The ULTIMATE Halo Helmet Tier List

Today, we're ranking EVERY SINGLE HALO HELMET from Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo: Reach, Halo CE:A, Halo 4, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Halo Infinite!
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Rasha
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PRIMORDIALS:
Beefast
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TAGSTER
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Sean Gillen
Flirty Imp
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro and The Rules
1:22 - Halo CE
2:12 - Halo 2 / Halo 2: Anniversary
7:09 - Halo 3 (Vanilla)
11:52 - Halo 3 (MCC)
16:37 - Halo: Reach
24:54 - Halo 4
37:24 - Halo 5: Guardians
52:16 - Halo Infinite (GEN3 / MK.VII)
59:34 - Halo Infinite (Yoroi)
1:01:18 - Halo Infinite (Rakshasa)
1:05:20 - Halo Infinite (Eaglestrike)
1:07:16 - Final Results and Outro
►►Thanks for watching guys!
#HaloArmor #HaloTierList #Halo #mcc #masterchiefcollection

[@coltthemac962]

Now I want a Spartan knee pad tier list!

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

That is the ultimate content.

[@gyrozeppeli4862]

Imagine Gungnir just goes auto F tier

[@OfficialPersona]

I’m sure he’ll make one in due time.

[@desuk_halo]

I second this

[@CyberCripX]

FJ/PARA S+ all day

[@arctictthew7464]

can’t wait for the ultimate left shoulder tier list

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

I love the 'Seeker' tier. Utter perfection.

[@RedTHedge]

Haha your 69th like

[@daedalus6433]

@@RedTHedge Reality is often disappointing.

[@Banooner]

Thank you for including elite helmets. I still don’t get 343’s obsession with “it’s a spartan story.” It makes the universe feel smaller than it really is.

[@Banooner]

Of course, excluding chunky elites though. Forgot to mention that.

[@xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme7]

Halo: Reach was a Spartan Story, and we played as Elites in Multiplayer there. 343's argument is even weaker when you realize Spartans and Elites do dual-training simulations together quite often in the Halo Infinite Era. Halo Reach just had the excuse of "its not canon"

[@Banooner]

@@xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme7 Reach was a spartan story, yes. BUT, Bungie didn’t have an obsession over it. Only CE, ODST, and Reach come to mind for spartan stories. And CE was their first game, so the story had to be simple, black and white. ODST and Reach were right to be smaller scale spartan stories as well. They were spin-off games for lack of a better term.

[@cralo2569]

it's almost like they're afraid of making elite armor because they don't have a good grip on that kind of style. remember halo 4-5 elite armor? maybe they're just putting their work-force on things they know will come out at least decent

[@Banooner]

@@cralo2569 Halo 4/5’s armor is no where near anything at least decent lol.

[@EthanRom]

For those who don’t know a lo of Halo 4 and 5’s armors were outsourced to another studio hence why they look like that. The artists there had a portfolio full of warframe looking designs

[@mozuesolympian2988]

To lazy to even make their own shitty armor

[@Yamaazaka]

And all of them garbage lol

[@deifiedtitan]

Terrible decision by whoever made that call.

[@EthanRom]

@@deifiedtitan True, it’s typical 343 behavior. Outsource overflow work. That’s why Certain Affinity is working on Infinite

[@LordSoundWave]

@@Yamaazaka warrior is nice

[@Brutmed1]

I think Mark VII is the best new helmet they have brought in. It’s so simple yet so cool

[@chiliboy06]

My personal favorites are Mark VII and Infinite's ODST. Say what you will about Infinite's customization, you can't deny the style for classic helmets is perfection. Edit: I forgot about the H2A cutscenes. I would kill for a game where the in-engine visuals look like those cutscenes.

[@robertbetschman9499]

The customization options themselves are great, but the micro transactions ruin the experience.

[@JC-hl7wt]

I hate the Infinite ODST, looks nothing like the original.

[@thunderslug1066]

@@JC-hl7wt fattest L take I've seen in a whil

[@yourcomradepal978]

@@thunderslug1066 would you rather have halo reach ODST or infinite? the infinite one look off

[@Slender_Man_186]

@@thunderslug1066 he’s right tho, for some reason the Mk V version looks like it has no chin, and the Mk VII Firefall version just doesn’t look like ODST.

