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Half-Life 2 Hints
Combine Soldier
Health: 50
Attack Damage: 10 from rifle-butt; 3 from SMG bullet, shotgun shell, or pulse rifle shot; 75 from grenade
First Seen: "We Don't Go to Ravenholm...", Section 8
These soldiers are the equivalent of the marines and Black Ops guys you encountered in the original Half-Life games. They're fast, they know how to use a variety of weapons, they can work together in teams, they often set up ambushes just for you, and many of them have fragmentation grenades to use against you.
Use explosives whenever you can to take out groups of soldiers, and go for head shots the rest of the time. Also, there are always particular attack and avoidance strategies that are unique to each situation due to the terrain, etc.
NOTE: Like the metro cops, Combine soldiers can release manhacks and send up flares for reinforcements.
