Covenant elite vs. Predator

@fitnesstribesman13:

"What? This is confusing to me because if you look up photos of Elites, they don't seem to be wearing anything that looks like chain mail. Plus that paragraph seems to only be talking about another caste of Elites called guards and only wear the chain mail on their necks. If it isn't completely bulletproof, I'm sure that Yautja combat weaponry could pierce through the 'chain mail'. Besides, there's a spot below the Elite's mandibles that doesn't appear to be armored with anything that the Yautja could strike commonly and possibly kill the Elites."<-- First you doubted that they even had "chain mail" i provided proof of it, second it doesn't matter all elites carry it regardless of the in game feats. Seriously have u seen the covenant's elites change over the series of the games? lol Anyway as i said wiki has already been proven wrong before and again chain mail was one of them as i provided feats from different books and sources to prove so. The elite that got shot was a normal elite which implies all elites carry it. I never claimed it was bullet proof heck some of the preds stuff isn't bullet proof either does that mean that it = instant death? No, elites are bullet proof to a point depending on the rank. Anyway furthermore i doubt this will go hand to hand due to the simple fact he never gave the elites a melee weapon.

Ok, the Elite could have their chain mail, but still. I did describe a weak spot under their mandibles (pink fleshy area) that once the Yautja have temporarily disabled the Elite's shielding, he can stab right there and do some serious damage. Because if he stabs right there, it's very likely to pierce into the Elite's brain, thus jack him up or kill him. Yautja often like to stab prey who have chins with their wrist blades. And please give me one example of Yautja equipment that isn't bulletproof?

Yautja armor even at lowest tier and rank is still bulletproof:

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Well I do have several scans of Yautja disarming people which if a Yautja does manage to disarm the Elite by firing plasma blast, shuriken, or physically remove the Elite's somehow, the Elite might then resort mostly to close combat with fists and they both go into what Yautja on hunts like to call an honorable battle. Even if you say it won't go into a h2h battle the Yautja can as well finish off the Elite mainly with his shoulder cannon:

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That's right. The shoulder cannon as I has said before has the fire power to blow apart a decent sized spacecraft, an Apache helicopter, melt through multiple layers of industrial metal, and vaporize 2 soldiers with beam mode.

It would also be nice of you to tell me what can effectively kill Elites or what can kill fully equiped Elites? I do also remember a cutscene in Halo Wars where a UNSC captain faces off against an Elite Arbiter and the Captain pulls out a knife and stabs the Arbiter in the mandibles, causing the Arbiter to let go and back away from the Captain. This is close to the spot I was talking about where the Yautja could stab the Elite.

"Normal Drones, which are the 2nd weakest caste of Xenomorph, still have the strength to rip apart a man at the waste. Noticed how I included Xenomorph Warriors? Xenomorph Warriors are a superior form to Xenomorph Drones in strength, durability, speed, and slightly more intelligent. The questions would be if a normal Brute with no weapons and equipment could easily hold its own against an Xenomorph Warrior? While depending on which rank of Yautja, they can easily kill Xenomorph hordes in seconds or can only kill a few Xenomorphs easily. And another question is do you think MC and Brutes could lift over 8-10 ton LOCKED futuristic maximum security gates, tear the limb off a soldier wearing reversed-engineered Yautja armor with near casual ease while after being injected with bio-specific toxin, effortlessly win a wrestling contest with a raging bison bull who weigh approx. a ton and ragdoll the bison, and tear off with almost casual ease the heads of combat androids who are made with futuristic metal alloys designed for warfare by the Weyland-Yutani corps? I mean, does that really not click a single feeling of Yautja prowess to you?"<-- Normal brute? Yes i would it'd prolly lose its hands due to the acid, but if it had prior knowledge yes, i'd say it'd win fairly easily. Seriously did u not read what i quoted for them? Unless i didn't quote which i can't remember, nvm i just checked and i didn't heres a quote from a standard brute/ brutes.

"The Creature Cortana had called a "Brute" stepped from the shadows and faced John. It was taller than an Elite--wider and more muscular. Its mouth was lined with razor-sharp teeth, and its red eyes burned with hate. Its blue-gray skin was riddled with bullet holes.

The Brute tackled John, knocked his weapon from his grasp. Even with his MJOLNIR armor, John was not as strong as the alien.