[@shekelgangiv3411]

Elites really were at their peak in halo 2, we played as them in campaign and multiplayer, they were absolutely beautiful looking, had great combat armour and ornate honour guards and councillors. Sure halo 3 let you customise them, but the armour doesn’t come close, plus they look weird and hunched over in 3.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Their armor design was peak in Halo Reach. I cant stand the overly-simplistic Power Rangers shit in H:CE and Halo Infinite brought back because of the terminal Nostalgia Plague wafting through the Community.

[@Lumavah]

I liked the leg armor from 2, but I prefer Halo Reach's Elites.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@EggEnjoyer CE is older than Reach, so your point doesn’t make sense. People like the boring overly simple Elite armor design just because it’s nostalgic. I like Halo Reach Elite armor because it’s Ornate and detailed and looks how advanced equipment should.

[@RosheenQuynh]

Finally, someone who gets why Halo 3 Elites are bleh lol

[@RosheenQuynh]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 Or maybe we just like the sleeker design? And I don't remember Reach Elite armor having shield lights... Nostalgia has nothing to do with it. I like Reach armor, too. But they aren't as sleek looking (but definitely better than Halo 3).

[@Esponea_482]

In Seeker we trust

[@Benobot99]

For me, EOD, Emile's helmet, Hayabusa, ODST, Mark V, and Mark VI are favourites.

[@jackstefan8639]

Ah a mark 7 enjoyer truly a man of culture

[@Benobot99]

@@jackstefan8639 I typed Mark 5 and Mark 6, haha.

[@Mister_RandomGuychannel]

I love mister cheif, eod, that halo 3 football helmet, odst and emile

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

I adore Reach's Elite designs, they look like what you'd imagine Elites would wear in frontline combat instead of their more sleek but less strong gear from the trilogy. I especially love the flavor text being taken from the Writ of Union, that was such an inspired idea that makes even the Minors feel hype

[@GTAVictor9128]

Halo 3 Rogue is my favourite helmet of all time - I just love how bold, sleek and intimidating it looks. It fits very well with flaming head too.

[@volt42re]

Congratulations you won a good opinion👆👆👆👆

[@racheljones5157]

That my rogue ❤

[@TCRP117]

You have no idea how populated my Seeker tier would be. Woof to so much of 343's art direction.

[@robofin117]

For the Halo 4 Ranger helmet, I think it's giving a Stormtrooper helmet feel. That's probably what is being appealing there.

[@griffingower1883]

Ranger kinda reminds me of Carver's Special Forces RIG Helmet from Dead Space 3.

[@TheChristianChimp]

I think the EOD helmet from 4 looks more like a stormtrooper.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

When I think of Halo helmets I love the most, I always think about the Hayabusa helmet first

[@jackstefan8639]

How are you everywhere😂

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

My favorite armors are Prelate and Hellcat from Halo 4 because of the deep connections they have to Ancient Humans (officially called the Anscestors now) and Forerunner Armor.

[@IceSki117]

As an EVA wearer I prefer the nickname Chromedome since I always go for gray, silver, or slate visors when available.

[@imperialguardproductions]

For me, when wearing EVA (C) Emile's helmet, always stick with a black visor

[@point8dirtbag14]

I was actually really hoping to see operator, security and pilot helmets make a comeback for the reach cores on infinite

[@TheBanisher24]

Keeping my hopes up too

[@Rekseri]

EOD too

[@moosebedroommusic]

Pilot/security in infinite now!

[@danielarellano9172]

One of my favorite helmets, which I hope it returns in Infinte, is Warrior, one of 343’s best designs imo

[@grantlauzon5237]

In would look cool in Gen 3.

[@imbeast90]

Dude I remember the pure joy I felt when I finally unlocked the ashtetic elite helmet in h3. I will always remember. U had to get an overkill with the energy sword on the pit and I just remember trying again and again to control the sword spawn. Good times man

[@myrb2622]

Wonderful tier list. But damn did it really make me realize something. I remember the names of Halo 4 armor and what they looked like really well. But I didn't even realize Infinite had so many helmets because so much of it is store purchases and I don't see anyone wearing them. Which is a shame, almost all of them are solid. Like Halo 4's helmets are so much uglier, but I at least saw a large variety of helmets in matchmaking to the point I remember them surprisingly well.

