Halo Reach Daily Challenges Guide - 3/21/12

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The Challenges:
More than a Handful - Kill 125 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking. - 2500cR
This is a decent amount of kills to get in a single day of multiplayer Matchmaking, but it is actually quite easy. You should play Grifball for the "Up Close and Personal" challenge and after that, I would recommend staying in that playlist as kills are so plentiful. You could have the challenge done within three games if everything goes well but it might take up to five. In other playlists, I would expect this to take longer due to the lower number of kills generated in each other playlists. Multi Team and Living Dead can also be good options but typically there are dud games in those.

That Pink Mist - Kill 100 enemies with a Supercombine from the Needler or Needle Rifle in Firefight Matchmaking. - 2500cR

This will actually be the hardest challenge of the day, most likely. In Firefight Matchmaking, Supercombine kills are actually difficult to come by unless the Mythic Skull is on. You will need to play Firefight Arcade for this and hope for a playlist like FRG Fight. FRG Fight has a starting loadout of a FRG and a Needler. It is the Needler that you need to score Supercombines with. You can also try for something like Sniper Attack and try to pick up a Needle Rifle but I am unsure whether you are still able to pickup weapons in Firefight Arcade after the last update. Definitely expect this to take two games or maybe even three.

Just a Shower - Complete any Campaign mission on Normal or harder with Thunderstorm on. - 4000cR

There are several ways to complete this challenge, though, one does win out time-wise. I would do a quick speedrun of the level Nightfall on Heroic or Normal with the Thunderstorm Skull on. This will take you about seven to ten minutes and is really very easy. Here is a guide, with video, of the path you need to take. Thunderstorm just upgrades all enemies but it hardly changes the difficulty of the level if you are just running by everyone. I am also telling you to play Heroic so if you get through without dying, it will help with the Flawless Cowboy commendation.

Up Close and Personal - Kill 5 enemies with close quarters combat in a multiplayer Matchmaking game. - 2343cR

This challenge will be the easiest one of the day since it really requires very little effort. My advice is for you to go into the Grifball playlist where practically every kill you can score is a close quarters combat kill. For the record, close quarters combat kills are any kills with the Gravity Hammer, Energy Sword, Melee, Assassination, or the Shotgun. You will typically get about twenty to thirty kills a game so this should make everything quite easy.

See the Weekly Challenge here.