CE:Plasma Rifle

Plasma Rifle
The Plasma Rifles in Halo: Combat Evolved (top) and Anniversary (bottom).
Gameplay role
Faction:	Covenant
Weapon class (?):	Rifle
Weapon type (?):	Plasma
Firing mode:	Automatic
Effective range:	Close to medium
Counterparts:	Human (UNSC) Assault Rifle Covenant Needler
Gameplay stats (as of June 2021 MCC patch)
Damage:	12 to 14 (random) out to 20 wu, down to 10 after 50 wu (range) x0.5 vs spartan health, x2 vs shields x2 headshot multiplier (mp only)
Projectile effects:	Stuns for 0.15s per hit, Headshots (mp only)
Projectile speed:	50 wu/s out to 20 wu, down to 25 wu/s after 50 wu
Hitscan range (?):	~1.66 wu
Max range (?):	0 wu
Rate of fire:	7 to 10 rounds per second
Spread (?):	SP: 0.25 to 2.5 degrees MP: 0.5 to 5 degrees
Battery:	-0.5% per shot (200 shots)
Heat:	Generation: +8% per shot Cooldown: -30% per second
Auto aim (?):	5 degrees out to 25 wu
Sticky aim (?):	12 degrees out to 25 wu
Melee damage (?):	Melee
Tag name (?):	plasma rifle

The Plasma Rifle is a weapon featured in Halo: Combat Evolved and its remaster, Combat Evolved Anniversary. It is the standard weapon used by the Elites throughout the game, and has since gone on to appear in nearly all subsequent games in the series.

Information on the Plasma Rifle found in Halo: Campaign Evolved can be found here.

Universe and lore

Main article: Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle

The Okarda'phaa-pattern plasma rifle is the primary service arm of the Covenant, in particular used by the Elites. In the UNSC it is known by the designation Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle.

In Anniversary, the weapon's model was replaced with that of the Plasma rifle from Halo: Reach.

Gameplay

Counterparts

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  Needler
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  Assault Rifle

Campaign

The Plasma Rifle is the secondary starting weapon on The Maw.

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Multiplayer

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Damage Modifiers

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0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	1	2	1	0.5	0.5	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0.5	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Skins

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

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