Halo MCC - Halo 2 LASO (Part 2: Outskirts) - Back for More - Guide

Part 2 of 13 for completing the Halo 2 LASO playlist in the Master Chief Collection which will grant you the "Back for More" achievement.
Level - Outskirts
Difficulty - Legendary
Skulls - Skulls will automatically be selected when you select the Halo 2 LASO playlist. They are as follows: Anger, Assassin, Black Eye, Blind, Catch, Famine, Ghost, Grunt Birthday Party, Iron, IWHBYD, Mythic, Sputnik, That's Just...Wrong, and Thunderstorm.
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[@BisonSlayer445]

The fact that any man is insane enough to attempt halo 2 LASO, brings a tear to my eye

[@drunkdave5677]

there are people who speedrun on laso. Ranabundana did a zero shot laso run

[@user-zb9ow6du6c]

Drunk Dave Rana is a different breed. Sub 2:30 on a Laso run for halo 2

[@wittypup_]

I just started last Thursday or Friday. Finished halo ce and started halo 2 a few days ago. Last night finished Cairo 😭

[@genepool1937]

There are lots of people. I'm not one them

[@phtmn]

I have seen some things...

[@lDoPemAn]

It’s so cute how you explain that first crouch jump in the beginning in such depth as if this isn’t LASO. If you can’t do a simple crouch jump idk if LASO is for you

[@Arzka3]

Was thinking the same thing lol

[@inunezhernandezgdgzbpbpbwc4460]

0202para 847399th 8252nd

[@Chuked]

Sputnik

[@chaseparker1993]

I’ve been playing halo since 2003, I don’t think I ever learned how to crouch jump

[@Middleseed]

Movement in halo games is janky asf. I can see how that would be hard for some.

[@iPwnR]

It's pretty funny looking at the number of views of his Halo 2 LASO guides. You can see how many people gave up on Cairo Station. You can also see all the frustrated people looking up or rewatching Gravemind.

[@milkycalcium3172]

It took me about 6hrs to do Cairo Station. Doing this level so far is a nice change of pace since it's just calm walking for the moment.

[@jakebatty530]

Why would everyone be looking up grave mind so much

[@iPwnR]

@@jakebatty530 I did every Halo LASO challenge. Gravemind is the hardest LASO mission of any Halo by far. It's been 4 years and I still remember the pain trying to complete it. Took weeks worth of tries.

[@jakebatty530]

@@iPwnR oh dam I see, well looks like I've got something to look forward to 😅

[@iPwnR]

@@jakebatty530 If you're thinking about doing every Halo, start with Halo 2. If you make it through, the rest are nothing close to its difficulty. Cairo Station actually took me almost as long as Gravemind so don't let that one stop you either.

[@Young_Man_Ben]

Disclaimer for Metropolis: Try to have at least 3 grenades left when you finish this mission

[@phlemtaco6623]

Thanks for the tip but what reason should I have the 3 nades? Grenade jumps, or just killing enemies?

[@Young_Man_Ben]

Phlem Taco He does a grenade jump. You’ll see what I’m talking about, he explains it in his Metropolis LASO guide that he just released. It’s not necessary but it helps

[@ands246]

“And when I say strategic I mean we’re gonna have our friendly warthog rail us in the side” 😂

[@halolasomaster3900]

4:20 I also found jumping on top of the T shaped thing next to the satellite will also get you to the top of the structure

[@mrpig5949]

This was much easier thank you

[@clint4016]

I love you

[@drunkdave5677]

Back in the day you got me through Halo CE LASO. I was going to move on to H2 but I saw your Cairo video and said no way, Jose. Not worth it. Now with your new vids, I might actually go for it.

[@EastDallasKicks]

Drunk Dave if you want to co op it I might be down

[@trendkill3333]

His Cairo strat isn’t that great. Getting Johnson through is not needed. I cleared Cairo in about 1 hour using other strats that were way simpler

[@austinfowler2707]

​@trendkill3333 Johnson is both a blessing and a curse. As he also despawns if you go back to a previous load zone.

[@slinky_malinki5330]

So much simpler than Cairo Station. I beat Halo CE LASO thanks to you almost 2 years ago. Tried Halo 2, and after a few weeks gave up on Cairo Station. I did everything exactly the way you showed, and couldn't beat. Gave up. Fast forward 2 years, and I finally beat it. Now I'm on to the Outskirts! I'm definitely going to rage quit at Gravemind though :(

[@RectorRocks]

5:16 They had us in the first half, not gonna lie

[@qwertyman365]

Me, staring at my keyboard on PC D:

[@TommFoolery]

I was just on that bit as I read this lol

[@buzzygoat6521]

I see you are still making awesome guides like the goat roped one

[@seanbroccoli2698]

At 4:30 there's a 3rd way easier way. Jump on the satellite, then jump on the T shaped thing behind it. From there you can run and jump onto the surface

[@jordansimmons5984]

Just finished Cairo Station on pc and now doing this one. Thanks for the guides.

