i have noticed the shotty is weak its not like the classic halos where a good timing shotty could counter sword. Maybe i need more practice with it
Unless the enemy has already taken damage Iām not even sure the Bulldog even one-hit kills at close range
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Nothing really does anymore. Iāve been in multiple situations where I am shooting and get the shields down then smack them to kill them and because they have a sword it automatically gives them the kill even though my punch connected.
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Yeah the mele registration is so bad at times
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IT canāt. Even point blank itās a 2sk.
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bulldog can 2 shot. but as it stands I have not managed to come close to a one shot. if you are fast and lucky, you can land a good meatshot with it and melee to trade with the sword, but the energy sword is pretty much a set deal once they dash.
I think the best way to describe it is the shotgun is no longer a power weapon.
Itās useless now, and with the radar the way it is now the swordman will be spawned behind you and about to shred you up before you can say āwhat the?ā
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Swords are so obnoxious now. Itās like they tried to make this game as frustrating as possible
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They specifically said they didnāt want the Bulldog to be a power weaponā¦ there was a strong hint the classic shotgun would return in its traditional role in the sandbox in time
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Id love to see it, more shotguns are never a bad thing.
Bulldog is 2 shots.
Weirder still is hammer vs swordā¦ hammer is 2 swings against a sword clash.
The real counter to the Sword is the repulsor now.
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Noticing that sword users seem invincible during the lunge.
You can kill them before but if they lunge at you it doesnāt seem to matter what you do.
Iāve had sword users lunge at me with no shields and Iāve both shot and melee them and they just walk right through it.
Also the Hammer and Sword clash with each other if times right. This happened to me yesterday while playing fiesta and I think we were both in shock at first because, we both just kind stood there for a second after it happened. The sword user then proceeded to kill me.
Iāve gotten quite a few Bulltrues, they arenāt invincible.
A melee isnāt going to work, the sword slice trumps a regular melee.
Came here to say the same thing. Repulsor goes āBoop!ā
No you donāt need practice itās just garbage.
Occasionally you can get the kill with melee, but rarely. I hope they fix that. If someone has the sword they already have the advantage. No need to give them additilnal protection from melee.
Maybe itās just a lag/latency issue on my end then because Iāve had many Bulltrue medals on Halo 5 but rarely, if ever, get them in Infinite.
In general I find I have way more āwhat the F???ā moments in Infinite than I did in 5 
Got a ābulltrueā medal with a no scope sniper yesterday haha! 
Snipers are the new shotguns. Yeah, itās a bit sad.
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