video guides. I've been subscribed for years and love your humor, but really felt the need to say thank you. We completed Halo 2 LASO as our last achievements just a few days ago.

[@joeguyman7423]

Finished Halo 2 laso, already thanked you on twitter but thanks a million brother.

[@simovicmarko]

Final got LASO Master thanks to you, Silver! If you are on PC and don't know how to pull your nose up in the spectre or any other vehicle, for me it was not the jump key; it was CTRL. That made the jump easy.

[@sasakianti7408]

Thank you! This helps a lot!

[@Apollo6291]

Finally finished and I couldn't have done it without your guides. I think I've had enough Halo for a while though...

[@johnmahoney5805]

August 23, 2021. I have joined the few that have beat arguably the most difficult challenge in all of Halo. Best of luck to anyone still trying and congratulations to everyone else who made it before and after me! Couldn't have done it without your guides Silver, you truly are a legend.

[@kevinsdead]

Just completed all LASOs. Thanks Silver your guides made this possible!

[@Peril117]

I never would have thought I could beat Halo 2 on LASO, but your guides made it possible. Thank you so much. Every game after this in the series feels like it won't be a challenge after this.

[@wayz_4338]

I'm done with LASO! Thanks so much man

[@frenchaussie2387]

Thank you immensely for the guides Silver!! I have finished my LASO playthrough, at last! I've learned so much from this terrifying journey! I'll be able to apply your shortcuts in my speed runs for the 3 hour achievement. I'm so happy that I've finished the hardest LASO :) That's two LASO playthroughs done total!

[@ForrestHoward]

You got me through CE, I decided to sub at the beginning of H2, I originally thought this was going to be a channel I used briefly but you got me this far. Your guides are fucking awesome, see you in H3

[@DisarmingAuto7]

Thank you so much for these guides man, just completed my 5th LASO campaign. Only Halo 3 remains ^_^

[@PaulieGString]

Sameeee

[@halolasomaster3900]

CE and 2 down now the rest should be a breeze!! Thanks for making these guides wouldn't have made it this far without them!

[@heroachilles98]

Hey Silver, hope u see this comment. Just wanna thank you for your guides throughout The Great Journey that is LASO. With this, i’ve finally managed to do the insane and beat all of halo on LASO, and i really couldnt have done it without your guides and help. Thank you very much!

[@henrychen9587]

Thanks Halo Completionist for all the video. Me and friend finally beat halo 2 on LASO, which was the last LASO we needed. Its unbelievable how you find skips for some of these mission. Thanks man much appreciated.

[@sinister1389]

i know this comment might not get any acknowledgment, but i got to say i have been playing halo for 20 years now and i have NEVER done any LASO runs at all but up untill last week i decided hey ima start, and let me say silver, i literally finished halo CE and halo 2 LASO as of 12/5/2021 and i got to say your channel is seriously underrated. i would have never beat this without your guides and i appreciate everything you do for the halo community, and now i can start on halo 3 LASO keep up the great man you are best

[@RattyRattington]

Oh didn't even know it was possible to jump over the abyss at 2:12 like that. Nifty. When I did LASO on here, I just jumped it with a ghost like the speedrun strat, then immediately got out and cloaked past all the Brutes on the other side.

[@Adavis12345]

Thank you for the guides so much, Silver! I never could have tackled regret and Gravemind without them

[@Buck_1337]

Finished halo 2 LASO a 2nd time now. Doing the cross title 46 mission LASO playlist. Finally done h2 completely forever. Thank you

[@nightmarathon]

Thanks man, turned a nightmare of a campaign into something not so bad. I will say cairo station, regret, and gravemind were riduclously hard.

[@ohimfrozen]

Thank you so much Silver! Today is the end of my MCC LASO journey. Proud I managed to overcome so many difficult challenges, but your guides were a great guiding light!

[@vUghlee]

We did it, got Monopolized and Back for more, the Halo 2 shenanigans are over, onto CE, Thank you man.

[@AlvaroReborn]

Just want to say ty for keeping the halo community alive.

[@rm25088]

I can watch these all day. Silver was the best. Haven't seen him online in a long time but I hope he is doing well. Halo seemed like his passion.

