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  • Today we take a look at all the known ranks within the original Covenant available to each member species, both those featured in the games and those exclusive to the books!
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  • @Le-cp9tr
    @Le-cp9tr Před 4 lety +4103

    Grunts, to everyone: Am I joke to you?
    Everyone: Yes

  • @andrewbeehler579
    @andrewbeehler579 Před 4 lety +3319

    “The only other rank we’ve seen is that of the ranger commander.”
    You mean, Bob?

    • @Tired-Merc
      @Tired-Merc Před 4 lety +268

      Ah the bob the most annoying prey I've ever had the honor of hunting

    • @theoriginalchefboyardee1740
      @theoriginalchefboyardee1740 Před 4 lety +132

      The easiest way to kill a bob is on sword base. Save weapons like the rocket launcher and sniper rifle until you go back to sword base. He either spawns at the mission start (the landing area), or on a floor inside the base

    • @Tired-Merc
      @Tired-Merc Před 4 lety +47

      @@theoriginalchefboyardee1740 still to me he is an honourable prey

    • @genaralapple4908
      @genaralapple4908 Před 4 lety +11

      What's special about him?

    • @Tired-Merc
      @Tired-Merc Před 4 lety +81

      @@genaralapple4908 he is a gold colored elite ranger who disappears after sometime in missions

  • @binkerooney5175
    @binkerooney5175 Před 4 lety +2266

    1:32 Unggoy Grunts
    7:32 Kig-Yar. Jackals/Skirmishers
    14:11 Yanme’e. Drones
    17:09 Huragok. Engineer
    18:46 Lekgolo. Hunters
    22:09 Jiralhanae. Brutes
    32:25 Sangheli. Elite
    48:41 San’shyuum Prophets
    I tried my best lining up the words, sorry if you have OCD

  • @legiterally2902
    @legiterally2902 Před 4 lety +1437

    You forgot the highest rank of the sangheli:
    *Bob*

    • @arbiterofthehornedrat1570
      @arbiterofthehornedrat1570 Před 4 lety +8

      Saluted Firestarter who bob

    • @legiterally2902
      @legiterally2902 Před 4 lety +13

      travis bruno yo boma

    • @lightmetro7508
      @lightmetro7508 Před 4 lety +57

      darkness bob is a golden elite ranger that spawns sometimes in halo reach missions.

    • @user-bv3gw4zp3y
      @user-bv3gw4zp3y Před 4 lety +21

      LightMetro also he can be a white elite with randomized armor in one of the missions, I forget which one exactly but it’s one of the later ones

    • @colonelmoneyda1st
      @colonelmoneyda1st Před 4 lety +6

      @@arbiterofthehornedrat1570 hallo I am you from the future but more smart

  • @DestroyerHivePro
    @DestroyerHivePro Před 4 lety +1432

    I just realized how cumbersome those elite helmets look. Higher rank comes with higher neck pain.

    • @Ankylosaurus_mangiventris
      @Ankylosaurus_mangiventris Před 4 lety +248

      Kefka Palazzo
      The Weight of your Helmet shall stay your neck muscles...And you shall be left in scoliosis.

    • @DestroyerHivePro
      @DestroyerHivePro Před 4 lety +70

      @@Ankylosaurus_mangiventris I guess that would explain your appearance in 343's Halo games XDXD *please don't kill me*

    • @higrunt9844
      @higrunt9844 Před 3 lety +17

      Thats why sangheili minors are the best rank

    • @gabenewell3955
      @gabenewell3955 Před 3 lety +45

      Well considering how strong elites are it probably doesn’t bother them much

    • @Kurogumo
      @Kurogumo Před 3 lety +11

      Thats why they got thicc neccs

  • @_kitsu_1849
    @_kitsu_1849 Před 4 lety +2258

    20:49 : When one lekgold dies, the other goes berserk
    20:50 : Shows the other hunter sneaking for escape

    • @solar7427
      @solar7427 Před 4 lety +91

      only in H5 the hunters are seen to go berserk in the games, while its been part of halo lore for much longer than that.
      kinda makes you wonder what took em so long to implement that

    • @nemassista3105
      @nemassista3105 Před 4 lety +142

      @@solar7427 Has been a feature since h1

    • @basedsneedclave175
      @basedsneedclave175 Před 4 lety +82

      Yeah other other hunter will focus on melee once it’s bond brother dies

    • @corbynmcgillemgd5470
      @corbynmcgillemgd5470 Před 4 lety +29

      Hunter: Dies
      Lekgold: Ight , Imma head out,

    • @TheRealAmusableBman
      @TheRealAmusableBman Před 4 lety +68

      @Andy Gygi 100%, if you kill a hunter, their bond brother will usually stop shooting, charge, and go for a melee kill. It's been a thing since Halo 1, though like everything else it can bug out like what happened in this video.

  • @G33KST4R
    @G33KST4R Před 4 lety +344

    I had no idea the Yanme'e were that large. Jeses can you imagine a 200lb 6" tall roach flying towards you?

