How to Use Armor Lock Like a Pro in Halo Reach

The armor lock ability is one of my personal favorites. It’s an armor ability that, when activated, makes you completely immobile and invulnerable to harm. Your character slams a fist to the ground and a bright glowing aura shield pulses around you. You must hold down the activation button (Left Bumper by default) to stay in armor lock, it’s not a click on and off toggle ability like active camo or the jet pack. A fully charged armor lock can last about 6 seconds, in which you really are invulnerable to harm. Grenades, rockets, bullets, and melees cannot harm you. You can’t even be splattered by a vehicle.

The reason I love armor lock so much is because of the shockwave blast that it emits when you come out of armor lock. When you turn off armor lock, a small blast...

[CTU-Almeida]

The whole game is so awesome ... great title!!!!

[WildArmed]

I was watching IGN's greatest kills video.
and the Armor Lock skill users are crazy..
The badass skills they got in that video were mostly from the amazing timing of a Armor Lock.

I can't wait for next week's Best Halo reach kills <3

[The Xbox Empire]

lol at butthurt disagreeers

[TrMako]

No idea this post would get so popular and featured on the homepage. Thanks for all the feedback everyone.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

its awesome to use it to destroy a vehicle that tries to run you over.

[Pumbli]

Use Armor Lock... Like a Boss!

[KilL7roCitY]

nubs, nuff said.

Lot of ppl think it ruin the game, i dnt but this aa is still sh!t.

[RedDead]

It's easy wnough to deal with imo.

[kaveti6616]

Armor lock grants the player no advantage whatsoever over someone else. The game is perfectly balances in my opinion.

[Skizelli]

Armor Lock is annoying. It totally ruins the flow of the game. 90% of the people who use it are tards who pop it any time they think they're about to die -- which is pretty much every time, because they suck at killing people and need a crutch -- resulting in the other team just standing around, waiting for them to come out of it.

[thesithfreak]

i totally agree with skizelli, its so annoying

[kaveti6616]

Annoying as it may be, it does not grant noobs any advantage. For example, a noob tube in COD or the martyrdom perk allowed noobs to score kills without much skill.

But Armor lock is primarily a defensive ability, and only secondarily does it provide any damage through the EMP. Let the noobs use Armor lock, it doesn't help them very much.

[Eiffel]

I fucking dread armor lock. It's beyond a crutch to Halo.

[awiseman]

Armor lock should be youe primary weapon because aiming pretty hard :P - Master Chief.

[awiseman]

I took the line from a halo 3 machinima series on utube called "arby n the chief" you should watch it sometime is funny. but wait ps3 fanboys wont find it funny because it isnt about killzone or uc2. sorry ur loss.

[SoSLy]

i didnt find it funny... and i knew it was a joke. you should read your comments b4 u post it cuz u did not make any sense whatsoever. And you looked more stupid after blaming the PS3 "fanboys". I got a tip for you, stop watching Arby n the Chief and get a life.

[Skizelli]

Armor Lock is for people who can't finish the fight. :D

[NoOoB101]

Exactly..they use armor lock cuz they are losing..if they were any good they wouldn't have to use it.

[RedDead]

It's just an option to make you immune, if someone sneaks up behind you while your attacking someone else you'll most likely die, does that make the sneak attacker skillful? No he just got the better of you, if you can't fight someone with armor lock then it's your problem, it means they're either good at using it or you don;t know how to fight it.

Armor lock is just another option, just like hoping in a tank is an option.

[Skizelli]

Just because someone gets the jump on you doesn't necessarily mean they're going to kill you, and if you know what you're doing, you could easily dispose of both if they aren't working together. And yes, it sometimes does make the sneak attacker skillful. It's called flanking.

So what if it's an option? Just because it's an option doesn't take away from the fact that it's a noob's ability, just as noobs flock to vehicles.

[RedDead]

Your post is sorta contradictory, noobs ability? But if your skillful enough you can stop a noob? So what is a skillful player who uses a noob ability? Invincable?
None of te armor abilties are fair if that's your thinking, Sprint allows you to get to Weapons/vehicles before the other disadvantaged players. Jet pack lets you fly. Hologram is a trick that allows you to fire at the enemy first. Roll allows you to get up close way to wuick.