It pounded on him with bare fists---broke through his shield-ing, grabbed his neck, and squeezed. Red flashes played across John's vision. He began to black out."

-Halo: First Strike

Heres the rest of the page finishing the fight... it knocked the weapon out of Mc's hands and above that it already had taken a lot of bullets to the belly and such.

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I'd throw up the pick, but honestly it wont do it i can also quote it if you'd like i have the book right beside me so up to you. Anyway thats just one case and this was MC no push over, which spartan IIs are already not push overs anyway. Also with MC it doesn't matter the brute was lifting and choking him mc is 995 pounds... He was holding him with ease.... There strong

Fred turned as the other blinked and charged him. He blasted it point-blank between the eyes.

The Brute bowled him over, and its fists came down in twin hammer blows that stunned Fred and drained his shields to a quarter charge.

Blood streamed from its snarling face . . . and then it finally registered the rounds that had penetrated its thick skull. It top-pled upon Fred, inert.

-Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

This brute tanks head shot and keeps pounding away.

"This was Fred's opening.

He sprinted to the base, and ducked around the corner of a warehouse--nearly bumped into a Brute running toward his position.

It towered over him, covered in thick slabs of muscle and dull blue rhinolike hide.

Fred fired without thinking, a full-auto burst, dead center of mass.

The Brute rushed him, unfazed.

Fred stepped into the beast's charge, striking at its thick neck with the butt of his rifle. It connected.

The brute reeled back and roared. Fred unloaded the remaining rounds in his magazine into the Brute's mouth.

The Brute snarled a mouthful of shattered, smoldering teeth and took two steps toward Fred . . .and fell.

-Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

Brute again knowing where its target is at without any signs it has an excellent nose and stuff. Although with their gear its gives them a better overall stat on hidden prey, also note it doesn't even phase when he gets shot in the chest at all...

I'm not disagreeing that Brutes are weak at all. Though the thing that makes me think the Xenomorph warrior would win against a Brute is the durability of Xenomorph Warriors and tails that give them a great reach advantage. I also feel like saying that Xenos have an agility and reflex advantage. They'll just shred the Brute to pieces before the Brute can even react to their attacks.

Yes Brutes are stronger than Xeno warriors, but Xeno exoskeletons are durable enough to withstand small arm bullets and were stated that only heavy armor piercing weapons are required to shatter through Xeno Warrior exoskeletons:

“It takes heavy armour-piercing military-grade weaponry to kill one and even then its not easy. We have the reports from Colonial Marines’ encounters with them. A Chinese farmer with a pitchfork, an Australian bird hunter with a shotgun, they’ll be wasting their time trying to stop a full-grown alien with either of those weapons.”

-Aliens: Earth Hive pg. 248-249

Xenomorphs of any caste could easily shred futuristic metals with their claws and tails, even through the armor of Colonial marines as shown in the movies, comics, novels and games. Hell, Brutes may have similar strength to Yautja as well. If an Xeno warrior can't defeat a Brute in h2h, then it may take a Hive warrior or Praetorian to match the strength of a Brute. But that's for another debate.

One problem with Brutes though is they are more like brawlers in h2h combat and they are proned to go berserk and rely on brute force mostly hence the name Brutes.

A. Beginner ranked Yautja bare-fisted kills Xenomorphs by tearing their heads off:

"It is true," said the short adjutant, whose name was Lar'nix'va. "These

are rank beginners and have never fought Hard Meat before. It is not fitting

that a few feints be made by the Blooded-especially when the Blooded is said

to have fought the Hard Meat bare-fisted."

"And torn off its head!"spat Nat'ka'pu proudly. "Very well. But mark my

methods, for I will leave the final killing to you, my students."

That said, the Leader turned and walked jauntily. He'd weaken the thing so

that his charges could dispatch it easily.

B. Novice Yautja fighting off horde of Xenomorphs:

“Gkyaun howled the war cry and jumped. He landed amid the

hissing drones and moved among them like the setg-in, deadly and

quick. So easy!He spun and slashed, burned and cut at the same

time. Two bugs fell with one slice of his spear.

A drone from behind lost its head; he gutted yet another.

