Semi-Rifle

Semi-Rifle
Weapon type	Sniping weapon
Damage	Moderate (Damage Range: 8-32)
Effective Range	Medium ~ Long
Rate of Fire	High (8 per Second)
Starting Ammunition?	30 / 30
Maximum Ammunition?	30 / 150
Reload Speed	about 2 Seconds
Additional Stats	None, +1% ~ +10% Attack, Special Force Pack
Obtained by	Shop, Random Shop
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The Semi-Rifle is a rapid-firing high-accuracy weapon that consists of a 30 bullet magazine and infinite reserve ammo It has a silver colour on the top half and a green colour on the bottom half of it for its normal version. The normal version also has a Gold/Black and Silver/Black palette option. Although being a rifle it has a zoom-in option for sniping purposes.

Controls

“	It has a lower fire rate than the Submachine Gun but makes up for this with a much higher accuracy while zoomed in half-way.	„
	~ In-game description

Command	Description
	Fire Semi-Rifle. It has a high firing rate that allows you to pick off other players. Its spread pattern is similar to the SMG, but a good deal smaller.
	Zoom. This function enlarges the crosshairs at the center of the screen and zooms your vision, giving you an easier time hitting opponents with the rifle.
	Reload the Semi-Rifle

Advantages

• High rate of fire.
• Zoom feature.
• Quick reload speed.

Disadvantages

• Small spread makes it difficult to hit close evasive targets.
• Low bullet clip for damage dealt..
• High fire rate causes difficulties in ammo conservation.

Tips

Semi-Rifle in action.

• Semi-Rifle follows the same inverted Y spread as Submachine Gun, except in a much smaller area. Some may refer this spread as a "Ribbon-Style."
• The accuracy and bullet stream make it very hard to evade.
• Snipers and Strikers get the most out of the Semi-Rifle. This weapon can be used in place of the SMG, due to its similar spread of fire and similar ammo traits.
• Using the Plasma Sword's Dash and Hit combo will allow you to quick shoot down the foe, as the stun time on the Plasma Sword holds them down enough to quickly get criticals with the Semi-Rifle.
• This weapon has the easiest time shooting down airborne enemies.
• This is useful in Arcade mode, due to its ammo capacity and sniping scope.
• Has the same problem with clipsize as Submachine Gun. Because 30 is not divisible by 4 the last 2 bullets jam the trigger for 2 empty shoots, which result in 0,5 seconds before the reload animation triggers. Can only be countered by an Esper Chip +6 Magazine. +3 Magazine is even more counter-productive because it leaves the player vulnerable for 3 empty shoots.

Gallery

Concept art

Concept art of Semi-Rifle.

Color variants

Gold Semi-Rifle

Silver Semi-Rifle

Misc.

Semi-Rifle stats

AYA! Rifle

How the Semi-Rifles looked on a eSper from 2008

Viola Semi-Rifle Promotional Photo

Video

Trivia

• The Semi-Rifle was a part of a huge controversy about "Wall-Sniping" in which a player would take advantage of a wall to shoot enemies while covering his or her body. This was very constant previously to Patch 13 but has since become virtually non-existant.
• In Korean, word AYA! is same thing as "OUCH!" so AYA! Rifle literally means OUCH! Rifle.