Hello fellow Halo players,
I’m from the HaloWheelmen Community (HaloWheelmen) and I’m here to present a Warthog driving and gunning tutorial/guide because this is our passion. We have fundamentals and useful tips for the Warthog, including consistent control of the Hog’s physics, how to drive when under fire, and how to react as a gunner to coordinated team fire.
We hope this guide helps others who enjoy Warthogging as much as we do find more fun with your friends or alone. For more information, visit our forums at
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tl:dr At the end of this post is a YouTube commentary over a suuccesful Warthog run (50+ legit kills, no holding),which covers alot of the points too. Courtesy by HWM Sarge.
General:
Switching Seats: You can switch seats by pressing the jump button. This is can be extremely useful for a quick pickup, or ousting an annoying hijacker from your hog. Example video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1JbZjyMCyUVehicle Health: The Warthog has about four or five stages of health. As you take damage, you will hear a crack sound and see a visual effect as more permanent damage builds up on the Hog. When the hood starts to smoke, your hog is vulnerable and will likely not survive another vehicle battle or concentrated team fire. When the hood is on fire, your hog will blow up easily to one person shooting. When the dashboard is flashing red, the hog is essentially one-shot.
Coordinated AR fire is extremely dangerous to Warthogs. Beware marines and beware three or more concentrated ARs at once.
Warthog related REQs:
Warthog, common, 2
Corp Hog, common, 2 (extra armor)
Urban Hog, uncommon, 2 (upgraded armor)
Oni Hog, rare, 3 (Heavy armor, Explosive rounds, Now overheats)
Driver:
Bouncing: The Warthog likes to fly into the air. Whenever you go over a rise in the road or off a rock, the Warthog tends to soar. Slowing down and driving smoothly is the key to successful hogging. If the hog is bouncing up and down, your gunner can’t aim at the people you want them to kill.
Countersteering: Drive in the direction of the wheels you have on the ground to save your Warthog from rolling.
> If your hog is starting to roll, do not try to make the hog drive to reorient to your camera; instead, reorient your camera to straighten the hog visually and drive in the direction of whatever wheels are on the ground. (Just try it. I know it sounds complicated)
Basic Driving Priorities:
- Never attack AI if enemies will be able to shoot your gunner - Focus on killing Infantry in transition (enemies moving from one point of cover to another) - Limit line of sight on your gunner; use cover as soon as your gunner gets shot - Stick to the discipline; don’t try to do too much - Don’t be too greedy for splatters, it’s gets you flipped, boarded, or killed too oftenGunner:
The Turret: The Halo 5 Warthog turret is probably the strongest chaingun turret in Halo history. Finally, the 50-cal turret feels like it’s more powerful than a single BR. However, the gunner has never been more vulnerable to precision weapon headshots than ever. Gunners need to constantly kill or suppress people who are likely to kill them or their teammates.
The Shield: The turret has a bullet shield for the gunner. When you’re in danger of teamshot, point toward the enemies shooting at you, and then look straight into the air. It will make your Spartan crouch on the turret and angle the shield to protect your head while your driver gets you away. It’s also an easy way to let your driver see that you’re in trouble.
Switching Seats: This is a new tactic for Halo 5. If you’re in danger of dying, switch seats to climb into the passenger seat. The body of the hog will offer you more protection.
> The most important thing for gunners is awareness. Gunners need to be aware of the map, their radar, and be able to predict where the enemies will show up. They also need to react quickly to sudden threats to the hog. Gunners must not become dependent on the driver pointing the hog at enemies s/he wants killed. As for turreting skill itself, you’ll become a steadier shot with more practice.
> This is how you gun during a hog vs hog. Aim for the gunner. From now on, that’s how you gun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9w3OMo2rHYBasic Gunner Priorities:
- Watch for enemies. The driver will keep you alive. Don’t stare down the front of the hog. - Stop firing between targets. It lets the gun cool, reduces spread, and lets your driver know you’re shooting at a new target. - Feather the trigger. This communicates to your driver that you see something you want to kill but can’t get an angle on. - Target Prioritization: Kill any threat to the hog first, then threats to your teammates, and then targets of opportunity. - Shoot boarders: You can look down and shoot the guy off who is boarding your driver.tl;dr Voice over commentary over a 50 kill /30 assist Warthog run in Warzone by HWM Sarge and HWM Guardian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQJ4xG4g5aw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK7lLVCw_u4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQR_7IawWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAruvVLKWAA
Now go into the Warzone or BTB (if released yet) playlist and put this stuff to work and see the Wheelman medals and gunner kills just rain on you :).
With best regards, the HaloWheelmen community.
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EDIT:It seems that there’s no Link nor Youtube embed function, sorry for the inconvenience. Copy and paste isn’t that hard though 
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Also if you have some different Hog REQs available you should think when to use which because of later power weapon REQs from the enemys. If I recall right, Sarge talked about it in the 4th video of his commentary.