Blitz

Blitz is an all-new gametype featured in the real-time strategy game Halo Wars 2. Instead of base building and resource management, Blitz focuses on faster paced card-based strategy. It can be played in teams of one, two and three.
==Description==
===Mechanics===
Unlike the rest of Halo Wars 2, the player is not given command over a base. Instead, they will be required to select one of their decks of cards, which they can customise from the Blitz menu. Each leader can have a maximum of three decks saved at once, and each deck supports 12 cards. Cards represent units and leader powers and each card consumes a different amount of energy when deployed. Some cards have prefixes denoting special attributes such as the "Terror Chopper" which has the Shock attribute. These attributes change how the unit performs in battle. The starting army of any given deck can be altered, changing which units the player spawns with at the start of the game.
Once a deck has been created and a match started, the player's starting army will be at their home base, a Forerunner structure that heals any friendly units that are placed on it. Four random cards will be drawn from the player's deck and placed in their hand, which is visible at the bottom of their screen. These can be deployed, provided the player has enough energy, by (on Xbox One) holding LT, selecting a card and pressing A. The required energy will be subtracted from the player's total, the unit will spawn wherever the crosshairs are pointing and the card in the hand will be swapped for another. If a unit is not spawned at home base (excluding units with the Rush attribute), it will spawn at half health and deal half damage in what is known as deployment fatigue. After a few seconds, these debuffs will deactivate, provided the unit does not get damaged by the enemy. If a player does not like a card in their hand, they can swap it out for another random card at the cost of 5 energy points.
Energy is required to deploy units and use leader powers. In normal Blitz, energy is accumulated passively at a slow rate. Periodically, energy pickups will be dropped onto the map. Destroying these pods and collecting the energy that spills out of them will increase the rate at which energy is accumulated. Units experiencing deployment fatigue will be unable to pick up the energy from such pods.
===Objective===
The objective of Blitz is to hold more of the three control points than the enemy team. Control points can be captured simply by placing units upon them, however there must be no enemy units on the plate at the same time, else it will be contested. Whenever a team holds more control points than their enemy, they will begin to slowly earn points. Once a team reaches 200 points, they will win the match. If neither team manages to accumulate 200 points, then the winner will be decided by whichever team has the most points when the time limit is up.
===Variants===
Below are a list of variants of the Blitz gametype:
*Blitz Firefight: Blitz Firefight player(s) to survive for as long as possible against unlimited waves of enemies controlled by the AI. As with normal Blitz, the AI wins if it accumulates 200 points by owning more control points than its enemy. Players cannot win in this manner. They must simply defend these points for as long as they are capable. Otherwise, Blitz Firefight functions identically to normal Blitz, except that energy isn't earned passively - it can only be replenished by destroying and collecting energy drops.
==Supported Maps==
Currently, Blitz can only be played on The Proving Grounds.
==Earning Blitz cards==
Blitz cards can be found in Blitz packs. Such packs reward the player with 6 Blitz cards each. Packs can be earned in a variety of ways. Completing challenges will award the player with packs, as will earning enough XP to rank up. Also, completing the three tutorials and each campaign mission for the first time will award Blitz packs. Additionally, certain actions such as earning the Playin' the Field and Adjudicate the Arbiter achievements in Halo Wars and Halo Wars: Definitive Edition will earn the player one and three Blitz packs respectively (if the player owns both games, they can earn these packs twice by earning the achievements in both games). Participants in the Blitz Beta will have earned at least one pack, possibly two if they completed a match in it. Finally, Blitz packs can be purchased for real money from the Microsoft store.
==List of Blitz cards==
Below is a list of all Blitz cards in Halo Wars 2. A more detailed list can be found here.
