Siege Breaker

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Siege Breaker is a weapon classified under the Sniper Rifle category. Since Siege Breaker is used during combat, it is considered a Combat Equipment. These items are used to damage and defeat enemies or break destructible objects.

Note: All numeric values (except the power level) mentioned are only applicable to the default state of the weapon. It may be possible to increase or decrease the net values using inscriptions, but they will not be shown.

WEAPON Siege Breaker
Legendary Sniper Rifle
Legendary Sniper Rifle
Stats
On a hit-streak (3), shots freeze the target.
Damage	2179
Damage	2179
Masterwork Sniper Rifle
Masterwork Sniper Rifle
Stats
On a hit-streak (3), shots freeze the target.
Damage	1089
Damage	1089
RPM	300
RPM	300
Range	45
Range	45
Ammo	48
Ammo	48
Magazine	12
Magazine	12
Javelins
Ranger Colossus Storm Interceptor
Combo
Combo	Primer
Combo Status	Frozen Status

Siege Breaker is a weapon classified under the Sniper Rifle category. Since Siege Breaker is used during combat, it is considered a Combat Equipment. These items are used to damage and defeat enemies.

Description and Alternative Items

For the alternative item, see Whirlwind

Siege Breaker is an upgraded Whirlwind. It is a combination of assault and sniper rifles.

Siege Breaker is the most effective against shielded enemies. It has a weak point multiplier of x1.75, but because it behaves like an assault rifle, there is a spread in its fired shots. This means, trying to hit the weak points of smaller enemies is not very effective.

Siege Breaker primes through its masterwork perk. This means, the priming status is guaranteed and it doesn’t depend on stacking status effects.


This item has a special ability, which is a procedural perk that can be activated by performing an action mentioned in its masterwork perk.
Masterwork Perk: On a hit-streak (3), shots freeze the target.

Obtaining Methods

Siege Breaker can be obtained in the following ways:

• Loot

• Guardians' Gifts (Tomb of Artinia)

• Regulator Store (When available)

• Crafting (Masterwork only)

Cortex Entry

Cortex Entries are small pieces of lore attached with the particular weapon found in Anthem and accessed through the Cortex. All weapons have at least one entry associated with them. All Masterwork and Legendary weapons' cortex entries directly add to the narrative of the world.

Check Cortex Entry: Siege Breaker (Weapon) for More Information

"And the skorpions broke upon us like a giant wave on the ocean," were the words of an Arcanist who that day was there. It was the morning people finally returned to the ruins of Anshar when it was believed to be safe once more after being abandoned for years. The assessment was dead wrong, and the advance party was forced to fend off a skorpion horde for days before finally breaking the siege. When support forces eventually arrived, and a lancer was asked how they survived, his only answer was to hold up this rifle.

For a Collection of similar Cortex Entries, See: Sniper Rifle (Armory)

Blueprint and Crafting

Siege Breaker is an item that can be crafted. It requires different amounts of resources depending upon its rarity. Complete the requirement in Blueprint Acquisition to unlock the Blueprint. Then craft the item in the Forge using the resources.
Unlocked blueprints can be found in the Craft tab located under the appropriate combat equipment slot (Weapon/Gear/Component) of a javelin in the loadouts tab of the Forge.
The following table provides insights on blueprint and crafting requirements:

	Blueprint Acquisition	Siege Breaker Blueprint	Crafted Siege Breaker
Masterwork	Siege Breaker Challenge

Required Crafting Resources

Check Cortex Entry: Siege Breaker (Blueprint) for More Information

Masterwork 60 Chimeric Alloy 30 Chimeric Compound 30 Weapon Parts 15 Masterwork Ember

Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)

• Siege Breaker is one of the three hand-held weapons that can prime its targets along with Jarra's Wrath and Ralner's Blaze. Like Ralner's Blaze, its masterwork perk activates based on the number of consecutive hits taken by the enemy
• Siege Breaker and its base form of Whirlwind are the only weapons that directly do Shield Breaker damage. They are two among the only 6 items that can have this damage type. They other four are gears: Pulse Blast and its upgraded forms.
• In the game the Magazine size (also known as the clip size) is incorrectly referred to as Ammo within the statistics of a weapon.

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