[@mattfortney4734]

Silver you’re the man!!! Thank you to your guides I got this done!!!!! I FINALLY FINISHED MY FAVOURITE HALO ON LASO!!!!!!

[@TheZec99]

Thank you sir. You got me and my buddy through all of the laso playlists and this was the last one we needed. Thank you.

[@CraziestCol]

Thanks so much for the guides, they've really helped. Missions I will not be playing again on higher than normal difficulty - truth and reconciliation, the library, two betrayals, Cairo station, regret, gravemind. Have only done CE & 2 laso so far and so this list will probably expand as I work through the rest of the games.

[@ploso1377]

Learning about the rocket dupe glitch actually made Library one of the more fun levels for me in CE

[@camolog]

You are an absolute legend my dude! May your pillow always be fluffy and cool.

[@Simte]

This was one of the hardest challenges I have ever attempted. I am done, I can't believe it.

[@Smumbo]

I legitimately could not stop laughing after I realized what was happening with the Johnsons. What a great end to such a terribly difficult playlist.

[@MrFischfrosch]

Oh boy what a journey. 3 weeks ago I began the Reach LASO playlist with your guide and just at this moment i finished H2 LASO. 3 weeks, 3 Halos. Thank you very much for your guides. You are the best! See you again soon with H3 ;D

[@stophergonz]

Thanks for all of these guides, Silver! Because of them, I beat every game solo on LASO and got the LASO Master achievement. Just a few more achievements and I'll have perfected the MCC.

[@DylanValenti]

Wow. This is an achievement I looked at years ago and thought I’d never accomplish. Now I’m here and I couldn’t have done it without the help of your guides. Thank you so much for everything!!

[@matbrownie2797]

Thank you silver, thanks to you I was able to beat what I never thought I could. You are a beast

[@kgcote]

I knew Halo 2 was going to be hard, so I saved it for last. I have now finished Every Halo game on LASO (and Halo 4). Thank you so much for your guides, Silver!

[@julianmontoya5854]

Finally I completed H2 laso! No way I could've done that on my own. It was pretty fun completing this thanks to you c:

[@timdocherty4025]

I finally made it to the 700 club thanks largely to your excellent guides, and likely wouldn't have made it without you. Fantastic content, look forward to seeing you in Infinite.

[@Legofromthelowerlands020]

Thank you! Started halo 2 months ago, finished all games on legendary solo and now in 9.5 days I finished Halo 2 LASO, already had done CE laso, I AM DONE :D

[@zecarlos742]

thank you very much, I would never have been able to finish this challenge without your videos

[@MADVILLAIN669]

Thank you so much for these guides, I wouldn't bother playing these without your help! Honestly, playing on these incredible high challenge conditions makes me appreciate Halos for all their design elements and tools available at your disposal, but the difficulty here was something else, definitely the hardest FPS i've ever played.

[@Novixion]

Thanks so much for making these guides again! I would not have been able to get this achievement without these guides! You made LASO much more viable.

[@morganc4920]

I did it! I came back for more and you helped me get to the end. Thank you very much for all the hard work, never could've done it without your help (especially the regret battle, which would be all but impossible with elites and grunts running around.) I never did master the grenade mount to kill regret so I had to board him constantly for about 12 minutes, definitely impossible if not for your jumps and setup. Thanks again!

[@HighFrameRate]

I made it. Wow. Thank you Silver, couldn't have done it without you!

[@SHADOWSTRIKE1]

"Imagine being surrounded and slapped around by four johnsons" -Silver

[@TitanFlare]

Making Johnson twerk in the Spectre is the funniest thing I've seen in Halo 2

[@RunsWithBricks]

For anyone doing this in 2023 - referring to Jeravalin's laso deathless run - you can just use a banshee in the final sequence which makes it infinitely easier than relying on the specter. And the move is far easier since you just need to use the nose of the banshee against the wall to skip and have it spawn for the final fight and then you can just freely blast Tartarus to LASO heaven.

[@lordgalvatron4671]

I'm so happy I'm on this last midsion solo laso. Love the guides Completionist. Keep it up.

