Lone Wolves

"A mix of Slayer and other Free For All games. Here, you must stand on your own."

- In-game description for Halo 3's ranked Lone Wolf playlist

Lone Wolves is a Ranked, free-for-all playlist in Halo 3. It is a considerable counterpart of Rumble Pit, which is non-ranked free-for-all. Lone Wolves matches contain 6 players, and there are no teams. In a recent update the player count increased from 5 to 6 in order to make a few of the achievements easier to obtain. It also added Swords to the playlist and reduced objective games by a bit making slayer come up more often.

Players typically advance in level by consistently placing in the top three, and drop in level by placing in the bottom three. However, several other factors also affect this, including comparison of the player's level compared to the others in the game (although usually the players are about the same level), what specific place the player came in (1st place will level a player up faster than 3rd), and their Kill/Death spread.

Gametypes played in Lone Wolves

 * Slayer - First player to score 25 kills wins.
 * Oddball - Players must hold on to a skull-shaped "ball" for as long as possible. First player to hold the ball for 50 total points (seconds) wins.
 * Crazy King - Players must remain in the zoned area as long as possible. First player to accumulate 100 total points (seconds) in the "hill" wins.
 * Swords - Spawn with a sword. First player to score 25 kills wins.
 * Hammerzeit - Same as swords, only you spawn with a hammer. First player to score 15 kills wins
 * Slayer BRs - Same as regular slayer, only the default weapons are battle rifle and assault rifle.

=Trivia=
 * This is one of the most-played Matchmaking game variants considering the "One versus All" nature and mentality, here is where most hardcore gamers hone their skills to play against even more serious players.
 * This is one of the only playlists were a player can earn achievements, except for occasional Double EXP Weekends.