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" Say something hideous and horrible jumps out at y'all. Something and then disgusting that it simply must die. "

–Sasha Nein

Marksmanship, also known as PSI-Blast or Blastokinesis, is the psychic power to shoot a deadly beam of energy from one's caput.

1 Psychonauts
- ane.one Character reactions
- 1.two Strategies/Uses
2 Psychonauts In the Rhombus of Ruin
three Psychonauts two
- iii.1 Strategies/Uses
- three.2 Upgrades
- 3.iii Pins
4 Trivia
5 Gallery
- v.ane Psychonauts
  - five.ane.ane Art Avails
  - 5.1.2 Screenshots
- 5.2 Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
  - 5.2.ane Screenshots
- five.iii Psychonauts ii
  - 5.three.one Screenshots
half dozen References/Notes

Psychonauts

Raz gets the bluecoat from Sasha Nein in Sasha's Shooting Gallery, where at start he gets a trial badge only able to be used in that mental world, and subsequently completing information technology he gets a full bluecoat which is able to be used in all of the worlds. This ability allows Razputin to fire a blast of psychic energy at enemies, too known equally a PSI-Smash.

At PSI Cadet Rank forty, Raz gains the upgrade Concatenation Boom, which allows his PSI-Blasts to ricochet and hit up to 3 enemies. At Rank 70, Raz gains the Super Chain Blast upgrade, which allows his PSI-Blasts to ricochet and striking upwardly to half-dozen enemies.

Character reactions

Most character reactions to being hitting with Marksmanship are identical to being striking with Psi-Punch (see list on the Psi-Punch page). Nonetheless, some characters, such as Ford Cruller, have different lines: "Now why I did give him that dang learner'due south permit?"

Strategies/Uses

Always have your mental focus locked onto enemies when fighting with Marksmanship. Aiming without it is a lot harder.
- It also helps to jump from side to side while firing; this allows you to keep moving to avert enemy fire while still landing shots.
Aggression Ammo for the Marksmanship ability will appear in the form of bright orangish exclamation marks of raw psychic aggression. It can be institute from enemies or from slap-up objects. With how ofttimes you're going to be using Marksmanship, it's best to keep an eye out for ammo. You can also find golden trophies with increases the number of how many more shots you can conduct at one fourth dimension.
This power is needed in Sasha'south Shooting Gallery to block off the conscience outlet targets and to defeat the Mega Conscience.
In camp, this power is needed to dislodge the wasps nest in social club to obtain the Fertility Idol. In the Brain Tumbler Experiment, this power is mandatory to defeat the shadowy monster and the Pattern Encephalon Tank.
This power is useful in Lungfishopolis to destroy the airplanes and to defeat Kochamara.

Psychonauts In the Rhombus of Ruin

Raz tin use his PSI-Blast in Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin fifty-fifty while possessing someone else's body. It is especially helpful against the Monstroboto boss fight where Raz needs to dislodge Monstroboto'southward helmet to burn down at his exposed encephalon.

Psychonauts 2

In Psychonauts two, Raz can lock onto targets or burn down freely. He can likewise automatically lock on to targets in combat. Instead of using aggression ammo, Raz'southward assailment energy is constantly regenerating, indicated by the four segments surrounding the emblem on the HUD. This means he can burn down four shots in rapid succession before it must recharge. The aggression energy regenerates at a rate of about one segment-per-2nd.

Strategies/Uses

Unlike the showtime game, Psychonauts 2 has significant motorcar-aim, if there is an enemy within range in roughly the direction Raz is facing, he volition target it, so locking onto enemies isn't strictly required, though can notwithstanding exist useful. For more precise shots, the Overcharge upgrade creates an aiming reticle while property the assigned push button. There is likewise no ammo counter, instead uses recharge over fourth dimension.
Some enemies such equally the Judge are able to block this attack, unless you lot steal their gavel offset.
The Chain Brain upgrade is skillful for dealing with many weaker enemies at the same fourth dimension.
Psi-blast tin can be used to cut sure ropes, trigger targets, and break objects.

Upgrades

Base Power - Blast concentrated beams of psychic energy from your mind to cause damage.
Overcharge - Hold to charge your blast for a bigger explosion upon release.
Listen Magazine - Proceeds an additional blast before having to recharge.
Concatenation Encephalon - On bear upon, bursts into smaller PSI Boom projectiles that do less harm.

Pins

Stun Gun - Sets your PSI Boom to stun if you'd rather not do damage!
Censory Overload - Censors take more than damage from PSI Blasts!
Chain Grain - If you have the Chain Brain PSI Smash upgrade, this will tack on some more links!