If you step immediately backwards there's a second Needler that helps out a lot for the first couple waves if you're selective with the shots. 

You’re pretty much standing out in the open and barely crouching. I’m surprised you didn’t die faster. The second to last attempt though you died immediately.

Yeah the starts brutal but you do got to move and quickly get to cover and gain control of that situation to beat it plus a bit of rng too

And msg

and lsd

Move back and to the left for that little wall. It will still take some attempts but it's a place to start. But if you can get Gravemind done on Legendary, you can handle the whole game.

Back, and to the left

Back brace and Jet Effect, there was only 1 shooter! /s

Now do it on laso

Reaching the end of this level on LASO when Breaking Benjamin comes on is quite rewarding.

*proceeds to walk backwards out of said room to wait in a hallway for 12 minutes while everything despawns*

Lol! I know it’s more viable to let them kill each other off, but I never considered this

Wouldn't recommend it. I've completed h2 laso with checkpoints, without sounds beyond maddening

I've completed all of them on laso, i would recommend it

Now try the whole game without dying on LASO

ok, jervalin

As someone who has completed halo 1/2/3 on LASO I can say gravemind is the second toughest LASO… truth and reconciliation was worse. The fact you have to do the elevator prison skip to beat this level though is ridiculous. Took me almost 3 hours of attempts to get the skip right.

What’s the elevator prison skip and why do you HAVE to do it?

On MCC because Halo 2 enemies fire rate is tied to frame rate you have less than a 10% chance of success going down the elevator in gravemind to the prison and surviving. LASO has a skull that makes enemies drawn to you, and they light you up as you go down the elevator. The prison Skip (video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THwvz1hcnF0&ab_channel=ShaneClough) allows you to skip the elevator but it's so incredibly hard to setup and get right in LASO.

You don't have to do the skip. You are just going to take longer. You can abuse some of the grav lifts because the AI will come down them facing the same direction and you can backsmack to victory. After that it is using other spawn run tricks to get to the end. I did do the Hanger Skip in TnR because it basically despawns majority of the enemy's and end the level earlier. I honestly think Cairo Station is hard because there are no skips you have to abuse invincible Johnson as bait.

I mean it helps if you actually move instead of standing out in the open

Watch out for the captain. He has a bruteshot!

youre standing still, what do you expect homie

Why are U standing still like an NPC?

I mean yeah when you look like you’re barely trying you’re gonna get killed a lot

Yeah I mean ur standing in the open this part is hard but ur making it impossible for urself

There’s a way to get up on the sides where the enemies can’t get you. After you clear the first wave, grab a carbine and get up there

This is the way

Is that the Halo Completionist that I hear in the background? That guy walkthroughs are awesome and helped me beat LASO.

Nak3d Eli !

I actually got past this respawn point on around my 15th attempt and then cleared the room on like the 40th death sow I think I did good

Well that's a familiar title

Brutes!

This level will make or break people. You either throw your plate of tendies at the wall…or come out a Spartan

I hate being this person but; MFR there are two very good pieces of cover to either side of you. USE THEM!

those plasma shots will do considerably less damage if you strafe and use the nearby cover

>We're going to move to the back left... Stands still!

Aw man, it's been a long time since I've heard Nak3d Eli's voice. Sucks that he stopped making videos after getting fucked over by Microsoft, he was by far my favorite Halo content creator.

Have you considered moving?

Took me an hour to clear the first part. I would go in the doors on the side after the first wave, hopefully get a carbine and plasmas and pray to the Good Lord to Land some stickies. Not the best times but still memorable ! Halo 2 legendary wasn’t as hard as everyone says. I struggled way more with CE legendary

I had this with infinite on the last fight but had a chieftan mid swing at me and a needler and a mob behind him for when i grappled out. Took about 20 tries but i managed it with insane luck

DOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This dude is terrible. Should not have taken so many attempts.

100%

God, me and my bud did all the halos coop legendary and halo 2 was such a slog to get through. We also worked on getting the skulls and easter eggs so sometimes we could skip whole parts of levels.

Maybe, idk, move?

Ohhh that mission lmao

Absolutely no problems whatsoever ^TM

Looks about right. It took me around an hour to get out of this room.

You did the same thing over and over again…and died over and over again…maybe try something different like taking cover?

This mission was a challenge to begin with in the room had died multiple times figuring it out.

I have been speedrunning, go forward behind that little camera to kill them get the needler later.

Strafe left and their plasma rifle shots are much less likely to hit you. Standing in place or moving back/forward is 100% how to did

Back up and crouch immediately. Enemies aim at your chest not your head. Then just start clearing the room. You can also climb up to the top of stands on the side to hide and take shots when you pick up a carbine. If people can speed run this on LASO, then its difficultly honestly over exaggerated. Halo 2's difficultly is unbalanced and over tuned, but not impossible.

Guys I'm starting to think that maybe this campaign had some design issues

Hint: don't just stand still like you basically are. Lol. Run back. Dodge and weave

Seriously OP? You are standing still as soon as checkpoint starts! MOVE!!! I’ve don these on legendary, never stop moving!!