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The Mega Striker is a ranged weapon used by Optimus Prime when he isn't using his Ion blaster. It sometimes sports Prime's slick flame deco.

Fiction

Dark of the Moon film

After the Autobots arrived in Chicago, Optimus used the Mega Striker to save Sam, Epps and a team of former NEST soldiers from a Decepticon ship, before the pilot was killed by the Wreckers.

The gun was used again to hold off an oncoming attack from Devcon, allowing the Autobots to escape the building they were being pinned down in. Dark of the Moon

Age of Extinction film

When Optimus suddenly awoke after a live missile was removed from his rusty cab form, he threatened Cade, Tessa and Lucas with his Mega Striker, hitting the latter over the head with his "ten-foot cannon". He later used it to defend the Yeager family when the CIA taskforce, Cemetery Wind, showed up on their property looking for the Autobot leader.

Optimus would continue to use it during the ensuing chase to defend himself against Lockdown. After Optimus' upgrade, the gun was used again as the Autobots stormed KSI's headquarters in Chicago. Age of Extinction

Toys

Dark of the Moon

Striker Optimus (Mechtech Leader, 11-17-2011)
- Japanese ID Number: DA-28
- Accessories: Eliminator Gun & Assault Blaster (forms Mega Striker), shield/battle shield

Striker Optimus includes two guns, the "Eliminator Gun" and "Assault Blaster", which combine into the "Mega Striker". The separate guns also have a MechTech-style transformation, and pulling a lever transforms them into alternate crossbow-like shapes. In "battle vehicle mode", the sides of the truck are rotated up, and the guns can be attached by small pegs to holes in the modified smokestacks, or they can plugged into any of the standard connection points with their 5mm posts... except the ones on the hinge behind the cab, since those are supposed to be for his Dual Energon Swords.

Asia Premium Series

Striker Optimus Prime (MechTech Leader, 11-06-12)
- Asia ID number: APS01
- Accessories: Eliminator Gun & Assault Blaster (forms Mega Striker), shield/battle shield, two battle blades

The Asia Premium Series Optimus Prime also includes the Eliminator Gun & Assault Blaster to form Mega Striker.

Optimus Prime (Ultimate Edition, 2015)
- Asia ID number: APS-01U
- Accessories: Eliminator Gun & Assault Blaster (forms Mega Striker), shield/battle shield, Tank A & Tank B (forms Ion Blaster), Jetwing jet pack, Arm Gatling Cannon A & B, Leg Armor A & B, Knuckle, 2 Battle Blades, 2 Battle Hooks

The Asia Premium Series Ultimate Edition Optimus Prime also includes the Eliminator Gun & Assault Blaster to form Mega Striker.

Notes

Oprimus: Behold the Ion blaster!
Shockwave: That's the Mega Striker, not the Ion blaster.
Optimus: Of course it's the Ion blaster, it just so happens to look similar to the Mega Striker.
Bumblebee: He's right, Prime. That is indeed the Mega Striker; you seem to have confused the names of your guns.
Optimus: SHUT UP!

In the Dark of the Moon video game, Optimus Prime's primary weapon looks identical to the Mega Striker, despite being named as his Ion Blaster.
The Mega Striker stores inside Optimus's back, much like his Ion Blaster and Barrage Cannon did in Transformers and Revenge of the Fallen.
During his first on-screen confrontation with Lockdown in Age of Extinction, Optimus drops the Mega Striker on the roof top of one of the abandoned buildings and is never seen going back to get it. However, during the attack on KSI, Optimus is seen wielding it again, but now it has his flame paint-job present.