Leader

Leaders are characters in the real-time strategy (RTS) games Halo Wars and Halo Wars 2 who can be played as in Multiplayer, Skirmish, and Blitz. Leaders offer a varied experience in Halo Wars' multiplayer aspects, bringing leader specific powers and units into the fray. In Halo Wars, the Covenant each leader has its own hero unit, while the UNSC leaders each get unique Spirit of Fire abilities such as Anders' Cryo Bomb. A player's choice of leader typically impacts on their playstyle. For instance, Cutter is more measured while Forge's playstyle is quite aggressive.Free Halo Wars Magazine. Gamerzines. Accessed on 2009-02-17
==List of Leaders==
===Halo Wars===
====UNSC====
*Captain James Gregory Cutter
**Also, all bases receive free upgrades; newly built bases are Stations, not Firebases, and the initial home base which would usually be a Station is a Fortress.
*Sergeant John Forge
**In addition, all UNSC Supply Pads start out as Heavy Supply pads, saving the 100 resources used to build normal supply pads.
*Professor Ellen Anders
**In addition, all upgrades are 50% cheaper and require 25% less research time, apart from Cryo Bomb and Hawks which are 25% cheaper and require 25% less research time. 
====Covenant====
*The Prophet of Regret
*Ripa 'Moramee, the Arbiter
*Thrallslayer, the Brute Chieftain
===Halo Wars 2===
====UNSC====
*Captain Cutter
*Isabel
*Professor Anders
*Sergeant Forge 
*Kinsano 
*Sergeant Johnson 
*Jerome-092 
*Serina 
====Banished====
*Decimus
*Atriox
*Shipmaster
*Colony 
*Arbiter 
*Yapyap the Destroyer 
*Voridus 
*Pavium 
==Hero Units==
Hero units are strong units that have a large amount of health and usually a powerful weapon. They appear in both campaign and multiplayer, but are limited to one per player in the latter. In multiplayer, most leaders have their own unique hero unit, which can be purchased at an Armory (UNSC) in Halo Wars 2, Temple (Covenant) or War Council (Banished). The exception is the UNSC leaders in Halo Wars, who get unique leader powers and 3 SPARTAN-II supersoldiers from the Barracks.
In campaign, hero units can be revived if they are "killed", once their health has regenerated to half its maximum value. Their health will automatically regenerate if they are "killed". To revive a hero unit, move other units to their vicinity. However, in Skirmish or multiplayer if a hero unit dies, they will have to be purchased again if the player wants to continue using them.
===List of Hero Units===
====Halo Wars====
=====UNSC=====
*Alice-130 
*Ellen Anders 
**In the campaign, Anders is available as a unit, primarily useful due to her Active Ability to repair vehicles, though in emergencies she is able to protect herself with an M6D pistol.
*Douglas-042 
*Jerome-092 
*John Forge 
**In campaign mode, Forge is available as a unit, initially riding in a Gauss Warthog, and continuing on foot armed with an M90 shotgun if his ride is destroyed.
*Team Omega 
*SPARTAN-II 
=====Covenant=====
*Prophet of Regret
**Regret can bring down a Cleansing Beam from his ship in orbit to cause massive damage to enemy structures and units. He personally enters the battlefield on his hover chair, which could be upgraded to have sentinel protectors and to truly fly.
*Ripa 'Moramee
**The Arbiter has the advantage of his devastatingly powerful Rage attack. His upgrades increase his damage, reflect incoming damage back to his attackers, and even give him a permanent Active camouflage field.
*Thrallslayer
**The Brute Chieftain wields a mighty gravity hammer in battle, and his Vortex ability can tear units to shreds.
====Halo Wars 2====
=====UNSC=====
*Alice-130
*Douglas-042
*Kinsano's Cyclops 
*Jerome-092
*John Forge 
*Green Machine 
*Spartan Warthog 
*Spearbreaker 
=====Banished=====
*Atriox's Chosen 
*Sangheili Honor Guardsman
*Jiralhanae Warlord
*Mgalekgolo Captain 
*Pavium
*Voridus
==Special Units==
Each leader gets unique unit types that have different purposes and related strategies to each other and the more general units. In Halo Wars 2, some units must be unlocked through Leader Points.
===List of Special Units===
====Halo Wars====
=====UNSC=====
*Cyclops 
*Gremlin 
*Elephant 
=====Covenant=====
*Elite Honor Guard 
*Suicide Grunts 
*Jump Pack Jiralhanae 
====Halo Wars 2====
=====UNSC=====
*Protector Sentinel 
*Retriever 
*Grizzly 
*ODST 
*Flame Warthog 
*Mantis 
*Colossus 
=====Banished=====
*Jump Pack Jiralhanae 
*Goliath 
==Unit Upgrades and Changes==
In Halo Wars, the UNSC leaders each get to upgrade one unit to become another. The Chieftain has a few unit changes to suit the fact that he leads Brutes. The Ghost is replaced by the Chopper, and the Grunt Squads are lead by Brutes instead of Elites.
===List of Upgrades===
====Halo Wars====
=====UNSC=====
*Hawk - Upgrades Hornets 
*ODST - Upgrades Marines 
*Grizzly - Upgrades Scorpion 
==Leader Abilities==
Each leader gets unique abilities. In Halo Wars, only the UNSC gets these special abilities. In Halo Wars 2, every leader gets multiple leader abilities that are unlocked by "Leader Points".
===List of Leader Abilities===
====Halo Wars====
=====UNSC=====
*Cutter
**Once Marines are replaced by ODSTs, he gains the Hero Ability to hot-drop ODSTs from HEV's anywhere on the map for the cost of training one squad. His personal weapon is the Spirit of Fires Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, fired directly into the surface of the planet.
*Forge
**Forge's personal attack calls in a Shortsword Bomber to Carpet Bomb an area of his choosing. 
*Anders
**Her ability calls in a Shortsword bomber to drop a Cryo Bomb on her enemies, which does no damage but literally freezes units solid, preventing them from taking any action.
====Halo Wars 2====
=====UNSC=====
=====Banished=====
==Trivia==
*In the Halo Wars Demo, the only leaders available were Captain Cutter for the UNSC and the Prophet of Regret for the Covenant.See at about 2:54 of the Video
==References==
Category:Halo Wars
Category:Halo Wars 2