Atomizer

Atomizer
Specifications
Manufacturer	Chimera
Type	Energy weapon
Weapon Stats
Primary Fire	Electric bolts
Secondary Fire	Gravity Well
Ammunition	Electricity
Damage	High
Rate of Fire	Very high
Accuracy	Automatic lock-on (when target is close enough)
Range	Low
Clip Size	75
Maximum Ammunition	225
Weapon Stats
Rank	35
Power	35/100
Rate of Fire	100/100
Range	20/100
Move Speed	50/100
Clip Size	100
Maximum Ammunition	300

The Atomizer is a electricity-based Chimeran riot weapon. It is the sixth weapon obtained in Resistance 3.

Description

The Atomizer is picked up in an abandoned factory in City of the Past. Its primary fire shoots out short-range electric bolts that auto-target and disintegrate nearby enemies. Its alternate fire launches a localized gravity well that damages and pulls nearby enemies and their bodies into the well.

The Atomizer is the new standard weapon for the Ravager and are used in the extermination of feral Chimera, most specifically Grims due to their nature of swarming their enemies and the fact that they live in damp, underground environments. The Atomizer's ability to emit bolts that can be transferred from one enemy to another in quick succession, makes it most useful in dispatching swarming Grims and Leapers. It is also capable of conducting in water-filled environments, allowing bolts of electricity that can spread faster to any enemy in a damp area. It proves to be a powerful weapon against large groups of enemies but the most effective attack is the secondary fire. The gravity well can take the player out of danger very quick and conserving ammo for the other weapons.

Upgrades

Tier	Name	Campaign	Multiplayer
1	N/A	Press and hold to release short-range electric bolts that auto-target and disintegrate nearby enemies. Press R2 to release a localized gravity well that damages nearby enemies and pulls their bodies into the well.	Same
2	Arc Charger	allows a single bolt to affect multiple enemies at once.	Same
3	The Big Bang	When the timer runs out on the gravity well, it detonates in a radial explosion, causing massive amounts of damage to nearby enemies.	Same

Strategy

• The Atomizer is effective against Leapers, due to its auto-lock feature.
• The Atomizer is very useful in dispatching swarms of Grims and Leapers, if it has been upgraded at least once.
• The secondary fire allows the player to deny an area to Leaper and Grim swarms.

Multiplayer

The Atomizer is unlocked at level 35.

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Intel

“	An electricity-based Chimeran riot weapon. It releases lethal shocks of electricity that are extremely effective at short range. - Press and hold to release short-range electric bolts that auto-target and disintegrate nearby enemies. - Press to release a localized gravity well that damages nearby enemies and pulls their bodies into the well.	”

Gallery

Weapon journal.

The Atomizer in first person.

Reloading.

Atomizer firing bolts.

Gravity Well.

Deploying a Gravity Well.

Atomizer disintegrating a Grim.

Big Bang.

A Ravager armed with an Atomizer.

Trivia

• The Atomizer appears to be a successor to the Arc Charger used in Resistance: Fall of Man.
• Unlike most weapons, the Atomizer is not found in Graterford Prison, and is not reacquired until reaching the Chimeran base in Washington Square.
• Spinners and Chimeran Bats are not affected by the Atomizer's primary and secondary fire, only in melee. It is likely due to a developer oversight in which the Atomizer does not recognize the creatures as enemies.