Pulse Carbine

This article documents its subject as it pertains to the gameplay of the Halo games, rather than the lore.

Pulse Carbine
Gameplay role
Weapon class (?):	Assault Rifle
Effective range:	Mid
Counterparts:	Human (UNSC): Assault Rifle Covenant: Plasma Rifle Plasma Repeater Storm Rifle
Weapon stats
Damage:	Low
Damage type (?):	Plasma
Projectile speed:	Low
Rate of fire:	Mid
Accuracy:	Low
Variants and attachments
Halo Infinite variant(s):	Rapidfire Pulse Carbine

The Pulse Carbine is a Covenant assault rifle first introduced in Halo Infinite. Only effective at close to medium ranges, it fires a burst of 3 projectiles which deal very little plasma damage, even if all of the projectiles land. However, the projectiles do have a homing ability, but this is very weak.

Overview

The Pulse Carbine is a weak weapon first introduced in Halo Infinite as a successor to the Plasma Rifle, Plasma Repeater, and Storm Rifle. It appears in both campaign and multiplayer, and is relatively common in both due to it's low power. The Pulse Carbine is more powerful in close quarters, but is almost useless at longer ranges.

Unlock and acquisition requirements

In multiplayer, the Pulse Carbine is a pickup weapon that can be found in certain weapon pads. Whether or not the Pulse Carbine spawns is up to chance, as its weapon pads may offer an Assault Rifle instead, depending on the random weapon pad configuration generated at the start of the match.

Variants

Rapidfire Pulse Carbine

Main article: Rapidfire Pulse Carbine

The Rapidfire Pulse Carbine is an improved version of the Pulse Carbine, featured in the Halo Infinite campaign and multiplayer.

Counterparts

Throughout the Halo franchise, there have been several weapons similar in role to the Pulse Carbine.

Gameplay

Stats

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The following table summarises the Pulse Carbine's stats in Halo Infinite: Pulse Carbine/Stats/FPS

Advantages

• Homing ability
• Has built in heat dissipation meaning that the user doesn't need to vent as often as some other plasma based weapons

Disadvantages

• Useless at long ranges due to low accuracy
• Fairly slow rate of fire; time between shots is relatively long

Tactics and strategies

• Effective in tight, close-quarter environments
• Can be combined with a melee to kill enemies quicker
• Almost useless when fired from longer ranges; close the distance first, or use a different weapon
• Sometimes useful for defending zones in objective modes, as enemies are forced to come into the zone to capture it

Skins and cosmetics

Main article: Weapon customization

Medals

The following medals are exclusive to the Pulse Carbine, or to the assault rifle weapon class in Halo Infinite. Other, less specific medals, can also be earned with the Pulse Carbine, but the ones listed are only those that are unique to assault rifles or to the Pulse Carbine itself.

Icon	Name	Game	Unlock requirements

List of appearances

• Halo Infinite (First appearance)