Sniper Rifle

Ammunition per clip:	10 shots
Launch succession:	4 seconds
Color:	Green, Grey
Aura:	Blue

"You can use a Sniper Rifle to pick off foes from a distance."

—Peppy Hare

The Sniper Rifle is a powerful default weapon available in Star Fox: Assault. It is equipped with a double magniscope for zooming. This gun is armed with bullets that kill most enemies in one precise shot.

Contents 1 Usage 2 Trivia 3 Gallery 4 See Also

UsageEdit

The player must press the X button to begin scoping with this weapon. Once scoped, press the L button to zoom in or out, A to fire, and X to cease scoping.

The shots are thin, very powerful laser blasts, but shooting leaves you vulnerable for a good moment. This weapon is very useful against vehicles such as the Landmaster or Arwing because of the high amount of damage it does. In Single Mode, the Sniper Rifle is one of the few weapons capable of taking an Aparoid shield generator down in a single shot on the Aparoid Homeworld.

The Sniper Rifle proves to be the essential weapon when Fox hunts down the Aparoid Radar Jammers, hiding in the vast Corneria City, waiting for them to open their center "eye". However, the player must first open the scope mode to cause the Radar Jammers to open their hatch, leaving Fox vulnerable due to the rifles slow fire rate.

Though zooming in onto a target after scoping provides more accuracy in contrast to just firing the weapon, it decreases the overall field of vision, making it difficult to hit the enemy if they have dodged. It should also be noted that while scoping with this weapon, Barrier Spheres do not activate automatically, regardless of handicap settings.

The weapon is best used for what it's name implies it to be, a traditional and professional sniper role. It is best deployed in an area with large sightlines and no cover. Fire a shot, then move, as the blast does give away people's positions.

TriviaEdit

In Versus mode, the sniper can take out Falco Lombardi in a single shot on ground, due to his very low health.

GalleryEdit

See AlsoEdit

• Demon Sniper
• Falco Lombardi

Weapons in Star Fox series
Guns
Blaster | Demon Launcher | Demon Sniper Rifle | Gatling Gun | Homing Launcher | Machine Gun | Missile Launcher | Plasma Cannon | Sniper Rifle
Explosives
Cluster Bomb | Fireburst Pod | Grenade | Sensor Bomb | Smart Bomb
Lasers
Arc/Curve | Hyper | Plasma | Single | Twin | Zapper
Locks
Charge | Multi | Single | Wide