Each Halo Sport Protagonist, Ranked

The Halo franchise, and the Xbox model total, will quickly flip 25 years outdated in November 2026, marking 1 / 4 of a century stuffed with enthralling sci-fi video games, memorable multiplayer experiences, and iconic characters which have led a few of Xbox’s best video games.

Whereas most avid gamers know of the legendary Spartan Grasp Chief John-117 or at the very least acknowledge his many Mjölnir helmets, he is really not the one protagonist to be featured in a Halo sport, with a number of different troopers and even aliens headlining Halo titles and DLC campaigns.

With Halo turning 25 years outdated quickly and Halo: Marketing campaign Advanced having lately launched on PlayStation for the primary time, here is a glance again at and rating of each Halo sport protagonist primarily based on their characterization, influence on the franchise, and roles of their respective video games.

20

Headhunter

Spartan Strike’s Unidentified Spartan-IV

Over the quarter-century, there have been many Halo spinoffs launched, with some of the missed being Halo: Spartan Strike, a twin-stick shooter cell sport initially designed for Microsoft’s now discontinued line of Home windows Telephones.

Spartan Strike‘s story is definitely the sport’s worst facet. It follows an unnamed Spartan-IV Headhunter preventing by way of a simulation of the Battle of New Mombasa and later searching down a Forerunner artifact referred to as the Conduit on Gamma Halo, just for the Spartan to lose the artifact in the long run.

The unnamed Headhunter has little to no company or characterization in Spartan Strike. It simply goes to indicate how forgotten this cell sport has been that they nonetheless have not given this Spartan a correct identify within the 11 years since Spartan Strike launched in 2015.

19

Victor Ramos

Fireteam Raven’s Heavy Weapons Specialist

In 2018, Halo lastly made its solution to arcades with the cooperative rail shooter Halo: Fireteam Raven. Whereas a lot of its cupboards function four-player co-op, some solely function two-player co-op, leading to Fireteam Raven’s Orbital Drop Shock Troopers Victor Ramos and Ava Lang being the sport’s fundamental characters.

Being an arcade rail shooter prioritizing fixed motion, none of Fireteam Raven’s members are actually given a second to shine as particular person characters or given prolonged dialogue sequences. Nevertheless, their characters are detailed a bit in cutscenes and text-based summaries and mission briefings.

The youngest member of Fireteam Raven, Victor Ramos is the squad’s heavy weapons specialist, donning a heavy set of inexperienced painted ODST/HVY armor, and is seen throughout the Battle of Set up 04, notably manning a Falcon’s turret towards Covenant forces earlier than sacrificing himself alongside his group to offer Grasp Chief time to destroy Alpha Halo.

18

Ava Lang

Fireteam Raven’s Demolition Knowledgeable

In Halo: Fireteam Raven arcade cupboards that solely function two-player co-op, ODST Ava Lang is the sport’s second playable character and, as such, might be thought of to be the sport’s secondary protagonist.

Like Ramos, Lang is not given an opportunity to indicate off her particular person character a lot, however what’s offered of her is moderately attention-grabbing. She’s the primary playable feminine ODST within the franchise, donning a set of purple painted ODST/DEMO armor in the course of the Battle of Set up 04.

Fireteam Raven’s resident demolition professional, Lang was instrumental in helping her group with taking down an enormous Covenant Scarab close to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn‘s crash website, enabling the assault on Alpha Halo.

17

Edward Davis

A Forgettable However Noble Spartan-IV

Spartan Strike wasn’t the primary twin-stick shooter spinoff within the Halo franchise, with that honor as a substitute going to 2013’s Halo: Spartan Assault. It starred each Halo 4‘s Spartan-IV Commander Sarah Palmer and fellow first technology Spartan-IV Edward Davis.

Nevertheless, avid gamers do not really play as these characters in Halo: Spartan Assault, with the sport as a substitute being a simulation of the Battle of Draetheus V being run by Spartan-IV recruits on the UNSC Infinity.

Since there isn’t any dialogue in Spartan Assault, gamers can solely perceive Davis’ character by his actions and, whereas he does nobly sacrifice himself to avoid wasting UNSC forces and assist forestall a rogue Covenant remnant from buying a robust Forerunner weapon, he is moderately forgettable. Particularly since he wears frequent Recruit armor.

16

Sarah Palmer

A Irritating Spartan Commander

Gamers have been first launched to Spartan-IV Sarah Palmer in Halo 4, the place she immediately pissed off many followers by making enjoyable of Grasp Chief and continuously threatening Physician Halsey in Spartan Ops. Nonetheless, she acquired a starring position in Spartan Assault as the sport’s main protagonist.