[@jamesashcroft8170]

It's telling that the ones I remember from Infinite (other than basic ones like "Mark 7") are named ones in the store Firefall, Brodie, the one that looks like a stalhelm... Oh wait, I've already run out

[@cadettrev762]

I still haven’t seen a single person run any of the in store helmets that were in the game on launch

[@tomsmithred]

The use of Full Metal Jackets drill sergeant throughout the list had me dying of laughter everytime

[@but_whyTho]

Pretty dang cool, the commitment to some of these videos is nuts.

[@assassin67904]

Void Dancer is one of my favorites in Halo 5 because it looks similar to Gypsy Danger in Pacific Rim

[@ebombbomb6718]

I agreed with mostly everything within reason but the halo reach elites deserve a hefty amount of praise. Their art style was meant to look large and intimidating instead of sleek and ceremonial. They are scary and I personally think zealot, ultra, spec ops, and minor are all S tier. Edit: grammar

[@Hello-vx2ol]

ye i couldnt take his reach elite rating seriously

[@Wernissage]

The placement of Halo 4's EOD was BRUTAL:'(

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

It goes without saying, but have you seen the announcement of a new Halo Novel by Kelly Gay, "Halo: Epitaph"? It has the Didact's armored face on it. My expectations? This isnt another Forerunner-Era book, but rather because 343 has been developing content at a crawls pace, they told Kelly Gay to make a book depicting the official return of the Didact, with the book setting up his return, the Endless Return, and Offensive Bias's Return in a DLC probably finished decades from now. The sci-fi Sauron is back.

[@josephcasper8803]

He was there I do believe

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@josephcasper8803 Will he make a video about it?

[@josephcasper8803]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 idk

[@superjesse645]

As someone who loves Eaglestrike as a history buff, seeing Brodie and M199X get locked behind the paywall is an absolute nerve-puller.

[@MobiusTrigger7]

I love that in infinite the helmets all have visors (cuz we kinda forced them) but then the attachments cover the visor for no reason just cuz 343 has a ego on their creations 😂😂😂. Idk what’s up with the giant orange box for a view hole they give them

[@Jedi_Spartan_38]

14:47 The main thing I like about that helmet is that it's named after the Didact and Librarian's planet from the Forerunner Saga.

[@lytatroan]

I really wanna see an updated version of this with the new armors and stuff

[@MrGalzraVoid]

42:58 I legit like hellcat for the lore. Was the armor I always wore, never saw anyone else wear it in all my matches. I'd enjoy it's return

[@westsideisdabest7825]

Ahhh man, Halo 3 just had such a good aesethic. Rogue, Katana body kit and Security shoulders in white and cyan was my look.

[@bonegrave4963]

Idea: Do a Halo characters smash or pass tier list.

[@legendarymasterchief7620]

Now what you *really* need to do is a tier list of Wernissage’s renditions!

[@Wernissage]

I support this!

[@allthingshalo9388]

Halo Infinite did bring back that amazing Halo ascetic! Great video, man!

[@kodredcud]

Top of S+ tier for me is Blur's H2A Chief helmet.. it's just everything I love about H2's, just with better.. everything lol

[@Scoutrider127]

the love for Scout helmets in this list makes me happy :)

[@tTaseric]

I never really got behind Gen 1 Mark 6 specifically because of his armour texture in Halo 2 Anniversary, but the idea that it looks line stone as if Chief is literally like a titan or something makes me appreciate it a bit more. I'm still a Mark 6 MOD stan though. That helmet is just beautiful.

[@piratesaddict]

It absolutely killed my soul when somehow the Halo 3 Scout Helmet which looks like a partially opened pistachio was ranked above not only the Halo 4 Scout helmet, but Jun’s helmet? Differences aside though, love the long format video

[@nanmwahrki1263]

This was an impressive feat! You have been putting in a ton of work in these tier lists

[@bebo76338]

Of all your Halo Tier lists, Xperia - this one's by far my favorite! ❤

[@Bangster8979]

49:16 That's an S++ tier helmet

[@RoastyBunz]

"Hayabusa, its just not what ya used ta" that fucking reference was golden

[@ThealmightyMatt]

Quickest way to get drunk: take a shot every time HiddenXperia says "iconic"

[@oki3919]

I love you so much, even though halo isn't in the best spot at the moment, you manage to always bring me back to my childhood halo feeling when I watch your videos

[@RosheenQuynh]

Wholesome comment! 😁

[@TheRealFrozenFire]

All I need is Reach Commando in S+ and I'm satisfied. Edit: heck. Regular S is good enough I guess.

