melting Bassus with the arcane sentinel beam... yeah it took less than a minute

Monke deleted from zeta halo 2021.
believe it or not, this is only my second try against this dude. I died and thought hey I still got that one marine from the last video imma take his sentinel beam.
#Halo

[@Anonymous-gv3jy]

First time I faced him I was so underprepared. I had like a commando and Stryker sidekick on legendary

[@mardofsz2847]

I had a fucking pulse carbine and sidekick pistol lol

[@GazzyD]

I died to him like 5 times on normal and realised I could just sit on top of a ledge near the door way and he couldn’t reach me.

[@Anonymous-gv3jy]

@@GazzyD I did a replay to get skulls in the beginning and I discovered I could do it by accident. The arcane sentinel beam made quick work of him

[@Matthew69ing-chipmunks]

Just use the tank gun

[@mistrants2745]

i had a BR and an empty hydra :')

[@lilricky08]

Took me literally like 20 times to finally beat him. The first time I died it check-pointed at the worst spot. When I finally killed him I had to stop playing the game for an hour to calm myself down from the literal primal screams I was giving off lol

[@SuperMurray2009]

Lol It took my like 10 minutes to beat him. But im playing on Heroic tho. I will do Legendary next. I died like 5 times tho because i didn't know he could jump that far with the hammer.

[@thatsblue3023]

Ngl i died alot to chak lock invisible lizard was harder for me than angry monke... (also i didnt bring the beams ;-;)

[@CouncilofCharles]

First Run: Normal - Fought With Mangler and Commando - 17 mins, multiple tries, successful run took 3+ minutes Second Run - Heroic - Fought with Arcane Sentinel beam and Riven Mangler - less than 1 minutes, first try, didn't even use the mangler

[@MakashiOwns]

I, uh, on my second try, dodged his hammer in such a way it threw me up onto a portion of the wall that has a small ledge/slope, and I was able to stand there, out of melee range, shooting all my weapons into him while he stood still.

[@RustledBurritos]

@@thatsblue3023 it took me 5 hours to beat Chak'lok on Legendary LASO, I just couldn't wrap my head around how fast he moved and my reptile brain shut down when he would disappear entirely and reappear somewhere close to you. Sniper and Battle rifle were NOT the weapons to beat him, definitely needed something with shock or Light

[@Darklarik3]

You where literally 0.5 seconds away from getting killed by his Yeet-jump when you killed him lmao

[@thx4chrckingin]

Ah yes, the Sacred Banished attack formation. The Yeet Jump

[@contactor118]

Yeet jump lol

[@tommydavidson4608]

0.05 lol

[@michaelzhang9806]

To be honest I hate that move so much, it’s damn near unavoidable half the time and just insta kills.

[@jollama]

*were

[@therookie7401]

The only question I have is where the heck was he hiding? Was he a follower of Drax and has mastered the art of standing so still he becomes invisible?

[@darksteel5212]

Maybe so as i checked everywhere for him

[@Dilllonm]

he runs from the back room prob

[@UNSCPILOT]

Well, this is my new headcannon now, I love it

[@thatsblue3023]

LMAO

[@shashindrakellapathe2010]

I know right! My first play through on normal, I had only a sidekick. I looked thoroughly before pressing the buttons to end the mission and this happens. Was the hardest fight I had on infinite (and the last time I activated any console without 2 decent guns loaded with ammo)

[@maxtunks9110]

This level broke me physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually and see someone smash it out in a minute broke me even more

[@boogier.t.1207]

Ikr

[@dsdy1205]

I spent 20 minutes trying to get 2 marines with arcanes into the tower with me. I don't know if this is a glitch but when i turned on the switch there was no cutscene, he just appeared behind me and tried to kill me. Me and the 2 marines killed him in 20 seconds

[@gamersinger5118]

Max Tunks Takes a bit more on Legendary. The crazy thing is that the weapon that ended up doing him in for us was me and my friend shooting plasma pistols at him because we ran out of all other ammo. Satisfying to finally see him fall after we each died around 30 times or so.

