Halo 4 War Games Daily Challenges - 8/22/13

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The Challenges:
The Pistolero - Get 8 kills with a Secondary Weapon in a single match. - 1600 XP
Secondary weapons in Halo 4 include the Magnum Pistol, the Plasma Pistol, and the Boltshot. You will not be scoring many kills with the Plasma Pistol so do not even worry about it. Since SWAT is an available playlist, this challenge is actually extremely easy to complete. Stick to the Magnum on smaller maps like Haven and go for headshots on your unshielded foes. The Boltshot is also viable and best used on a map like Adrift, which has a lot more close quarters areas, and in objective gametypes. You will need to spend a game exclusively focusing on these weapons if you plan on getting eight kills and completing this challenge. Good luck.

Drop Bears! - Assassinate 3 Players in a single match. - 1200 XP
Well, this challenge is back down to demanding three assassinations in a single game before. This will be a moderately difficult challenge for most so expect to spend a little time on it. You can trigger an assassination animation by holding the melee button behind an enemy. The animation needs to mostly complete for it to count. Now, Team Slayer Pro had been the best playlist for me to get assassinations, but that is now gone so we need other playlists. I have had luck in FFA Regicide on maps like Haven or Adrift (more Haven than the other one) which means stick to smaller maps. Dominion might be worthwhile for some, but that maps are much larger so you will likely need to hide in the bases. Expect to spend two or three games working on this one. Utilize Promethean Vision and Invisibility when you can.

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