  • @Xavocolypse
    @Xavocolypse Před 4 lety +341

    You forgot to include that Xytan ‘Jar Wattinree was 11’6, towering over literally all elites

    • @Yingyanglord1
      @Yingyanglord1 Před 3 lety +22

      See in thi way he always has the high ground

    • @Higher-Ground
      @Higher-Ground Před rokem +7

      @@Yingyanglord1Xytan ‘Jar: ITS OVER ANAKIN, I HAVE THE HIGH-GROUND

    • @legitelf0058
      @legitelf0058 Před rokem +2

      a little late lol but he mentioned him at 46:00

    • @Xavocolypse
      @Xavocolypse Před rokem +2

      @@legitelf0058 i was talking about his height

    • @legitelf0058
      @legitelf0058 Před rokem

      @@Xavocolypse oh

  • @nanokapp7794
    @nanokapp7794 Před 4 lety +508

    20:47
    "When one dies, the other will go beserk"
    *Cue hunter dying while the other goes sneaky sneaky crouch walky*

    • @freehoppernz9058
      @freehoppernz9058 Před 4 lety +25

      To be fair it did come running over once it worked out where he was

  • @cyanlegacy8291
    @cyanlegacy8291 Před 4 lety +728

    Halo 101
    Grunts: *kids on methane*
    Jackals: *pirates*
    Sangheili: *dinosaur bois*
    Brutes: *donkey kongs of halo*
    Hunters: *sir(s) worm guts*
    Drones: *flying roaches*

  • @Henskelion
    @Henskelion Před 4 lety +546

    I know these ranks were made almost entirely for gameplay rather than lore purposes, but I always thought it was weird there were no designated pilot classes. I can envision Grunts and Elites that would be given special training to be vehicle and aircraft pilots, and have their own special armor and gear to go along with it.
    Also on that note, it is a bit funny how Grunts can pilot some vehicles like Ghosts, but Jackals are never seen in the games piloting or driving anything. Is there a lore explanation for this? Maybe since the Jackals are essentially just pirates and mercenaries, the upper Covenant caste never trusted them with the keys to any expensive hardware.

    • @fountainchristain
      @fountainchristain Před 4 lety +126

      When the grunts rebelled I feel one of the things the grunts gave as part of coming back was they keep the keys and if the birds get near them they get the hands 🤣

    • @christophersalinas2722
      @christophersalinas2722 Před 3 lety +45

      I’ve seen a Jackal pilot a ghost in halo 2 on heroic but the driving was kinda awful tbh

    • @missmichelle1290
      @missmichelle1290 Před 3 lety +41

      @Colby Dowie I still remember the time kat drove the revenant off the ice bridge in the sword base

    • @TribuneAquila
      @TribuneAquila Před 2 lety +79

      As I remember it jackals have very narrow vision, making them good marksmen but bad at any fast reflex combat. This would make sense as their style tends to be sit back and shoot and why they don’t pilot craft and are terrible at melee.

    • @busterbackster1
      @busterbackster1 Před 2 lety +11

      Maybe their anatomy makes it near impossible to do it?

  • @fjames69
    @fjames69 Před 4 lety +70

    things i didn’t notice while running around panicking for my life

  • @justapekinduck3558
    @justapekinduck3558 Před 4 lety +3703

    Very nice video. Yap Yap The Destroyer actually holds the highest rank in all the galaxy though.

  • @humbletanker8117
    @humbletanker8117 Před 4 lety +198

    My monkey brain went and read the thumbnail as "Pranks of the Covenant", and though I'm still fascinated by what's here, I made myself a bit sad that I didn't get to find out how the Sangheili handle April Fools.

    • @4realm8rusirius
      @4realm8rusirius Před 4 lety +13

      Probably Majors bullying Minors who didn't get promoted after their first campaign

    • @harryhazza2665
      @harryhazza2665 Před 4 lety +4

      I would honestly like to know that now

    • @MisterJohnDoe
      @MisterJohnDoe Před 3 lety +6

      Yeah, Jackals and Grunts are quite the pranksters with each other...

    • @Higher-Ground
      @Higher-Ground Před rokem +1

      @@MisterJohnDoe Jackal: it was just a prank
      The prank: *KILLING OFF THE ENTIRE METHANE SUPPLY OF THE GRUNTS AND IN THE PROCESS SPARKING A GRUNT AND JACKAL CIVAL WAR*

  • @johnabbot8688
    @johnabbot8688 Před 3 lety +53

    21:25 I have an ODST guide book and it has a paragraph on gold hunters “Recent combat has revealed gold-armored variants in addition to the usual dark blue of a hunters armor, which while visually impressive, doesn’t see to yield any additional benefits to the Hunters already awe-I pairing combat prowess. Golden hunters attack with fuel rod shots, while blue hunters fire streaks of energy; both are equally damaging.”

  • @alexcorona6656
    @alexcorona6656 Před 3 lety +28

    Dang now I wanna play Halo: Among Other Media

  • @evaneverett6511
    @evaneverett6511 Před 4 lety +305

    Halo Canon: juralhanae ultra
    Me: BRUTE IS BRUTE

  • @battenburg6089
    @battenburg6089 Před 4 lety +994

    Thing that always shocks me the most is the SIZE of all these species. Absolute units, all of them

    • @chrisspink8873
      @chrisspink8873 Před 4 lety +23

      Battenburg except for the grunts 😉

    • @goofymf444
      @goofymf444 Před 4 lety +90

      Battenburg especially the friggin hunters they’re taller than basketball hoops

    • @harryhazza2665
      @harryhazza2665 Před 4 lety +97

      @@chrisspink8873 they are 4 FEET tall! To me it always seems they are more like 2-3 feet tall

    • @chrisspink8873
      @chrisspink8873 Před 4 lety +83

      HarryHazza26 Bob yeah I know they’d be massive to us, they just seem small as we look down at them as a 7 foot 3 inches spartan hahaha!

    • @punctuationman334
      @punctuationman334 Před 4 lety +36

      Nytrekkor on average grunts are smaller than the average human, I think that’s pretty obvious when you compare the size of a marine and grunt in halo 3 for example.