[@bahamut8995]

I killed him in a single second. Took my time gathering every fusion coil in the excavation site and piled it where he spawns, then shot one with a mangler and got on with the mission

[@davidm5172]

Damn

[@razielstanley2693]

Same

[@cameronmcarthur4044]

Cool idea, but presumably faster to judt fight him haha.

[@kman1893]

Work smarter not harder

[@Silver4Hire]

@@kman1893 spends 20 min gathering coils*

[@TheBlackstarrt]

So, it is my tradition to always play Halo on my first try on Legendary. I felt like I was using ultra instinct fighting these bosses, lol.

[@MasonForge]

Same

[@darksteel5212]

Try it on laso , i have , my advice grab a rocket launcher or scorpian gun

[@lucarioletsplaysandguidesh1333]

same

[@christopherdockery574]

Especially against the harbinger...she is the definition of ultra instinct lol

[@TheBlackstarrt]

@@christopherdockery574 I figured out that the grapple hook stuns her, and I was able to just keep melee her. Lol. I didn't have to avoid her electric insta kill she had to run from me.

[@pieman8198]

I died so many times against him until I accidentally grappled on top of a ledge above a doorway and realized he glitches out and can't hit me while I'm up there.

[@mohammedfuadh9096]

Same lol.😂

[@milk1535]

lol same except bassus himself knocked me onto that ledge then i magdumped him lol

[@dallindunn1186]

bonesaw v spiderman

[@ethanwagner6418]

He glitched out for you? For me, he resorts to grenades

[@noshstradamus]

@@milk1535 that’s what happened to me!

[@williamtheiss5080]

I played on heroic and killed him in 4 hits with a gravity hammer variant that I luckily found, had no idea other people had a hard time

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

Same. It was just a regular gravity hammer.

[@vidman5106]

Same

[@Bus_Driver117]

I played on Legendary and bitched and screamed as I died multiple times

[@tejoadi4349]

I also found the rushdown gravity hammer in the excavation site on legendary. Easilly stun him with lvl 3 grappling hook and killed him with the rushdown gravity hammer.

[@wildwyatxbox]

@@tejoadi4349 thats what I did. Except I rushed him with the rushdown. Just straight ran at him with it

[@jerome0929]

Face it 4 times as I finished campaign and all 4 difficulties. Easy : Rockets and BR Normal: BR and Skewer Heroic: Sentinel Beam Legendary: Scorpion gun If you’re not using the scorpion tank gun cheat then sentinel beam is definitely the easiest

[@thatsblue3023]

as expected of my 2nd favorite spartan in halo

[@yazhini-sanjiv9472]

try the rushdown hammer it can be found some where outside near the laser its somewhere like a cave i used it and killed him in 3 batters on legendary don't believe me got to the channel MKlceandFire thats exactly how i defeated him

[@yazhini-sanjiv9472]

try the rushdown hammer it can be found some where outside near the laser its somewhere like a cave i used it and killed him in 3 batters on legendary don't believe me got to the channel MKlceandFire thats exactly how i defeated him

[@yazhini-sanjiv9472]

well actually u can use the rushdown hammer kills him in 3 hits its located nearby say if the laser is firing north then u can find it in a hangar like cave southeast lying besides 2 ravagers ( btw u need to be good at mapping to know this)

[@xNanoSwinex]

I didn't realize there this was the full cutscene...first time I fought him it must have been a glitch. I brought a marine with me in a mongoose and they started fighting right after I plugged the Weapon into the switch in this scene, and it abruptly ended. Bassus had no health bar and I killed him in 4 Grav Hammer hits on Heroic.

[@keithocean9348]

You can actually take marines into the fight. I've managed to get two into the room with me (for some reason, the other three run away and go wait outside by the back cargo door). Long story short: two marines with the arcane sentinel beam, plus that rocket launcher in the corner, and Bassus lasts all of two seconds.

[@montrellcrowder1206]

Did they actually follow you?

