How weapon stats work

Damage, critical hit chance, critical hit damage and range are properties of the weapon CLASS, not of the individual blaster. A Westar-M5 and a DC-15A are both Blaster Rifles and both deal 10 damage at the same ranges; the difference between them is the model, the sound and the firing cadence.

That matters for how you shop. Picking up a new blaster model is a cosmetic choice, and the numbers only move when you change class of weapon, equip a weapon mod, or take a talent. The one set of exceptions is the character-specific weapons listed in the table below, which have their own values.

Range works in two parts. Inside the optimal range a shot does full damage; past it, damage drops by the falloff figure for every increment further out. So a Longarm out-reaches a rifle twice over, and a rifle firing at the edge of its range is doing much less than its damage column suggests. Weapons whose max range reads "set by the ability" are fired through a specific ability that decides the range itself.

Weapon class	Damage	Crit chance	Crit damage	Optimal range	Max range	Falloff	Overwatch arc	Overwatch range
Blaster Pistol	6	5%	4	1000	3500	120	24°	600
Blaster Rifle	10	5%	6	1000	3500	120	20°	800
Repeater	8	5%	4	1000	3500	120	16°	800
Longarm Blaster	12	5%	12	1000	7000	200	12°	800
DC-17m (Repeater mode)	12	5%	4	1000	3500	120	16°	800
DC-17m (Longarm mode)	20	5%	20	1000	7000	200	12°	800
Lightsaber	10	10%	8	-	-	-	-	-
Scattergun	18	0%	4	1000	Set by the ability	150	-	-
Flamethrower	6	0%	4	1000	Set by the ability	200	-	-
Ion Blaster	9	0%	8	1000	3500	125	-	-
RSKF-44	10	5%	6	400	Set by the ability	80	-	-

What it costs to fire

Damage decides what a hit is worth; AP decides how many hits a turn holds, and that is the number a build is actually planned around. Every Operator spends from the same AP pool to move and to shoot, so a weapon's cost to fire is what sets how far it can reposition and still attack.

The build sorts blasters into Fast and Slow weapons. A Fast weapon leaves the turn open; a Slow one largely spends it. The Repeater sits outside the split entirely. It consumes whatever AP is left and pays back damage for the amount spent, so it is the one blaster that rewards firing it having done nothing else.

The rule below is the description text the build ships for each class, not our reading of it.

Damage at a glance

Ranked on base damage per shot, highest first, with the trade-off each one asks for. Range figures are the game's own units, so they compare against each other rather than to metres.

Weapons that upgrade

The Scattergun, Flamethrower, Ion Blaster and RSKF-44 come in four versions each, and the later versions are strictly stronger rather than differently shaped.

Every blaster model

Rounds per minute and burst length are the model's own firing pattern. They change how a shot looks and sounds and how long the animation takes; the damage comes from the class row above.

Model	Weapon class	Rounds per minute	Bursts
AZ-7	Blaster Pistol	160	1
DC-17	Blaster Pistol	160	1
DH-16	Blaster Pistol	160	1
G40-5	Blaster Pistol	160	1
Hawks Custom	Blaster Pistol	160	1
RG-4D	Blaster Pistol	160	1
DC-15A	Blaster Rifle	500	3
E-5	Blaster Rifle	300	Continuous
EE-3	Blaster Rifle	1000	6
Relby-V10	Blaster Rifle	350	5
VT-51	Blaster Rifle	500	Continuous
Westar-M5	Blaster Rifle	450	Continuous
Ion Blaster	Ion Blaster	160	1
773 Firepuncher	Longarm Blaster	30	1
E-5S	Longarm Blaster	30	1
IQA-11	Longarm Blaster	30	1
Valken-38X	Longarm Blaster	30	1
Model 434	Not recorded	-	-
S-5	Not recorded	-	-
DC-15LE	Repeater	700	Continuous
DC-17m Weapon System	Repeater	700	Continuous
M-32	Repeater	700	Continuous
T-21	Repeater	340	Continuous
TMG-4	Repeater	340	Continuous
RPS-6	Utility weapon	30	1
RSKF-44	Utility weapon	1500	1
Scattergun	Utility weapon	25000	40
Snubble Special	Utility weapon	160	1

Related pages

Weapon Mods lists all 64 modifications with their exact bonuses and prices. Utility Items covers grenades, stims and the rest of the second slot. Status Effects and Keywords defines every term used in the effect text above.