Scorpion VS Laser, BR and DMR

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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I’ve updated the OP with additional information about the Scorpion resistance to BR and DMR

The purpose of this thread is to make sure everyone knows that you CANNOT one shot a standard Scorpion with a standard Laser. I felt i had to make this thread since some people here are spreading incorrect information. “hit it in the center. Not the side, the center. the laser will kill it” one of them said after i asked for video evidence of a Scorpion getting shot and destroyed in it’s WEAK spot by a Spartan Laser. Enjoy.

Spartan Laser Center shots.

Spartan Laser Weak spot shot and side shot.

***Since one of our fellow forum members asked how many DMR and BR shots it takes to kill a Scorpion, i made some tests and i got the following information:

DMR

DMR takes 79 shots to turret for kill.

DMR takes 98-100 shots to side and front for kill.

DMR 64 shots to turret for kill when shot at slanted armor and caused ricochet damage.

DMR takes 34 shots at weakspot(back) to kill.

BR (one shot is an entire burst from one trigger pull)

BR takes 87 shots to turret for kill.

BR takes 87 to 90 shots to side and front for kill.

BR 65 shots to turret for kill when shot at slanted armor and causes ricochet damage.

BR is 34 shots at weakspot(back) to destroy.

So as you can see, BR and DMR shots can ricochet and make the Scorpion take double damage from one single shot. The Scorpion could use a small buff in damage resistance against BR and DMR since just 2 players focusing fire can take it down relatively fast. This test does not take into account the Kinetic Bolts upgrade which increases the damage on vehicles.

These results can vary by a few shots due to the randomness of ricochet shots

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Lol as soon as I saw the title of this thread I laughed. Looks like you proved that guy wrong.

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#rekt
#gamesetmatch
#splaserphysics

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> Lol as soon as I saw the title of this thread I laughed. Looks like you proved that guy wrong.

More than a handful of people in the “What is the point of the Scorpion?” thread seem to adamantly believe that Scorpions get one shot by a Spartan Laser with no proof to show.

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Solid, man. You tell these kids what’s up!

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Was it ever one shot?

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> Was it ever one shot?

Not even in Halo 3 which had the strongest iteration of the Spartan Laser.

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This is why Spartan Laser needs a serious buff. Well done OP

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Lol. Nice one OP. I was soo confused when people were saying the Scorpion was weak. It’s totally not and I don’t see why there’s soo many complaints. The ones complaining about how it’s weak, don’t know how to use it and probably took a bunch of small arms fire before taking a laser shot.

Personally for me, it’s the base Splasor thats not that great against vehicles. As, I can tank a Splasor shot while on a base Ghost. Granted, the vehicle is left on fire and is one shot. But I can’t really find a complaint for it either as the base Splasor is great against Warden and its counterparts are beautiful against everything.

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In H3 you could shoot the cover over the driver and it was a one shot kill, but the scorpion wouldn’t be destroyed. I really miss the H3 laser…was my favorite weapon from any game so far

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Tyrannosaurus Rekt

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Geez that tank needs to be nerfed, way too Op.

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The one from ODSTs single player was really beastly…it could one-shot Wraiths.

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> Was it ever one shot?

Tank was always two shots, banshees on the other hand used to be one and are two now.

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> In H3 you could shoot the cover over the driver and it was a one shot kill, but the scorpion wouldn’t be destroyed. I really miss the H3 laser…was my favorite weapon from any game so far

Same here, loved the Halo 3 Spartan Laser so much.

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Do you know how many dmr or br shots it takes to destroy the scorpion?

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> Do you know how many dmr or br shots it takes to destroy the scorpion?

No idea but it also depends on where the tank is getting shot as well since some areas have higher damage resistance.

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> Do you know how many dmr or br shots it takes to destroy the scorpion?

I updated the OP with how many shots it takes to destroy the Scorpion with DMR and BR. The results are surprising to say the least.

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Thanks. This is very interesting. It always seems like less shots because many are shooting at it. I imagine that is also why some folks thought it was a one shot laser kill.

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Amazing post is amazing! Thank you!!!