He was Paya, the conquering warrior! Thwei ran at his feet, the

Hard Meat shrank in terror! More came at him, a relentless flow of fury and sound. He pivoted,

Hunted, his every movement was an arc of doom and pain.

Noguchi gulped air and pushed herself backward, toward the top of

the shield wall. The warrior was a dervish of wild energy and

prowess-the nightmare creatures fell all around him.

C. Two low-ranked Yautja fighting a large mass horde of Xenomorphs by dodging the pressurized acid and Xenomorph attacks in a dark area environment:

“The Queen continued in her bursts of screams, all but hidden by a mass of her minions, bugs jumping into the battle as more came out of the dark, running at the Hunters, the Hunters dancing and cutting like samurai-- both alien groups slowly, steadily gaining ground on the three humans.

Lara didn't think about it, couldn't, aiming and firing and aiming again, the bugs blasted into acid splash as the Hunters dodged and fought, and somehow managed not to die-- CLICK CLICK CLICK-- AND Lara heard Noguchi's weapon go dry, even over the screams and explosions, as chilling as terrible as the Queen's fury.”

Impressive, yet they were the basic xenomorphs? Which from even your words aren't that impressive its when they become warriors and such. Anyway heres elites basic training. This is for ALL elites... they start from a child and do have the reflexes to match spartans pound per pound and are able to fight them hand to hand which are about the pred's reflexes. Anyway heres the video.

Furthermore the only way to gain rank is to kill period. Older elites can still be the basic elites, but even then they stay that rank until they've killed enough which means tons of enemies in order to gain rank. A lot of pressure is on them as well for if they commit even the simplest of mistakes them and their families can be killed as well.

The Xenomorphs in the quotes should be Warriors as the Yautja is from a clan who are hunting on planets dominated by the Xenomorphs and all the Drones become Warrior over a long period of time according to the comic based ones.

Drones still put up a hell of a fight especially in numbers. Drones are like zombies, but stronger, smarter, fasters, more durable, claws and tails, pressurized acid blood, and reflexes.

That is much the same story for the current Yautja clans in the series. Yautja go on ritual hunts once they become young teens equivalent to age of 13-15 in human years. They are given basic training before the ritual hunt to join the clan and if they pass, they are trained throughout most of their lives until they retire at a very old age. It has been stated that Yautja live up to 2500 years and even the CBUB site users agree with the statement.

Another part of Yautja training is of course going on more hunts and missions such as capturing Xeno Queens or just plain old hunting an alien species, usually Xenomorphs. And some clans give harsh punishment if a Yautja leaves behind any piece of technology on a planet full of sapient beings. Punishment could be banishment on a Hell-like planet full of hostile creatures for a full century. If you survive, you rejoin the clan and your current ranking. Punishment for being defeated by weaker prey on a hunt or mission includes activating self destruct mechanism for humiliating the clan and to avoid advancement a species.

Funny you mention ranking. Yautja have only 6 clan ranking and each rank has a notable difference in physical and skill prowess. Rank is determined in a similar fashion to Elites. In order to rank up, you have to have a certain number of successful hunts and missions. Since there are only a few ranks for Yautja, it takes a ton of hunts to rank up. You can also rank up by setting up fighting matches against other clan members of the same rank. Also, here are all the 6 Yautja rankings:

• UNBLOODED: Young Yautja who are trained the skills necessary for their adult hunting. They will move to the next rank after their first hunt. Death challenges were forbidden. They can only issue claw-challenges. Also, hunting pyode amedha (humans) was forbidden unless they are provoked by a human. They represent about 40% at any one time.

• YOUNG BLOODS: Recently blooded Yautja. They are young, reckless, full of ambition and feel full of pride once they have collected the skull of their kill, which amuses the more experienced hunters. About 30% of Yautja at any one time are considered "Young Blood."

• BLOODED: The only difference between the BLOODED and the YOUNG BLOODS is that the BLOODED have more experienced but still not classed high among the great hunters. This represents 20% of the Yautja population.

• WARRIORS/ELITES: Violent, respected, solo hunters with high Yautja technology. They travel the Universe to find honorable hunting.

• HONORED/VETERAN: The Elite of Yautja society. They have earned more kills than the average hunter and are skilled in all ways. They comprise approximately 10% of the populace.

