Just like their predecessors, the snipers are quick to hunker down in their stasis fields as soon as they're hit too hard. At close range, it turns out the stasis fields are both impenetrable and mildly damaging to anything in punching distance. More dangerously, the other snipers are quick to shoot at Samus while their comrade shields itself. But the stasis is still only temporary, and it works just as well to cover her from any snipers behind it.
As for their line rifles, the weapons are remarkably light: they don't contain their own power source, and they're not used for melee fighting. Like the other small infantry, the cornered sniper units prefer to deliver a slap of projected energy from their raised left palm. Each gun obeys a strange hand for two or three shots before shutting down. Apparently the Vex have a three-strike rule on friendly fire.
Rest in pieces, dearest foes.
Just like their predecessors, the snipers are quick to hunker down in their stasis fields as soon as they're hit too hard. At close range, it turns out the stasis fields are both impenetrable and mildly damaging to anything in punching distance. More dangerously, the other snipers are quick to shoot at Samus while their comrade shields itself. But the stasis is still only temporary, and it works just as well to cover her from any snipers behind it.
As for their line rifles, the weapons are remarkably light: they don't contain their own power source, and they're not used for melee fighting. Like the other small infantry, the cornered sniper units prefer to deliver a slap of projected energy from their raised left palm. Each gun obeys a strange hand for two or three shots before shutting down. Apparently the Vex have a three-strike rule on friendly fire.