Scout Elite

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The **Steyr Elite**, known in-game as the **Scout Elite**, is a lightweight Sniper Rifle that uses 5.56mm Ammunition.

## Summary

The Scout Elite is known for its mobility as a Sniper Rifle. It has a high fire rate for one and a relatively low slowdown. The Scout Elite has a high velocity while having a 5-round magazine. Dealing less damage than the Mosin-Nagant, it can be comparable to a buffed Model 94.

It can mainly be found in Air Drops and in the green Pots from the Scout Hut. It can also be found as a world loot, rarely.

## Sounds

* Firing
* Reloading
* Half Cycle (When Mag is Empty)
* Cycling And Swapping To

## Strategies

### Using

* Not quickswitching is not as punishing with this gun as other Sniper Rifles as it does not have as much recoil.
* However, quickswitching with this weapon can prevent speed reduction even more.
* This gun's main advantage lies in its fast-firing move speed, especially for Sniper Rifles. The user can move and shoot at the enemies at the same time, making it harder for the enemy to hit the user.
* Try not to use this gun in CQB because it deals too little damage to be viable in that situation, as it has a long barrel.
* This gun is most effective when paired with a good scope.
* Mobile players may be attracted to this gun because of the low recoil and high bullet speed.

### Countering

* The Scout Elite can 4-shot a player with maximum (level 3) Vest and Helmet. Thus, it is advised to use Adrenaline to avoid death barely.
* As mentioned above, Adrenaline is a good idea to recover health passively and dodge the Scout's accurate bullets.
* Weapons with higher DPS, such as the SCAR-H or stronger Sniper Rifles, such as the SV-98 can pressure aggressive Scout Elite users to flee if they take enough damage.
* Grenades can be used to force Scout Elite users into a closer range, allowing you to use spray guns like SMGs or Shotguns.
* Get into another sniper duel and shoot them. If that's doesn't drive them away, shoot them with an assault rifle.
* You can attempt rushing them with a high DPS weapon, like the MP220, SPAS-12, M870, or Dual Peacemaker.

## Pros and Cons

### Pros

* Low recoil
* Fast fire rate for being a Sniper Rifle
* Fast firing move speed
* Very accurate when standing still
* Decently accurate when moving

### Cons

* Lower damage than most Sniper Rifles
* Decently rare
* Somewhat desirable, which attracts players.

## Trivia

* Strangely, it is the first lightweight gun in-game that receives a speed boost while shooting. Guns like the UMP9 and MP5 don't apply to that. It provides many tactics and ensuring accuracy in gameplay exclusively with this gun.
	+ However, it ultimately slows you down, as the speed multiplier for firing a weapon is 0.5, which reduces speed to 8.5, slower than the usual player movement speed of 12.
	+ There is a glitch where if you shoot a Scout and then use a Soda, the slowdown of the Scout would override the movement speed of the soda, resulting in a makeshift Combat Medic.
* It was the first gun introduced in an update where two map variants were included as new content. (**Summer Bloom** and **5th Desert Rain**)
* It is the first 5.56mm Sniper Rifle to be added to the game.
	+ It's also the first 5.56mm weapon added since the v0.6.0 "*Bridges of Sweatbath County*" update, which brought the M4A1-S.
	+ The Scout Elite has the same damage as the BLR 81.
* The Scout's world sprite has a missing bolt. However, the bolt could be on the other side of the gun.
* The Scout technically has a bipod. The forearm of the weapon can be unfolded into two legs to fire from.

## History

* v0.8.81
	+ Changed internal ID from "scout" to "scout\_elite"(because the Internal ID of the Scout was changed from recon to scout to make way for the Recon role)
* v0.7.9
	+ Added