[@clankaplum]

The Mark VI multiplayer helmet is like what I would draw trying to draw Master Chief from a memory after not seeing it for like a month.

[@MrNecterPlays]

the new vegas reference for the legion helmet at 45:20 made me happy thanks for the longer video man

[@jackgunnill7836]

Love Hidden for lore and other stuff but good god this man's aesthetic opinions wound me XD

[@cortd5273]

It would have been cool to see the alternate universe armors from the MCC.

[@alixas_the_computer]

19:33 i found this thing on reddit and this is it here its about if the haunted helm is cannon You're a jackal patrolling a covenant controlled world weeks of travel behind the front lines. You're bored out of your mind and on your way back to base. It's you, two other jackals who are on rear guard, a skirmisher on point, and an Elite and handful of Grunts in the middle with you. Suddenly the patrol freezes. There scent of blood is heavy in the air. You look back, your own blood freezing in your veins, and see that both members of the rear guard are down. The Elite in the patrol starts barking orders, but don't listen. You're eyes are darting back and forth looking through the trees for what ever just killed the other two. A muted gunshot rings out and the Skirmisher howls out, going down as a round tears through his chest. Before you can even wheel around to look at him a blurred shape shoots past you, crashing into the elite patrol leader and sending him sprawling backwards onto the ground. You stumble back, falling yourself. The grunts throw up their hands and scream in terror as they dart off. Your chest is thundering as you look where the elite had once stood. In his place is the wavering outline of what looks like a human soldier with some sort of low grade active camo wavering in and out. You snatch your plasma pistol up from the ground and go to level it on the attacker. Then, you freeze as it looks at you. You don't see the gold visor of the demons or the imps, or the squishy pink face of one of their "marines". What is looking back at you appears to be just a skull in a helmet. A monster. The black pits where it's eyes should be are focused on you for what feels like minutes. The elite roars out snatching the hilt of his sword from it's belt. The human monster responds by simply raising a pistol with a long black cylinder of sorts sticking out from the front and fires a single round into the skull of the elite. The monster stands, stares at you a moment more, then fades back into the woods. end of story

[@Ky-Nas]

Hearing Xperia talk about the Halo 2 elites being the best design in the series feels really validating tbh. Certified "THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN!" moment

[@Blue-Gold_Crusader]

My friend, you and I disagree greatly on how we'd rank a lot of these helmets; but we also seem to have very differing flavors in armor construction.

[@MrLemondog]

I don’t really know why, but Chief’s Halo 4 armor has always been my favorite design of his armor. Something about it just clicks with me

[@epicdude3659]

Fun fact: Mark 7 in Halo Infinite was meant to be the default helmet for the Mark 7 armour core. You can tell this because the helmet *is just called fucking MARK 7*

[@JuanGomez-bs6ue]

Halo Wars MK lV is just beautiful The Mark lV is probably my favorite Sci-fi helmet ever, just besides the Clone trooper helmets both Phase 1 and 2.

[@bentuovila5296]

same, the mk4 is perfect

[@JayPlusForerunner]

Finally! I've been waiting for someone to make a tier list like this!

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

Seeker helmet has got to be S tier. Peak helmet design right there, Better than all of infinite's helmets.

[@HaloGrunt15]

You hurt my soul with how you ranked some of these helmets.

[@YaBoySieg]

"What the F&$K is that!?" -S-Tier response to all of those armors

[@mrflipflops252]

I wanna hear your guys fav helmets. Mine personally was the gungnir torch variation

[@pancakedoggy]

Mine is CQB Reach with the flashlight attachment, CQB is goated

[@mrflipflops252]

@@pancakedoggy I love the reach helmets there just perfect

[@johnb7627]

@@mrflipflops252 completely agree Reach did everything right 🤝👍

[@juanhubbard4077]

The Mark VI-V aesthethic it's just so beautiful

[@mrflipflops252]

@@juanhubbard4077 respect 🤝

[@_Red-Wolf_]

I didn't expect the military police helmet from reach to be ranked so low I think it's one of the best helmets in reach if not all of halo

[@just_a_dish5230]

I agree, the solider helmet looks like a near sci-fi-helmet for me it looks like something that could actually be a realistic supersoldier-helmet 100 years from now

[@epicdude3659]

I remember first seeing Mark 7 and thinking "cool, armour that I won't feel bad about being stuck with when I find out that the only way to obtain more armour is to play online." Then they changed it and as far as I know it was never mentioned that it was changed so that the cava-whatever the fuck helmet being the default.