Image	Name 	Energy Cost	Rarity 	Keywords	Faction 	Leader Restriction
 	Grunts 	10 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	None
 	Marines 	10 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Aggressor Sentinel 	20 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	Professor Anders
 	Chopper 	20 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	None
 	Hellbringers 	20 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Jackrabbit 	20 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Jump Pack Brute 	20 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	None
 	Cyclops 	30 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Elite Rangers 	30 	Common 	
* Detect	The Banished	None
 	Ghost 	30 	Uncommon 	
* Shield	The Banished	Shipmaster
 	Holo-Decoy 	30 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Isabel
 	Living Barrier 	30 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Colony
 	Pelican Transport 	30 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Forge
 	Veteran Hellbringers	30 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Kinsano
 	Watchtower 	30 	Uncommon 	
* Detect	UNSC 	Professor Anders
 	Banshee 	40 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	None
 	Cryo Troopers 	40 	Common 	
* Shield	UNSC 	Serina
 	Elite Enforcers 	40 	Common 	
* Shield	The Banished	The Arbiter
 	Goliath 	40 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	Colony
 	Grunt Riders 	40 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	Yapyap THE DESTROYER
 	Heavy Grunt 	40 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	Yapyap THE DESTROYER
 	Helldrop 	40 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Kinsano
 	Hunters 	40 	common 	N/A 	The Banished	None
 	Prowling Grunts 	40 	Uncommon 	
* Cloak	The Banished	The Arbiter
 	Scarred Grenadiers 	40 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	Voridus
 	Scorch Mines 	40 	Unommon 	
* Cloak	The Banished	Atriox
 	Shrapnel Mines 	40 	Uncommon 	
* Cloak	UNSC 	Isabel
 	Veteran Jackrabbit 	40 	Uncommon 	
* Rush
* Detect	UNSC 	None
 	Warthog 	40 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Wild Hellbringers 	40 	Uncommon 	
* Blast	UNSC 	Captain Cutter
 	Wolverine 	40 	Common 	
*Detect	UNSC 	None
 	Assault Elite 	50 	Uncommon 	
* Rush
* Detect	The Banished	None
 	Bloodfuel Grunts 	50 	Uncommon 	
* Siphon	The Banished	Decimus
 	Bunker Drop 	50 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Johnson
 	Cryogenic Detonantor	50 	Uncommon 	
* Cloak	UNSC 	Serina
 	Extractor Marines 	50 	Uncommon 	
* Siphon	UNSC 	None
 	Flame Warthog 	50 	Common 	
* Rush 	UNSC 	Kinsano
 	Hornet 	50 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Ice Barrier 	50 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Serina
 	Infused Engineer 	50 	Common 	
* Detect
* Support	The Banished	Voridus
 	Infused Mines 	50 	Uncommon 	
* Cloak	The Banished	Voridus
 	Marauder 	50 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	None
 	Protector Sentinel 	50 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Professor Anders
 	Reactive Cyclops 	50 	Rare 	
* Reflect	UNSC 	None
 	Reactive Marines 	50 	Rare 	
* Reflect	UNSC 	Sergeant Forge
 	Reaver 	50 	Common 	
* Shield
* Detect	The Banished	None
 	Seismic Blast 	50 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Serina
 	Spartan Morale 	50 	Uncommon 	
* Rally	UNSC 	Commander Jerome
 	Spike Turret 	50 	Uncommon 	
* Rush 	Banished 	Atriox
 	Terror Chopper 	50 	Rare 	
* Shock	The Banished	Decimus
 	Ultra Mines 	50 	Uncommon 	
* Cloak	The Banished	Pavium
 	Vehicle Symbiotes 	50 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Colony
 	Advanced Optics 	60 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Professor Anders
 	Armored Marines 	60 	Rare 	
* Guard	UNSC 	Professor Anders
 	Armored Warthog 	60 	Rare 	
* Guard	UNSC 	Isabel
 	Blast Hammer 	60 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Decimus
 	Cloaking Field 	60 	Rare 	
* Cloak	The Banished	Shipmaster
 	Double Time 	60 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Captain Cutter
 	Engineer 	60 	Common 	
* Detect
* Support	The Banished	None
 	Frostraven 	60 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	Serina
