"Impossible" Halo 2 No-Deaths LASO Challenge Finally Has Its Winner

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A $20,000 Halo 2 challenge issued by streamer and YouTuber MoistCr1tikal has finally been completed, with streamer Jervalin claiming the bounty.

Earlier this summer, MoistCr1tikal offered $5,000 to anyone who could conquer what he called «the hardest challenge in all of gaming.» That challenge? Complete Halo 2 solo, on legendary difficulty, with all of the game's difficulty-adding skulls turned on, without dying a single time. Though the feat surely has been accomplished by someone, somewhere, since the game's 2004 launch, there is no video record of it having ever been done, which is why MoistCr1tikal's challenge also stipulated the entire ordeal needed to be streamed live on YouTube or Twitch to qualify. When nobody stepped up to the plate for three weeks, MoistCr1tikal raised the bounty up to $20,000 for the first person to accomplish the deed.

Though it's certainly up for debate whether or not a deathless Halo 2 «LASO» (legendary, all skulls on) run is the «hardest challenge in all of gaming,» it's certainly up there. Halo 2 on legendary difficulty is already infamously difficult. There are more, high-rank enemies (and just more enemies in general), for starters. Enemies deal greatly increased damage, have better weapons, throw more grenades, and are far smarter. Melee attacks from Elites and certain Flood forms will kill in one hit. And that's all without even mentioning the game's notorious Jackal Snipers, which appear more often and are far more accurate and deadly on legendary difficulty.

All that's before turning on the game's difficulty modifying skulls. With various skulls turned on, Halo 2 on legendary becomes a whole different ballgame. The Assassins skull, for example, gives enemies permanent invisibility.