Fabian Strategy

"Wait for enemy to make a mistake. Die. Stand by for Ghost Resurrection. Repeat as necessary."

- Weapon Description

Fabian Strategy is a Titan-exclusive Exotic Auto Rifle introduced in The Taken King. It is obtained by reaching Rank 3 Gunsmith reputation with a Titan and completing the Back in the Saddle quest.

Gameplay
The Fabian Strategy has decent base stats for dealing with most encounters, but its main buffs are devoted to increasing combat effectiveness when under fire by multiple enemies. It comes equipped with Crowd Control for a slight damage buff, which combines with the perk Life Support for regaining health when critically injured. Lastly, Front Lines increases the weapon's stability, handling, and rate of fire when engaged in close combat, and will automatically refill a portion of the magazine upon scoring a kill. Due to these perks it is very useful in in tight area with lots of enemies.

Intrinsic perk

 * Crowd Control: Kills with this weapon grant bonus damage for a short time.

Barrel upgrades

 * Smooth Ballistics: Increased recoil. Boost to range.
 * CQB Ballistics: Greatly reduced recoil. Significant penalty to range.
 * Linear Compensator: More predictable recoil. Slight boosts to range and impact. More recoil.

Special perk

 * Life Support: Kills with this weapon while critically wounded have a chance to start regenerating health.

Stat modifiers

 * Flared Magwell: Reload this weapon even faster.
 * Lightweight: When held, this weapon grants +2 character Agility.
 * Rifled Barrel: Increased Range. Slower Reload.

Exotic perk

 * Front Lines: Increased handling, stability, and rate of fire when enemies are close. Kills automatically reload a portion of the mag.

Trivia

 * The Fabian strategy is an actual military strategy used to avoid direct confrontation, focusing on attrition tactics and indirection.