 	Grunt Mob 	60 	Rare 	
* Rush 	The Banished	None
 	Heavy Metal 	60 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Forge
 	Hellcharge 	60 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Kinsano
 	Invigorating Frenzy 	60 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Voridus
 	Ironclad Hunters 	60 	Uncommon 	
* Guard	Banished 	Atriox
 	Locust 	60 	Common 	
* Shield	The Banished	None
 	Mantis 	60 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Johnson
 	Mastodon 	60 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	Commander Jerome
 	Sniper 	60 	Common 	
* Cloak
* Detect	UNSC 	None
 	Stasis 	60 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	The Arbiter
 	Suicide Grunts 	60 	Common 	
* Blast	The Banished	None
 	Teleport 	60 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Shipmaster
 	Unstable Jump Brutes	60 	Uncommon 	
* Blast	The Banished	Yapyap THE DESTROYER
 	Wild Jackrabbit 	60 	Rare 	
* Blast	UNSC 	Isabel
 	Conduit of Rage 	70 	Uncommon 	 	The Banished	The Arbiter
 	Enduring Will 	70 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	Pavium
 	Engineer Swarm 	70 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Colony
 	Mech Overcharge 	70 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Johnson
 	Methane Wagon 	70 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	Yapyap THE DESTROYER
 	Nightingale 	70 	Common 	
* Detect
* Support	UNSC 	None
 	Prowling Marauder 	70 	Uncommon 	
* Cloak	The Banished	Shipmaster
 	Restoration Drones 	70 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Anders
 	Shade Drop Drones 	70 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Yapyap THE DESTROYER
 	Unstable Banshee 	70 	Rare 	
* Blast	The Banished	Shipmaster
 	Vanguard Wolverine 	70 	Uncommon 	
* Rush
* Detect	UNSC 	None
 	Vanguard Cyclops 	70 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Vanguard Flame 'Hog 	70 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	Kinsano
 	Bloodfuel Locust 	80 	Uncommon 	
* Siphon
* Shield	The Banished	None
 	Cataclysm 	80 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Voridus
 	Enduring Salvo 	80 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Commander Jerome
 	ODST Drop 	80 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Captain Cutter
 	Phantom 	80 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	The Arbiter
 	Plasma Bolt 	80 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	The Arbiter
 	Prowling Reaver 	80 	Rare 	
* Shield
* Cloak
* Detect	The Banished	None
 	Scarred Hunters 	80 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	Colony
 	Scatter Bomb 	80 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Forge
 	Cryo Bomb 	90 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Serina
 	Enduring Locust 	90 	Rare 	
* Last Stand 2
* Shield	The Banished	Colony
 	Napalm Missiles 	90 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Kinsano
 	Siege Turret 	90 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Johnson
 	Siphon Field 	90 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Decimus
 	Skitterer Mob 	90 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Colony
 	Trooper Hornet 	90 	Uncommon 	
* Last Stand 2	UNSC 	Captain Cutter
 	Trooper Nightingale 	90 	Rare 	
* Last Stand 2
* Detect
* Support	UNSC 	Commander Jerome
 	Veteran Mantis 	90 	Uncommon 	
* Shield	UNSC 	Sergeant Johnson
 	Wraith 	90 	Common 	
* Shield	The Banished	None
 	Wraith Invader 	90 	Common 	
* Shield	The Banished	Pavium
 	Archer Missiles 	100 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Captain Cutter
 	Ark Defense 	100 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Professor Anders
 	Combat Salvage 	100 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Forge
 	EMP MAC Blast 	100 	Uncommon 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Johnson
 	Gruntdome 	100 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Yapyap THE DESTROYER
 	Infusion Wake 	100 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Voridus
 	Kodiak 	100 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Scorpion 	100 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Shockwave 	100 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Atriox
