Halo

Purchase Information
In-Game Cost	10,000 or 5,000
Real Value	$40
Exp Level	20
Type
Hardpoint	Light
Tier	III

Base Statistics		Attributes
Level	1	Energy
Damage	2,250 per energy round	Manual
Range	500 meters	Automatic
Reload	9 seconds	RWF
Capacity	5 energy rounds	Root
Unload	1.5 seconds

Workshop Production Information
1 Day Cost	3 Day Cost
140,000	460,000
Components	Components
80	230

Introduction

The Halo is a close to mid-range (up to 500 meters, with a 100-meter optimal range) light energy weapon.

Strategy

This energy shotgun is the light version of the medium Corona and heavy Glory.

The Halo could be seen as an upgraded yet slightly different Gust, however, each projectile adds to an enemy's root (lock down) threshold "bar". This means the higher the Halo's level the more effective it is at locking down opponents. Users should note that if the projectiles from any root shotgun (also Corona and Glory) don't hit the enemy previously fired at for a second or longer, its root threshold bar will slowly drain.

The Halo has decent damage potential, and the ability to bypass energy shielding, making it very effective against Dash robots. Due to the large horizontal energy arc, it is possible (but to a lesser effect than the Corona or Glory) to immobilize multiple targets in one shot at a significant range. This weapon can also very effective against stealth robots such as the Stalker; thanks to bullet spread.

The key difference between the Halo, Corona, and Glory, when compared to the Shredder and Pulsar, is that the latter two are precision weapons and usually can only immobilize one enemy robot at a time, while the Halo, Corona, and Glory can immobilize several enemies at once.

The Halo, Corona and Glory's immobilization ability has several important uses. In addition to immobilizing enemy robots for you and your teammates to destroy, they can also stop beacon cappers dead in their tracks, giving your team more time to capture vital beacons and gain control of a match. This is especially useful in the game mode Beacon Rush where beacons are extremely important. Finally, if you are low on health and are being pursued by an enemy robot, the ability to root to the ground for a few seconds can allow you to retreat behind cover so that when they do attack, you are ready to counterattack and hopefully have teammates to help you out.

Like all shotguns, it has the weakness of dealing very little damage from its maximum range. This is due to the spread of the projectiles allowing only a small percentage of them to hit the target. Energy shotguns have an even larger shot spread when compared to their kinetic counterparts. This means they require the player to get extremely close to deal their maximum amount of damage.

The kinetic shotguns (Gust, Storm, and Thunder) have great synergy with the Halo as they have the same range and similar firing mechanics. Pairing with strong burst fire weapons such as the Pinata, Orkan or Exodus, can allow you to quickly eliminate rooted enemies, with splash damage having a great effect on closely packed and immobilized enemies. Lastly, using strong energy weapons such as the Magnum, Taran, or Redeemer, can make full use of the Halo's energy based damage.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Quick rate-of-fire
• Energy-based projectiles allows gun to bypass energy shielding
• Shots catch on Aegis shields, depleting them quickly
• Can lock-down enemies
• Huge damage at close range (300 meters or less)
• Reload-while-firing

Cons

• Bullet spread prevents weapon from reaching maximum damage capacity at range (though could be worse)
• Only mediocre damage at 300m-500m 
• Does not have capability to lock an enemy down in one clip
• Ineffective against physical shields
• Takes a while to reload to full charges

Mark I Statistics

Purchase Information

Level	Cost	Damage	Burst Damage	Burst DPS	Continuous DPS
1	10,000 / 5,000	2250	11250	7500	1250

Upgrade Information

Level	Cost	Time	Damage	Burst Damage	Burst DPS	Continuous DPS
2	100,000	1 hour 30 minutes	2500	12500	8333	1389
3	200,000	2 hours 30 minutes	2700	13500	9000	1500
4	400,000	6 hours	3000	15000	10000	1667
5	2,000,000	12 hours	3300	16500	11000	1833
6	3,000,000	20 hours	3600	18000	12000	2000
7	4,000,000	1 day 12 hours	4000	20000	13333	2222
8	8,000,000	2 days 12 hours	4400	22000	14667	2444
9	13,000,000	3 days	4800	24000	16000	2667
10	25,000,000	3 days 8 hours	5300	26500	17667	2944
11	35,000,000	3 days 18 hours	5850	29250	19500	3250
12	45,000,000	4 days	6400	32000	21333	3556

• This damage column shows the damage from all 10 particles (combined) fired from each energy round (out of 5 energy rounds)

Mark II Statistics

Purchase Information

Level	Cost	Damage	Burst Damage	Burst DPS	Continuous DPS
1	500	6400	32000	21333	3556

Note: Level 12 Mark I is required to enhance (purchase) to Mark II.

Upgrade Information

Level	Cost	Time	Damage	Burst Damage	Burst DPS	Continuous DPS
2	1,000,000	12 hours	6500	32500	21667	3611
3	2,000,000	1 day	6650	33250	22167	3694
4	4,000,000	1 day 12 hours	6750	33750	22500	3750
5	16,000,000	2 days	6900	34500	23000	3833
6	16,000,000	2 days	7000	35000	23333	3889
7	16,000,000	2 days	7100	35500	23667	3944
8	16,000,000	2 days	7200	36000	24000	4000
9	16,000,000	2 days	7350	36750	24500	4083
10	16,000,000	2 days	7450	37250	24833	4139
11	16,000,000	2 days	7550	37750	25167	4194
12	16,000,000	2 days	7650	38250	25500	4250

• This damage column shows the damage from all 10 particles (combined) fired from each energy round (out of 5 energy rounds)

Effect Accumulation %

The higher the percentage the more effective the weapon's projectiles are at accumulating the root effect (allows the weapon to bypass an enemy's root threshold faster).

Note: Mark II levels 1-12 does not increase accumulation values (Mark I level 12 is the highest accumulation possible).

Accuracy By Distance

Below is the average percentage (%) of particles (per energy round) that hit an enemy robot (if aimed directly at) at specific ranges.

Note: The numbers shown are based on an average-sized robot being targeted. Due to this, these percentages can be higher or lower depending on the size of the targeted robot.

Update History

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Trivia

• The Halo has a special variant - Stellar Halo - that was available in the Dark Nebula operation.
• Unlike the normal halo, the Stellar halo fires pitch black energy waves that can be very hard to see if the brightness on your device is too low. It's projectiles explodes into bright blue rays when it hits an object.
• This weapon was added on August 28, 2018.

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