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Particle Rifle is the title of a group of common sniper rifles in Borderlands 3 manufactured by Maliwan. The Particle Rifle is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source.

Usage & Description[]

The Particle Rifle is a 3-round burst-firing Maliwan sniper rifle, briefly charging up before firing 3 successive energy projectiles on trigger release. It doesn't deal splash damage.

Notable Variants[]

Interestingly, all unique Particle Rifle variants have unique firing method and none of them fire in burst.

  • Firestorm - Legendary incendiary full-auto sniper rifle that creates novas on hit.
  • Storm - Legendary shock single-shot sniper rifle that creates lighting balls trap on hit.
  • Krakatoa - Legendary incendiary full-auto sniper rifle that doesn't have element chance but has massive damage and creates volcano on kills.
  • ASMD - Legendary shock single-shot sniper rifle that switches between firing slow lighting orb and lighting belt that can donate lighting orb on hit.
  • Complex Root - Legendary auto-charging sniper rifle that fires two projectiles, which creates extra exploding projectiles towards random directions on hit.

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