by jake108 Friday 15th October 2010

Teabag Prevention Presents: How to Sprint (or Born to Run)

Teabag Prevention is back with another dosage of Reach tips. In case you haven’t heard, on October 19th, Bungie introduced another update to the game. This update added more playlists while removing some gametypes from the playlists we have now. For example, you can expect an Infection playlist and expect Infection to be removed from Rumble Pit. I like infection as much as the next fan, but out of all the Rumble Pit games I’ve played, I have yet to play a true FFA. Here’s to the new update overlords!

THIS WEEK: SPRINT

Sprint allows the player to run at a increased speed for a limited time. Note that you can jump while sprinting, and while it does have an effect on how far you jump, you must also note that it will continue to drain your armor ability. Since Sprint can be drained pretty quickly, it’s important to know that sprint IS NOT a means of getting across the map but rather a means of getting you to short ranged distances quickly.

When to use Sprint

Sprinting is best used when moving from cover to cover. Be swift, young ones.

Sprinting can also be used to get the upper hand on an opponent. By moving quickly around them, they, like me, might have their sensitivity set at 1 and will not be able to turn around fast enough.

Another context that actually gives you the upper hand if you have Sprint (a sentence I never thought I’d right… HI-OH!), is in those idiotic melee fights that people get into.

If you’re going to hit each other at very close range, you both have the same amount of hits left before you’re dead, this means that the most likely outcome is that both of you will die, which helps your respective teams out in absolutely no way, shape or form. But hey, if you want an extra boost in those situations, hit the person once, and then before they know it, run at them and hit them before they can recover.

It’s worked many times when I’ve gotten into these situations, but I would recommend staying out of them for the most part.

At the start of the game, it’s a good idea to sprint towards power weapons, vehicles, or positions to ambush your opponents. Just keep in mind, they might do the same.

When NOT to use Sprint

Don’t Sprint into the open. You will die. Especially on larger maps.

Another piece of common sense for you: don’t Sprint towards an enemy. You might as well just stand still.

When you’re battling a vehicle, I don’t care how badass you’re feeling, you’re not going to be able to hijack that Ghost while running fast enough to basically splatter yourself.