BR55HB battle rifle: Difference between revisions

The BR55HB SR Battle Rifle has reasonably high power, a decent rate of fire, and high accuracy with its 2x magnification [[scope]]. Its range is its primary advantage, allowing the rifleman to engage at longer ranges,way beyond the distance that it feels like it can fire. It can reach targets that would usually take a sniper rifle or Spartan laser.(with some practice) The BR55HB SR's accuracy and penetrative power make it a useful weapon to kill unshielded opponents: a single headshot with the 3-round burst instantly kills [[Grunt|Grunts]] and [[Jackal Sniper|Jackal Snipers]], unshielded [[Elites]] and [[Brute|Brutes]] at medium range. In [[multiplayer]], it takes four or sometimes five headshot bursts to kill a fully shielded [[SPARTAN-II]] or [[Elite]], and seven body shots (although this weapon's damage on shields is not affected by where you hit, aiming for the bigger torso target allows a quicker shield drain, then a headshot to finish, which makes it much easier to achieve a ''four-burst kill'). This has led to a well-known tactic colloquially known as the "[[Noob Combo]]" or as the "EMP combo" where a rifleman will use a [[Plasma Pistol]] to down the shields of an opponent and then fire a single headshot to kill the opponent, killing an enemy with only two shots. The BR55HB SR's accuracy and range also make it an option to suppress enemy snipers, as continual bursts disrupt the aiming of these enemy sharpshooters. It is a favorite of many players, and is an almost perfectly balanced weapon. The BR, like its sniper counterparts, features a <q>dot target</q>, that is, when you aim at a targets head, a tiny dot appears in the center of the reticle. This can be tremendously useful for lining up quick combo shots, and can turn the battle rifle into one of the deadliest weapons. Other unique features of the battle rifle are its capability to detonate most explosives instantly, versus the time taken by many other weapons. This can be attributed to its armor-piercing fire. The BR55HB SR Battle Rifle also has the ability to kill a Flood Combat Form in one burst shot if the Flood Combat Form is hit in the cavity where the Infection Form resides.