[@poachedegg5964]

Right before you started making these again started halo 2 laso and am stuck on regret, hoping your improved guide can help me out. Thanks for the amazing videos as always

[@HaloCompletionist]

The gondolas and boss battle are way easier in the new version! I essentially skip both gondola encounters and remove all enemies/RNG in the Regret fight. That comes out on Monday.

[@poachedegg5964]

Halo Completionist thank you so much! Your guides were also the only thing that got me through reach, ODST and CE on laso. Truth and reconciliation was such a pain because it gave me a checkpoint with no health and shields in the hangar so I couldn’t do the grenade jump and had to fight to keyes with the assault rifle and 1 bar of health

[@Rky117]

@@HaloCompletionist Very nice, cant wait! I got screwed terribly in Regret LASO when I did it years ago, Regret really did like aimbotting me for some reason

[@NPCBattleHub]

The final section needs to be handled with care. Yes, you can speed through it with the Ghost, but you need to have luck on your side. And that doesn't always happen, unfortunately. The Ghosts in this section don't always speed past you, and sometimes they even start shooting at you while you're sniping the grunts mounted on the turrets. I tried speeding through with the Ghost several times using several different tactics, and each time I got killed, even with overshields. I finally finished the mission when I sniped the grunts, left the area, and switched my Ghost out for a Warthog. With the Warthog I was able to speed past the Ghosts and make it to the end of the level, but I still almost died. I think my only saving grace is the fact that a Warthog at top speed is a bit faster than a Ghost at top speed.

[@SlimStarCraft]

Its really is i got soft locked at the end checkpoint with 0 sheilds because he said “just speed past the last 2 of those vehicles

[@Lucifronz]

Not much to say about this one. My partner and I got through with little difficulty. Do the skip. Not just the rooftop skip, obviously do that one, but the one that takes you straight to the tunnel. Too many enemies in the way, too many opportunities to get blown up. Not worth the hassle for the extra time it takes. You can crouch-jump up at the edge, no need for grenades. Then jump the way he showed you up to the satellite or straight to the spot to wedge yourself and progress. If you're in co-op like us, you'll have to progress solo if one of you can't make the jump, all the way until the opening of the tunnel. The teleport point is after the second tunnel ghost. The ones not piloted, that is. I actually found the guys in the warthog to be surprisingly helpful. They took out a few elites we revealed and kept the pressure on them, as well as distracted them. They inevitably all died, but they were useful for however long they lasted.

[@kontogr1662]

Thank you so much for these guides man

[@juuulian4718]

No problem 🍔

[@True2ChainzLilWayne]

These guides are amazing ;any chance you’d make new 3 hour speedrun guides for halo 1-4 with modern strats as well? I know ce has changed a lot with stuff like banshee grab and new flood bumps discovered since 2014. Not sure if other halos have changed that much since then, but either way you’re a real legend to halo.

[@HaloCompletionist]

Just focusing on LASO revisions right now. I won't rule out redoing those speedruns at some point, though.

[@memeteam8274]

@@HaloCompletionist yea a legendary, under 3-hour, speedrun guide would be great for halo 2 so i hope u change your mind in the future.

[@NateIsCorrupt]

Great video, this was so much easier than completing this for the Legendary speed run. Keep up the great work! 👍

[@halomadman9123]

at the part were you jump in between the pole and the wall if you actually jump on the satellite dish then turn around you can crouch jump on the T looking structure then crouch jump on the ledge where your wanting to go just a third option to get up there

[@Killerwing1]

Can’t wait to see for new gravemind strats if you are redoing that one aswell

[@HaloCompletionist]

Redoing them all! One a day through the end of H2!

[@Rky117]

I’m pretty sure that mission gave me an aneurysm on LASO five years ago... Now I think I’m going to have flashbacks of that awful time...

[@TamanLinkin]

master chief just goes master parkour on this lol

[@nickrouse2795]

So glad everyone is saying this is easier Cairo took me about 8 hours of trying and even after beating reach and CE that level was a major come to God moment lol

[@baalrogg]

For the next guide :) - There's now a much easier, very consistent skip that involves using a single frag grenade to knock yourself and a ghost up to a rooftop near the same area, except you get out of bounds and take the ocean around the long way to the cave. You get out at one point at a safe area and snipe the jackal in the tower from out of bounds and then get back in bounds right at the tunnel entrance, in about 5-10% of the time the skip in the video takes - you can see Jervalin use this in some of his runs.

