What is considered nooby for normal slayer: 1. Shields 2. Grenade Spamming 3. Radar 4. Power Weapon Advantage Now SWAT is the ultimate test of skill, because it focuses on: 1. Reflexes 2. Accuracy (Headshots) 3. Communication (If you're in party chat or game chat with friends) 4. Upmost Equality (Same weapons, no shields) All you get in slayer are people charging into each other, attempting to get that pummel kill. That's not strategy. Or people in quick fight, running away and spamming their grenades at each other, hoping it does the work for them. That's pretty cowardly. I've been playing for a while to see the major difference. SWAT keeps you on the edge of your seat. It greatly enhances your accuracy, and allows you to feel for your surroundings. And I don't have to YAWN when I'm shooting someone, due to the ridiculous shielding in normal slayer. Now some will agree. Other will flame me, and say I'm a COD fanboy. If i was a fanboy, I wouldn't be playing Halo Reach. [Edited on 10.01.2010 1:24 AM PDT]