chadwizick memory is the key

chadwizick: I am stealing that line for a book.

It's already in a show.

Oh. :(

Yea it's the true key blade.

I would want to see that

You see brothers, This ancient human weapon is impractical due to its lack of twin blades, thus leaving its victims dishonored and in pain, if it had two blades, both hearts could be stabbed, giving a quick death, and preserving the honor of both the wielder and the victim. Wait what do you mean humans do not have two hearts?

Elite (just bc its easier to write) Shad: This thing its akward, well when you see it its clearly made for humans, not Elites. It has some clear advantages but the material its too primitive, also it isnt as religious as, lets say the Light saber from Star Wars

I want to add something here, but this is too beautiful.

"What honourable Elite holds his blade outward towards his front? A true warrior faces his enemy with almost negligible forward guard, leaving his chest open for attack! We strike from a spinning round slash and wildly predictable hammer arm swipes. This is the only honourable to wield a blade, as you see this is my Subanese Lance infused with the light of our moon, it cuts through mongrel Brute hides, Human heretic scum and Parasite alike! For the glory of Sangheilious!"

Don't you mean "what an absolute SHAD of a Spartan" ;p

Emile is so chad he said no to death until he stabbed his attacker back. He was so focused on the kill, he wouldn’t accept death until he got it. I swear to go he’s the fucking devil.

@@MythicHuskii hey you just got gutted by an energy sword that instantly kills, you gonna die? Emile: no... I dont think I will

He was my second favourite Spartan after Lockie his a fucking CHAD if anyone disagrees with me I shall call upon the powers of the Chad lords

All Spartans are kings.

i remember that, Emile still had enough life in him to shoot the elite that stabbed him but then promptly died probably because he was stabbed right in the chest, although i have heard side stories from halo where Spartans would take chest fulls of energy weapons and get their chest melted and die hours later because their armor just preserves their life that much

@@Lickicker He stabbed the elite in the throat with his knife and dragged it down into the canyon below with him presumably dying from the fall, although the gut stab would have been lethal.

@@33link333 ... His body is by the MAC cannon...

Lars Papsø I’m pretty sure he was alive a bit after that because you find his body slouched against the railing

@@lilvampire7439 The stab was still lethal though so that doesn't really change anything

And plus that it was made for Elites, not humans

@@frenchsoldier8485 Sangehli are "Elites"^^

@@Maxiiimoto I... know? I called them Elites because it's shorter

Not to mention, The forerunner weapon it is reversed engineered or inspired by was actually a sword/beam weapon combo. With the beam emerging from the tip

@@frenchsoldier8485 He explained that in the video.

I look at it the other way. the "plasma pulse kill" he talks abut is a solid reason for a double blade, in order to create a complete circut to arc through the target.

Well that’s not how it works canonically. They only cut and burn. There’s nothing electrical about it’s effect on a target. Scientific or not, in Halo, they’re basically just alien lightsabers. And the double blade is just the way the Sangheli design their blades. Whether it’s more practical or cultural is not in my field expertise but that’s how it is and it looks cool and it works for Halo.

@@MetaShadowP1rate I completely agree with this man's conclusion, the energy sword has a far greater "battery charge" than in the games, it's 10 kill limit is for balancing, just look at the halo 2 energy sword and how overpowered it was with its unlimited charge

Could the covenant actually have some small energy pack attached to the back or fighting arm that has a cord to plug into the sword? Then when a human picks it up it only has whatever was left in the handle, because it detached from the tank.

@@Spartan-114 thank you for bringing up the Halo 2 swords that use way less power, and 1 that is literally infinite

A message of fear ironically induced via ionic lobotomy

and on the note of a weapon of fear - don't most elites use the sword while cloaked, and sneak up to stab through the back, ie an assassination weapon not a combat weapon.

Considering how the sword is still used on the battlefield to great effect, it is a combat weapon. It feels more like a katana of IJN officers, but more practical in a sense that armour shielding actually allows to close into combat and use it.

@@pavelstaravoitau7106 it's only used in great effect due to superior armor shielding, it's still primarily a weapon of fear, a weapon of fear can be used as a great weapon of war when your species is so far forward technologically in comparison to your enemy, if humanity and the Sangheli were on the same technological, "plane" if you will, the Energy sword would have been much less effective

I know this thread is old, but it really depends on the elites rank. Normal elites wont have access to a sword, only ultras and higher ranks are able to use swords. Its not that they arent practical. But i do agree that its design is meant to induce fear in enemies.

restlessfrager If considering Sangheili morphology they would need a weapon that considered there double sets of pec muscles.

The human name for it is a energy sword I dont know what the sangheili calls it tho

@@Tony_Christmas. Literally what I said, yes.