[@CastledCard]

All this taught me is that Master Chief requires sustenance

[@TheNecromorph1]

That part at 17:00 I wouldn't recommend speeding through it, as I did and had just barely a sliver of shield left and then got a checkpoint for the last section and had to reset because a ghost would just have to look at me to kill me. Just hang back and kill the ghost that spawns then pepper all the enemies to death. Then melee some vehicles so that you can speed through the final section.

[@wasdwasd609]

Be careful with the 2 Shadows, the Ghost they drop off WILL chase you to the end of the level. The checkpoint just after that one but just before the 2 other ghosts was problematic. Thankfully the 2 infront don't aggro unless you're close enough. You can board and melee the other ghosts for shields which was crucial for me. I was getting rekt at that final burst.

[@windylotus]

Unsung hero of halo

[@MW_147]

Fun fact, you can actually destroy the shadow troop carriers so they don't fire on you when you're passing them. Ofc you still have to deal with any ghosts/elites that may be in the area (unless you decide the snipe them with your ghost), but it's one less thing to worry about. 14/46

[@Killerwing1]

Awesome work man!

[@bloc4395]

Thanks, this one was easy with your guide!

[@forminlo]

at the end of the mission i had a weird instance where the grunt towards the exit didn't get on the turret and instead hopped down into the shadow opening that you drive the ghost through, luckily i was able to splatter him and get out with just enough shields to survive the elite plasma fire from behind. just thought i'd share that possibility so that people can be careful of that hazardous, methane-breathing speed bump

[@halomadman9123]

also at the point were you lunge at the elite in the hallway yu dont have to do that just jump over them quickly and jump to the right over the rail to get away from them

[@zecuse]

I needed this after my week long stay at Cairo Station and painting the walls red with Sgt. Bait's blood. Only had 1 snag with a TERRIBLE checkpoint timing, but still managed to get par score.

[@thoumi96]

I love that last part.. there is a random ghost behind me so shooting those grunts is not an option for me.

[@essentiialz]

same

[@infinitechoices1641]

4:12 you can also move the container to the other side. Saves you a grenade which you will need.

[@MrMercuryW]

Nicely done Silver, I wonder if some of the invisible geometry becomes visible in Anniversary Graphics like in some places in CEA

[@MrMercuryW]

@@MapleTree0 Achievement Unlocked, and yes I've seen some instances where invisible geometry in classic becomes visible in Anniversary

[@NateIsCorrupt]

Excited to try this level tonight, hopefully my MCC keeps working good and not crashing! 🤔

[@FuzzyRecKs]

Once u get in the tunnel just use the warthog and use u marines as passengers to take all the damage an speed run if u know how to whip that thing lol i been learning the ropes sword flys and all but yanno h2 is def brutal asf

[@oscarls8539]

The last part I got there without shield. After getting killed multiple times trying to get a shield. I just killed the grunts and said. Fuck it. And actually worked.

[@SlimStarCraft]

I got stuck at 17:33 because he said just run past the first to vehicles.. i got a checkpoint at the end of the level with no health and was impossible to finnish

[@mitchie2267]

Imagine doing this LASO with no vehicles

[@Purity-yq2rc]

I beat the whole playlist with my friend... But we didn't do the first 2 missions solo so it doesn't count... Looking forward to finishing it again. Did Cairo Station and it took 3 hours.

[@coltrocity]

I have the same issue. I just hit restart playlist and watched the first two solo. We had only beaten the first level so will it count if we pick back up where we left off?

[@Purity-yq2rc]

We did restart the playlist but it still didn't reward us with completion even though it had 15/15 complete. We ended up doing the whole thing all over. If you're lucky you may get it in the middle. We got our achievement during the last mission. I will say it's MUCH easier the second time around.

[@coltrocity]

Dang dude sorry about your luck! Glad you got it though

[@Purity-yq2rc]

Yeah I know Cairo Station can be a disaster. But I think it'll be beneficial to redo the first 2 solo missions and then Cairo again. It's weird too. Because we finished the 4th one. But I didn't get the achievement until a week or 2 after.

[@nolandderlugner1351]

Thx alot for these videos

[@CTChief117]

At 12:44 you can see a turret but when he goes up turret is gone^^

[@NicolasADH]

save/quit didn't work in the final part and have to start over, great

[@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear]

Really? Might be glitched/cursed run you had. I used save/quit for the speedrun and it still counted on last checkpoint of the mission(s) even though many were saying it doesn't. But then again there are many comments on this video as well other ones that say LASO save/quit is cursed.

[@alexanderwest7083]

How do you jump from the light to the ledge it doesn’t work for me

[@HaloCompletionist]

You want to crouch mid air to pull your legs up and get to higher places. Makes jumps easier.

