Halo Wars Mission 1: Alpha Base Speed Run / Strategy Guide in 2:08

This is an individual level speedrun for Halo Wars' first mission, "Alpha Base". I'll describe what I do and why in text.

At the very beginning, I take Forge enough through to light up the fog, then target the particular squad for a ram, and hope for the best. This part's very luck-heavy, as the gauss cannon fires once every second or so, so you really want to get this section done in as few shots as possible.

Once this is done, the game allows you to move the cursor throughout the entire map, so I immediately target the end area and follow the two 'hogs along until we get to the middle, of which I let Forge continue and use to spare to kill the enemies here to gain access to two more 'hogs. I will ram one of two squads, whichever one Forge's gauss cannon doesn't hit, sometimes the ram fails and you waste time, but it's not a huge deal.

I then take the end area by moving the marine squads to the power source behind the field and do things very specifically in this fight to end it as soon as possible. The win flag is triggered when all enemies are dead, and if you're too slow, more will spawn. The ideal strategy is to lure as many squads as possible into the blast sites of the carpet bombs that spawn in automatically. With the best manipulation and luck you should end the mission immediately after the second bomb.

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