[@bradenwhitlock6081]

I'm sorry Luc, but you've lost my respect, I can't stand for this Reach Hazop slander 😔

[@Cynder2251]

The fotus helmet will forever be my favorite helmet in all of halo.

[@KnightofLondor]

invalid

[@Asher_Sharp_]

Halo 4 Ranger looks like a robot version of a teddy bear

[@Eno_4815]

Cool little attention to detail that you used the soundtrack from each game as background sound when you reviewed that game's helmets.

[@easaztec2237]

8:10 I must disagree with you on this one EOD from Halo 3 D tier EOD from Reach S+ tier🔥

[@mcupoplover8848]

carter's commando helmet for me is easily S+ tier and is my second favorite helmet in the entire series besides chief's helmets

[@Waffles178]

Admittedly i only started playing halo in 2017 with Reach but i feel like i never saw anyone but myself use the JFO helmet, glad to see it got some love in this tier list. Also now rank the full armour sets

[@m0urn1ng5tar5]

That jab at 343 for playable elites was nice. Well deserved at this point.

[@Dclerkin17]

Blow me away in the background at the end… you have my respect

[@Lavenderlore1043]

Great video!! Though you did leave out many of the additions to MCC. I know the Fractures stuff isn't canon, but so many of those are unique and have lore from their own universes written about them.

[@theonewhoplays3819]

I haven’t taken the Mark V Zeta helmet off since it came out. It’s so perfect.

[@thejjolli]

Rayu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaeden. Made me laugh. Great video as always. :)

[@NestorKYAT]

I say this video will need to be revisited at some point when even more halo infinite helmets are out

[@jadedsilverlining9427]

I'd like to see a helmet that has the same shark face decal that we often see on the A10 Thunderbolt/Warthog on it. I feel like that would be really cool

[@alexd3081]

actually made me crack up with the sound bites lmao

[@THEDR0NEZ0NE]

Xperia: "when i first saw this helmet- Me: "you were blinded by its majesty?"

[@marzeloperas]

8:30 God, I loved that song

[@FoxyGrandpa1]

Achilles in B-Tier? I'm surprised. I'd put it up there in High A or Bottom S for sure

[@BarretStout]

I actually really like the MP/Army helmet from Reach. Separately in my mind from the Halo 3 Marines.

[@potunia3811]

I've been waiting for SO LONG to see someone do this lmao

[@SpartanBrix]

Putting Soldier in S and Trailblazer in D is quite possibly the wildest thing I have ever seen on a tier list.

[@Iamaboss02]

Surprised you haven't done a halo weapon tier list that would be awesome

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

I actually really liked Aviator. It reminds me of the fond days I used to play paintball. Those were good times, so I spent a lot of time with either the Aviator, Warrior, or Soldier helmets.

[@jonathanbragg14]

Great list, I absolutely love the Morrigan helmet omg so nice!

[@paulmaloney4387]

Iconic video I've been rocking the Anubis in Infinite - cannot wait for Crosscore because I want to throw it on my Rakshasa core

[@nizzleprizzle9783]

I’d like to tell you, I loved this video! 🎃 Thank you for some high quality hour+ of positive halo content!! I appreciate your grind and I hope nothing but the best for you and this Channel in the future! 🎉

[@wm-j1344]

I’d love to see a vehicle tier list or weapons tier list

[@ITSSIRWAN86]

Awesome Video 😍🤘🏻

[@austin62halo]

I love how you and the actman both used the “What the fuck is that” meme

[@Chivvs]

I didn't see Halo 5's Deadeye on the list unless I missed it? That helmet I almost wore the entire time I played Halo 5. That and the Reaper Mortician armor were the first two armor pieces I got and never looked back!

[@Dominosmmmm]

I'm glad you did the H3 Scout some justice so underrated.

[@liammurphy8221]

36:32 my biggest criticism of halo 4's helmets were that they looked way to similar to dead space's art style, I'm happy you memtioned it at least once

[@At0zB0mb.]

Amazing video ! Love it

[@robertbetschman9499]

2 bionicle mentions in 1 video. Today is a glorious day.

[@HiddenXperia]

🤝

[@Joe-pn3xv]

Love these tier rank videos!

[@HM3Fiend]

Mark IV is my all time favorite Armor for Spartans