It's not great at a long range but it can pummel opponents up close. The Weapons (Alphabetical List)Ī3-21's Plasma Rifle: This is likely my favorite mid-range energy weapon. The primary stat for energy weapons is perception, and having higher values in it will increase the damage done by all energy weapons. Thankfully, the gear they carried will remain for the most part unharmed. Victims to powerful blasts of energy will disintegrate. The most basic of the energy weapons deals nice damage, and they are for the most part quite accurate, especially in the form of the Laser Rifle. You will go a short time without access to quality energy weapons, but once you have them you will be very powerful. Energy weapons are very interesting guns in Fallout 3.