• ANCIENTS/ELDERS/CLAN LEADERS: The greatest Yautja that have ever lived, they have survived a thousand hunts. They have hunted so much that they look for other means of sport. Consequently, they are more compassionate and disciplined than most other Yautja. Many have learned new fighting techniques over the ages. For example, one "Ancient" who had hunted in 16th century Japan learned "Hira Baraki," or two-sword combat, continues to use it today, and has two custom swords. These represent less than 1% of the entire population.

There is possibly alot of pressure placed on a Yautja as well to fear that they will lose their respect and glory plus harsh punishment.

Do you also happen to have any clue on how fast Spartan reflexes are? I just doubt they are on par with Yautja reflexes. EU Yautja have the reflexes and speed to dodge bullets with ease and this has been shown many times in the EU. Just take a look at the agility and reflex section of my huge post of Yautja feats.

"So basically what these quotes are showing is that even beginner Yautja can tag multiple Xenomorphs jumping everywhere, kill them with bare hands, and dodge Xenomorph attacks and pressurized acid bursting from their flesh, which is like trying to dodge a horde of instant, unexpected sneezes at point blank. Would a normal Elite be capable of doing all those in h2h combat? And Xenomorphs should be capable of killing even armored Elites because Xenomorphs are capable of slicing and head-biting through Yautja armor which was bulletproof in AvP, even though it was one of the lowest tiers of Yautja armor. Then I would like to say that Xenomorphs are just as fast if not faster than Elites. It’s probably a good time to mention it, which is that Yautja are bullet-dodgers in the comics, novels and games. Then combine their bullet-dodging capabilities with their cloaking device and you get this entity you cannot see. I’ll post the scans and quotes in my next post."<-- Honestly yes, they could kill xenos if they had prior knowledge just like the preds have. As shown up above they do train from the time they stand. Period. Example is another one from the MC and the Blue Elite fighting as well which was a regular elite.

It only took an instant for the image to fully resister: a black film peeled away from the darkness. It was a meter taller than John and wore blue armor similar to that on Covenant warships. Its helmet was elongated and it had rows of sharp teeth; it looked like it was smiling at him.

The Elite warrior leveled a plasma pistol. At this range, there was no way the creature would miss-- the plasma weapon would cut through John's slowly recharging shields almost immediately. And if John used his assault rifle, it wouldn't cut through the alien's energy shield. In a simple exchange of fire, the alien would win.

Unacceptable. He needed to change the odds. The Master Chief pushed off the wall and launched himself at the creature. He slammed into the Elite before it had a chance to fire.

They tumbled backward and crashed into the bulkhead. The Master Chief saw the alien's shields flicker and fade-- he hammered on the edge of the alien's gun.

The creature howled soundlessly in the vacuum and dropped the plasma weapon.

The elite kicked him in the midsection; his shield took the brunt of the attack, but the blow sent him spinning end over end. He slapped his hand against the ceiling and stalled his spin--then dove under the Elite's follow-up attack.

The Master Chief tried to grab the alien--but their weakened shields slid and crackled over another. Too slippery. They bounced down the curved length of the passage. The Master Chief's boot caught on a railing, twisted-- a lance of pain shot up his leg--but he halted their combined momentum.

The Elite pushed away and caught a railing on the opposite side of the passage. Then it turned and sprang back toward the Master Chief. John ignored the pain in his leg. He pushed himself at the alien.

They collided--the Master chief struck with both fists but the force slid off the Elite's Shields.

The Elite grabbed him and threw him. They both spun into the wall.

The Master Chief was pinned--perfect: he had something to brace against in the zero gravity. He swung his fist used every muscle in his body, and connected with the alien's midsection. Its shield shimmered and crackled but some of the momentum transferred. The alien doubled over and reeled backward--

--and its hands found the plasma weapon that it had dropped.

The elite recovered quickly and aimed at the Master Chief. The Master Chief jumped, grabbed its wrist. He locked his armor's glove articulation--it became a vise clamp. They wrestled for control. The Gun pointed at the alien--then the Master Chief.

The Alien was as strong as the Master chief. They spun and bounced off the floor, ceiling, and walls. They were too evenly matched.

