Rocket Launcher

The Rocket Launcher (originally called the Bazooka), added in June 2006 as a preset HopperBin, is a BrickBattle weapon common within maps featuring simplistic demolition. The weapon is a long grey tube that can shoot rockets. It has a scope on the side but is not usable. It reloads for approximately eight seconds before being ready to shoot. The Rocket Launcher shoots a slow explosive rocket projectile, making it simple to dodge it, that explodes on contact with any solid object.

The fragmentation that flies out upon explosion has been updated along with all other explosions. The tool icon is a rocket pointing diagonally up.

Sometime in 2011, the Rocket Launcher was updated and given a new ammo look, which looks more like a rocket than it did previously. Oddly, the Rocket Launcher was held with the back in the front.

UristMcSparks created an endorsed model of a Rocket Launcher.

The Rocket Launcher was also featured in an advertisement/sign of Happy Home in Robloxia. According to the sign, it could also be used if a player is tired of building, according to one of the signs in the original.

Tips[]

While having an instant-kill on hand is fun, be warned of the slow rate of fire, as well as the relatively slow speed at 60 studs per second, making it easy to dodge. If you score a direct hit to any parts of a player's body, it will result in an instant destruction. It also has splash damage, meaning you can blow off bits of an enemy's body, such as legs, arms, etc. Blowing off your right arm will result in being unable to use your weapons. Beware: Suicide can easily happen, if shot to close to an object or player, due to splash damage. Being the second most powerful basic weapon, it can also easily destroy structures, and clear an area of debris.

Since the Rocket Launcher is a slow projectile, it can be easy to dodge, rendering it useless in simple far-ranged combat. However, it is best used in close-ranged combat along, with the Sword, since the rocket moves fast enough for others to quickly react to it around a 10-stud radius.
The rocket can also damage towers and has enough splash damage to severely injure the shooter if it explodes nearby.
It takes a 3 seconds to reload, leaving you very vulnerable to enemy attack. The actual missile can also be interrupted with a Superball or a Slingshot round, which can also leave you in the open without a weapon. The missile also has an extremely slow speed, and is thus easy to dodge. Unless your target is close, stationary, stuck or away from their keyboard, you shouldn't use the Bazooka.
The rocket can be used to destroy bridges and ladders that someone is climbing. If you find yourself trying to defend PilotLuke's Battle Cube from attack, the easiest way to defend the rim is to fire a missile at the two purple stairs and drop a bomb on the black set.
Being used at fairly close range is good for killing people, because they don't have time to dodge the missile, and your not close enough to be effected by the splash. Beware: Using this strategy can easily result in accidental suicide. This should only be used by the more experienced/veteran players.
In Doomspire Brickbattle, there is a cool trick you can do with the rocket launcher. If you jump off a tower, shoot a rocket under your feet and land on it. You can jump up rather high because of the explosion.

Trivia[]

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A large portion of the Rocket Launcher texture goes unused, bearing the mid 2005-early 2006 Roblox logo and three stripes in shades of blue.
The Rocket Launcher is modeled after the Swedish Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifle.
The original model for the Rocket Launcher is from CadNav, dated June 2, 2006 in the files. The Roblox version was heavily modified with a significantly lower poly count, additional texture, and no reflection mapping.^[1]