[@thehypest6118]

That warthog moment was pretty good

[@XFerginatorX]

In your video you did not explain that the elites will get in the ghosts after the two shadows stop and will chase you from behind and hunt you down like a Rabid dog

[@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear]

lmfao, i love your comments, I saw the other one on the Cairo video. I'm also gonna keep it mind when I get to this after....Cairo. I'm not looking forward to it. Any tips you can give me for any of the stuff you've done so far in H2 LASO?

[@logs5886]

Finally beat Cairo Station after getting to the bugger part twice and having to restart from the beginning with the save and quit not working. Between being reset and dying it took me about 6 hours in game time.

[@halolasomaster3900]

Is there a load zone you have to hit in the tunnel or could you just stay up top and follow the tunnel in the new graphics? Also this is by far the easiest laso level so far

[@TimoFisher]

Why wasn't that grunt at the beginning camouflaged?

[@HaloCompletionist]

When enemies spawn they start off visible and then turn invisible after a couple seconds as their camo kicks in. That grunt in particular spawns right as you turn around the corner so you're still able to see him for a bit.

[@MADVILLAIN669]

4:51 lol I just jumped there on the first grenade jump, its not that hard tbh

[@crazygamecrafter8830]

i dont know why LASO doesn't have the non-scoring skulls

[@HaloCompletionist]

It's all the original H2 skulls, minus Envy since its beneficial.

[@jaydendoyle6121]

Keep up the grate worck

[@SotaMake]

work

[@yougotaknife]

great

[@bobiron8838]

I have all LASO and under 3 hours and I just watch these guides to reminisce

[@Cavs032]

the pelican won't take off when i'm on it :(

[@Raptor_on_YT]

Wait, didn't you already did it ? Or is it for pc ?

[@HaloCompletionist]

I did LASO guides 5 years ago, but I'm revising them as they come to PC with much better strats and quality.

[@stringbean5920]

You didnt need the pelican but i guess its more fun. Get to fly in a flightless level...

[@streetfighter351]

Mr Halo completionist I have a big issue with LASO in general and I can’t explain why it happens. Sometimes when I do the save and quit method, sometimes I do it before I even die, I get restarted on the entire mission. Any explanation? And how can I avoid this?

[@edric4704]

9 months late but still. maybe youre dying to fast after loading in (or saving and quitting) halo has a mechanic which determines if you got an unusable checkpoints, meaning if you die within seconds of reseting to the checkpoint over and over again the game thinks it got you a really bad checkpoint and instead of having you replay the entire mission it resets you to the checkpoint BEFORE your actual checkpoint. maybe laso thinks there are no actual checkpoints because of iron and instead puts you to the begining of the mission again. but im just guessing here. in any way: i hope you find a way around it

[@williambuchhauser7627]

Why is the score multiplier so low?

[@payton5759]

Could you use the scarab skull during this? Its risky using it, but with some planning, could make gameplay easier.

[@HaloCompletionist]

No, for the achievement you need to play the playlist which dictates which skulls are on. Scarab is not included.

[@troyincarnate8105]

the difference in difficulty of this mission and cairo.. lol finished in like 1/8th the time.

[@jackmicheal2125]

Is the campaign possible without glitching out of the map?

[@palpatine6197]

Yeah, but it would be significantly more difficult

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

Yes just absurdly hard and you'll still get plenty of challenge from your LASO run so why not make a part of it easier?

[@justinstoddard4782]

This looks fucking incredible!

[@CrocBankRbbr]

Part 2!!!!

[@EastDallasKicks]

Anyone want to do this co op?

[@Rky117]

No point doing H2 LASO coop, since most of the skips don’t work in coop. Solo you also have the option of save and quit if you die as well

[@EastDallasKicks]

Rknb11 7 co op the option of not having to save and quit exists

[@HyperShadow991]

1 problem, you shouldnt be able to get in the ghost at all because of that skull that disables your ability to get in a vehicle unless boarding it

[@HaloCompletionist]

That skull isnt included in the LASO playlist. Only the original H2 skulls, minus Envy.

[@LiveHedgehog]

This is so much easier than Cairo Station, it's not even funny.

[@eacp9038]

Is it just me or does it sound like he says “the black guy skull”

[@BobbySwaggs]

If u have trouble with the jumps in the beginning dont play laso wtf

[@Bluthunderxphos]

Fr

[@Mugg___]

Got stuck right in the end of the level, cause I don't have shield enough to tank the ghosts 🤣🤣😃😃😃😃. . . . . . . Man... I hate so much the developers of this difficulty... my god, why??

[@_MaZTeR_]

This has got to be the easiest level in existence.

[@wayz_4338]

ez 2/13

[@War_On_Fats]

That was easy.

[@Adam-ov5ie]

If you're going to use exploits, might as well just use hax.

[@HaloCompletionist]

Thousands of hours mastering a game = hacks. Got it.