Sparkling Horn
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The Sparkling Horn is a Backup weapon introduced in the 21.4.0 update.
Description
The Sparkling Horn is a great weapon for Three Category Spam, sporting one of the highest non-charge backup damages in the game. It has great everything and can be compared to most Snipers.
Appearance
It is a weapon that bears a huge resemblance to Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony but with a unicorn horn. The Sparkling Horn appears mostly a shade of sky blue and features many rainbow details.
Performance
When the fire button is pressed, the Sparkling Horn recoils back violently, emitting a rainbow 
out of it's horn, piercing through surfaces 
, and damaging players.
This weapon has both Input and Output Delay, meaning that it gives pull-out animations to other weapons and receives pull-out animations from some weapons associated with Three Category Spam. Its delay mechanics are identical to the Exterminator or Thunderer.
Strategy
Tips
- This weapon has no fixed delay, so it is viable for Three Category Spam. However, this weapon gives and receives delay.
- Use this weapon the same way you would use the Thunderer.
- Aim this weapon at your teammates for
. - Aim at the head to deal additional damage.
- Due to this weapon having a lack of
, use this in close to medium ranges. - It has somewhat bad accuracy so its advised to have good aim when aiming at enemies.
Counters
- Use weapons with
or 
to lower its user's power - Try to
your opponent to make them miss their shots - If your opponent's team has a medic, eliminate the medic first.
Recommended Maps
Equipment Setups
- Use this weapon for Three Category Spam.
- Pairing this with a fast fire rate Primary weapon can help quickly finish of enemies hit with a bullet.
- Insert Modules, such as, Bandolier, Drum Magazine, and/or Lucky Bullet to improve its performance.
Changelog
21.4.0
- Initial release.
23.2.0
- Damage reduced by 4.65%.
- Capacity secretly increased from 6 to 7.
- Mobility reduced from 75 to 65.
Trivia
- The weapon bears a huge resemblance to Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony.
- Its shooting sound effect sounds similar to the Aphrodite Crossbow. Its delay animation also sounds the same as the Thunderer.
- It has the same performance as the Exterminator and Thunderer as it has Input and Output delay. The differences is that Sparkling Horn has no , higher mobility and greater damage. However, it has somewhat bad accuracy.
- The weapon’s is similar to Brutal Rainbow.
- This weapon would be considered a bio mechanical weather upon due to it having biological components but this would be a more loose classification since this weapon also features magical properties.
- Many people bought this through a recent Trader's Van, as of this update, many are annoyed of this as they bought the Battle Pass for this a few updates ago.
