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Half-Life 2 Hints
Chopper Combat Tips
1 of 5: Make sure your gun is at the full charge of 100 before you round the corner in the tunnel.
2 of 5: If you start shooting the chopper as soon as it appears, you should be able to chase it off before it can shoot you at all.
3 of 5: Don't try to speed forward to where you have a clear shot at the chopper, since that wastes valuable time and you'll get thrown around by the junk in the tunnel, spoiling your aim.
4 of 5: Instead, hang back behind most of the junk and fire at the chopper while in zoom mode. (Yes, you can fire vehicle-mounted weapons with zoom mode on. Cool, huh?)
5 of 5: Once the chopper turns away and starts retreating, there's no point in shooting it more (unless you just plain enjoy it) since you can't destroy it until the final section of this chapter.
