Hailstorm

The Hailstorm owes much to a pre-Covenant weapon used during the volatile early-interstellar period of Sangheili history. Improved Needler which fires fast-moving crystal shards that exhibit strong homing behavior.

Hailstorm is a special variant of the Type-56 Guided Munitions Launcher.^[3]

Gameplay[]

Warzone[]

Hailstorm is available for use in Warzone. It can be acquired by REQ Packs and has an Uncommon level of rarity.^[3]

Changes from the Type-56 Needler[]

Projectiles are faster.
Stronger homing behavior.
Magazine holds 33 rounds, instead of 22.

Gallery[]

Sources[]

↑ Halo Waypoint, Halo 4 - Ordinance and Armor.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Halo Waypoint - Universe - Needler
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 YouTube - HALO 5 | ALL CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS | ARMOR, SKINS, WEAPONS, EMBLEMS, MORE!

v d e List of Covenant Weapons

Pistols	Directed Energy Weapons (T-25 "Plasma Pistol" DEP • T-54 "Plasma Pistol" DEP (Spitfire • Void's Tear)) • Disruptor • Directed Kinetic/Radiation Weapons (T-52 "Mauler" P • Mangler • Needle Pistol)

Rifles and Carbines	Directed energy weapons (T-25 "Plasma Rifle" DER (Jiralhanae variant (Sorrow of Teash • Scale of Soirapt)) • T-51 "Plasma Repeater" DER/I • T-55 "Storm Rifle" DER/A (Fury • Blissful Slumber) • Pulse Carbine • T-27 "Beam Rifle" SASR (Sword of the Faithful • Krith's Left Hand) • T-50 "Particle Beam Rifle" SRS (Type-50α • Type-50δ) • T-52 "Focus Rifle" SAR) • Shock Rifle • Directed Kinetic/Radiation Weapons (T-25 "Spiker" C • T-31 "Needle Rifle" NR • T-33 "Needler" GML • T-56 "Needler" GML (Hailstorm • Talon of the Lost) • T-51 "Covenant Carbine" C • T-57 "Covenant Carbine" C (Rain of Oblivion • Blood of Suban)) • Stalker Rifle

Melee weapons	T-1 "Energy Sword" EW/S (Bloodblade • Ravening Sliver • Vorpal Talon • Prophets' Bane • Relic Sword) • T-2 "Gravity Hammer" EW/H (Corpsemaker • Grinder • Tartarus' Gavel • Oath of Fury • Fist of Rukt) • Energy Mace (Chainbreaker) • Energy Stave • Energy garrote • Energy cutlass • Jiralhanae combat knife • Curveblade • Energy Dagger

Grenades and explosives	Antimatter charge • Covenant charge • Plasma charge • T-1 "Plasma Grenade" AG • T-2 "Spike Grenade" AFG • T-3 "Firebomb Grenade" A/AIG • Unidentified explosive • Directed Explosive Weapons (T-25 "Brute Shot" GL • T-33 "Fuel Rod Cannon" LAAW • T-50 "Concussion Rifle" DER/H • T-52 "Plasma Launcher" GML/E • T-58 "Fuel Rod Cannon" LAAW (Light of Urs • Pool of Radiance) • T-53 "Plasma Caster" PBL (Scourge of Fire • White Scar)) • Ravager • Skewer

Support weapon	T-42 "Plasma Cannon" DESW • T-52 "Plasma Cannon" DESW • T-58 "Plasma Cannon" DESW • Assault cannon (Wicked Grasp • Berserker's Claw) • Scrap Cannon

Stationary Guns	Type-26 Stationary Gun (T-26 "Shade Turret" AISG • "Fuel Rod Shade" • "Anti-Air Shade") • T-27 "Shade Turret" AISG • T-29 "Shade Turret" AISG • T-55 "Shade Turret" AISG

Vehicle mounted weapons	C-2 "Twin Ghost Plasma Cannon" EG • C-2 "Revenant Plasma Mortar" PM • Gravity cannon • Plasma mortar • C-2 "Anti-Air Fuel Rod Cannon" PC • 35mm Autocannon • Plasma beam • Heavy Needler • Shardstorm Launcher • Stasis cannon

Starship weapons	Energy projector • Plasma turret • Plasma Torpedo • Pulse laser turret