@@restlessfrager well yes but actually yes

@Jacob Fenrir unless you're Noble 6 in which it doesn't work on him, he isn't Noble 5

It looks much more like a dagger(punch-dagger) in size when it's in the alien's hand. that combined with it's one hit kill capability makes me think it's more of an assassination tool than something you'd use for dueling.

Rod Ray No, its more or less used by a Saber, Its used by high ranking officers in regular fights (and battles) for assassinations, they use it still but more commonly the Energy Gauntlet (a gauntlet, that when active, has 2 small energy blades come out.)

It’s kinda like a a combat knife and also is used by super soldiers, not average soldiers

Not really, Its more like a short sword when held by elites or spartans

Too bad he missed the size ratio of the sword to the alien, makes it about gladius sized for them. And the fact that they usually have a personal shield that's tower shield sized, which makes some complaints pointless. Why parry when you got shield? Instead counter attack while blocking. Also, if you're in formation with others with tower shields most of the swing range he says would be limited, would be limited anyway. If you looked at a Gladius, you'd know just how popular stabbing was with the thing.

Almost…

I see it as a very practical stabbing weapon like a Rapier. It also has very long blades that protect the hand,it could be decent for dueling. But it of course is a cultural and physiological weapon.

The striking surface would be just as wide if it was filled and tapered down to a single sharp point. It has two blades because it looks futuristic and cool.

@@CoconutMigrating it actually has two blades so that you are able to lock your opponent's blade in between them then twist it from there grasp

@@MrBeans0220 but there is no guard. It's far to difficult to stop a weapon that way with pure strength. In most cases it would pass through. If they added a guard over the hand then catching a sword would be possible.

@@gormleypeach5809 the blade tapers in close to the hand. Technically the energy would be thin enough to pass through that but that was the basic idea behind the design

StrangeoneXD major props for quotes and cited sources. Waaaaaay too rare in internet discussions. Well done. 👍

@@kungfuskull Thanks!

In addition to that the arbiter in Halo Wars deflects bullets from an assault rifle, using the energy sword as an shield. Because of that I think that during an combat situation between two sword fighters, there would not be the possibility to actually catch a blade between the gap.

I was just about to say i think their swords are designed more out of religion than anything else, but then saw your comment. I really like the way you put actual info behind the idea, as someone else said that's pretty rare on internet discussions.

@@gravemindster7193 When does that ever happen?

Don't forget, most of blade is weight nNOTHING, or almost nothing so you can jugle with it as long as you want, or untill charges deplete, THAN it is USELESS, why noone ask a simple question, why someone will arm their troops with 10 uses blades ? No recharge, 10 discharges and than...what ? Same proble with all (low tier) alien wepaonry in halo, plasma pistol ? Powerfull in fullcharge, overheats after 10 shots or so, deplete battery...and thrown out in the field, alien plasma rifle, same but no charge shot, overheats even faster, you see problem here, NONE in right mind, wll make ONE USE WEAPON, unless its RPG or LAW, but, in halo, RPG's and FRC have magazines or rechargable batteries !!! WTF HALO ???!!!

олег бурдин In the lore, the plasma pistol and plasma rifle have a much longer charge (almost a day of nonstop combat). The reason they have so little charge in the game is because it’d be unfair to have basically limitless ammo while fighting against other players in multiplayer. I’m not sure if the same thing goes for the overheating of the weapons, or with the energy swords charge.

Yet for purely idustrial purposes, making one use gun (even if it can be used non-stop for day), still rifle life is longer in general 10000 shots, you can increase it by changing barrel + 5000 shots, with alien weaponry you can't do that, imagine you by ar-15 with 100...ok 500 capacity magazine (i am not tolking about drum mags bear with me), after you shot all 500, what next ? You throw it away, yet enemy goes trough 10-12-15 mags, and can still go-on. Mister you are F*CKED !!!

олег бурдин Their weapons are not one use only. They reload them with charging stations. Also the same logic applies to ballistic weapons too. When you run out of ammo... then what? Even worse is that you'll run out of ammo more quickly because you you only have about 300 or so shots on person. The enemy on the other hand can keep firing until the sun sets.

The Louster Just what I was gonna say.

Well, Spartans can't die, so that's not a fair comparison as Emile did not die, he just was missing in action!

*laughs in same time sword attack*

Hmm yeah probably because said person is a biologically augmented super solider 🤦 fucking duhhh......

@@DarkKatzy013 laughs in rtas

Already a video of a energy sword fight in the animated short movies Halo legends.

Solid light

Really, because it behaved a lot like real plasma in the fall of reach novel when it was used in ship combat?

