CE:Plasma Rifle
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| Plasma Rifle | |
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  The Plasma Rifles in Halo: Combat Evolved (top) and Anniversary (bottom). | |
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Faction: |
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Firing mode: |
Automatic |
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Effective range: |
Close to medium |
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Counterparts: |
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| Weapon stats (as of June 2021 MCC patch) | |
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Damage: |
12 to 14 (random) out to 20 wu, down to 10 after 50 wu (range) |
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Projectile effects: |
Stuns for 0.15s per hit, Headshots (mp only) |
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Projectile speed: |
50 wu/s out to 20 wu, down to 25 wu/s after 50 wu[Note 1] |
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~1.66 wu | |
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0 wu[Note 2] | |
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Rate of fire: |
7 to 10 rounds per second[Note 3] |
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SP: 0.25 to 2.5 degrees | |
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Battery: |
-0.5% per shot (200 shots) |
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Heat: |
Generation: +8% per shot |
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5 degrees out to 25 wu | |
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12 degrees out to 25 wu | |
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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[edit]
- 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.[2][3][4]
In Anniversary, the weapon's model was replaced with that of the Plasma rifle from Halo: Reach.[5]
Gameplay[edit]
Counterparts[edit]
Campaign[edit]
The Plasma Rifle is the secondary starting weapon on The Maw.
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Multiplayer[edit]
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Damage Modifiers[edit]
| dirt | sand | stone | snow | wood | metal (hollow) | metal (thin) | metal (thick) | rubber | glass | force field | grunt | hunter armor | hunter skin | elite | jackal | jackal energy shield | engineer | engineer force field | flood combat form | flood carrier form | cyborg | cyborg energy shield | armored human | human | sentinel | monitor | plastic | water | leaves | elite energy shield | ice | hunter shield |
| 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[edit]
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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| Icon | Name | Description | Unlock requirements | |||
| Default | Default skin. | Unlocked by default | ||||
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Brutal | A Jiralhanae's best friend. | Series 2, Tier 39 ( 1)
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Schism | For those seeking redemption. | Series 2, Tier 73 ( 1)
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Zealot | Glory in an honorable death. | Series 2, Tier 79 ( 1)
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Ultra | The Evocati don't mess around. | Series 2, Tier 90 ( 1)
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Production notes[edit]
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Gallery[edit]
Prerelease Halo[edit]
An Elite firing a plasma rifle during early stage of development.
An Elite Minor wielding a plasma rifle during development.
An Elite Zealot wielding a plasma rifle in the E3 2000 trailer.
Halo: Combat Evolved[edit]
Three Elite Majors wielding plasma rifles.
A Special Operations Elite holding a plasma rifle.
Profile view in Halo: Combat Evolved, PC version, with the standard blue color scheme due to missing/corrupted shaders.
A profile view in Halo: Combat Evolved, Mac version, with a green color scheme due to missing/corrupted shaders.
First-person view of the plasma rifle.
First-person view of the plasma rifle overheating.
A plasma rifle with the Brutal skin in Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary[edit]
An Elite Minor with a plasma rifle.
First-person view of the plasma rifle in the trailer for CE Anniversary.
First-person view of the plasma rifle with the HUD visible in The Silent Cartographer.
First-person view of the plasma rifle overheating.
Notes[edit]
- ^ These are the stats present within the mod tools, however in game the projectiles appear to drop to 25 wu/s immediately after hitscan range.
- ^ Max range is set to 0, but the projectile persists until reaching the
air damage rangeupper value of 50 wu. - ^ Due to how tickrate is rounded down, the initial rate of fire is actually 6 rounds per second rather than 7.
Sources[edit]
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Editing Kit, game file
tags\weapons\plasma rifle\plasma rifle.weapon - ^ Halo: Combat Evolved manual, page 20-21
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets, page 27-28
- ^ Bungie.net, Guides: Covenant Weapons (Retrieved on Oct 28, 2004) [archive]
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 290
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