  • @NotEnenra
    @NotEnenra Před 4 lety +43

    I think we all know who out ranks everyone which is
    Yap Yap the Destroyer

  • @ginabrian6145
    @ginabrian6145 Před 4 lety +212

    Japanese: Kill himselfs when they lose a battle.
    Elites: Where can I learn this power?

    • @livelyilyaas5563
      @livelyilyaas5563 Před 3 lety +5

      Some elites do the exact same thing. Also samurais do that.

    • @Zylwarias
      @Zylwarias Před 3 lety +1

      In halo legends, there was a chapter of an arbiter battling in sanghelios, they are shown as sort of samuraiesque society, could also be cus of halo legends being cartoon/anime oriented, but still, very interesting

    • @luisf2793
      @luisf2793 Před 3 lety +1

      Japanese: not from the dishonorable

    • @missmichelle1290
      @missmichelle1290 Před 3 lety

      Like I know honor and all that but don’t you have a war to win?

    • @machina188
      @machina188 Před 2 lety

      Samurai only commit sepuku under really drastic circumstances. They never did it just cause they lost a fight.

  • @o_o-037
    @o_o-037 Před 4 lety +867

    The Brutes' rank structure is the most confusing IMO. Their armour is so damn similar in colour & appearance that I literally cannot tell them apart.
    They're either blue or yellow. Tehe only rank I could separate was the Chieften.

    • @tahajula2829
      @tahajula2829 Před 4 lety +8

      Ikr

    • @tea4life430
      @tea4life430 Před 4 lety +7

      for Brute Ranks look at their leg armor structure as well as body armor structure

    • @tea4life430
      @tea4life430 Před 4 lety +4

      @Kristopher Prime lol yeah but when ur like scouting and being stealthy u can see it

    • @lAlacathl
      @lAlacathl Před 4 lety

      Huh I always thought it was pre easy to differentiate the brutes guess its hard for some ppl

    • @fleshymeatsac9371
      @fleshymeatsac9371 Před 3 lety +14

      @@lAlacathl as someone who is color blind I never even realised how many ranks there were until this video.

  • @Installation00
    @Installation00 Před 4 lety +1949

    55 minutes huh!? 5 minutes longer than my longest video? Challenge accepted.

    • @elijahnajera5425
      @elijahnajera5425 Před 4 lety +262

      Looks like you have found your equal, this battle will be legendary!

    • @PositiviteaTheFirst
      @PositiviteaTheFirst Před 4 lety +23

      Uh oh

    • @JUNIsLuke
      @JUNIsLuke Před 4 lety +9

      Installation00 I’d pay to see it ;)

    • @jayquandillyg3288
      @jayquandillyg3288 Před 4 lety +28

      Installation00
      You should do the UNSC version instead of the covenant it would be Legendary!!!

    • @el902
      @el902 Před 4 lety +7

      Will 1 of you please do a multi part series on all the different Spartan Fire Teams during the events of the Fall of Reach??? People would kill for it

  • @nip3004
    @nip3004 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Man dismissive is an understatement. Hunters will just walk over and crush other covenant without even interrupting their stride.

  • @zetastreaker47
    @zetastreaker47 Před 4 lety +49

    I got Vietnam flashbacks when I heard Sniper Jackals.

  • @jordan115v4
    @jordan115v4 Před 4 lety +5295

    Could you do a unsc version of this, I know there isn't much compared to the covenant, but it would still be cool to see.

    • @tristanbackup2536
      @tristanbackup2536 Před 4 lety +400

      Would be tricky with different branches. The UNSC largely does follow aspects of the US military ranking system with a few exceptions.

    • @tristanbackup2536
      @tristanbackup2536 Před 4 lety +179

      @Scott Fackrell
      They have a Wet-Navy in lore as well. Like to think space is no different than the sea, they both follow the same miltiary doctrine with large vessels, also you can look at our history with colonialism era in the 1700s. So it make sense to just call it the Navy really.

    • @suspicioususer
      @suspicioususer Před 4 lety +21

      @Cringe Lord I believe they use crewman

    • @MJSGamingSanctuary
      @MJSGamingSanctuary Před 4 lety +45

      Oh god your asking for something that could take a entire day to get right. >.> especially if you you throw in ONI.

    • @jordan115v4
      @jordan115v4 Před 4 lety +14

      @@MJSGamingSanctuary I mean, yeah

  • @LordKamos777
    @LordKamos777 Před 4 lety +179

    Elite Honor Guards always looked the most sick out of the ranks. IMO

    • @domp2729
      @domp2729 Před 4 lety +8

      You've clearly never seen haka before, that dude was a fucking weeb but he looked sick in that armour with a two handed metal sword

    • @zer02wo85
      @zer02wo85 Před 4 lety +13

      The zealot council member glitch looked pretty sick

    • @rylanyuhnke5823
      @rylanyuhnke5823 Před 3 lety +4

      ever.... do my boy thel 'vadam like that his fit on fleek

    • @Raptorman0205
      @Raptorman0205 Před 3 lety +4

      I've always been a huge fan of the Spec Ops design from Halo Reach. The helmet is so sleek and badass.