@@SuperThest in the novel the planet lasts nothing. In Halo Reach it lasts around a month. Bungie ended up being inconsistent with their last Halo game and lessened the importance of that novel

James Ortiz considering it was based on forerunner design. It’s likely solid light Forerunners seemed to use a lot of light weapon

@@Alex53Ace the

We do see them run out in Star Wars Battlefront 2

The battery pack died out after the last great sith invasion before KOTOR. They do still have batteries that need to he recharged or replaced but the technology advanced to not needing battery packs to be carried.

The lightsaber you are thinking about are extremely old before Star Wars technology with the lightsaber advanced.

@@itsyvonblitz6819 The protosabers had to be constantly attached to a bulky battery pack, which is probably what you're referring to.

That was the proto saber, not the lightsaber. Lightsabers don’t have to recharge because they don’t use a battery, they use kyber crystals, which contain the force within them

there are sangheli blaades that are made of more conventional metals that the energy sword is apparently based on

@@captainbloodloss1 which is in fact canon!

Vtel 'Zolam Uphold*

45bullshark Thank

I appreciate the Halo 2 speech

those who would break this oath are heretics, worthy of neither pity, nor mercy!

We will grind them into dust

Glory and honor guide our ascension!

Wort Wort Wort

Actually I was thinking something similar, but you used for more edumecated words. (Yes I use Edumecated...)

So, as good as the comment is, it's not quite true - Plasma isn't 'electrically charged' gas, necessarily. Plasmas are, molecularly, what happens when you get something into a state of really, really high ionization and is so hot it can't form molecular bonds. A real-world example of this involves a spectrograph of a distant star that may have been observed 'eating' a planet, in which Fe +25 was found in the spectra (for reference, Fe / Iron has 26 electrons in its base state - so, the iron was *so ionized,* it had exactly one electron to its name). Needless to say, plasmas that get sufficiently cooled - say, to being a gas - are *VERY* reactive, because once the energy that's keeping electrons away isn't present, _the plasma will want those electrons back._

A plasma with a net charge would be a *terrible* choice for a melee weapon. _Especially_ if the opposite side can also use it. Unlike a net-neutral plasma you would have to suppress electric discharges not just between the two clouds but also anything else in the vicinity, such as yourself. It also places a rather severe upper limit on the amount of energy you can store in the "blade" as it's basically a giant capacitor at that point, takes insane voltages to force more charge out of your power cell and in addition to thermal containment you have to compensate the Coulomb force between the plasma clouds.

Anything ionized is electrically charged by definition.

+Mr. Entropy The basic assumption for plasmas is that they are electrically neutral on the macroscopic scale. Mainly because we don't know any way of violating charge conservation in a significant manner. What separates a plasma from an ideal gas is that the individual microscopic particles carry a net charge. You can also study charged plasmas of course, for example most electrical discharges will have a large excess of negative charge if they are driven by the far more mobile electrons. These tend to be incredibly unstable though as the Coulomb force will either attract them to a nearby opposite charge or rapidly disperse the cloud.

"We needed cool alien shit that clashed with the more practical human stuff. I dunno."

Rule of cool was a thing.

It’s science fiction it’s not meant to be realistic why does he do these vids

brad yeager Because he wants to.

thesupersonicstig fair point

TVs don't have enough energy to cut you either. If they did they would.

Adam de souza “long neck penis looking guys” 💀💀💀

*Sangheili, Shan Shyuum

That makes sense

@@apolloknight9521 Fun note, take a look at Arbiter's energy sword and compare it to energy swords the elites use in Halo 5- ONI had a hand in engineering Arbiter's sword, and you migth notice that a lot of the problems Shad mentioned have been fixed in there. Humans applied their knowledge of warfare to Ex-Covenant tech.

@@Warhamer116 Yeah, but the Prophet's Bane was an ancient sword that the Arbiter had modified by a Sangheili blacksmith. Maybe he took inspiration from humans when he went to have it redesigned, but I don't think ONI, or even any human for that matter, had a direct role in designing it.

it does work like a taser in the sense that you have a few charges in it, when you're done it stops emitting the blade and you have to find another weapon

