Grunts: Main Infantry

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GRUNTS

 

 

Grunts are one of the funniest things about Halo. These plump little aliens run around bellowing at the combat zone in a frenzied panic, unsure of what to do next.

 

Grunts are known as Unggoy in the Covenant language. They are very strange and, though very simple, they are not so easily understood. Grunts are normally led by an elite in a squad, as seen in the next image, but if that elite leadership is eliminated, most grunts enter a psychotic state of mind where they do one of two things. The most common is running around screaming their lungs out and flailing their arms above their heads. The less common is when a grunt or group of grunts will arm two plasma grenades and charge toward the enemy party in the same awkward manner, hoping to blast away their adversary with them. A suicide-grunt can be seen in the second image following.



Individually, grunts are barely more threat to a fully healed Spartan than a bag of flour.

But a pack of well-trained grunts with an elite at command can be a huge threat.

The grunts just have to be sure they can protect their leader to avoid chaos.

Halo Grunts have evolved on a large scale over the course of Halo's twelve years of action. The most drastic change has to be between Halo Reach and Halo 4, shown in depth in the second image.

Grunts breath methane through a gas mask shown below.

Some grunts have been known to completely break down, violently shaking with their hands over their face, hoping that if they can't see the danger, it will go away. This is the cowering stage. This could possibly be the worst position for a grunt to be in: standing in place, hands over face, out in the open, during a firefight between the UNSC and their own Covenant forces.

Some grunts have been known throughout the series to sleep on duty. This has happened in almost every game.

Some of the things grunts say hilarious things during combat situations. This video, by Cazmoldy, shows some of the things.

 

A large amount of gut-busting media has been centered around grunts. Some of the grunt- focused comedy follows.

 

 

 

 

Some really cool things have been designed around grunts.

This is a deleted scene from Halo 2 emphasizing the cowardly traits of grunts and, in turn, how this affects how other Covenant warriors view them. Watch how the grunts run when they get startled and the way the elite treats a running grunt.

 

 

The skull "Grunt Birthday Party" can be enabled, allowing confetti to erupt from a grunt upon a headshot, while a cheerful "YAY" is heard.

 

 



 

Sometimes, a grunt's backpack gets knocked off during battle, and they go flying around the map like a balloon that was released before being tied. It looks hilarious. This happens in Halo: Reach. In Halo 3, the backpack just falls off.  Look at seconds 11 and 12 to see a flying grunt who lost its backpack.

 

 

Grunts are capable of few combat roles due to their physique and combat style. They can hold only small arms, such as plasma pistols, needlers, plasma rifles, spikers, and on occasion, fuel rod cannons. They are only capable of driving ghosts, but that is about it with vehicles, except for Wraith gunning. Grunts have always been the clowns of the Halo series in a good way, and I am almost

always happy to see them plodding around.



 

For a more in depth explanation about Unggoy, visit Halo Nation. http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Unggoy