[@domzell]

Thank you for all the help. Took me 3 days as a solo & it truly feels rewarding.

[@Gb-be9bn]

GeneralKidd did a video on Johnson's weight according to the game file. He weight 80000 units, in comparision Master Chief weight 125 units. So that's why Johnson can't be pushed around or blown away

[@HaloCompletionist]

Damn, that is one hefty boi, lol.

[@Andyroo2319]

"The Great Journey" is a fitting end to my SLASO...uhh, journey. Couldn't have done it without you, Silver!

[@williamstorck1542]

I just got this achievements because of you! Thank you. I used you for halo CE aswell. And will continue. Subscribed!

[@henrygonzalez2697]

Did it boys. Amazing work my dude. You deserve an achievement named after you.

[@MrTehPenguin]

Thank you so much for these guides! Just finally completed it today and I feel so relieved to have knocked it out. Decided to do Halo 2 for my first ever LASO run to get the hardest one out of the way.

[@MilkyWayWey4]

Omg the Johnson part had me dying 😂 thank you Silver, i finally got all MCC achievements 🤩 you are amazing man...

[@inglegb7165]

Thank you silver! Halo CE and 2 done on Laso now couldn’t of done it without you

[@ZeroTheEnforcer]

Some additional tips: If you keep dying when you drive the spectre over that cliff, try it at normal speed instead of boosting. I find that fixes the issue. When trying to get the spectre into the boss fight and you let it slowly fall off the structure, make sure to take it slow. If you let it gain too much downward velocity, it will keep that velocity when it spawns into the boss room, causing it to crash into the floor and explode. Since you will get a checkpoint, you will be forced to either restart the mission or fight Tartarus yourself. If something goes wrong and you have to fight Tartarus yourself, hide behind the wall closest to Sgt. Johnson and cram as much carbine ammo into his head as you can when his shields are down. If you need more ammo, some elites will drop some and there is a crate on the bottom floor. It is time-consuming, but it can be done.

[@YuhSamB]

Your voice is heaven thank you and Gratz to the bois who made it

[@lavachief3892]

Good sir with your helpful guides I have begun my LASO journey! Thank you very much for these videos [^_^]

[@philt2]

Worth noting that you have to take the spectre from the beginning of the level into the control room for the Johnson trick to work. If you use a spectre from later in the level you'll end up with 1 Johnson

[@Bi9Clapper]

No you just need to wait for more to spawn

[@Allons_yana]

@@Bi9Clapper how long do you gotta wait? cause rn im using a spectre from later in the level and ive waited 5 minutes and have only gotten 1

[@LiveHedgehog]

Thank you so much for these guides! Cairo Station and Gravemind especially would have been a right pain without them. Onto Halo 3!

[@TheJaykeyyy]

Thank you Halo Completionist, finished my SLASO run today, now onto Halo 3 😬

[@Mrmmgramsfilms]

I swear to god your plasmas have a faster fuse than mine. Thanks for the wonderful guides

[@nixvadumee]

After a whole 2 weeks of trial and error, My Laso run is complete! Thank you so much Silver!

[@NateIsCorrupt]

Thanks for the great guide! Probably never would have beaten this without you. God bless 😇

[@joshuakincaid8238]

Just beat the game today on laso. thank you so much for these guides and having them updated.

[@Akiner83]

Just got my achievement thanks to you. The parts that actually gave me a hard time are mostly the jumps / nade jumps. I can't get use to the jumps in halo games, low gravity and bouncing everywhere..... I played too mutch Kreedz map in cs 1.6 back in the day i guess. I think halo CE was a bit harder for me, that would not be true few years ago if not for the new strats and your guide. The skulls also helps you more in halo 2. Thanks again.

[@bloc4395]

Thanks my man, got me through CE and H2 so far. Legend!

[@RealityCreeps]

Thanks a lot silver, I'm now a LASO Master and it wouldn't have been possible without your guides. Next I only need the speedrunning achievements then I'll be set and ready for Infinite!

[@Stakanplays_]

Thats all my achivements done. You are an absulute legend my friend