Disclaimer: I’m no pro, just a regular Joe playing recreationally.
This won’t come as shock to any of you. In fact, it’s really obvious, but I wanted to surface/re-surface the importance and art of running away when your shields are low and you’re in a losing gun fight.
Stop overestimating your ability and underestimating not only how important it is to stay alive but also that it takes skill, skill that you can’t learn overnight. The concept is simple enough: Run away if your shields are low and your opponents are not. 19 times out of 20, unless you have a power weapon or an edge, you are not going to spin around and out BR the person shooting at you from behind that has full shields and has already dropped three shots on you.
Once you have the concept down, now the difficult part, which should be recognized as an art form: Running away. This is difficult because you not only have to learn how to traverse the map better than your opponent, but you should continuously be trying to find new and novel ways to traverse the map. In addition, the scenario will change between each gun fight, map, and game type. Maybe this time you have three opponents closing in on you rather than one-on-one. Next time they could be coming from above or could pop out from a corner. Mastering this art will keep you on your toes. There’s some great resources on YouTube that provide tips on expertly traversing various maps in various different situations and positions.
As you make running away a higher priority in games, you’'ll quickly see your KDA increase as you’ll get into gun fights on a more even playing field more often. You’ll be playing better Halo and enjoying yourself more because of it.
If you have some novel ways of hiding from your foe when you have low shields or want to echo the importance, please add your comment!
Brave Sir Robin ran away