Plasma Spine Launcher

Plasma Spine Launcher
Type	Ranged weapon (pickup)
Effects	Plasma Damage Explosive Damage
Source	Slaughterspine
Cost to buy	Cannot be bought
Value when sold	Cannot be sold

The Plasma Spine Launcher is a heavy weapon in Horizon Forbidden West that deals Plasma and Explosive damage.

Acquisition

Plasma Spine Launchers can be shot off of the back of a Slaughterspine with tear damage. Removing all of them disables the machine's plasma spine attacks.

Usage

The Plasma Spine Launcher fires single small plasma projectiles. Unlike when they are attached to the machine, the projectiles do not stick into the ground, instead creating a small explosion when contacting a surface or enemy.

It can only fire three shots before running out of ammunition.

Advantages

• Very high Explosive damage and Plasma build up.
• Multiple Launchers are available from one Slaughterspine.

Disadvantages

• Lowest ammo capacity of any heavy weapon.
• Plasma projectiles travel slower than most projectiles.
• Can deal small amounts of self damage and knockback if shot too close.
• Like all heavy weapons, it slows Aloy down when she wields it.
• The Machine it comes from, the Slaughterspine, is resistant toward Plasma, rendering the weapon nigh-useless against it when building up the Plasma state.