Poacher’s Potshotter

The Poacher’s Potshotter is a single-shot, lever-actuated sniper rifle with an intriguing mechanic that rewards players for racking up headshots and punishes them for missing. It was introduced as part of the Erroneous Armaments pack.
== Appearance ==
It appears as a Martini-Henry rifle which has a scope on the side, similarly to other WWI sniper rifles. The stock is covered in masking tape, presumably to hold it together and function as a sort of cheek pad for long periods of being scoped in.
== Description ==
It’s hard to imagine sniping with such an unusual weapon, but you’ll get used to it once you aim for the head. She may be a bottom-of-the-barrel weapon, but at least you’d take her over a kitchen knife.
== Usage ==
In the right hands, the Poacher’s Potshotter can be terrifying if one can consistently hit headshot after headshot. This rifle rewards experienced players who can actually aim their rifle and click an opponents head several times, as anyone at this level (25) who doesn’t know how this weapon works will have to get acquainted with it quickly or simply buy another gun.
With every headshot, the rechambering time decreases by 0.1 second. When 8 headshots in a row are hit, it fires over twice as fast as normal. This makes it an innovative way to dish out continuous pain from a distance.
While it is technologically outclassed by many other weapons, you get what you pay for when the weapon is only 140 coins. The zoom on the scope is not as powerful as with other sniper rifles such as the Sunrise, but if you’re buying this weapon, chances are that you don’t have enough coins for anything fancier.
== Tactics ==
* The faster firing with every headshot can be very potent in long corridors or hallways
* Play on Sniper Forts to practice headshotting
* Jetpack users can easily be brought down with a few headshots from this weapon
* Increase sensitivity to lead faster targets
* Use weapons that slow down targets in order to obtain easy headshots
== Counter-Tactics ==
* Strafe around from a distance to make your head harder to hit
* Flick up if you anticipate to get shot in the face
* Don’t risk closing in
* Use the Sniper Goggles to throw off a headshot streak
== Trivia ==
* The Poacher’s Potshotter was inspired by the Martini-Henry Sniper from Battlefield 1.
Category:Single Shots
Category:Zoom
Category:Sniper
Category:Themed
Category:Erroneous Armaments Collection