Originally Posted by KnightGhostbear Go to original post
What is 'Smart Ammo"?

Cuz in the GE, I am supposed to load 15 clips of smart ammo, as well as kill a bunch of guys wiht smart ammo and after running several group runs in the GE missions with all the bonuses on, I have like 9 of each...
See, that's what I'm talking about in my previous post. The game just talks about "smart ammo", but doesn't tell you what the heck it is, what it does, why you want it...or even any of the mechanics behind using it, really. Just the fact that it gets triggered when you and a teammate kill enemies with their vulnerable ammo type within two seconds of each other, and that it does "bonus damage".

From what I've gathered, you activate smart ammo (has to be Brutal Onslaught) by you and a teammate doing the above-mentioned killing within two seconds using the proper ammo type.

You'll get a little line of text that you may or may not notice which says something like "smart ammo available". Next time you reload, there will be a skull icon next to your ammo icon in the HUD. While it's there, you apparently can shoot at any enemy, and your ammo will automatically be whatever they're weak against...without you having to reload to change types.

It lasts for one mag, or until you reload, at which point (I believe) it goes on cooldown for ~15-20 seconds or so (signified by another tiny skull icon with a red cooldown bar under your HUD). During this time it can't be activated, and you have to wait for the icon to go away before you can activate smart ammo again.