Elephant Gun

The Elephant Gun is an unlockable weapon that appears exclusively in BioShock 2 Multiplayer. It is a slow-firing, slow-reloading, but extremely accurate two-shot weapon, allowing the user to score one-hit kills with a headshot. It is unlocked at Rank 18.

Multiplayer Upgrades

 * Sniper Scope: Unlocked at rank 25. Adds a scope to the Elephant Gun, providing increased accuracy at long ranges.
 * Damage Increase: Unlocked at rank 39. Increases the Elephant Gun's damage output, but lowers its rate of fire.
 * Extended Clip: Unlocked with Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack. Doubles the clip of the Elephant Gun.

Tactics

 * Incinerate!: It is pretty smart to add Incinerate! to any class with an Elephant Gun, so you can quickly shoot twice any where (excluding head, 1 shot-kill), then quickly incinerate them. (Good for kills but not so much for the challenges.
 * Winter Blast: Hitting an enemy with Winter Blast will slow him/her down significantly and make it much easier to line up a headshot. Additionally, it will lower the amount of damage required to make the kill.
 * Electro Bolt: With sufficient skill, a player can substitute Winter Blast with Electro Bolt. The enemy will stand perfectly still, but the effect doesn't last nearly as long as that of Winter Blast.

A good close range loadout is the Elephant Gun with Electro Bolt/Winter Blast, Eve Saver, Metabolic Eve, and the Tommy Gun, Shotgun or Nail Gun to clean up if you miss the first shots with the Elephant Gun. Your second plasmid is up to you, because you probably won't use it much, but Geyser Trap is recommended to reach high perched areas for sniping. Stun them with Electro Bolt or Winter Blast and try for a headshot. If you miss, clean up with your secondary weapon, such as the Tommy Gun, Shotgun or Nail Gun. If you have extended clip, one Electro Bolt/Winter Blast plus three body shots will kill.

Trivia

 * When trying to think of an equivalent to a sniper rifle for the game, the developers decided that an "Elephant Gun" would be appropriate to the period since hunting (particularly elephant hunting) was a popular sport in the time period that BioShock 2 Multiplayer takes place in.
 * Another skin for the Damage Increase upgrade can be seen in Deco Devolution, BioShock 2's official artbook, and has one of the cylinder from BioShock's Fire Rate Increased Shotgun