Tri-beam Laser Rifle (Broken Steel)

The  is a weapon which is added to Fallout 3 with the Broken Steel downloadable content pack. It is carried by Super Mutant Overlords.

Characteristics
The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is a ranged laser rifle shotgun with a possible knockback effect.

The weapon has the appearance of a "sawed-off" laser rifle, missing the tube on the bottom length of the barrel and having a new emitter aperture and attached wires. It also has a black-green, darker tone than the standard laser rifle. Unlike other laser rifles, each shot depletes 3 rounds of the weapon's ammunition, the Microfusion Cell.

Appearances
The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle appears only in the Fallout 3 DLC Broken Steel.

Tips
While some may argue that the Metal Blaster is better than the Tri-Beam Laser rifle, this is true in almost every respect.


 * Even if you tend to use VATS and don't use Sneak mode much, the Tri-Beam Laser rifle is inferior to the Metal Blaster. While the Damage-to-Ap ratio of the Tri-Beam may be higher, the number shown on this site does not consider critical strikes. When one is considering critical strikes, the Metal Blaster will out pace the Tri-Beam as you accumulate more critical strike %.
 * The Tri-Beam Laser Rifle is accurate in VATS, unlike the Metal Blaster.
 * The Metal Blaster is best used in Sneak mode to make most of use of the Sneak criticals and number of shots that emit from the Metal Blaster.