[@pwegulian5351]

I got them in and they got rolled instantly

[@DrDreamsicle]

I lost all my marines to the laser cutscene

[@EstrelSidus]

@@DrDreamsicle Bro same 😂 I rolled up to the entrance with my Warthog full of marines then that cutscene of the lasers turning on played and they were instantly vaporized 😞

[@keithocean9348]

​@@montrellcrowder1206 Yeah, two will. I couldn't ever get all five to come with me, but the two that do are enough to take Bassus' shields down.

[@caidanhorton2071]

There's actually a beam in the room behind the control that you can perch yourself up on and hit him from a distance, he doesn't jump after you up there

[@jhm3346]

He threw me via gravity hammer on a ledge on the top of the room. He started throwing grenades at me. And this was on normal

[@paytonallen1027]

And that’s cheating on my eyes

[@romeoramirez4980]

Where’s the fun in that?

[@lukez9721]

But he will spam plasma grenades if you get up there

[@greed0599]

So, similar story. I brought a machine gun into the room where you fight the red energy sword elite assassin dude just because I always carry those kind of weapons as far as I can, and I killed him in about 30 seconds with it

[@Mister_Kourkoutas]

Same here. I gunned him down without taking a lick of damage. It was such an inglorious end, it reminded me of Indiana Jones shooting that swordsman.

[@cjwilliams1308]

I had an arcane sentinel beam ready, but when the fight started, I threw a shock grenade(don't know the actual name of it) at him and a chain reaction happened and the dude exploded to death in less than a second. Still can't believe it. Lol

[@karthikkr93]

I died like 3-4 times fighting this dude then just luckily threw a grenade in the right spot and boom he dead lmfao

[@RustledBurritos]

pro-tip from a person who beat the game on Legendary LASO; you can stand on top of the door frames, as long as you keep hitting him he cant throw grenades, he stares at you until he dies you can also grapple slide through the lazerbeam blocking the entrance, skipping this boss.

[@darksteel5212]

I also beat laso but i just used a rocket launcher and sniper and kept grappling around until he died from rockets

[@darksteel5212]

I also beat laso but i just used a rocket launcher and sniper and kept grappling around until he died from rockets

[@draconicthemoelion7726]

The Arcane Sentinel Beam is an absolute treasure. …and probably also the reason that Hardlight Recharge stations are rarer than legendary pokémon in this game… God, I love going on rampages with that monstrosity. Although the most practical application of the ASB is unpacking five of them at a FOB, giving them to the marines there, packing everyone into a Razorback and then watching as Brute Chieftains, Zealots and HVTs get discorporated by the UNSC's cannon fodder.

[@Bears2024]

I was able to get a marine up in the room with an arcane sentinel beam today. He got his shield down before the cutscene even ended and only took about 30 seconds after that. It was my first try on legendary, I was feeling great. Then it took me at least 15 tries to beat the Spartan slayer duo which grounded me back in reality

[@lukez9721]

Tovarius and hyperius are annoying

[@savaget2058]

The sentinel beam was my go to weapon in the latter half of the campaign, really underrated weapon.

[@Shiffah]

It's nice that he tries to hug you at the end!

[@livgrace5599]

Dude I was so unlucky with my weapons and I did not expect him, I died a ton and when I finally got him my very last bullet of both guns was the one that killed him

[@Oddballgaming727]

On my legendary playthrough I had a few marines armed with the arcane sentinel beams that somehow survived up to Bassus. One of them killed him immediately after the cutscene ended. Like not even two seconds and he was vaporized lol

[@pgr3290]

I went into the fight unknowingly with an energy sword, it wasn't that hard. Shoot him, stick a few grenades, bounce around with the grapple like you're in a tumble dryer, handful of good sword lunges, ded. Red hunters are much longer battles and more annoying. I noticed how quickly they turn in Infinite compared to the other games. No doubt to balance the grapple but they are so much faster their difficulty is ramped up significantly.

[@shadow7988]

I love that though. Finally the Hunters felt like a serious threat. Usually they're jobbers but in Infinite I had to respect them even with maxed out gadgets if I didn't have a heavy weapon on me.

