(Source: )Ī Reaper carrying a Vektor Rifle in a cutscene in the Lost and Abandoned mission.

It also says the standard issue Vektor rifle is 'a testament to the efficiency of its old-world design', the successive magnetic and energy variants were originally shunned by the Reapers, but proved extremely powerful.

According to a post on the official XCOM website, the Vektor rifle has a range of 1000m (3280 ft.), muzzle Velocity of 850 m/s.

It is likely that this is an oversight by the developers.

The reapers seen in the first cutscene for Lost and Abandoned carry Vektor rifles with no scopes.

The design of the Vektor Rifle may have been based off the SVD Dragunov.

Agression (up to plus 30 crit chance) with Bring Em' On and Killer Instinct (a but load of extra crit damage) and Ghost Armor (30 or so extra crit chance when cloaked) can make for a very potent Plasma Rifle assault who also has range that rivals or even. It can, however, be fired after moving, and it does not suffer close range penalties. BUT if you have an offensive assault builds, plasma rifles can do nearly as much damage. They have relatively low damage compared to the Sniper Rifle or even the Assault Rifle, to balance out the power of the Claymore and other Reaper abilities.

The Vektor Rifle is the Reaper's conventional primary weapon in XCOM 2.

Xcom 2 plasma rifle