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CE:Fuel Rod Gun (MP)

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Fuel Rod Gun
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The Fuel Rod Gun in Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer.
Gameplay role

Faction:

Covenant

Weapon tier (?):

Heavy weapon

Weapon class (?):

Launcher

Weapon type (?):

Explosive

Firing mode:

Semi-automatic

Effective range:

Medium

Counterparts:

Human (UNSC)
Rocket Launcher
Covenant
Fuel Rod Gun (SP)
Gameplay stats

Damage:

28 to 30 (random) out to 0 wu, down to 20 after 120 wu (range)

Splash damage:

85 to 90 (random) out to 0.5 wu, down to 60 at 2 wu (radius)

Projectile effects:

Detonates on impact

Projectile speed:

16 wu/s out to 0 wu, down to 10 wu/s after 120 wu
110% gravity

Hitscan range (?):

~0.533 wu

Max range (?):

0 wu [Note 1]

Rate of fire:

2.2 rounds per second [Note 2]

Spread (?):

0 to 7.5 degrees

Battery:

-3.6% per shot (28 shots)

Heat:

Generation: +30% per shot
Cooldown: -18% per second

Auto aim (?):

1.5 degrees out to 25 wu

Sticky aim (?):

12 degrees out to 25 wu

Melee damage (?):

Melee

Tag name (?):

plasma_cannon [1]

 

The Fuel Rod Gun (also known in the tags as Plasma Cannon)[1] is a Covenant heavy weapon featured in the PC port of Halo: Combat Evolved exclusively available in multiplayer, alongside the Combat Evolved component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It is one of two fuel rod guns that appears throughout the Combat Evolved experience, with the other an unusable campaign-exclusive weapon fielded by enemies. Despite the two weapons' superficial similarities, they have wholly different properties.

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Information on the Fuel Rod Gun found in the Halo: Combat Evolved campaign can be found here. For the Halo: Campaign Evolved iteration, it can be found here.

Universe and lore[edit]

Main article: Zasqi-pattern fuel rod gun

The Zasqi-pattern fuel rod gun is one of multiple fuel rod gun models developed and used by the Covenant.[5]

Gameplay[edit]

Counterparts[edit]

Multiplayer[edit]

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The Fuel Rod Gun ins Halo multiplayer is exclusive to the game's PC and Master Chief Collection ports. Despite the similar visual design it is radically different to its campaign counterpart, boasting a battery rather than a reloadable magazine, bringing it more in line with other Covenant energy weapons. The battery has capacity to fire five rounds in rapid succession before overheating, and 28 rounds in total.

The weapon notably fires its projectiles on a ballistic arc, allowing the user to use it similarly to a grenade launcher, arcing shots over surfaces to hit enemies behind cover.

Damage Modifiers[edit]

impact damage

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0 0 0 5 2 0.3 0.3 0.3 2 1 0.5 1 0.5 1 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 0 0 3 0 0.5 5 0.5

plasma_cannon_explosion

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

Skins[edit]

In the Combat Evolved component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, there are a number of weapon skins for the Fuel Rod Gun.