[@AltoStratusX1]

I cheesed him there's the window thing directly behind the console that divides the bridge thing from the 2 tier level behind...you jump back and forth and use your radar he runs in circles while you reload the skewer lol. There's a skewer right there on the window too.

[@ShaddySoldier]

The sentinel beam has always been one of my favourite weapons in halo, they're so cool.

[@wilfred5179]

Thats no ordinary sentinel beam, that shit contains the power of the big bang in a single lazer

[@patcoston]

You got him in the air! Nicely done! I'd love to see someone make a video where they kill with just melee.

[@Flipstar117]

You made that look so easy. I was stuck at this stage for about an hour.

[@spursblood1]

The first time I played Bassus, it took me a day or two to beat him. However combing the dig site map, there are some decent weapons hidden. I held a gravity hammer in reserve, three or four strikes and Bassus was done.

[@JoeMama-qu8xu]

I beat him yesterday on normal and it took me three tries. Idk but I’m pretty impressed with myself

[@Sonicsion]

I like the pulse carbine/tank gun route. Works well and it amusing

[@TheXAllosaurus]

1:07 That's some of the most hilarious death ever

[@koolerpure]

that made it look like he was on easy mode wtf lol. i think i skipped him as boss fight in my laso run but if somehow i loop back to it this is gonna be my go to

[@codyapplegate2863]

Dude was 0.5 seconds away from space jammed, nice

[@elliotforan5485]

lol this is so funny to me. I killed him first try with the arcane and realized later that it was supposed to be a hard boss. The first boss you meet is easily the hardest, took me like half an hour just for him 😢

[@dillpickle987]

Just outside of the building you fight him in there's one of those large storage crates with a rocket launcher and a minigun or two. I carried up two miniguns to his boss room, started the fight, and turned him into swiss cheese. I love the open-ended nature of Halo fights.

[@gerardo1210gm]

I fought him with a plasma pistol needler combo. Took a couple deaths to figure it out, i walked in with very little resources lol

[@darksteel5212]

Theres no chance on legendary laso using those as that isnt enough damage to even break his shields

[@murray930]

@@darksteel5212 eh possibly break his shield with the plasma pistol. From the then on, you're fucked.

[@ephie4351]

this was honestly my favorite boss fight

[@Omashu2425]

This guy: Bassus not so tough, I think.

[@SamHarris-rs2ey]

I played on heroic my first play through and for almost eve boss fight I was good to go/had good gear. The bassus boss fight threw me off though since I wasn’t expecting it. I was super underprepared for that fight lol

[@senatuspopulusqueromanus3011]

I see you too play with your settings on “laggy AF”… Man of culture.

[@jatbird855]

Bassus feels like fight a super mutant from fallout 3/new Vegas

[@valiatus6719]

Damn that forerunner tech.

[@madmonty4761]

This is a were is your honor moment

[@jonlew2659]

I like how he instinctively started teabagging after Bassus was killed

[@NervousCatLicks]

Jesus that Arcane Sentinal Beam rips!

[@daodude5515]

The T-bagging at the end 😆

[@TheEndDimension]

When I fought bassus on normal, it took me a little bit over 10 times, and the final attempt I got so lucky you'd think I found a baby pink sheep in minecraft. I somehow lured him into fusion coils and he lunged at them and then exploded. That left him with a sliver to health, so I took out a good dps precision weapon, and he died, and I was so annoyed that it took me almost 20 minutes I had to stop playing for the day.

[@Killjoy4106]

The teabags love it

[@thediam0nddrag0n78]

Everyone falls to the Arcane Sentinal Beam eventually

[@SuperZombiepimp]

Nothing in this game was super hard but I’ve been playing halo for 20 years the grappling hook is just so op in terms of moment speed like this guy I use it when they charge to set up a kill shot on brutes and when outside I use the high ground to kill them

[@ThatManiacbucket]

How master chief would ACTUALLY do against the banished

[@Jord2123]

On legendary I just cheesed him with the fusion coils

[@violet4983]

[Roars] *Freeze* Spartans not. *Freeze* so tough I *Freeze* Think. *Freeze* Chief: Wtf si going on

[@SameBasicRiff]

The "Melt-in-all" beam.

