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Weapons

Lara's wielded some pretty neat weapons throughout her tomb raiding career. Here's some that you may be familiar with. For each you can see a brief description of the weapon including it's speed and power. There may be other notes too such as weapon rarity and aim ability. Finally I have rated the gun out of 10 and on occasion included a picture. 

Pistols (TR 1,2,3,4,5)

You will have these at the start of all Tomb Raider games (with the exception of  Last Revelation). They shoot at a moderate rate, but are not very powerful. The best thing is that they have unlimited ammo, so are good for shooting at enemies when you have good cover. My rating: 5

Shotgun (TR 1,2,3,4,5)

Often the second gun you will find in Tomb Raider games. It's much more powerful than pistols but slower to reload. Ammo is common and doesn't burn up too quickly. So I'd use the shotgun for slow enemies that take a bit to kill such as bears. My rating: 6

Uzis (TR 1,2,3,4,5)

These are the opposite to the shotgun: very fast but not as powerful. However, power/time these kill a lot quicker. A drawback is that, although common, ammo burns up very quickly. Good for fast enemies such as wolves. Also very effective on flying enemies. My rating: 7

Magnums (TR 1) Automatic pistols (TR 2)

These are like a mix between pistols and uzis, faster than pistols but slower than uzis. So there good for in-between enemies, like tigers. Ammo rarity is average. My rating: 6

Desert eagle (TR 3,5) Revolver (TR 4,5)

Both similar to Magnums and Automatic pistols but a bit slower and a bit more powerful, rather like the shotgun but easier to target. Revolver can be combined with laser sight, but in TR:LR I'd suggest using the crossbow instead because it is not as good usually but equally good with laser sight. My rating: 7

Grenade launcher (TR 2,3,4)

When this weapon hits an enemy it will do a lot of damage, often blowing them to pieces in one shot. But the auto-aim is poor and grenades don't explode instantly so it is very hard to hit moving enemies, even if they only move at walking pace. So it is best saved for big level bosses. My rating: 8

Rocket Launcher (TR 3)

Tougher than the grenade launcher and easier to hit with. But sadly the ammo is rare, so you should still save it for big level bosses. My rating: 10

M16 (TR 2) MP5 (TR 3)

Similar to uzis but better lock on enemy. Good for long distant enemies. My rating: 8

HK rifle (TR 5)

Three modes: sniper, burst and rapid. You should try and snipe out every guard possible. Only revert to burst or rapid modes if you run out of sniper ammo or if you accidentally alert a load of guards and you need to take them out quickly. My rating: 9

Crossbow (TR 4)

Very accurate, bit tougher than pistols but a bit slower. The poison arrows are simply more powerful but check out the explosive ones: nearly as tough as grenades and way easier to hit with. My rating: 9 

Harpoon gun (TR 2,3)

Weak and slow, not very good. But it can be used in water. However, I would suggest taking out as many enemies as possible from the surface with your pistols. My rating: 4