WARNING: HALO LORE FAN WHO HAS SPENT THE WHOLE VIDEO WRITING THIS: 1. Remember, heat wise, Sangheili always have armour at the very least, energy shields even, when using the weapon, radiant heat can be seen to be less of an issue if this is the case. UNSC armour is designed to be heat resistant as, well, the Covenant uses PLASMA weapons, so I dare say it would be a less critical issue for them to use it as well. 2. The Sword, in its operation of the sword is used as a blade, to cut, the plasma, if you note, has defined sharp portions in its in-game models, considering how extensively used Plasma is in the Covenant, such control over magnetic fields and as such plasma in order to create an almost solid blade with Plasma is possible. As such the edge could be literally pretty much solid, while retaining the heat energy, so it would cut like a blade, as it would be a blade, while the plasma can be rather low temperature. 3. In its use in-canon its origin is ceremonial, the Covenant is obviously HIGHLY religious and traditional, the Sangheili are culturally traditional as well, if it works, and works with their sword techniques, they would accept it, no? 4. Remember, SANGHEILI HAVE SYMMETRICAL HANDS. (Ah, apologies, you mentioned the hand shape later.) 5. Sangheili used to use metal swords yes, but they were heated, and their shape is generally left ambiguous, to my knowledge. 6. There are also other shapes of sword, and of course, Energy Shields (Like, proper shields), for traditional use. The Variant in the game is the one mass produced by the San'Shyuum for Sangheili use. 7. Covenant technology is based on Forerunner Mining tech, I dare say they *could* use Plasma in the same way the Forerunner have Hard Light, (Look at point 2 latter portions). 8. Instant kills are easily explained as a Gameplay Mechanic, in canon lore, Sangheili often have long sword duels, with slices not killing, just weakening the opponent. 9. The Sword is often used against other Energy swords, so the bumps would provide the stop for the middle gap, as it's magnetic field would interfere with the other blades, no? Remember, Sangheili xenophobia and culture, as well as focus on Tradition, it could be a more extreme form of the German WW2 tech "Must defeat our own weapons first" syndrome. 10. AGAIN, Energy sword is a SWORD, not a PLASMA CANNON, as I said prior, game's functionality is gameplay focused, and is not how they are canonologically used and/or function. 11. BEARING ALL THIS IN MIND, Sangheili techniques are described as VERY AGGRESIVE, Defensive techniques are rather... abandoned, again, cultural in nature. 12. ENERGY DAGGERS BASED ON THE GAUNTLET ARE A THING, as a hold out weapon. 13. General issue with the whole video is TIS A SWORD, NOT A ONE SHOT KILL, GAMEPLAY MECHANICS OFTEN =/= CANON. (Insert Lore Fan rage about game issues)

TheConeezeanEmperor another thing: It’s often used by spec. ops since it’s less noisy than a plasma rifle, and active camouflage used by the Sangheili can hide the blade easily.

Ehh, most high ranking Sangheili use them, usually as they are proficient with the blade, and as such demand one for use in combat. (Their personal one is either in their Keep or elsewhere). Again a cultural thing really, the sword is a status symbol, if one is skilled with the blade, one must be high up in one's Keep.

it does look like some super-complex arc welder where you already have some self contained plasma of different polarities that are just striving to flow from one side to another but are repelled by these magetic fields: you distrupt one field and plasma pours out in a dispersive cloud causing severe burns, distrupt both fields and you get a stream of plasma flowing from one field to the other in an arc, like this the visible "blade" would visibly deform and eject plasma on any surface it touches (so no cool shots of the thing passing trough and poking on the other side of a victim) but it would make much more sense in its functionality. A charge of the energy blade could be like a condenser, that before a cut the energy blade creates plasma with the sorrounding air until it reaches saturation and the energy blade doesn't recharge the resource before the charge doesn't reach a certain threshold, so you're assisted in partitioning the blade's energy which would result in multiple dead opponents and not a single pile of char along with the hazards of having a plasma arc in your immediate vicinance

On top of having a Zealot class too...

@@jadedsilverlining9427 It's the first (and maybe only?) class that has the sword.

@@L4sket That is not true. They may have been the enemy type that wielded one the most, but as the original Halo games moved along more and more "types" of Sangheili soldiers were depicted as carrying and using E-Swords, especially in Halo: Reach.

In Halo CE, we see Sangheili officers using Energy swords as well. In Halo 2, we see Special Operations Elites and Officers use them.

Theres also the elite stealth assassins (cant remember the actual name) that used energy swords instead of ranged weapons so they dont attract unwanted attention.

@johan alejandro ok now say why you disagree

johan alejandro please explain why you disagree

haha im glad someone typed this out, i was thinking all of this from the get go, he still made a good video, but i think it should have been more phrased as like is it useful for elites, not humans.

johan alejandro Quality thread

This explains a lot considering that most enemies who have an energy sword are zealots

‘Hey, Chasomee, when you jam these wires together it kinda looks like a traditional Sangheili blade.” “Prophet of Militancy, this is a sign of the gods! I shall wield this weapon into battle!”

Dashiell Gillingham lol

Kinda even makes sense with the fact the swords originally contained sap. They find this strange handle that produces energy on both ends. Fiddle around a bit and boom sword.

Lmao who knows, maybe it was...