[@thelvadama2178]

He is fast af and every time I was turning my back he jumpacared me and I got bonked into the space

[@Looniverse1]

When playing on Legendary you really have to fight smarter, not harder. So I just piled up a bunch of fusion coils and lured him in then BOOM! And finished him off with the good ole SPNKr!

[@justinl8791]

I heard how tough he was, so I came prepared. Ravager plus the Rushdown Hammer, which I got from a dead chieftain that I didn't kill from an underground section way before I unlock it for some reason. Granted it was on Heroic & I took a few tries but it was fucking satisfying killing him with his own weapon of choice.

[@aarushshrivastava2822]

Guy’s shields just evaporated

[@itsmike2736]

Bruh, i had a mini panic attack everytime i heard him approach while i was running

[@milkmonstrosity]

Did anyone else manage to get this bossfight without the cutscene? I was playing on Legendary recently and used Grappling Hook momentum to fly at the terminal at Mach 5, only to see dialogue from Bassus yelling "No!" as he suddenly appeared from the hallway on the other side of the room. There weren't any bugs with the fight and everything progressed normally, so it seemed either like a random event or a failsafe if you move too fast.

[@jamesdaviesanswers8751]

That thing is crazy

[@danidonaldson2584]

I went into this fight for the first time fully believing that it was gonna be the toughest fight ever because of all the videos and stories. And then I fully owned his a** with my SPNKR and gravity hammer.

[@forrunnerninetyeight4420]

I luckily picked one of these up on my first play through

[@thatsblue3023]

anyone else have fun ways to destroy bassus with ?

[@Ambu557]

bassus has lowkey the best stinkers in all of halo

[@andyhaldeman5304]

Duelist energy sword

[@thatsblue3023]

@@andyhaldeman5304 ill try that nice

[@Matthew69ing-chipmunks]

Can never go wrong with the tank gun

[@nazr3867]

Fusion coil stack

[@erikalagrimas2872]

Me who put a bunch of explosives under his spawn and insta killed him "You still have a lot to learn, cheap tactics are always the way"

[@blacklight2888]

Rough fight. After having such a hard time on heroic, I my legendary run I just stacked up every explosive coil I could find where he spawns and nuked him the moment the fight started

[@DavidInSomnia]

The worst part about this boss is not the dying a million times, it's the respawn time. It was like 2 minutes between each death.

[@Zenek7274]

When I started this fight I had a needler with max ammo and a skewer with 7 shots. Supercombines did as much as 3 skewer shots and stunned him. Skewer did tons of damage. I beat him on Legendary on my 2nd try and I’m so happy I did

[@killathraxx3036]

On legendary I just grappled the ceiling and landed on top of the door frame right behind you. Compete accident of course but Bassus couldn't hit me at all and just paced back and forth 😂

[@rickymartinez8054]

Fighting this boss I turned into Spiderman in the room below as I kept swinging with grapple for my life and used my battle rifle and plasma rifle to slowly chip away his health. Of course after dumping all my grenades at him.

[@ceciliavaldez843]

At the end, it looked like the family guy death pose 💀

[@homicidewiggles6236]

Legendary.. half BR mag.. empty needler.. 3 berserkers nonstop chasing me to skull fuck me.. I gave myself a concussion from constantly bashing my head with the controller.

[@LesangdesdieuX]

I actually thought he was really easy to kill because of the grap you can evade all of his strikes and fly around to the other side of the structure and wait for him to arrive screaming and fly above him again endlessly like a mosquito

[@the_weird_human_creature]

Careful, you want to make sure he crispy on the outside not burnt, you don’t want to ruin the flavor of a bassus burger

[@dis_nerd4040]

How does everyone keep getting a cut scene with him all I got was him shouting ENOUGH! and then I turned around to see a boss with a grav hammer

[@xxJmanxx1]

The first time I fought this a hole I was struggling with it so hard until I grappled the top of the doorway and accidentally found it I could cheese it just by sitting up there.

