The Laser Sniper Rifle is a weapon in XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
In-Game Description[]
| “ | The Laser Sniper Rifle provides a greater chance of inflicting critical damage to enemy targets. However, due to the unwieldy nature of this rifle, our soldiers will suffer a penalty when attempting to strike targets at close range. | ” |
– Engineering description, XCOM: Enemy Unknown | ||
Availability[]
The Laser Sniper Rifle becomes available for production in Engineering after completing Precision Lasers research.
Production Cost:
Tactical Info[]
| “ | ▪ An improvement on the sniper rifle ▪ Unlike other weapons, Sniper Rifles are less accurate as the shooter's range to target decreases ▪ Snipers cannot move and fire in the same turn, unless trained appropriately ▪ Consider equipping Snipers with the best pistols in XCOM's arsenal |
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| – Tactical Info, XCOM: Enemy Unknown | ||
Notes[]
- The Laser Sniper Rifle's Critical Damage is incorrectly listed as 9-11 in XCOM: Enemy Within.
Trivia[]
- Although this weapon appears to feature a bipod, all firing animations involving this weapon shows the Sniper steadying the rifle on their forearm.
| XCOM: Enemy Unknown Weapons | |
|---|---|
| Grenades | Alien Grenade • Flashbang Grenade • Frag Grenade • Gas Grenade • Ghost Grenade • Needle Grenade |
| Heavy | LMG • Heavy Laser • Heavy Plasma |
| Launcher | Rocket Launcher • Blaster Launcher |
| MEC | Minigun • Railgun • Particle Cannon |
| Pistols | Pistol • Laser Pistol • Plasma Pistol |
| Rifles | Assault Rifle • Laser Rifle • Light Plasma Rifle • Plasma Rifle |
| Shotguns | Shotgun • Scatter Laser • Alloy Cannon |
| Sniper | Sniper Rifle • Laser Sniper Rifle • Plasma Sniper Rifle |