The Master Chief managed to force a stalemate: the pistol now pointed straight up between their bodies. If it went off it would hit them both-- one shot at point-blank range might collaspe their shields. They'd both fry. ( what would happen )

John turned the gun into its face--squeezed the firing mechanism. The plasma discharge exploded into the creature. Fire sprayed across its shields; they shimmered, flickered, and dimmed. The energy splash washed over the Master chief; his shields drained to a quarter. The internal suit temperature spiked to critical levels.

But the elite's shields were dead.

The Master chief pushed away and fired the pistol again. The bolt of fire caught the elite in the face.

It writhed and clawed at nothing. The elite shuddered. . . suspended in midair, it twitched and finally stopped moving,"

-Halo: The fall of Reach

Are you sure a normal Elite could take on a full horde of Xenos? Do you even know what an Xenomorph horde looks like? Here's how large an Xenomorph horde is:

Now do you still think a normal Elite could take out a full horde of Xeno Warriors? Xeno Warrior have the strength to punch and beat down futuristic metal security doors and leave some nice dents in the doors. Xeno Warriors displayed agility and reaction time superior to humans as Xenos have dodged shoulder cannon blasts even at close range on several occasions. Even in Alien Resurrection shows a scene where an Xenomorph Warrior dodges several bullets aimed by mercenaries.

Xeno Warriors as I have stated obtain durability that makes them withstand futurisic small arms and small caliber bullets:

“The sounds of combat were drawing much closer as they finished. He could hear the occasional ricochet ping off the alien armor, and whoever had taken over from the dead general would probably be hauling ass real soon.”-Aliens: Earth Hive pg 274

“A bullet spanged off the thing’s head, doing no more damage to the hard surface then a rubber ball bouncing on a plastecrete sidewalk. The alien turned and looked at the unseen shooters. “Aim for the woman!” somebody screamed. “Shoot Janna!” Before the alien kidnapper could flee with its prey, three more shots boomed. One of them missed completely. One of them hit the aliens chest, flattened on the natural armour, and did no harm. The third bullet hit the woman, just above the left eye.”-Aliens: Nightmare Asylum pg 4-5

Xeno Warriors can take several punches from a Yautja, however there is a trophy animation in AvP 2010 where Dark (low rank Yautja) somehow kills or K.Os an Xeno Warrior with a punch.

Not to mention that Xeno Warriors have a nice reach advantage over Elites with their tails with can be used for several uses. Xeno tails can be used to club, impale, stab, and unbalance opponents. Their claws, tails, and inner jaws are so sharp they can pierce the bulletproof armor of Yautja, Colonial marines, and Combat Androids who are durable enough to largely withstand sustained fire from pulse rifle ammunution which are armor piercing caseless explosive rounds. Xeno Warriors can also strike and attack faster than humans can.

All those Xeno Warriors seem overwhelming for a normal Elite in h2h combat. In addition Xeno warriors have pressurized acid blood that can dissolve spaceship metal in seconds. The Elite will most likely be covered in the acid blood melting their armor. The pressurized blood is like trying to dodge a large sneeze without warning at point blank and yet Yautja can dodge a full horde of Xeno warrior pressurized blood and attacks.

That is indeed a feat of skill for the blue Elite, but I still think the Yautja has the skill advantage. Like do you happen to have any sort of clue on what martial arts or skills Elites are taught? To me it looks like Elites and Spartans don't really use some type of actual fighting skills or organized martial art. They're like brawlers and simply kick and punch things until they win the fight.

While Yautja depending on clan are taught martial arts and combat skills.

Yautja have a martial art called Jehdin, which is something as best loosely described from Steve Perry to be as a fusion of Penchak Silat, Aikido, Kyokushin Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and other more complex combat skills said to be superior to all martial arts on Earth. They have also been said displaying skills to that of samurai.

Native American skills, tactics and warfare may be involved evidently from the fact Yautja have been shown to ambush, guerilla warfare, stealth, and psychological warfare flawlessly. Especially the Yautja from the Jungle Clan.

Not to mention their hunting attire includes something like a breechcloth and several melee weapons included are spear-like, throwable, darts in gaunlets, traps (laser net, proximity mines, net) and daggers. Hell, they even came to Earth and were worshiped by the Mayans, Aztecs, Incans, and other pre-columbian civilizations and tribes according to AvP films. So it is very likely the have also seen how the pre-Columbian tribes and civilizations have fought.

