The Alloy Cannon is a weapon in XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
In-Game Description
| “ | By developing a firing mechanism capable of projecting machined shards of the alien alloy, we've created an extremely powerful weapon that has devastating effect on anything caught in range. However, accuracy falls off quickly over greater distances. | ” |
– Engineering description, XCOM: Enemy Unknown | ||
Availability
The Alloy Cannon becomes available for production in Engineering after completing the Alloy Cannon research project.
Production Cost:
| XCOM: Enemy Unknown, all difficulties: | XCOM: Enemy Within, Classic & Impossible difficulties: |
Specifications
- Effective Range: Medium
- Base Damage: 8-10
- Critical Chance: 20%
- Critical Damage: 14-16
Tactical Info
| “ | ▪ The most advanced version of the shotgun that XCOM can engineer ▪ Like all shotgun variants, has a high base chance to cause critical hits but limited range |
” |
| – Tactical Info, XCOM: Enemy Unknown | ||
Notes
- Highly efficient and deadly primary weapon, best suited for close combat.
- Fires a single, solid alloy round surrounded in plasma discharge. (The reason it suffers a range penalty is the plasma cools the further away it flies, effectively meaning the cannon shot a piece of metal at a target)
- Great at taking out Sectopods in combination with the Run & Gun, and Rapid Fire abilities.
| XCOM: Enemy Unknown Weapons | |
|---|---|
| Grenades | Alien Grenade • Flashbang Grenade • Frag Grenade • Gas Grenade • Ghost Grenade • Needle Grenade |
| Heavy | LMG • Heavy Laser • Heavy Plasma |
| Launcher | Rocket Launcher • Blaster Launcher |
| MEC | Minigun • Railgun • Particle Cannon |
| Pistols | Pistol • Laser Pistol • Plasma Pistol |
| Rifles | Assault Rifle • Laser Rifle • Light Plasma Rifle • Plasma Rifle |
| Shotguns | Shotgun • Scatter Laser • Alloy Cannon |
| Sniper | Sniper Rifle • Laser Sniper Rifle • Plasma Sniper Rifle |