Weapon types: Difference between revisions

'''Precision weapons''', sometimes called "anti-materiel" weapons{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HRManual}}, are any weapon capable of instantly killing a character with a headshot. Depending on the character they may not actually have their head region marked as vulnerable and are thus immune, such as [[Drones]] in ''Halo 2'' or the [[Warden Eternal]], while other body regions may be marked as headshot vulnerable like the exposed backs of [[Hunters]] in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''. In all games prior to ''Halo 5: Guardians'' precision weapons will always instantly kill when scoring a headshot on an unshielded enemy, regardless of how much health they had remaining. ''Halo 5: Guardians'' introduced weapons with headshot multipliers that deal bonus damage without performing instant kills. In ''Halo Infinite'' the [[shock rifle]] features a headshot multiplier that still applies while shields are active. With the introduction of these additional headshot parameters the term precision weapon is still used to describe weapons that can kill with a single unshielded headshot. Any form of headshot damage can be applied to kinetic, plasma, hardlight, and shock weapons. Even the impact damage of some explosives can cause headshot damage.