Flicker

The Flicker is a burst rifle. Each pull of the trigger fires five shots in quick succession, which together do the same damage as one Beam shot, and enough of them hitting will disassemble the target. It has the same reload time as the Beam, so a missed burst costs as much as a missed Beam shot.

The burst makes the Flicker more forgiving than the Beam. If a target steps behind cover partway through, the shots that already hit still count, and a single miss only loses a fifth of the damage. It suits players who are better at tracking a moving target than at landing one precise shot.