[MGRogue2017]

Don't worry 'bout that.. Just carry on runnin' 'round & backstabbing your enemies.. That's all Halo is all about! xD

[IHateYouFanboys]

armor lock has become one of my weapons of choice in Reach now, since people dont seem to be smart enough to figure out how to kill me when im using it lol.

its so simple - wait for them to almost run out of it, throw some grenades, get the trigger finger ready - but people just dont seem to understand that. they also dont seem to understand that when i come out of armor lock, it creates an EMP that removes their shields, meaning i only have to melee them once and theyre dead.

armor lock, like anything when used PROPERLY by someone who knows how to use it, gives you an advantage. thats not a bad thing though, its how games should be. you dont need to know how to aim a noob tube. you dont need to know how to knife someone from 15 feet away with auto aim. but you do need to know how to properly use armor lock to get an advantage.

[Halochampian]

I see what your saying but that only works in 1v1 battles.

Most of the time, it's "Oh im about to die.. *armor lock* get him teammates"
It basically just gives you a free life while your teammates do the work

[Skizelli]

And that's exactly why I hate it. It's bad enough when a skillful player knows how to use it, but I'm tired of all the tards who use it as a crutch. I laugh at the people who are completely surrounded by the entire enemy team and pop it while they're alone.

[IHateYouFanboys]

"I see what your saying but that only works in 1v1 battles. "

not if you know what youre doing. last night i went 18-1 with armour lock in team slayer, on more than one occasion getting 2-3 kills in 2-3 on 1 situations. people seem to forget that you dont have to use the whole armour lock in 1 go. you can melee someone, armour lock, shoot them, armour lock, melee again, armour lock......its all about knowing when and how long to use it.

i even use it to get assists - drop in somewhere near an enemy whos attacking your teammates, quickly use it to drop their shields with the EMP, get the assist when your mate kills them. it also provides a good distraction, giving your teammates sniping/grenading/assassinatio n opportunities.

[Neko_Mega]

I was using armor lock like a pro before the full game came out.

But if you use it a lot, you will know its weakness to.

Running is what I use most, it really doesn't have a weakness if use right and its fun to run away from someone and then wait for them to try to find you an then jump out and attack.

I got a nastly team kill with it more then once.

[Neko_Mega]

People that cry about Armor Lock being cheap have not skill.

I mean yes it is a pain but a noob Vs a pro is a pain to, but it makes you think more on how to kill the other player.

If you can think outside the box then that is your problem, I played Halo 3 once an in stand of wasting my ammo on a guy that I known I couldn't kill because he wouldn't stop hide behind walls, I blow up the barrels behind him and kill him.

[madjedi]

Well first it makes you unkillable for several seconds, then it strips anyone of their shield, if they get hit by the blast, while leaving your shields functional

Now it's ironic, but sorry still a cheap ass tactic, and either the vehicle should kill you or knock you out of way, not stop dead in its tracks.

Sounds like something that should have, been left in the sp campaign.

[Neko_Mega]

So.

If you have any skill, then you will shot for the head, and how many people are dumb to just stand their when someone does this? If you are going to just stand their and try to hit them.

Well you die for being dumb, I stand their and line up a headshot or throw a grenade at them secs before they come out and when they do they die.

Its not hard to use this to kill people using it, you just got to think of it or have the skill.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

"how many people are dumb to just stand their when someone does this?"

And then...

"I stand their and line up a headshot or throw a grenade at them"

Hello dummy. You did it to yourself.

[Neko_Mega]

I was talking about being alittle ways back, plus if you aren't going to try to do something smart then you should die.

I use the hologram and some use the ghost to run it over. They fall of the cliff.

[STICKzophrenic]

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Armor Lock is awesome to use for Elite Slayer (start with Plasma Grenades). Charge someone, kamikaze style, stick them with the Plasma Nade, and Armor Lock immediately. They die, you survive the explosion.

[Tres21]

so many ppl flip when i do that or just armor lock out out of a stuck nade specially when elite slayer is mostly about who gets stuck 1st & they dont kno u can do that

[divideby0]

never used it and have to check it out.. I always use jet packs

[ASSASSYN 36o]

If you get stuck with a plasma grenade hit armour lock and the grenade will shoot off you. And sometimes it flies back at the person who threw it. Plus it reflects plasma cannon shots, rockets, plasma pistol charges, and it ricochets bullets.