  • @ShabbyCoronet81
    @ShabbyCoronet81 Před 8 měsíci +12

    The golden armor in Halo 3 odst is (what I believe) a queen colony. They shoot different kinds of rounds as the standard Mgalekgolo shoots a fine beam consisting of around 2-3 seconds long, while the golden Mgalekgolo shots individual canon rounds, similar to that of a fuel rod cannon. Also I believe that “she” is slightly Healthier and buff-ier on harder difficulty’s

  • @TheWhiteTrashPanda
    @TheWhiteTrashPanda Před 4 lety +10

    19:00 Pretty sure we see 1 Sangheili Ultra in Halo CE, during the Silent Cartographer mission, there is an elite that gets stuck behind the doors leading into the cartographer facility when you initially try entering and the doors shut and lock.
    If you look at him through a scope (or get lucky with a plasma grenade and kill him) before the doors close, you can see the armor and helmet matches that of the Ultras.

  • @MB-nb5mp
    @MB-nb5mp Před 4 lety +146

    36:53 don't think I didn't see those plasma throws lmao

  • @jh3305
    @jh3305 Před 4 lety +266

    I just can’t imagine the drones being almost seven feet tall. That’s just insane!

    • @Catnippy
      @Catnippy Před 3 lety +74

      honestly i'd love to see a halo game where you play as a marine of normal height, having grunts only be about a foot shorter than you and elites towering over you would be cool as hell
      or just a remake of ODST with proper height scaling and no supersoldier strength lol

    • @gabenewell3955
      @gabenewell3955 Před 3 lety +15

      @@Catnippy ODST pretty much does that

    • @user-nu2it6kf2m
      @user-nu2it6kf2m Před 2 lety +13

      @@Catnippy and even then, humans average height in the games is 190 cm for males and 180 cm for females. Covenant are just damn huge.

    • @DixieSchizo
      @DixieSchizo Před 2 lety +3

      @@Catnippy we definitely need another ODST game but sadly there is nobody to do it. I hate 343

    • @sakkra93
      @sakkra93 Před rokem +8

      @@Catnippy Fifth, highest difficulty level:
      Difficulty - Marine (higher than Legendary)
      Description - You are a rank-and-file Marine in UNSC service. You face an almost impossible challenge as hordes of powerful giant aliens seek to deliver you a gruesome death. Fight with honour and glory as you march towards your inevitable demise.
      Difficulty effects - Realistic height scaling, no shields, no motion sensor, realistic ammo carrying capacity, a single nearby grenade is virtually a guaranteed death

  • @lyircmagic3164
    @lyircmagic3164 Před 4 lety +21

    I love the NPCs in Halo reach everything about them is amazing to me

  • @Nishan_117
    @Nishan_117 Před 4 lety +8

    I love how the ranks are soo diverse and distinct of the covenant. Don't know how many languages they speak.

  • @cqb3814
    @cqb3814 Před 4 lety +71

    Take a shot every time Ian says "among other media".

  • @Le-cp9tr
    @Le-cp9tr Před 4 lety +267

    Emphasis on “known” because they’ll probably add ranks for achievements until you get a name that takes 45 minutes to say. Plus nepotism

    • @durandol
      @durandol Před 4 lety +15

      So they become Custodes?

    • @Le-cp9tr
      @Le-cp9tr Před 4 lety +13

      Durandol Yes. Kitten it is.

  • @wearegogeta9974
    @wearegogeta9974 Před 3 lety +12

    I commonly consider myself a halo guru. I’ve been with this most of my life..... I have studied this series for almost a decade now. It will be in May of 2021. I had literally no idea that the skirmishers species name was the t’vouen! New information to unravel! Thank you!

  • @reflectedpower609
    @reflectedpower609 Před 3 lety +11

    Just wanted to note at 39:20 an Elite minor is accompanying Rtas during his meeting with the prophets. I always found it a little strange that an Elite Minor would be worthy of being in a private meeting with the Covenant hierarchs.

    • @purpleemerald5299
      @purpleemerald5299 Před 2 lety +1

      Plot Twist: He’s the same elite minor you can play as in Halo 3 co-op.

    • @Liquefaction
      @Liquefaction Před 2 lety +3

      yeah...it is plausible he is a trusted warrior. Rtas made it clear that he cared greatly for his troops

  • @AdrianArmbruster
    @AdrianArmbruster Před 4 lety +217

    Oh, that one Brute Chief you fight at the Ark-Cartographer had a name and backstory?

    • @elijahwatson3474
      @elijahwatson3474 Před 4 lety +40

      Ah it was a short story from a canon fodder years ago.

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 Před 4 lety +44

      I always found it odd how that seemed like a cut boss fight

    • @jerome0929
      @jerome0929 Před 4 lety +24

      Funny thing is I always kill him before he runs away and gets to the area where all the jump brutes are, normally a have a plasma cannon and shoot him down from the second floor where all the invisible brutes are.

    • @DixieSchizo
      @DixieSchizo Před 4 lety +37

      @@jerome0929 bruh. Have some class and sidestep his gravity hammer like an anime character and le teleport behind him and backsmash hum

    • @zer02wo85
      @zer02wo85 Před 4 lety +3

      I gravity hammered his skull in with a magnum

  • @jacoblewis5230
    @jacoblewis5230 Před 4 lety +87

    2:23 I would really like a novel or short story of the grunt rebellion showing the event in more detail. It would be very cool to see this covenant only event.

    • @jakescustoms
      @jakescustoms Před 4 lety

      A game of it would sure be awesome

    • @jacoblewis5230
      @jacoblewis5230 Před 4 lety

      Or a game to but if it was it would be a spin off.