Right here, a lot of the sport’s mission adopted Palmer as she fought off Merg Vol’s Covenant remnant through the use of her trusty dual-wielded magnums and paving a means for different UNSC forces to help assaults. Palmer notably assassinating Vol after Davis’ sacrifice.

In a means, the shortage of dialogue in Spartan Assault works for Palmer’s character, because it shows her as an efficient, by the books Spartan as a substitute of 1 who continuously makes enjoyable of superiors. Sadly, her character continues to be held again by how 343 Industries misused her in different media, comparable to the Halo: Escalation comics.

15

Romeo

A Loyal If Obnoxious ODST

In 2009, Bungie launched probably the greatest Halo video games ever made. Additionally it is the one sport to not function playable Spartans, as a substitute solely embody Orbital Drop Shock Troopers because the protagonists: Halo 3: ODST.

Going down throughout and after the Battle of New Mombasa, Halo 3: ODST has avid gamers play as numerous members of the ODST squad Alpha-9. They battle to regroup and evacuate from the town because it more and more turns into overrun by Covenant forces, with the weakest character of the bunch being Kojo “Romeo” Agu.

Being solely playable on the mission NMPD HQ, Romeo is definitely a talented sniper, however he is boastful, impolite, and continuously whines all through the marketing campaign, making him probably the most annoying member of Alpha-9. Albeit one gamers can depend on when hazard looms.

14

Mickey

A Comical However Traitorous ODST

Not like Romeo, Michael “Mickey” Crespo is definitely playable in two ranges, Kizingo Boulevard and ONI Alpha Website. Each ranges showcase the ODST‘s younger naivety and prowess with explosives.

On Kizingo Boulevard, Mickey is proven to have problem selecting up clues from his environment, but is deadly in close-quarters fight. In the meantime, ONI Alpha Website reveals how lethal and efficient Mickey may be with explosives, as he is capable of blow up the bridge resulting in the Alpha Website and the Website itself.

Mickey is even proven later to be a talented pilot by hijacking a Covenant Phantom dropship, however his character is held again lots by later developments in expanded media. He later betrays Alpha-9 by aiding Insurrectionists after he, Buck, and Romeo turned Spartan-IVs.

13

Alice-130

Pink Group’s Second in Command

A number of Spartan-IIs are playable all through Halo‘s many campaigns, however one feminine Spartan-II is required to be playable in her very personal set of participating missions: Pink Group’s very personal second in command, Alice-130.

Alice-130 first seems in Halo Wars 1, however she would not evolve right into a protagonist of her personal till Halo Wars 2. After staying behind on the Ark to offer Jerome-092 time to evacuate the critically wounded Douglas-042, she units out on her personal to thwart Banished operations and free UNSC prisoners through the use of devastating guerrilla techniques.

Alice’s missions in Halo Wars 2, One Three Zero, From the Deep, and The Foundry, are simply a few of the sport’s finest, with One Three Zero functioning as a high-stakes firefight as she strives to carry off Banished forces for so long as she will be able to with a restricted variety of marines and From the Deep seeing her defend a seashore from amphibious Covenant Locusts.

12

The Rookie

A Silent Kind Gone Too Quickly

Grasp Chief was designed to be a considerably immersive character that gamers can understand themselves as whereas taking part in by way of the unique trilogy, however Bungie wished to develop upon this characterization with Halo 3: ODST‘s fundamental protagonist: The Rookie, in any other case referred to as Jonathan Doherty.

A literal sturdy silent kind, the Rookie would not communicate a single phrase in ODST, together with his character as a substitute being portrayed by his mannerisms and actions. That is proven in his investigation of Alpha-9’s whereabouts, showcasing his inquisitive abilities whereas he is proven to be simply as deadly as a Spartan by warding off teams of Covenant all on his personal.

The Rookie might have turn out to be a extra substantial character in future video games or books, however his character improvement was minimize quick by Halo: New Blood, which noticed the Rooke killed by Insurrectionists shortly after the tip of the Human-Covenant Warfare.

11

Dutch

Somebody Who At all times Has Your Again

Taylor Henry “Dutch” Miles is just playable in a single mission in ODST, that being Uplift Reserve, however his look all through ODST‘s marketing campaign is very memorable. He is repeatedly proven to be a caring, dependable powerhouse of an ODST who has a few of the finest strains within the sport.

From the sport’s opening, Dutch is proven to respect the lives misplaced from Earth’s orbital protection, prep the Rookie for his first orbital drop, and want marines luck in preventing the Covenant. He then instantly joins the battle in New Mombasa’s Uplift Reserve after stepping out of his pod.

Dutch goes on to assist New Mombasa police in defending the ONI Alpha Website and later, is the one squad member to assist the Rookie, Buck, and Dare into the Phantom, showcasing how Dutch can be an ideal chief however stays as probably the most dependable squad mate any soldier can ask for.