Here is another scan of a Young blooded Yautja taking out a nice horde of Xeno Drones with just a smart disk:

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Low rank Yautja taking out Combat Androids in close combat:

"That’s what just one quick slice from a young blooded Yautja does to this tank’s armor. Also I just found out by rereading the comic again that it is actually a tank in the 1960s. Now could plasma rifle fire do that? Wrist blades as well can easily pierce through the armor of Colonial Marines, Xenomorph hide, and Combat and War androids made with futuristic metal alloys designed for warfare. The Yautja shoulder cannon could do all these very easily as well."<-- Yes they could WW2 tank armor lets admit is a joke lol. If i saw the pred owning the Colonial marine's armor then yeah it'd be a worthy feat. However, its not and yes a covenant plasma rifle could do that as well. What i find it hard is that predators seem to have some very low feats and in the end what i'm beginning to notice more is that it depends on the individual pred and the individual elite ( both standard so alot of these i've also noticed are not young blood which would be me arguing for the blue elites. )

I noticed this when u had said = "Well if it’s not a normal Elite, then it’s not a normal Elite. Well since you want to bring in skill feats of this debate, here are some more:"<-- well that mite be so, but so far theres been few young bloods and more experienced preds. Either way is fine, but in the end we are arguing lowest of the low for both species.

"A. Dachande, while seriously injured from a powerful explosion and female Yautja, fought against Xenomorph hordes flawlessly and quickly using his own martial art skills he learned which was said by the woman to be more complex and dangerous than any martial arts she had seen on Earth. The veteran only used a combi-stick and dagger. He also states he has fought roughly ten thousand xenomorphs before:"<-- so if we went by ur logic this is not a young blood, but rather a vet which imo is way above an avg young blood. In turn this would not necessary be debated as well either per say. As i said i'm beginning to realize more and more of these as well.

I just showed that feat to give an insight of what kind of skill the Young Blooded Yautja are being taught.

Another thing that I wanted to mention is that Yautja have a power glove. The power glove is activated by the user's gauntlet and it creates a small kinetic explosion that can go beyond the unbelievable striking power of Praetorian PredAliens. Praetorian PredAliens are stronger than normal PredAliens which can tremor and bring a whole temple room down by slaming their fists on the ground. The power glove is shown in avp requiem.

"I would say MC was just exaggerating and being sarcastic because that sound pretty damn over-powered for a single plasma grenade. I would like to see the quote. Nevertheless, the Yautja can simply react and avoid the grenade thanks to their amazing bullet-dodging capability and able to jump over 40 feet."<-- No hes not, and the covenant are known for over powered things... they simply glass planets for fun.... Example of Covenant weapons

Starting with the Covenant nades u doubted...

Zamamee felt his plasma rifle cycle open as it attempted to cool itself, and knew he was about to die, when a plasma grenade sailed in among the humans and locked onto a human soldier's arm. He yelled, "No!" but it was already too late, and the explosion slaughtered the entire fire team.

- Halo: The Flood

and the one u doubt.

The Chief tossed two plasma grenades. They burned magnesium-brilliant and adhered to the heavy alloy of the bulk-head doors that encased the bridge--one of the alien weapons' more useful properties. He moved around the corner of the pas-sage and shielded Haverson and Polaski.

Five Seconds elapsed, and a flash filled the hallway. The Chief moved back to the doors. They shone mirror-bright where the grenade had detonated but were otherwise unharmed.

A hundred grenades wouldn't have blasted through these doors--but when Covenant plasma grenades detonated, they disrupted electronics and shielding.

-Halo: The Flood

Yeah he wasn't joking there op... and its known for that. People just think the covenant from the video games, and what people forget is that the video games were a toned down version of the Covenant. The covenant were literally winning the war, crushing everyone in their path. Only plot is what saved them and lots of it...

Ok that explosive power may kill a Yautja, but as I have stated, Yautja are bullet dodgers and could jump over 20 feet casually and over 35-40 feet in a full powered jump. That's more than enough reflexes and speed to dodge any thrown plasma grenade.

More weapons.

Plasma can blind do note it was his shields that tanked this blast.

A flash of plasma fire washed over his shields, blinding him. He ignored it, closed his eyes, and continued to force his way through the door.