    • @jakescustoms
      @jakescustoms Před 4 lety

      @@jacoblewis5230 yeah

    • @TAR-sl2ox
      @TAR-sl2ox Před rokem

      Bruh imagine you got to play as a grunt

    • @ihonest5355
      @ihonest5355 Před rokem

      @@TAR-sl2ox there’s a glitch on halo 2 where you play as a grunt but I believe you have to have a second player. Also there’s mods that allow this as well

  • @Khaotic_Karibo
    @Khaotic_Karibo Před 3 lety +25

    Anyone looking for time stamps for each covenant race here you go
    San'shyuum or Prophets 48:41
    🖤 Sangheili or Elites - 32:24
    Jiralhanae or Brutes - 22:09
    Lekgolo or Hunters - 18:45
    Huragok or Engineer - 17:09
    Yanme'e or Drones - 14:12
    Kig-Yar or Jackals/Skirmishers - 7:32
    Unggoy or Grunts - 1:32
    Introduction and Intro: 0:00

  • @jamesandrews8655
    @jamesandrews8655 Před 3 lety +6

    Contact Harvest was ONE of the BEST halo books I've read.
    Definitely in the top 10.
    It's was honestly interesting to see the evolution of Sgt A.J. Johnson and see the first contact with the covenant through his perspective.

  • @Name-eg1uf
    @Name-eg1uf Před 4 lety +100

    Fun fact, Yap Yap THE DESTROYER from halo wars 2 was a deacon

  • @light-of-far-galaxies3155
    @light-of-far-galaxies3155 Před 4 lety +175

    This is why I love your videos. They're so in-depth.

  • @woodybutler
    @woodybutler Před 3 lety +1

    I like that you kept all the info on screen with the border, while also showing the video clips of the units (audience can watch clips or when not interested they can read the info on screen). Keep it up!

  • @krimson8317
    @krimson8317 Před 3 lety +8

    Who else thinks that the Brute Honour Guards should have made a brief return when you and the flood make your way across the brute infested bridge at the end of The Covenant? And these Brutes would be the toughest in the game, making your last encounter with the Covenant a memorable one

  • @le_floofy_sniper_ducko7964
    @le_floofy_sniper_ducko7964 Před 4 lety +120

    Unggoy Heavies during legendary gruntpocolyse custom firefight is about the most scariest thing beyond Jackal Halo 3 Snipers lol

  • @icyknightmare4592
    @icyknightmare4592 Před 4 lety +110

    40:13 Here's what the Silent Shadow may have looked like in game(Halo CE Mod): czcams.com/video/pPD_i0jDSKU/video.html
    41:17 This elite in Halo 2 may actually be an Ossoona. Positioned in a spot to observe 117 in combat, and does not attack on sight. czcams.com/video/WFEjFhtoyF8/video.html

    • @SgtAutmn
      @SgtAutmn Před 4 lety +8

      Icy Knightmare damn those silent shadow elites are tough sob’s

  • @-Jake
    @-Jake Před 2 měsíci

    Ahh. Love a good, long lore video.
    Been putting this on for 10 mins here and there when I’m waiting on something or just have a few minutes. Good stuff!

  • @xflushestmean93x54
    @xflushestmean93x54 Před 3 lety +10

    This video is very informative and to the point, also very good layout. I’ve been brought up on this game and I’m not exactly a hardcore fan but I did enjoy the halo games and to see the franchise that I’ve grown up with to fall like it has is really sad. Hopefully infinite can fix 343s past mistakes. Keep up the work you deserve a lot more likes for this amount of effort.

  • @adolfgaming1761
    @adolfgaming1761 Před 4 lety +104

    I want the skirmishers back

    • @TapRackBang516
      @TapRackBang516 Před 4 lety +6

      We killed almost all of them on reach

    • @adolfgaming1761
      @adolfgaming1761 Před 4 lety +4

      Mikhael Hebert
      Almost!

    • @entityw3974
      @entityw3974 Před 4 lety +6

      The Tvaoans could have been on multiple different asteroids...

    • @a.morphous66
      @a.morphous66 Před 3 lety

      @Sakkra101 Well sometimes I would accidentally fire on friendly Elites because they and the Brutes both showed up as tall blue blobs in my peripheral vision, so maybe having actual enemies on your side isn’t such a good idea for friendly fire.

    • @bromodragone8405
      @bromodragone8405 Před 2 lety

      I heard they're gonna be in Infinite.

  • @chasepfeffer2143
    @chasepfeffer2143 Před 4 lety +17

    I remember reading about some piece of lore talking about unggoy merchants that had jewels on their methane tanks/harness

    • @laughingbeans7715
      @laughingbeans7715 Před 4 lety +1

      Its actually in the book “Contact Harvest”. When the 3 prophets we see in the games are having their ascension ceremony a few Grunt Merchants described exactly as you did show up.

    • @chasepfeffer2143
      @chasepfeffer2143 Před 4 lety +1

      @@laughingbeans7715 thanks man I knew I read it somewhere haven't read contact harvest in a long time

  • @TomJurassic
    @TomJurassic Před 4 lety +4

    Thanks for the great video, Ian. Liked how you explored the Anniversary versions too!

  • @Tir33nts343
    @Tir33nts343 Před 2 lety +7

    I find it hilarious that the covenants entire “activate the rings for the great journey” was impossible without humanity

  • @covenantcanon7970
    @covenantcanon7970 Před 4 lety +101

    Damn you man! The hype was instant the moment I saw this!

    • @destinynakei1196
      @destinynakei1196 Před 4 lety +1

      Covenant Canon can u do a vid on the the Sangheili language

    • @destinynakei1196
      @destinynakei1196 Před 4 lety

      Covenant Canon and like how to use the triangles in a sentence

    • @PackHunter117
      @PackHunter117 Před 4 lety

      destiny nakei You mean the Covenant symbols for their alphabet?

