- For a similarly named weapon, see Ballista EM3.
- "Bolt-action sniper rifle. Deadly from the chest up, with faster handling speeds."
- — Description.
The Ballista is a bolt-action sniper rifle featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Strike Team. It was first seen in the Multiplayer reveal trailer for Black Ops II. In Strike Team, it is automatically given a Suppressor.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]
Campaign[]
The Ballista is unlocked at the start of "Fallen Angel". It can also be found in "Cordis Die".
Multiplayer[]
The Ballista is the third sniper rifle unlocked, at level 43.
The Ballista deals 95 damage per bullet. The Ballista deals twice as much damage on a Headshot or shot to the neck, and 50% extra damage to the upper torso, mid torso, and the arms. This gives the Ballista equal one shot kill area to the XPR-50, although the Ballista will deal more damage to the neck, thus increasing the possibility of getting a one shot kill to the neck when shooting through objects. The Ballista will not deal a one shot kill to the lower torso or the legs. Like the other sniper rifles, the Ballista has high penetration power.
The Ballista is a bolt-action sniper rifle, with a maximum fire rate of 47 RPM. The user will need to wait at least 1.26 seconds before they can fire again.
The Ballista will always kick upwards with a value of 40, never kicking downwards, and horizontal recoil values of 25 to the left and 40 to the right. The Ballista has a centerspeed value of 500. The Ballista gains a 15% centerspeed increase when fired from a crouching position, or 25% centerspeed increase when fired from a prone position. The Ballista has a small amount of idle sway relative to other sniper rifles. However, crouching or going prone with the Ballista offers a weaker idle sway reduction than it would with other sniper rifles.
The Ballista allows users to move slightly faster than other sniper rifles, allowing users to move at 96% of the base speed. The Ballista also allows users to strafe faster than other sniper rifles, strafing at 44% of the base movement speed. The Ballista also has the fastest aim down sight time for sniper rifles, aiming down the sight in 350 milliseconds. The Ballista's hip-fire spread is very large. The Ballista's reload animation is 3.1 seconds long, or 3.75 seconds long if the magazine is completely empty. The user can perform a Reload Cancel after 2.3 seconds.
The Ballista has a magazine capacity of seven rounds, and a starting ammo loadout of 28 rounds.
The Ballista has an expanded selection of attachments compared to other sniper rifles, as the Ballista has unique access to the Iron Sight attachment, as well as all other sniper rifle attachments.
After the patch 1.13, the rate of fire of Ballista was reduced from 51 RPM to 47 RPM.
Attachments[]
- Suppressor (unlocked weapon level 2)
- Ballistics CPU (unlocked weapon level 3)
- Variable Zoom (unlocked weapon level 4)
- Fast Mag (unlocked weapon level 5)
- FMJ (unlocked weapon level 6)
- ACOG Sight (unlocked weapon level 7)
- Extended Clip (unlocked weapon level 8)
- Laser Sight (unlocked weapon level 9)
- Dual Band Scope (unlocked weapon level 10)
- Iron Sight (unlocked weapon level 11)
Zombies[]
A Ballista with the Iron Sight attachment appears in the Zombies map Origins available off the wall for 500 points or can be dug up with a Shovel. It performs similarly to the Kar98k in that it is relatively effective on early rounds, but on later rounds the player will need to score a headshot to kill a Zombie. It is a one-hit-kill by headshot up until and including Round 6. However, during Round 6, zombies will walk around headless for a short duration after being shot and will continue to chase the player. When Pack-a-Punched it becomes the Infused Arbalest. It comes equipped with a 10-round magazine, more reserve ammo, and an ACOG Sight attachment, although it can be Pack-a-Punched again to remove the ACOG Sight and replace it with Iron Sights. In this upgraded form the Ballista is much more effective, remaining a one-shot headshot kill until approximately round 30, even without Double Tap II.
Ballista vs Infused Arbalest[]
| Ballista | Infused Arbalest | |
|---|---|---|
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| Damage | 150 | 400-200 |
| Fire mode | Bolt-action | Bolt-action |
| Rate of fire | 51 RPM | 51 RPM |
| Magazine size | 8 | 10 |
| Max ammo | 64+8 | 120+10 |
| Extras | Higher magazine capacity, more ammo, higher damage | |
| Possible Attachments | ACOG Sight, Iron Sight |
Gallery[]
- For camouflage images, see Ballista/Camouflage.
- For attachments images, see Ballista/Attachments.
Trivia[]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]
- The bubble in the scope's spirit level will respond to most character actions including running and reloading, but does not respond when the player character lowers their weapon in the campaign.
- The Ballista uses .338 Lapua Magnum rounds, according to the Ballistics CPU, and the magazine.
- The text "Made by Hobo Commando MP, in Bavaria, Germany" can be seen on the magazine and with minuscule writing on the upper-right facing side of the receiver.
- "Royce & Wesley" can be seen written on the scope.
- The Ballista's serial number is "00040212".
- If the Iron Sight is selected as an attachment, "RS" can be seen written on the rear sight.
- Just like other sniper rifles in multiplayer, the Ballista has an unusable, folded bipod.
- It still shoot at 51 RPM on the Wii U Multiplayer version, since there is no update to decrease that fire rate.
- The Ballista's stock is foldable, the character unfolds it when the weapon is first picked up or if equipped on a class at the start of a match, unless the Laser Sight is attached on the gun.
- Prior to a patch, it was possible to equip a Ballistics CPU and Iron Sight attachment at the same time, using Call of Duty ELITE class customization functionality. This caused the scope itself to fail to render, resulting in a floating CPU and tuning knob, or the iron sight to appear inside the scope's view, or a high zoom on the iron sight.
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