General Question about Halberd

[MagicalYunikon808]

Hey,

I just recently returned to Planetside 2 so I am unaware of the meta and changes that happened. Just a question, is the halberd still good on MBTs or Harassers? I heard that they nerfed it so you cannot one shot infantry if you hit them directly, which seems a bit ridiculous to me. Then I heard they recently buffed it again so you can one shot infantry again?

To me, it does not make sense if it does not. Hitting a moving infantry with the halberd is no easy task, and it feels great when you do. A missile from the halberd is the single most damaging "shot" for a secondary on a MBT or primary on a harasser. Slugging an anti-vehicle missile directly into the chest an infantry should be able to kill them...

Can anyone confirm if directly hitting an infantry with a halberd missile will kill them one shot?

Thanks.

TL;DR: Does hitting an infantry directly with halberd missile kill them one shot? Or did it get nerfed? Buffed back?

[BilliBobBillsen]

I understand your confusion. Its the same for me everytime I return.
To confirm the Halbert does oneshot regular infantry. Im not sure how heavies with flak armor and shield on do against the halbert, but most heavies run nanoweave anyways.
In addition rocketlaunchers have been nerfed in general so Im not even sure if anything but the decimator can still one shot infantry.

Also welcome back. :)

[Солевой берсерк]

Yeah. Halberd is OK. It's ohk for infantry as mentioned above and ohk on headshot for overshield heavies

[Pielord]

Vehicle weapons deal their direct and indirect damage, so long as that number is over 1000 it'll oneshot standard infantry without flak. 1050 for noobs with auxshield. Most of them, including the halberd, have no headshot multiplier. Kobalt's one exception off the top of my head. To oneshot heavies consistently (NMG & resist) you'd want about 1540 damage, ignoring aux and flak.

I'm less familiar with the new flak armor, but it looks like you get 50% resistance to the indirect damage of halberds, and 20% resistance to the direct damage. So that will only deal 730 damage per shot.