

Although it is inferior to the Light Plasma Rifle, the Laser Rifle is both faster to research and cheaper to produce.The Laser Rifle is a useful stopgap until plasma weapons are available.The Laser Rifle's Critical Damage is incorrectly listed as 8-10 in XCOM: Enemy Within.The Laser Rifle becomes available for production in Engineering after completing Beam Weapons research. – Engineering description, XCOM: Enemy Unknown

The Laser Assault Rifle relies on our latest in optics technology to offer a substantial increase in output over the conventional X-9 rifle.