 	Trooper Warthog 	100 	Rare 	
* Last Stand 3	UNSC 	None
 	Veteran Sniper 	100 	Common 	
* Cloak
* Detect	UNSC 	Commander Jerome
 	Vortex 	100 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Decimus
 	Atriox's Bulwark 	110 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Atriox
150px	Vanguard Kodiak 	110 	Common 	
* Rush 	UNSC 	Sergeant Forge
 	Blisterback 	120 	Common 	N/A 	The Banished	None
 	Ghost in the Machine	120 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Isabel
 	MAC Blast 	120 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Isabel
 	Marauder Warchief 	120 	Rare 	
* Rally	The Banished	Decimus
 	Mega Turret 	120 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Pavium
 	Methane Party 	120 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Yapyap THE DESTROYER
 	Rain of Fire 	120 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Pavium
 	Stealth Kodiak 	120 	Rare 	
* Cloak	UNSC 	Captain Cutter
 	Victory Turret 	120 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Commander Jerome
 	Colossus 	130 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Johnson
 	Glacial Storm 	130 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Serina
 	Ironclad Blisterback	130 	Uncommon 	
* Guard	The Banished	Pavium
 	Boundless Fury 	140 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Decimus
 	Glassing Beam 	140 	Uncommon 	N/A 	The Banished	Shipmaster
 	Ironclad Wraith 	140 	Rare 	
* Guard
* Shield	The Banished	None
 	Lockdown Scorpion 	140 	Rare 	
* Shock
* Shield	UNSC 	Isabel
 	Terror Wraith 	140 	Rare 	
* Shock
* Shield	The Banished	Voridus
 	Vulture 	140 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Enduring Blisterback	150 	Rare 	
* Last Stand 3	The Banished	Atriox
 	Grizzly 	150 	Common 	N/A 	UNSC 	Sergeant Forge
 	Spirit Assault 	150 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Shipmaster
 	Close Air Support 	160 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Captain Cutter
 	Grunt Goblins 	160 	Legendary	
* Rush 	The Banished	Yapyap THE DESTROYER
 	Inferno 	160 	Rare 	N/A 	UNSC 	Kinsano
 	Omega Team 	170 	Legendary	N/A 	UNSC 	Commander Jerome
 	Warlord 	170 	Legendary	
* Siphon
* Shield	The Banished	Decimus
 	Alice-130 	180 	Legendary	
* Reflect
* Shield	UNSC 	Isabel
 	Atriox's Chosen 	180 	Legendary	
* Shock
* Shield	The Banished	Atriox
 	Eradication 	180 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Atriox
 	Forge's Warthog 	180 	Legendary	
* Rally
* Shield	UNSC 	Sergeant Forge
 	Honor Guard 	180 	Legendary	
* Shield
* Cloak	The Banished	Shipmaster
 	Jerome-092 	180 	Legendary	
* Rush
* Shield	UNSC 	Captain Cutter
 	Kinsano's Cyclops 	180 	Legendary	
* Blast
* Shield	UNSC 	Kinsano
 	Lich Vanguard 	180 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	Pavium
 	Mass Cloaking 	180 	Rare 	N/A 	The Banished	The Arbiter
 	Sergeant Johnson 	180 	Legendary	
* Shock
* Shield	UNSC 	Sergeant Johnson
 	Hunter Captain 	190 	Legendary	
* Shock
* Siphon
* Shield	The Banished	Colony
 	Pavium 	190 	Legendary	
* Reflect
* Shield	The Banished	Pavium
 	Voridus 	190 	Legendary	
* Shock
* Shield	The Banished	Voridus
 	Commander Jerome 	200 	Legendary	
* Rally
* Shield	UNSC 	Commander Jerome
 	Douglas-042 	200 	Legendary	
* Guard
* Shield	UNSC 	Professor Anders
 	The Arbiter 	200 	Legendary	
* Reflect
* Shield	The Banished	The Arbiter
 	Bison 	220 	Legendary	
* Shield	UNSC 	Serina
 	Condor Strike 	270 	Legendary	N/A 	UNSC 	None
 	Scarab Assault 	270 	Legendary	N/A 	The Banished	None
==Trivia==
*Blitz is the only gametype in Halo Wars 2 to feature Jeff Steitzer as the Announcer.
*Aggressor Sentinels, Ghost, Cryo Troopers, Elite Enforcers, Goliath, Grunt Riders, Heavy Grunts, Scarred Grenadiers, Protector Sentinels, Frostraven, Mastodon, Suicide Grunts, Methane Wagon, Phantom, Wraith Invader, Colossus, Vulture and Grizzles lack a variant.
*Shroud, Retriever, Volatile Scarab, Cannon Fodder Grunts and Decimus are absent from the card library.
*The Extractor Marines are seen holding a Railgun in the render but they're not holding it in-game.
*Enduring Locusts are seen in the loading screen in Terminus Firefight but they're never accessible there!
==Sources==
Category:Halo Wars 2 Gametypes