Halo 4 War Games Daily and Weekly Challenges - 2/25/13

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The Challenges:
Deadeye - Kill 15 Players with a headshot. - 3000 XP
To score a headshot in War Games, you will need a headshot capable weapon. In Halo 4, these include the DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle), the BR (Battle Rifle), the Magnum Pistol, the Sniper Rifle, the Covenant Carbine, the Beam Rifle, the Light Rifle, and the Binary Cannon. This is the typical number of kills being requested by 343i, so you should not be balking at fifteen headshot kills. Complete "Baller" first as you are likely to score some headshots there. The easiest way to score these headshots will be in a gametype like SWAT where almost all of the kills are headshots. You do not need fifteen in a single game so you can just play normally while you amass these headshots. It should not take more than two or three games.

Baller - Win 2 matchmaking Oddball matches. - 5000 XP
While there is no Weekly Challenge to directly help you with getting wins today, you will be going for Combat Skill Medals and Automatic Loadout Weapon kills which can all be done in Oddball. Now, Oddball is a moderately quick gametype if is played on a smaller map and it is easier to hold onto the ball as it can be passed (using the throw grenade button). Again, you will need a coordinated team when stepping into this playlist as they need to know how to guard the ball carrier but also, most of all, where to guard the ball carrier. The ball carrier always needs an exit so the other team does not easily retrieve the ball. This challenge will likely take more than two games so be ready for that.

The Weekly Challenges:
Spray And Pray - Get 150 kills with an Automatic Loadout Weapon. - 20000 XP
Automatic Loadout Weapons in Halo 4 include the AR (Automatic Rifle), the Storm Rifle, and the Suppressor. The Needler and the Chain Gun do not count for these challenges as you cannot equip them in loadouts. Whichever weapon you choose will depend on several things, the first of which being what weapons you have unlocked, the next being the type of combat you prefer. The Storm Rifle has the tightest spread but is the weakest while the Suppressor is the most powerful but is the most inaccurate. The AR sits in the middle being the best compromise to the other weapons with a decently concentrated spread and good power behind it. I would stick to objective gametypes as they will allow you to get in close quarters and score these kills. A hundred and fifty kills is double what we had before and.

Deft Hand - Earn 40 Combat Skill Medals. - 10000 XP
Combat Skill medals include the Killjoy, Headcase, From the Grave, Reload This, and Showstopper medals. You need forty of these overall this week and so you will need to hit about seven a day. Use precision weapons (DMR, BR, Light Rifle, Sniper) to score Headcase (headshot on a running target) medals and then use grenades when you are near death for the From the Grave medal. Reload This is pretty much dependent on the other player but people need to reload their weapons. Killyjoys and Showstopper are a bit more rare and harder to get so do not focus on them. You will likely not need to go out of your way for this challenge, just do the Daily challenges and these will handle themselves.

See the War Games Monthly Challenge here.
See the Campaign Weekly Challenges here.
See the Spartan Ops Weekly Challenges here.