John Smith Yeah, I thought it was stated somewhere in Halo cannon that the covenant just found a bunch of Forerunner tech and re-purposed it.

pacster :v true they did and the prophets bane in halo 5

Erick Quiroz so did the Prophet’s Bane and the Infected Swords

Same with Arby in Halo 5

Proctor Argus yeah that’s the prophets bane it’s arbys sword

And also th distance between the 2 blades were huge as well

angryjams I think it would hurt their hand only unless they accidentally stab their own torso

Elite Cop : Freeze ! Drop your weapon ! Elite : *drops energy sword* Ahhhh my foot !

@@neonshark6972 It would simply turn off, and Sanghelli (Elite) hands are better suited for the handle

@@SuperPaez when you kill them in game, the blade remains active sooo...

Elites are highly resistant to plasma damage and they are usually shielded so not many would die by accidentally touching the blade.

Daedalus. For the sake of playing devils advocate,for the run of the mill person, yes. But for Spartans and elites who are not only larger but also a good deal heavier and stronger, at worst they would be staggered. But grunts, marines, and jackals they will be of course sent flying as well. However, the force exerted would be sent forward, not around the immediate area. Since the burst of plasma would be sent toward the unfortunate victim, not the wielder. The burst would be sent from the handle, towards the point of the sword and into the victim. That's for the run of the mill swipe. Which is point towards the enemy and slicing up. The point would cut through but not impale. The thrust would impale but the burst would fry their innards but not send them flying since the surge would hold them there along with the weight of the victims gear. The typical sangheli swordsman would stab and lift up, gravity, weight, and the amount of force would override the forward force. When struck the victim is sent 5 feet in the other direction. That's with armor. For sangheli and Spartans they are a good deal heavier so they won't be sent back apon striking. This goes for the brutes and even larger hunters as well. Staggered at worst if it worked that way.

Rigna Tetris You can't take gameplay on how emergy swords actually work. Read some halo book for fucks sake!

Mario Badia even book show inconsistancies where a person is impaled but when hung off the blade in the typical sangheli shenanigans they are not sliced through due to weight and gravity. So while slicing would do so apparently staving won't. It still would cauterize the wound and burn around the impact site, scorching the innards. But if the sangheli were to pull up rather than thrust and lift up like they do then it would indeed slice and send flying, rather than impale and scorch. Provided the energy to create the plasma is not used first. Because that is what causes them to go flying.

Daedalus this is indeed so, but the average sangheli in battle armor is about 1000 pounds, the average Spartan is about 4 tons as stated by halsey. Half from the implants, the other half from their mjolnir armor. They are also 5 to 10x faster in their reaction timing. So what i said above still holds some weight. The average human or grunt would still be going back as well. But due to weight and or strength, the Spartan or sangheli would be able to override the recoil even if its just barely to stop themselves from going flying as well. In the halo legends movie. Chief fights the sargent with an energy sword. When they clashed they stoped the recoil but only barely. At one point in the fight chief could not stop the recoil and did a movement where he spun and planted his leg down on the ground canceling any further kickback. And most fights went with front leg forward and backleg dug into the ground to prevent recoil and sliding. So even though their body didn't go flying, their arms still went back. This worked in their favor as chief did a follow up swing to increase striking power.

Daedalus Newton's Laws get weird when there are mass differences. Sangeli are much larger and much heavier than a normal human so recoil wouldn't apply to them the same way as a human or human sized target. The Spartans being modified humans with bleeding edge technology exo-suits have a different weight as well. So rag dolling wouldn't be as extreme for Chief or Arby as they would be for a normal UNSC Space Marine.

Trommari My thoughts exactly. I did actually love the way they looked

the supposed first bat'leth also looked a lot cooler and better.

Halo legends had steel variants.

The steel variants were used for battle and I believe the evolution of the energy sword is more ceremonial and not exactly intended to be used for every day combat.

Arch Ratliff IV until you play LASO H2A or, my favorite/ most hated (ironically abreveated) what I call LESLASOS H2A or, Literally Every Skull Legendary All Skulls On Solo Halo 2 Anniversary AKA don't pull the trigger, don't throw nades, give up before you start mode. I got to the second mission, ish in about 5 hours, ish (actually 8 hours of nyan cat memes for extra brain melting) we need someone to *accept the challenge* and complete LESLASOS H2A

I sense someone projecting ; )

Shad Fact: Shad destroys entire army armed with energy swords by scrming his battlecry 9:07

Is it just me or should touch to kill energy based weapons all be polearms or better yet whips.

It collapsed because it didn't have... Matriculations!

...but doesnt that mean shad dies in the collapse as well, since corbells (should) tend to be an interrior feature?

+Bob Jones I showed your comment to my brother and he said ‘well, it might be easier to run power through it but it’s so fucking kinky.’

This deserves more likes.

