The Weapons of Quake IV 
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| Marine Guantlet |
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The only true melee weapon in the game, the Gauntlet is a small handheld weapon with a rotating chainsaw-like blade that cuts through your opponents flesh like a a knife through hot butter. |
| Marine Blaster |
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A small, relatively weak handheld pistol that does limited damage - but never runs out of ammo. |
| Marine Machine Gun |
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Automatic weapon that shoots standard bullets. One of the weaker weapons in the game, but still
strong enough to pack a punch. |
| Marine Shotgun |
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A deadly close-range weapon that fires multiple pellets in a tight spread. The farther away your opponent is,
the greater the spread, making the gun less effective. |
| Strogg Grenade Launcher |
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This weapon fires grenades that have a short fuse. Grenades will not explode immediately on contact with static objects such as a floor or a wall, but will explode on contact with an opponent. Grenades can be bounced off walls, the floor, and ceilings, to hit opponents from around corners or behind objects. A good cover fire weapon to block entrances or a good weapon to make an escape with, bouncing grenades of walls infront or to the side of you to deal some hurt on your pursuer. |
| Marine Hyper Blaster |
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The big brother of the blaster, and the replacement for q3's plasmagun. The hyperblaster fires deadly energy bursts at your opponent at a high rate of speed. As a projectile firing weapon, its not great at long distance, but at close and medium distances, its highly effective. |
| Strogg Nailgun |
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Like the name suggests, this gun shoots sharpened nails at a high rate of fire. The weapon has a briefwindup time before it can be fired, reducing its effectiveness in close quarters. However for medium or long range action, the Nailgun is one of the deadlier weapons. |
| Strogg Rocket Launcher |
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The signature weapon of the Quake series. This gun shoots rockets that explode on impact, dealing considerable direct hit damage and moderate splash damage to anyone in a certain radius, making it a good idea to shoot at your opponents feet, so a missed shot will still do splash damage. The rocket launcher also give players the edge in multiplayer allowing rocket jumping to quickly move through a map with higher elevations. Seasoned CTF players use this technique to a huge degree.
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| Strogg Lightning Gun |
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A gun that shoots, you guessed it, a steady beam of hot lightning! A favorite from the Quake 3 series and winner of our poll "most looked for weapon in Q4", the lightning gun is one of the most powerful weapons in the game in terms of damage:second ratio, but it's limited range makes it useless in long range fights.
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| Strogg Railgun |
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Slightly Smaller than the q2 and q3 railgun, the Quake 4 railgun still packs a punch. The railgun fires individual depleted uranium slugs which deal out a great deal of damage per hit. The main drawback to the railgun is the long cooldown time, making the rate of fire very slow. A great weapon to snipe with, and one of the strongest in the game.
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