    • @destinynakei1196
      @destinynakei1196 Před 4 lety +1

      PackHunter117 both

    • @destinynakei1196
      @destinynakei1196 Před 4 lety +1

      PackHunter117 it’s very interesting to learn both .halopedia has a good diagramme but it’s confusing

  • @mrsaltyauthor5992
    @mrsaltyauthor5992 Před 4 lety +52

    This premiered 117 minutes ago that’s made my day

  • @bobdmz6437
    @bobdmz6437 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Marine: “What did you do on Halo after the pillar of autumn crashed?”
    Chief: “I killed a bunch of minors then left.”
    Marine: “holup?”

  • @Traah221
    @Traah221 Před 4 lety +2

    Fascinating video, one thing that could have been mentioned though, as talked about in some of the more recent books about the Silent Shadow: They function as the Secret Police of Sangheili command structure, which I thought was fascinating. Even Shipmasters and Fleet Masters that saw a First Sword of the Silent Shadow boarding their ship feared for their lives, knowing that there would be little they could do to stop a First Sword from removing them from their command, by force if necessary.

  • @TheLastSterling1304
    @TheLastSterling1304 Před 4 lety +84

    Wow, I never realized how much the lower rank brute armor all looked the same. it looks really bad to see just one blue colour defining all of them. A bit of crimson like elite major would have been nice.

    • @elijahwatson3474
      @elijahwatson3474 Před 4 lety +5

      The Brutes were last minute additions in Halo 2 story. But the EU and other stuff have diverse their armor a bit.

    • @TheLastSterling1304
      @TheLastSterling1304 Před 4 lety +17

      @@elijahwatson3474 I meant by in halo 3. It's just them wearing more armour but they just all blend into this blue mob.

    • @ramennight
      @ramennight Před 4 lety +7

      @@TheLastSterling1304 I honestly didnt notice the armor or toughness diffrence in the blue armored brutes. Even on legendary.

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 Před 4 lety +2

      Ryan To that’s more because the armor variants
      Do agree more colours would be good

    • @tylerellis9097
      @tylerellis9097 Před 4 lety +4

      Elijah Watson Halo 2 Brutes have different fur colors based on Rank. He’s talking about 3.

  • @nation268
    @nation268 Před 4 lety +19

    One notable difference between the gold mgalekgolo and the regular blue ones is that the gold seem to only shoot one fuel rod shot rather than the consistent line.

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 Před 4 lety

      So CE’s?

    • @nation268
      @nation268 Před 4 lety

      James Burgess wdym?

    • @tylerellis9097
      @tylerellis9097 Před 4 lety +1

      Nation Infact it’s the only difference and the reason they are Gold.

    • @tubbyduck5317
      @tubbyduck5317 Před 4 lety +2

      @@tylerellis9097 in CE they shoot fuel rod shots whereas in Halo 2-3 they shoot streams instead of fuel rods. In Reach and H4 they go back to fuel rod shots and in h5 they either shoot fuel rods or multiple mini homing ones. Because Halo 3: ODST uses halo 3 assets, the generic blue hunters have particle cannons that shoot streams whereas the gold hunters, commonly called spec ops hunters by fans, shoot fuel rod shots in a game where they would otherwise shoot streams.

    • @tylerellis9097
      @tylerellis9097 Před 4 lety

      Tubby Duck They’re Gold cause they’re a new variant added for ODST. The only difference between it and the Blue Hunter is the projectile it shoots.
      It’s not a Spec Ops Hunter come on really.

  • @wagglycarp4708
    @wagglycarp4708 Před 4 lety +1

    This is an awesome video. I've been wanting to see halo content like this for a long time.

  • @redmist6630
    @redmist6630 Před 3 lety +11

    I killed an “elite hero” in halo reach firefight once. Was blastin so hard didn’t even know it was a different rank until after. Is that supposed to be bob?

  • @blitzbigboi7613
    @blitzbigboi7613 Před 4 lety +43

    I'd like to see a sentinel ranks along with the Prometheans.

    • @watermelongaming3698
      @watermelongaming3698 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Alright so we have super small sentinel, small sentinel, and big sentinel. Then in Halo wars I we get medium and smaller-but-not-smallest Sentinel and in Halo wars II we get super big sentinel.

  • @stephenhouser5643
    @stephenhouser5643 Před 4 lety +16

    Man really had me watch a video on covenant ranks at 1 am. But, like I’d do it again.

  • @digitolwonder
    @digitolwonder Před 3 lety

    This was a fantastic video sir. Very well put together and comprehensive. Thank you for the content!

  • @SpiritRaven1337
    @SpiritRaven1337 Před 4 lety +3

    32:21 Sangheili Ranking system start

  • @bobbyhamner0357
    @bobbyhamner0357 Před 4 lety +81

    Can you review older halo books like contact harvest and ghost of onyx because I want to hear what you think about them

    • @jtansell08
      @jtansell08 Před 4 lety

      Yes!!!!!

    • @Dwyer-nl9fz
      @Dwyer-nl9fz Před 4 lety

      Bobby Hamner that would be awesome

    • @kusovia1148
      @kusovia1148 Před 4 lety +1

      If he had read them he’d know he got a lot of the info about Tartarus wrong. He was not the first chieftain. His uncle was, read Contact Harvest.

    • @fountainchristain
      @fountainchristain Před 4 lety +1

      @@kusovia1148 I thought he meant first as in the first one we see.

    • @claytong2069
      @claytong2069 Před 3 lety

      @Scp 173 hi

  • @atlas9852
    @atlas9852 Před 4 lety +47

    You reckon it would be possible to do a Promethean version of this? I understand how difficult and long this would've taken to make, but we really don't get much info about the Promethean, it would be nice for someone to shine some light on them.

