Rifle Burst

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Rifle Burst

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Rifle
Weapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Sequence
Hip Shot.png
 → Grenade Barrage.png
Game link
API
6003
0.5½ Activation time  
Rifle Burst

Deliver a quick burst of fire that pierces targets, followed by an explosive grenade.

Damage.png Damage: 190 (0.45)?
Damage.png Damage: 70 (0.165)?
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile (20% chance)
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Explosives Explosives

Notes[edit]

  • Attack rate is one sequence per ~1.15 seconds, or ~0.87 attacks per second.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
November 29, 2022
  • This skill now fires one piercing projectile before the grenade instead of two. Increased piercing projectile power coefficient from 0.3 to 0.4 in PvE only. Grenade power coefficient increased from 0.4 to 0.6 in PvE only. Increased skill animation speed; total animation duration remains the same as previous version in PvE only.
August 02, 2022
  • Adjusted total animation duration down to 1 second from approximately 1.2 seconds.
  • (Undocumented) Casting time reduced from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.
June 30, 2022
  • (Undocumented) Increased cast time from 0.75 to 1 second. Fixed an issue with the recoil animation only playing once.
June 28, 2022
  • Rifle Burst has been added to the game and replaced Hip Shot.
  • Hip Shot has been replaced with Rifle Burst. Rifle Burst delivers a quick burst of fire that pierces targets, followed by an explosive grenade. Total damage coefficient increased from 0.65 to 1.0 in PvE only.

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