Brief Guide On Holding A Setup



Photo Credit: Joe Brady @joebradyphoto

Hey everyone. Chris / Inexist here and I'm the Coach & Analyzer of the Halo squad. I'm here to give a brief explanation on how to hold a 'setup' and to give you some insight on what coaches look out for when directing their squad.

So let's begin with The Rig - Slayer. One of the maps in the competitive circuit and in the rotation of the Arena Playlist. Now with many teams. Everyone will most likely favour the Red Team as they will spawn inside of The Rig. Spawning inside gives you many options to work with right off the start. That Sniper Rifle is going to be a huge part for our setup.



Red spawn (left) with Sniper rifle and Blue spawn (right).

Now from what I see here is that the Red Side has much more cover and a much better area to lock down the map than the Blue Side. We're talking about Team Slayer here. If it was Strongholds it would be a totally different matter.

So let's say you're in the Red Team and you've wiped out the enemy team and you're looking to control the map and you already have weapon control. From what I've analyzed I prefer the inside setup. Here is a brief showdown of where your team needs to be placed.





1 Person: Bunker (Preferably with Sniper Rifle) - Protect This Guy. This position provides angles to several points such as Top Engine, outside Nest door, Top & Bottom Rail, Sniper & Longhall Entrance and Basement

(Preferably with Sniper Rifle) - Protect This Guy. This position provides angles to several points such as Top Engine, outside Nest door, Top & Bottom Rail, Sniper & Longhall Entrance and Basement 1 Person: Engine Two

1 Person: Top Rail or 'Tower Two'

Last person can be the floater. I prefer him to be Sniper Rifle side trying to bait and force the enemy to push in from Longhall so they can get sniped from our Bunker (See Bunker pic)

From what you can see it kind of feels that you're setting up a wall to protect the guy with the Sniper. That's exactly what the setup is all about. You can guarantee many kills but it's all about staying alive because if one of you die it can damage the wall and you have a chance of losing control and losing the setup to the other team so you and your team will need to know exactly when to rotate off spawn if one of you die.

Just keep playing each map over and over and get a good feel of where good positions are to hold. Keep grinding and keep practicing. If you need any questions answered you can get me on Twitter or on Xbox Live at DIG Inexist.