[@TheJuggerClutch]

on my first play-through, he killed me like 5-10 times, tried it with this thing but blew up the explosive to the left as soon as he went past it, and legit killed him in like 30 seconds or less. I was stunned af/thought I found an exploit or something lmao

[@eliantalboe-5418]

Bosses difficulty drop down a lot when you have a shield stripper

[@lordsquidleton]

i brought a group of marines all with the arcane sentinel beam with me for it on LASO and it was about 30 seconds long, you can see them shoot the beam during the cutscene when Bassus picks you up and its hilarious

[@cjsmith6535]

If you just jump back and forth from the barrier that’s to the right once the boss fight starts he’ll run around back and forth and once he’s up to you just jump back over I finished it first try on legendary like that, just for anyone that’s having trouble with him!👍🏽

[@Grant5321]

I haven’t played the campaign yet, I’ve only watched a let’s play. When you get special weapons are you able to get them later or do you have to keep it the entire time?

[@mikediglio8061]

Once you unlock a special weapon variant (by killing a high value target) it becomes available for loadout at any of your bases

[@mothbum5580]

“Bassus falls to all things.”

[@GRWLNGTGR]

do you know how to beat the hunters on silent auditorium? im really struggling

[@hariharaniyer66]

Not sure about easiest, but the most fun option for me is the Rushdown hammer in a cave under the excavation site. Speed boost and a good old crazy ape v crazy ape hammer brawl. Monkey smash? Well chief smash too big monkey!!!

[@TheChungassSupreme]

I just fought Bassus today carried one of the scrap cannons all the way there. Fun fact, when fully spun up, the scrap cannon will stagger on every shot. I stunlocked him into a corner, and it was over in about 5 seconds.

[@joemartinez4884]

First time I died almost instantly, so the second time I took one of the brute machine guns (inside of one of those single room shelter thingies near the gravity portal) and somehow cornered him with the box that's behind you at the beginning, killed him in like 10 seconds

[@astrosuperkoala1]

i've heard complaints about how hyperius and tovarus are stupid hard, I did it on heroic and like how you cornered bassus, I pinned them both to a wall with hyperius' chopper and melted them in about 5 seconds each

[@brazengo6763]

Holy shit those frames

[@MartyCart]

I also got a ghost in there for giggles and that works very well too haha.

[@uraniumjoe]

Nicely done. Legendary? Also, your teabagging needs training - let me help you. Don't spaz out like an over-excited kernel in the popcorn kettle; rather, flow. Feel. Savor every dunking, like steady, drawn-out sips from a frothy coconut smoothie. Your fallen enemies, even Bassus, will appreciate the care you put into it.

[@gian-paolocassarino]

Fantastic, that beams just OP I used it also hahah shhhhh

[@TheNinjaman16]

I respect the tea-bags

[@spartankilo215]

I had a skewer and SPNKr both with 1 rounds when I ran into him on my legendary run. I wasnt expecting it and I paid the price for several hours

[@JackJonValois]

Didn't know you could even refill the sentinel beam

[@hundio88]

Needler saved my ass on every boss!

[@adamharris-batt6333]

this is exactly what I did first time around on Heroic. Luckily I just happened to have the sentinel when the cutscene started so ez clap

[@G1antPurpleHipp0]

Mfw the fight ends in pretty much the exact spot where the video began

[@JaySteve20]

There is a ledge above every door. You can grapple and stand on the ledge. Bassus cant hit you. If he hides jump down and grapple to another ledge, sometimes you can grapple from ledge to ledge. This is the easiest most assured way to beat him.

[@MrUltimaPro]

Can't believe everyone wussed out and had to get all the upgrade before completing the game .....solid legendary I'd completely legendary with about 6 Spartan cores

[@weak1ings]

I wasn't sure if this was the Doom Slayer or Master Chief for a solid 30 seconds lol