Assault Rifles are ranged weapons used by the Drifter, Striker, Samurai Gunner, and Duelist classes in Xenoblade Chronicles X. See the list of all Assault Rifles, Assault Rifle arts, and learn what Assault Rifles are.

List of All Assault Rifles

All Assault Rifles

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Assault Rifle Arts

All Assault Rifle Arts and Effects

Art	Attr.	Description
Flame Grenade	Thermal	Deals thermal damage + Inflicts Blaze + VS. Toppled Targets: boosts damage
Assault Hammer	Physical	Deals physical damage, Inflicts Topple
Infuriate	None	Inflicts Taunt
Power Dive	None	Grants Supercharge, Grants total evasion during execution
Furious Blast	None	Deals weapon damage, Boosts damage in melee combos
Burst Grenade	Thermal	Requires TP, deals Thermal Damage, Inflicts Blaze, +Damage to Toppled
Decoy Round	None	Inflicts Taunt, Boosts TP with Morale
Flash Grenade	Electric	Deals Electric Damage, Inflicts Blackout
Medic Free	None	Requires TP, boosts Debuff Resist, Revives on Incapacitation
Assault Breaker	Physical	Deals Physical Damage, Stuns when behind
Gunforce	None	Requires TP, boosts Ranged Attack, critical chance, reduces secondary cooldown
Takedown Shot	None	Deals Weapon Damage, Inflicts Topple vs. Mechanoids
Last Stand	None	Requires TP, boosts Ally TP
Quick Cannon	None	Deals thermal damage, inflicts Blaze, deals more damage when triggering melee combo
Grenade Blitz	Thermal	Deals thermal damage
Overclock	None	Requires TP, Restores HP when using Arts, boosts fuel recovery of parked skills

Assault Rifle arts consists mainly of offensive effects that are great for any situation. Arts like Flame Grenade and Grenade Blitz are great for dishing out damage, while ones like Flash Grenade are great for inflicting debuffs.

List of All Arts and Effects

What are Assault Rifles?

Ranged Weapons with Fast Attacks

Assault Rifles are ranged weapons that rapidly fire projectiles at the target. Although the damage per projectile is argubly low compared to other weapons, the Assault Rifle makes up for this in the number of projectiles fired per attack.

Great as Starter Weapons

Assault Rifles are great weapons at the start of the story. They are reliable and deal decent damage against the enemies encountered early on in the game.

Morever, players do start out with an Assault Rifle when they begin a new game.

Standard Ranged Weapons of Certain Classes

Classes Using Assault Rifles
Drifter	Striker	Samurai Gunner	Duelist

Assault Rifles are the standard ranged weapons of the Drifter, Striker, Samurai Gunner, and Duelist classes. Players can't change their weapon type once they've selected their class. The only way to do so is by changing classes.

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List of All Weapons

Ranged Weapons

Ranged Weapon Types
Assault Rifles				Dual Guns				Gatling Guns
Multiguns			Psycho Launchers			Rayguns			Sniper Rifles

Melee Weapons

Melee Weapon Types
Dual Swords	Javelins	Knives
Longswords	Photon Sabers	Shields