Laser Rifle

The Laser Rifle is a rapid-fire long range energy weapon. It doesn't do a lot of shock damage or force knockback, but it can whittle down an enemy's health quite quickly.

Offensive Tactics
In most cases, the Fullback is going to want to use the Plasma Lasso, especially against the lighter classes. There are a couple of circumstances in which the laser rifle can be really useful:


 * Fullback vs. Fullback. If two fullbacks are beating the snot out of each other, the damage from the laser rifle is going to be more important than the pull ability of the plasma lasso.  You're already going to be up-close and personal, and the winner of the charge is going to be the guy with the most health.  The plasma lasso doesn't do nearly as much damage as the laser rifle, so it makes more sense to whittle down the enemy fullback with the laser rifle.
 * Sniping the Goalie. The other anti-goalie tactic (aside from the goalie pull) is harassment with the laser rifle.  The goalie is basically the one position that the fullback can't go head-to-head with, so a common move is to hang out in the distance and wear them down with the laser rifle.  If you can reduce the goalie's health enough, another fullback might actually be able to take them down.

Defensive Tactics
The big thing to watch out for is enemy fullbacks sniping away at the goalie. As a goalie, there's not a lot you can do about it: you're busy trying to defend the goal against the enemy ballcarrier. If you see an enemy fullback doing this, shut them down pronto! They can and will take out your goalie, leading to an easy score.