The HERC-A1 Rifle is a rifle featured in The Last Stand: Dead Zone.
Background[]
A small-caliber rifle made for medium-range precision sniping, scout-snipers worldwide favored it for its light weight and compactness. HERC had decided to procure and customize several to fulfill niche roles in their various urban operations.
Used by select HERC field operatives.
How to obtain[]
- Level 15 Normal variants might be obtained by opening Level 17 HERC Tactical Response Supply Boxes (no longer dropped).
- Level 15 Normal variants might be obtained by opening certain Re-Re-Released HERC Tactical Response Supply Box variants.
Recycling products[]
- Sights x 1
- Bolt Assembly x 1
- Barrel x 1
Tactics[]
Basically a higher level Hunter Compact which deals higher damage, has a larger magazine and fires significantly faster, this is an excellent sniping weapon. However, it shares the same weaknesses, namely an overall slow-ish rate of fire and reload speed, making it ineffective in close quarters, delegating it to a support role.
Recommended gear[]
- Bandoliers increase the reload speed of the weapon.
Pros[]
- High Damage
- Very Accurate
- Long Effective Range
- Large Magazine (vs other rifles)
Cons[]
- Attacks Slowly
- Reloads Slowly
- Only available through HERC Tactical Response Supply Boxes