Wort wort

@@KittycatKye thank you :)

Ok elite preferred species

I want to give this a like, but it's currently at 117

... Yeah... it's possible to overhaul a taser with extra capacitors and make it lethal. Definitely illegal, and most certainly voids warranty though. >):^[

I THOUGH it's kartar

Plasma is actually a powerful conductor, bordering on superconductive at times. There are far worse materials to make a taser out off.

Justyn the 10 hits is actually because no armor you use in the game has enough power for it

all the plasma weapons (sword included) are nerfed for balancing reasons... thats why you only get 10 kills in multiplayer...

That would have been really awesome, also would increase the game MPAA rating before the game was popular; less sales and the franchise may not have lasted.

Glen Yardley All main entries to the series before Halo 5 were rated M.

Right, that was stupid of me; I forgot that there are no R rated games. *facepalm*

Those poor, poor animators...

The flood combat forms do and they take less energy to kill as well.

You have to remember that the Sangheili are 7.5 tto 8.5 feet tall on average, of course it looks overly large to us.

I think he meant the name is long, not the sword. The sword is actually rather short.

+Resistant396 Confirmed, I was talking about the name I tried to give.

Nobody knows it's actually a barbeque fork for flipping and serving porkchops. "It grills as it cuts."

Skypeon isn’t there an Indian sword thing that has the basic profile of the energy sword? I know scholagladiatoria showed it on his channel once.

Or vapourising it. Or blowing your arm off with a plasma discharge. Or slicing the trooper next to you in half as you flail the thing around like a bug net.

Although the Sangheili have heat resistant armour with energy shielding.

I mean it was designed by a species with symmetrical hands. I imagine our swords would be uncomfortable for them too.

That’s because it wasn’t meant for your wrist.

Have you ever connected the black wire to the red wire, Like when jump starting a car or something, That's what you just made me think of when talking about the 2 side of the blade, It would actually make quite a lot of sense for each of the blades to the blades to be charged positive and negative respectively, Thus allowing it to not even have to sense when you're cutting through something, There just has to be a level of conductivity to connect the 2 Poles And thus release the charge in the new medium, In other words the body of your most recent victim. But without the president's of electricity is electricity or magnetism Is plasma is an infinitely chaotic substance Is with nye Unpredictable outcomes; There's no energy weapon Besides a nuke that doesn't need some level of control over that energy So we should stop trying to explain away no way everything using plasma, despite how miraculous it can be, It's only the core of any sword and not the end all be all.

NachosUnlimited That’s just a dagger. This is more of a close circuit Plasma Weapon.

In Halo Legends: The Duel. You can see that some Sangheli use metal "energy swords" (just an actual metal version of an energy sword)

@@TmanTheTdog that's not necessary part of lore considering the female didn't seem to have mandibles and also had hair in the episode

@@richardhusband9265 Wasn't the humanoid Sanghili Vald's (Arbiter) wife?

@@richardhusband9265 Can you verify that the female Sangheili depicted in *The Duel* did, in fact, have hair? It could just as easily be stated that it was some type of headdress and that the animation (which was already fuzzy and blurry, albeit intentionally) is what made it look like mammalian hair. Moreover, female Sangheili seemingly lacking mandibles could be justified as sexual dimorphism within the species. I'm not stating that I actually think that female Sangheili do look fairly human. I also know that *The Duel* in particular has been confirmed by 343i to not be canon. I'm just trying to show that the short doesn't have to be non-canon due to the things you mentioned.

also if it was opposing magnetic fields on the two blades when another energy sword came between them the swords would rip each other apart losing a charge for both parties but saving youre life the more experienced duelist could force a draw very useful for a ceremonial weapon as it is highly likely with sanghelli extreme honor and warrior culture even a ceremonial duel could only end as a draw or with death anything else would be to shameful

Huh... neat

also has to do with the electrical current, maybe theres a limit to haw long u can create a field which interacts with other matter with said powe supply, air conductivity or something. u can create a shorter version one blade though which would look like a mace

Energy Fork!

i died

Well atleast Bungie made a damn good lookin' species to wield it Until 343 fucked it up

@@spartanwar1185 Then they unfucked it with h2a and halo wars 2.

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Yeah the arbiter in halo two I think had a tailor made energy seord

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I have an energy sword replica with a rounded handle, and it's a bit uncomfortable just because of that gap between the middle finger and ring finger

@@caleb-mk5tk yeah because it's designed by a species with 3 giant fingers. Not to mention, the classic design has a much more rounded grip that avoided this problem

@@endmybuffering Two giant fingers and two thumbs really

@@endmybuffering yep that’s the thing about most of the plasma wepons in halo is that they were not designed for human use

Also used as a stealth weapon with active camo or whatever the elites called it.

