Needler is a fictional submachine gun in Counter-Strike Online obtainable randomly from Code Box only.
Overview
Needler is a coil gun that fires 100 rounds of nail for each clip. It has a high magazine size and is light in term of weight. When shooting at solid surfaces, the nails will be reflected.
Advantages
- Nails can be reflected
- High magazine size
- High damage
- Decent accuracy
Disadvantages
- Low rate of fire
- Nails cannot penetrate objects
- Expensive
- Rarely found in Coded Box
- Nails are not hitscan
Release date
- South Korea: 23 April 2013.
- Taiwan/Hong Kong: 14 May 2013.
- China: 15 May 2013.
Japan: 16 May 2013.Singapore/Malaysia: 28 January 2014.Indonesia: 23 September 2015.- CSN:Z: 8 June 2016.
Tips using Needler
- Use the reflected nails to bounce nails to enemies in hiding.
- It has low rate of fire. Avoid close combat.
- The damage per shot is quite high. Every hit tolls enemies quite a lot.
Gallery
View model
Ditto, reload
World model
A SEAL operative with Needler
Taiwan/Hong Kong poster
China poster
Japan poster
Singapore/Malaysia poster
Indonesia poster
In-game screenshot
Obtained via Code Box
Obtained from Bingo
HUD icon
Shooting sound
Trivia
- There is a "Coil Gun" print on the shell ejector plate.
- This is the first weapon introduced with reflecting projectiles, though it was first introduced in Half-Life by Tau Cannon. (Note that Counter-Strike Online uses Half-Life's engine GoldSrc)
- The Needler has the lowest fire rate of all submachine guns so far.
- Oddly, the Taiwan/Hong Kong and Singapore/Malaysia regions use the Crossbow's firing sound instead.
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