Path Blaster

This article is about the weapon from Fall of Cybertron. For the experimental Decepticon cannon, see Pathblaster.

The Path Blaster is a semi-automatic weapon that fires dense packets of molten metal with a good deal of accuracy. There are a number of common modifications to the basic model, perhaps none so remarkable as the so-called "Gambler" upgrade, which inserts an explosive synthetic Destronium round randomly into every magazine.

Games

Fall of Cybertron

Optimus Prime used a Path Blaster as his primary weapon during the final days of the evacuation from Cybertron. The weapons were also commonly carried by Infiltrators. Fall of Cybertron

Toys

Generations

It's huge, but it probably won't explode and kill him. Probably.

• Sideswipe (Deluxe, 2012?)

A retool of Generations Jazz, Generations Sideswipe includes an inordinately large new-mold Path Blaster weapon.

Notes

• The rifle has the following base in-game stats:
  • Damage: 8
  • Range: 5
  • Accuracy: 6
  • Rate of Fire: 6
  • Max Load: 50
  • Per Mag: 10

• The "Gambler" upgrade is one of many many references in Fall of Cybertron, in this case to the episode "The Gambler".
• At BotCon 2012, developer High Moon Studios stated that "Optimus Prime's weapon" was designed to look like an earlier version of the rifles he wields in the Transformers: Prime series.