Definitely agree with you on that,. Also he spent 5+ minutes mentioning the 10 hit limit, which is 100% a balancing mechanic (and is not even in Halo 2 so we know for a fact it's not a cannon trait of the Energy Sword) and it shouldn't really have been the basis for any design theories.

he also missed the very clear change in design between the elites subspecies (why bungie's elites look different from 343's), this almost entirely negates his argument against sword catching (in bungie's favor). how ever he also doesn't look at the flood, and how the sword affects them (instant disintegration as well as destruction of the bio mass preventing recycling of it). he also ignored that due to reality being full of resistance, the greater the length of the blade the exponential increase to power usage. and then on top of that he ignored the traditional metal sword that the sangheili used in days past (halo legends). and it's design. but i will admit there were quite a few logical and well grounded arguments present and he makes cool content, also would be cool if he made a brute shot video. (love that gun). i also BUNGIE follows what is known as the rule of "cool" if looks cool acts cool sounds cool, but it doesn't fit the lore 100%, that doesn't matter hence some weirder design choices.

@@floranslinger5094 Haven't played Halo in a while. How has their design changed?

@@flamespear86 I can't seem to upload images into KZfaq comments but if you Google halo 2 or halo 5 energy sword you will see what I'm talking about

The Batleth is closer to a sword pole type weapon. Basically think something closer to Darth Maul's light saber staff thing. Also the batleth is designed with Klingon's in mind because they have two hearts basically. If you hit them in the chest with a normal blade they'd be hurt, but the other "heart" would just take over and they'd keep fighting. (8 chambered heart)

And yet Worf got beat up all the time and was paralyzed by a crate falling on him at a bad angle. Klingons don’t seem that tough to me.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftV_mc141tWZdY0.html usually what kills us kills them ...

Klingons have two of every organ and are humanoid, so I think the Batleth is the Klingon's version of a defensive weapon think shield or if we put the Klingons in midevil combat lines I could see the Klingons having two lines the first line of warriors holding the Batleth then behind them would be a line of klingons hold what looks like the dagger but longer and two handed or even them being in teams of two

I'd like to know what Shad thinks of the batleths in Star Trek Discovery. I was overjoyed at how much more sensible and sword-like that new design is, lol. At least by comparison, lol. www.startrek.com/uploads/assets/db_articles/79ed6b9ba33da4a95d1444821725335748ade662.jpg

Newton's Laws of Motion. Makes sense.

Also if you look at the plasma rifle and plasma pistol they both have a similar design to the energy sword, being centered around the fist and projecting upper and lower portions that nearly but not quite meet at the end. Just before they fire beams of energy (presumably plasma) arc between these two points creating the projectile that is then somehow accelerated toward the target. There's no traditional barrel on these weapons, just the energized reaction between the upper and lower portions. It stands to reason that since the energy sword, plamsa rifle, and plasma pistol are all similar in design that mechanically they'd be similar too. So I'd say the closed circuit idea is a pretty safe bet, as it's kind of what I'm imagining happens when the trigger is pulled on the rifle or pistol allowing the energy to flow between the two points to create their respective projectiles

When it hits they spark, could be

Why is everyone so fucking stupid.......... Shad why don’t you make a nuke sword that kills everyone in one hit Shad. Why don’t we all just sit down on our planet eArth for a small moment because some of you guys and quite clearly on different planets

+militant bystander I’ll have you know I’m a proud Martian.

GumgumDookuin Halo Reach-ODST: A little fancy but workable. 4/5: Wut

the great part of theelites armors is made of energy, I think, the plate is more decorative than protection.

VANLER DEARNOOB Not sure, but possibly. Even once their shields are disabled it still takes some effort to put them down (game and lore-wise).

Most Halo 4 elite armor is questionable. Why would they leave their arms unarmored?

The books tell us the energy armor is almost perfect, you need a lot of fire power for break it, the plate is just a dead weight. I'm not an expert of halo but i believe that the canon difficulty is the hard one, and the elites are half inmortal, they swallow bullets as they were cookies.

Brutalyte616 Yeah, they are between like 7-8 feet tall aren't they?

Reptrilian (ayyydylaooo) yeah and even taller if they stood up straight instead of being hunched back

well I think that the opposing energy fields would prevent the blades from being able to slide down the blade more like they would strike perhaps bounce or just strike and get stuck in place making so it a fight so see who tires or lack of skill with then blades crossing many times in a fight

Regarding number 5, we actually see an example of an ancient sword design the Sangheili used in H5 in the form of the Curve Blade. It even fits relatively well with what shad would consider a more practical verson of the weapon.

The curve blade was a hunting weapon, if you would read the novels the actual combat sword of the time was not only heated, but larger, yet the shape is left ambiguous. The Energy Sword's lineage is actually more so from that rather than the curve blade, and was invented shortly before the formation of the covenant through reverse engineering of Forerunner technology on Sangheilios, which happened in the latter portions of the war due to desperation.

