Assault rifle

This article is about the weapon type. For the combat skill, see Assault Rifles.

Assault rifles are a type of ranged weapon that allows players to shoot while on the move while maintaining distance. They have a high rate of fire which help with fast targets and shields. They are good on distant targets if the player watches the recoil. Most visible targets can be hit with an assault rifle.

List of assault rifles

The following table lists the Tier I stats of each assault rifle for ease of comparison. Augmentation slots appear at Tier II.

Image	Name	Rarity	Technology	Fire Mode	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight	Augmentation Slots
	Cyclone	Uncommon	Milky Way	Automatic	28	675	50	250	42	35	2
	L-89 Halberd	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	103	300	17	97	111	25	0
	M-8 Avenger	Common	Milky Way	Automatic	30	525	30	300	52	25	2
	M-37 Falcon	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	255	90	6	36	48	30	3
	M-96 Mattock	Uncommon	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	54	405	20	160	60	25	2
	N7 Valkyrie	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Two-shot burst	106	500	20	140	65	20	4
	P.A.W.1	Ultra Rare	Remnant	Continuous beam	35	600	25	∞	75	35	4
	Pathfinder Pioneer	Rare	Milky Way	Three-shot burst	63	600	24	168	55	25	2
	Revenant	Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	34	620	60	360	40	40	3
	Sandstorm	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	148	210	14	126	68	35	3
	Soned	Ultra Rare	Heleus	Automatic	32	850	120	360	30	60	4
	Sweeper1	Rare	Remnant	Three-shot burst	76	450	18	∞	70	25	3
	Thokin	Rare	Heleus	Automatic	44	750	24	240	50	30	3
	X5 Ghost	Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	40	600	75	450	52	20	2
	Zalkin	Uncommon	Heleus	Three-shot burst3	70	475	24	192	48	25	2

List of multiplayer assault rifles

The following table lists the Tier I multiplayer stats of each assault rifle for ease of comparison.

Image	Name	Rarity	Technology	Fire Mode	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight
	Cyclone	Uncommon	Milky Way	Automatic	59	675	50	250	42	35
	L-89 Halberd	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	117	405	25	84	65	25
	M-8 Avenger	Common	Milky Way	Automatic	39	525	30	300	52	25
	M-8 Avenger S2	Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	82	550	40	315	52	25
	M-37 Falcon	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	498	90	10	40	48	30
	M-96 Mattock	Uncommon	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	90	405	20	160	60	25
	N7 Valkyrie	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Two-shot burst	195	500	46	140	60	20
	P.A.W.1	Ultra Rare	Remnant	Continuous beam	110	600	40	∞	75	35
	Revenant	Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	72	620	66	360	40	40
	Sandstorm	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	450	100	12	120	68	35
	Soned	Ultra Rare	Heleus	Automatic	72	850	125	360	30	60
	Sovoa2	Ultra Rare	Heleus	Semi-automatic	263	300	10	90	60	30
	Sweeper1	Rare	Remnant	Three-shot burst	125	450	18	∞	70	25
	Thokin	Rare	Heleus	Automatic	63	750	48	320	50	30
	X5 Ghost	Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	74	600	75	450	52	20
	Zalkin	Uncommon	Heleus	Three-shot burst3	93	475	24	192	48	25

Notes

Weapons stats can be affected by a number of factors. Obvious factors include:

• Weapon mods (spare clips, scopes, barrels, etc.)
• Augmentations to weapons (kinetic coils, aerial lubricant, aerial stabilizers, etc.)
• Weapon Skills such as (Pistols, Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Shotguns)

Changes to a specific weapon, either through development with augmentations or through weapon mods, are reflected in the inventory entry for that specific item. They don’t appear on the blueprints.

Other explicit but perhaps less obvious factors include:

• Profiles
• Skill points invested in Combat Skills (other than the weapon skills) increase the bonuses from weapon skills
• Equipped armor
• Passive buffs from melee weapon augmentations are always active even if the melee weapon isn't in use

These effects are reflected in the blueprint stats without explicit notation.

The singleplayer stats shown on this page are baseline: Initiative I armor, no skill points assigned, no profile active.

Despite being classified as Rare, the singleplayer Pathfinder Pioneer and X5 Ghost only have 2 augmentation slots. The L-89 Halberd has no augmentation slots.

Equipped items have a green check mark .

Accuracy is a different weapon property than stability. The accuracy of a weapon will change the size of the aiming reticle. Stability reduces the kickback and rise of the weapon during firing.

There is a chance that an assault rifle purchased, crafted, found, or recovered by a Strike team Item Loot Box will drop a random augmentation on deconstruction. (See Augmentation Drops for odds of recovery). Researchable augmentations not already known will not be recovered. This drop will not be shown on the deconstruct screen and you will have to compare your inventory before/after to determine if an augmentation was dropped.

The number of assault rifle kills can be tracked on the Accomplishments tab in the statistics menu.

The multiplayer stats shown are accurate as of Multiplayer Update - November 7, 2018.

¹ The Remnant weapons (Sweeper and P.A.W.) do not require reloading; the real firing limitation comes from overheating.

² The M-8 Avenger S and Sovoa are multiplayer only weapons and can't be crafted.

³ Patch 1.08 removed the charge up feature of the Zalkin. The fire mode is three-shot burst only.

See also

• Assault rifle mod