For a high ammo cost, you can turn Pulse Rifle bullets into proximity mines, which can be fired at the enemy by hitting R1 / RB, blowing limbs off tougher necromorphs and, in most cases, one-shotting weaker ones. However, the real use of the Pulse Rifle comes from its alternate fire mode: the proximity mine launcher. Whether it's enemies like the Brute, which require you to hit several weak points repeatedly, or bosses like The Leviathon, with vulnerabilities that only emerge briefly, the Pulse Rifle is great at firing at a large target and inflicting consistent damage.

Both of these firing modes give you angles to cut away at necromorph limbs, with the horizontal aim able to quickly detach legs and the vertical aim efficiently taking down arms.Ĭonsidering you can (and should) upgrade the Plasma Cutter to become a powerful damage dealer and that the game gives you a good amount of Plasma Cutter Ammo, this should be the centrepiece of your arsenal.Īcquired during Chapter 2, the Pulse Rifle is a versatile jack-of-all-trades weapon that's useful for dealing significant damage quickly. The first fires projectiles horizontally and the second fires projectiles vertically.

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