    • @Higher-Ground
      @Higher-Ground Před rokem +2

      Prometheans don’t have ranks other than Captain and Normal like Soldier captain, Crawler captain, and Knight captain.
      Excluding Firefight ranks. That would be a long list considering they have many name Variations.

    • @paperclip6377
      @paperclip6377 Před 10 měsíci

      Dude who cares about the prometheans though?

    • @atlas9852
      @atlas9852 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@paperclip6377 me

    • @watermelongaming3698
      @watermelongaming3698 Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@atlas9852 Same here. Though it'd likely be less of a Knights Rank video and more of an "All Prometheans" video. I have noticed at least 3 Promethean Knights in Halo 4: Smooth back, spiky back, and glowey back. I think the glowing back is called a Knight Battlewagon? Idk, just heard it somewhere. There's regular and alpha (spiky) crawlers, and I don't think watchers have a ranking system. Halo 5 is the only Halo I'm not really a fan of, so I don't know about the human-sized Promethean soldier things.

  • @sirduck551
    @sirduck551 Před rokem +4

    Didn't Arbiter (Thel Vadam) hold the position of Supreme Commander during Halo CE and the beginning of Halo 2? He led all of the Covenant forces during the attack on the first Halo.

  • @Keeping_It_Kyle
    @Keeping_It_Kyle Před 4 lety

    Thank you for spending countless hours on this video that clears up a lot! Says a lot when the final video is almost an hour long

  • @StrikeAxl
    @StrikeAxl Před 4 lety +26

    This is one of the most comprehensive and well-researched videos I've ever seen. Great job man! As always!

  • @elijahwatson3474
    @elijahwatson3474 Před 4 lety +64

    I feel sorry for the human who discover what the San’Shyuum was like during the Forerunner days. I probably would have nightmares for days with that knowledge.

    • @tristanbackup2536
      @tristanbackup2536 Před 4 lety +4

      ONI would know.

    • @imbadatlife7142
      @imbadatlife7142 Před 4 lety +36

      Its quite possible that the San'Shyuum looked differently than how they currently do, which could explain why they were considered beautiful. They look the way they do now because of massive inbreeding due to the limited population on High Charity

    • @elijahwatson3474
      @elijahwatson3474 Před 4 lety +7

      im bad at life Master Builder was huge asshole and fucked them over after the Human-Forerunner war. The inbreeding was a long term effect of stuff.

    • @physical_insanity
      @physical_insanity Před 4 lety +1

      @Straight Busta I like your style. It's a disgusting style, but I like it.

    • @humanspider3118
      @humanspider3118 Před 4 lety +3

      prophet so hot n spicy it gave me the logic plague😩😫

  • @iandur5601
    @iandur5601 Před 3 lety +1

    This channel is criminally underrated. I’d like to point out the amazing editing.

  • @Shuaymate
    @Shuaymate Před 3 lety

    Such a dope video. Knew nothing about canon an played lots of CE, 2, 3, 4, ODST, reach, and playing wars the most. Thanks for the vid

  • @Definitely_Dave
    @Definitely_Dave Před 4 lety +21

    I’d kill for a book about the Kig Yar resistance against the covenant.

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 Před 4 lety +7

      Honestly I’d love the Jackals to be fleshed out more in general

    • @Definitely_Dave
      @Definitely_Dave Před 4 lety +2

      James Burgess yeah, jackals are really interesting, and they have a lot of potential.

    • @the_corvid97
      @the_corvid97 Před 3 lety +2

      Jackal run black markets on High Charity anybody?

    • @space_racc
      @space_racc Před 3 lety +7

      @@Definitely_Dave especially since after and during the human covie war, pockets of them had colonies where humans and species of all kinds traded, both normally and black market, and were peaceful with each other, and were distanced from the war for the most part.

    • @gabenewell3955
      @gabenewell3955 Před 3 lety +5

      @@space_racc the war was actually tiny in comparison to the covenant considering unsc space is where it was fought

  • @roflzwafflez4196
    @roflzwafflez4196 Před 4 lety +26

    I hate the Brute Minor - Major - Ultra armor schemes in Halo 3. The colors and patterns are too similar to one another for me to differenciate them on the field. Plus Blue just isn't a fitting color for Brutes, I prefer the higher ranking Brute colors like Brown, Red, Grey and the like, makes them much more intimidating than the mellow royal blue colors.

  • @dickrichard5579
    @dickrichard5579 Před 2 lety +3

    This video makes me want to get back into playing the series, one that I’ve always liked

  • @ARC117Studios
    @ARC117Studios Před 2 lety

    This was incredibly informative and enjoyable to watch, thanks man!!

  • @deltahalo241
    @deltahalo241 Před 4 lety +15

    It's kind of disappointing that almost all of the Brute ranks in Halo 3 wear armour that is so similarly styled and coloured. It's really difficult to actually pick out the various sub-ranks in gameplay.

    • @HaloCanon
      @HaloCanon  Před 4 lety +2

      You and me both. Gathering footage for some of them was and absolute chore.

  • @Jedi_Spartan_38
    @Jedi_Spartan_38 Před 4 lety +9

    16:45 HiddenXperia playing firefight: "That is a Satan I didn't know existed, Drones with Plasma Rifles... wha, AND shields? What the f***!

