Board Thread:Warrior's Pub/@comment-211.26.90.202-20130602133504/@comment-1683193-20130602155931

As they Covenant are outclassed by the US Army in most areas, they get stomped in all scenarios. As for Elites beating Kroot in CQC:

''Acting with the intrinsic response of a thousand or more engagements, Reuben flicked his bolter to semi-automatic and squeezed the trigger. Staccato fire roared as every projectile found it's target. It was joined, seconds later, by the micking echo of the weapons in his fellow Space Marines' hands.''

''At full stretch, the xenos was easily the size of any of the Space Marines shooting at it. It showed no reaction to any of the wounds that were ripped open in it's body by the hail of bolter fire. It was locked in a beserk rage, uncaring and indifferent to the relentless attack.''

(Source:Primary Instinct short story) Seeing as one or two bolt rounds could likely KO a Spartan...yeah.