I'm just glad someone pointed out the fact that Energy Daggers are a thing as seen in Halo:Reach the elites are seen will single blade energy daggers

Another point to add is the energy sword actually has a infinite source of energy. It doesn't have "only 10 kills" as that was a game mechanic, in the actual lore the energy sword can be used for pretty much infinitely. Halo 2 is the only game where you can actually pick up the sword and see it's infinite source of energy.

I was just guna say this. The elites are so damn extra. Even their armour is all about aesthetics over functionality. The higher class they are normally the more over the top the armour like the honour guard guys or the ones that essentially have a triceratops frill. Their whole aesthetic is all about show, symbolism of rank and lineage. Is it practical? nah, will they look cool killing things? Hell yea, that's their jam

@@MrFlyingSquirl Well also the armour is design to resist plasma than physical projectiles as well as thier over-reliance on energy shields to do all the practical work.

This is possible, since the Energy Sword design is supposedly based off of the design of their earlier, regular metal, weapons. And Energy Swords are considered mostly ceremonial.

A single, wider blade could cut into both hearts though, and would likely penetrate better. Stabbing a two-pronged implement into someone is twice as hard as stabbing a 1-pointed implement into the same body.

NaitNait because it takes less heat to cut the rotten, decayed flesh?

@@austinhinton3944 its not rotten or decayed

celuler22 Actually, if you read the Lore, you would know that the Flood will take dead corpses as well, and take little care in keeping up their host bodies. Thus they tend to decay from rot and wear-and-tare. This is even reflected in the original game, where you can clearly see but if skin missing and even protruding ribs!

@@austinhinton3944 Just after the first fight in Floodgate you see a marine get swarmed by infection forms. Within 3 seconds he's broken his own neck and turned the yellowish brown of the flood, every cell in his body replaced with the flood super cell. They aren't decaying. But for whatever reason these combat forms are really easy to dismember with a single punch or shotgun blast, unlike their pure form counterparts.

Actually as the Lore states that it rapidly degrades and uses the biomass, as well as that they have much higher decomposition rates, look it up on the wiki

Them having two thumbs would help them keep a grip on such a weapon, but I'm not sure how much that would help if the balance of the weapon is the problem.

Gormathius Nightstrider I can use an energy sword in real life better just as good as any sword and I’m pretty darn good with both. I have a replica in my room and it ain’t a problem for me cause I hold it the same as an elite with no issues

@@MasterHall117 how did you practise

Aaron Ginn I am a really huge fan of halo so I did what’s called a pro gamer move: studied Frye movements the elites did, read the comics did my research on how the weapon was used in lore and took the one I have hanging up and practiced with it....

@@MasterHall117 yea but do you think you could take on someone who uses a sword irl? Surely we would of used these swords if there better

sorry. terrible English

I didn’t notice much wrong about your English- I completely understood what you said. Don’t worry about it

Or fortifications for both subjects would be cool. What kind of fortification would centaurs use? What designs would help vs giants, etc.?

Militant Bystander but thinking about how to fight monsters is cool.

Militant Bystander It’s a popular series on his channel. It’s for fun and for “what if” scenarios. It’s fun and enjoyable to see fantasy creatures/races in a more realistic light. We just want to have some fun. Besides, this video is about energy swords defying several scientific facts that are wielded by aliens with 2 thumbs. That doesn’t sound like the real world either. It’s enjoyable and entertaining, no need to be rude about it.

Sorry I’m just grumpy as I wanted to see Shad do realistic stuff. My bad I apologise!

Must be hard trying to find ideas for so many videos,

Not just in the books. Emile's run entirely through by an energy sword in a Reach cutscene, and even if the 'super heated plasma' remains inside him for half a second, he still survives long enough to swing around and draw his kukri. I really think Shad was overdoing how hot the blades would be. This is the Forerunners we're talking about. They've had eons to bend physics.

Ah, yes I forgot about that. See, the main difference I see between the energy sword and a light saber is that the energy sword does not have the capacity to cut/burn through anything. I always thought of it as a blade of plasma thusly being quite hot and also having an edge so fine that it is a perfect cutting device. The arguments regarding light saber energy output, to the best of my recollection, are derived from the energy required to cut through things like thick steel as light sabers are depicted doing. T-1 Energy Swords never are shown doing anything like that. The closest they've ever come is a cutscene from Halo Wars in which the Arbiter Rippa Moramee lunged and missed Sergeant Forge and his blade plunged into the side of an armored vehicle. But he got stuck and had to let go of the weapon. Theoretically shutting it off would work too. But the point is that I don't think a plasma sword in Halo has nearly the same level of heat or energy transmission that a light saber theoretically does so I don't think that a close comparison holds up.