  • @andyghkfilm2287
    @andyghkfilm2287 Před 3 lety +4

    If the Covenant had attempted to understand Humanity as an enemy, I wonder if Yanme’e would’ve been used more frequently on Earth, due to their psychologically terror-inducing bug-like appearance. Imagine the sheer terror that loosing an army of buggers on a city like New Mombasa would create in people, as opposed to the military might of the Sangheili or the, uh, brutality of the Jiralhanae.
    Also, I imagine Lekgolo, as opposed to Mgalekgolo, could cause a lot of damage along these lines. I’d guess the gold Mgalekgolo are the ones of the pair that are higher-ranked, or the one of the pair that existed before the other, with the blue ones being the lower-ranked.

  • @freetheinsanity5257
    @freetheinsanity5257 Před 2 lety +3

    The skirmishers actually reappear in halo infinite

    • @JustSaying1306
      @JustSaying1306 Před 5 měsíci

      Very late comment but the video was made before the release of infinite

  • @angusdeadman6425
    @angusdeadman6425 Před 4 lety +15

    Really makes me wish that all the halo games had this diversity of units :(

    • @JaWalrus
      @JaWalrus Před 4 lety +1

      They do, this whole video is talking about ranks from the Halo games

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 Před 4 lety

      Splendur many of these are from lore tho

    • @angusdeadman6425
      @angusdeadman6425 Před 4 lety +1

      @@JaWalrus oh no what I meant is all of these in a single game!

  • @MonkeysxMoo
    @MonkeysxMoo Před 4 lety +18

    Okay first off, cool to know that the white Honor Guard in the Mega Bloks spectre set is actually a canon rank. Guess I never noticed them in Halo 2.
    And second, Ian how bored are you in quarantine?

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 Před 4 lety +5

      I miss that white Honour Guard

    • @HaloCanon
      @HaloCanon  Před 4 lety +3

      Not too bored. It's not all that different from my regular day-to-day

    • @camoningerland8212
      @camoningerland8212 Před 4 lety +1

      *MeGa BLoKs? LeGoO RiPPoFf!*

    • @iamyourmom2
      @iamyourmom2 Před 4 lety

      If you never noticed honour guard in halo 2 then you havent finished the campaign. Theres one or two missions where theres litteraly only honour guard elites

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 Před 4 lety

      @@iamyourmom2 He means the White one
      Which exists only as a glitch and actually changes depending on the playthrough.
      Also what mission has only Honour Guards as enemies

  • @de20
    @de20 Před 3 lety +5

    Covenant: Has complex ranking systems that take veteran warriors of different species decades of violent wars to rise through
    One green spartan: So anyways I started blasting...

    • @omegawilliam95s36
      @omegawilliam95s36 Před 2 lety

      Plasma grenade: I’m ‘bouta end this general’s whole career.

  • @skate3clipzz795
    @skate3clipzz795 Před 4 lety +1

    Yo great video my dude 👌 had a great time watching this!

  • @johnkurtz8335
    @johnkurtz8335 Před 4 lety +17

    I'm a new subscriber and I absolutely love your content! I know this video probably took a long time to make so I really appreciate it! I just played through all the campaigns on Halo MCC and wow your videos make it 100% better!

  • @anthonyfuentes6090
    @anthonyfuentes6090 Před 4 lety +7

    Saw the jackle instantly got ptsd

  • @UNSCChiefUNSC
    @UNSCChiefUNSC Před měsícem

    Such a great video! Love how descriptive it is🔥🙌🔥

  • @user-Jay178
    @user-Jay178 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video and there are so many ranks

  • @Tobacco_Bowls
    @Tobacco_Bowls Před 4 lety +27

    What about Kaidon? I know it’s basically a political rank but you also mentioned the High Councilors so it probably should’ve been included. This is a long and spectacular video though so I know it’s really easy to forget a few things here and there.
    Edit: My bad, Kaidon is not a recognized rank in the Covenant only in Sangheili politics.

  • @willthethrill9238
    @willthethrill9238 Před 4 lety +3

    Love hearing you deep dive into some Halo lore!

  • @thatonehaloguyyouknow2281

    Tis helped me with ranking people in my Covenant clan. Thank you for making this!

  • @empire-classfirenationbatt2691

    Every time a plasma grenade missed in the gameplay footage I cringed.

  • @growlingscarab7
    @growlingscarab7 Před 4 lety +5

    I didn't know the chieftan that challenges you on the ark had a name. let alone ambitions

    • @jerome0929
      @jerome0929 Před 4 lety

      GrowlingScarab7 I kill that fucker in the room with the invisible brutes with a plasma canon before he runs off.

  • @ethankenworthy7786
    @ethankenworthy7786 Před 4 lety +34

    You didn't include Yap-yap THE DESTROYER

  • @apassionatenerd.3564
    @apassionatenerd.3564 Před 3 lety +4

    31:16 The covenant literally had to have parental control settings on their ships when brutes were at the helm lmao

  • @pixalboi5664
    @pixalboi5664 Před 3 lety +2

    CZcamsr: makes halo content
    Audible: Now this looks like a job for me

  • @sovietnugget8237
    @sovietnugget8237 Před 4 lety +7

    I thought the intro said "this video was brought to you by arbiter"

  • @cryptosporidium1375
    @cryptosporidium1375 Před 4 lety +11

    You might as well do a battle tactics series where you examine the roles and lore and do hypothetical battles.

  • @connorm3961
    @connorm3961 Před 3 lety +1

    Halo Reaches Sangheli rank armor orientation was amazing

  • @killobot2388
    @killobot2388 Před 2 lety +1

    46:50 Yanme'e queens are also brought to oversee the prophet ascension ceremonies if I remember correctly