-Halo: First Strike

That would temporarily blind the Yautja's natural thermal vision. Yes Yautja naturally have thermal vision as shown in Predator 2 in a scene where a camera switches to the Predator's vision without a mask.

The bio-mask just enhances the effect of the thermal vision. Other than that, blinding is useless as the Yautja bio-mask greatly enhances hearing to the point it was stated they can hear a whisper from 50 feat away and can hear the silent sound of Xenomorph Drones sneaking upon them:

The little needles from the needler doing work.

The surviving Elites recovered and fired.

Adam fell, one hand clutched at the crystal shards that penetrated his armor and punctured his lower spine.

-Halo Ghosts of Oynx

Why are you bringing up the needler if you are strictly going by what the OP says?

One shotted by an Elite plasma bolt.

"Robert caught a blot of plasma in the stomach--it stuck there, burning through his SPI armor like paper. Screaming, he managed to reload and spray his MA5B on full auto at the elite who had shot him. TEAMBIO showed his heart in full arrest, but he still grabbed a grenade, pulled the pin, and lobbed it at the enemy fire team . . .and then he fell."

-Halo Ghosts of Oynx

Do note SPI armor is only below that of spartan armor which is still very very very hard to melt due to it literally being built to counter covenant weapons.

Yeah, in an attempt to counter covenant weapons. There's no doubt that plasma rifle fire is extremly hot, but even the Yautja shoulder cannon could vaporize fully armored Colonial Marine with a fully charged plasma blast. This was shown in AvP 2010. Yet it also vaporizes Noland from Predators and he was fully armored:

"Lava actually isn’t that hot. Lava can range from 800 to 1100 in Celsius and lightning is 5 times hotter than the surface of the Sun. If you search it on Google, it will tell you how hot lightning is from many sources and the predator took a direct lightning strike lasting for 3-5 seconds without damage. Also I have pics of the Yautja homeworld and it shows that they live in an incredibly hot environment with 2 Suns, active volcanoes, ships preparing for space flight, and dry desserts. I have also as well found this feat of a low ranking Yautja that actually took plasma shot from a man carrying a stolen Yautja shoulder cannon and the Yautja took no damage at all other than playing possum when shot and quickly got back up and effortlessly punched though the man’s chest wearing a micro-Kevlar carbon fiber suit which is supposed to stop a knife’s penetration. Here’s the scan:" <-- i never claimed it was i said unless u got proof of them winning in it, i doubt its going to be able to "tank tons of shots" From the Covenant weapons.

Here your proof:

And why would tons of shots from the plasma rifle kill a Yautja if a shoulder cannon bolt can't even damage the Yautja? Even if sustained fire could kill a Yautja, the Yautja could simply dodge the plasma rifle especially with cloaking device that allows them to be hardly seen with that kind of speed. Plasma rifle bolts are portrayed to be quite slower than bullets. Yautja have dodged bullets on many occasions easily so plasma rifle fire just seems like a joke against a Yautja.

A Yautja took multiple hellfire missiles without much damage besides loosing his bio-mask and flesh wounds on right arm and wrists:

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"I think what really the quote is saying is that only indirect fire catches Keyes pants on fire and then got shot again on the leg which caused him to lose his leg. And wasn’t Keyes unarmored? And Keyes is not a Yautja who can take took that plasma shot just fine." <-- LOL no, he did not he shot once it blew off the guy's leg with in direct fire, he also then caught himself on fire as well AND was flung back. On top of that he one shotted the guy in the head right after. I never said humans or jackals were durable what i said was they carry the kinetic force that causes things to EXPLODE and the also burn at a very height temperature. Anyway as i said i'm starting to see more differences between the two as it seems the races are based on individuals and stuff. I do feel i got new respect for the preds, but as i've said before the gear allowed for the regular blue elite puts him at a major disadvantage and i noticed it after i had made the comment and saw this come up again.

Alright, it had to do with the transition between the characters of the quote, but I'll be generous to allow the feat. That kind of kinetic energy might knock back a Yautja at most. I have already proven my point that the Yautja shoulder cannon has superior fire power to the plasma rifle with my feats.

Actually the skill level of Yautja is based on the rank and which clan the Yautja is from.

Predator wins

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