Rubico

The  is a revolver-styled Tenno Sniper Rifle released in. It currently boasts the highest critical damage multiplier of all available sniper rifles at the expense of status chance.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * High damage.
 * High damage – effective against shields.
 * High critical chance.
 * Tied with the Vectis, Vectis Prime, Snipetron Vandal, and Lanka for the highest critical chance of all sniper rifles.
 * Highest critical damage multiplier among sniper rifles.
 * Good ammo economy.
 * Innate 1 meter Punch-through
 * Zooming in increases critical damage by +35% at 3.5x zoom or +50% at 6x zoom (stacks additively with critical damage mods like ).
 * Has the smallest shot combo requirement of all sniper rifles.

Disadvantages:
 * Low  and damage make it less effective against Armor and Flesh respectively.
 * Very low status chance.
 * Small magazine size.
 * Long reload time.
 * Inaccurate beyond short range when fired unzoomed.
 * Very short shot combo reset timer.

Tips

 * Due to its high critical chance and damage multiplier, modding for critical is very effective. Adding and  increases the critical chance to 62.5% and the multiplier to 6.6x.,  and  can increase it even further. Scoping in also boosts its critical damage by up to +50% at maximum zoom level.
 * It is not suggested to use the / mod on the due to its long reload times.

Trivia

 * Rubico is a clay  made from crushed basalt that is  used to build tennis courts, with its green color being similar to the default color of this weapon.
 * The Rubico appears to share an aesthetic with the Talons thrown bombs and Lacera bladed whip, both of which are also included in the Huntress Bundle.

Bugs

 * It seems as though there is a chance for a bullet to not hit its mark, even when scoped in.

Patch History
Rubico