By GamGem ResearchLast updated 23 Sept 2026
Act 5 · Patch 13.06
Bandit
Sidearm · Semi · 600 credits
Through a heavy shield at close range, Bandit needs 4 body shots.
A cheaper Sheriff trade: fewer shots, easier to land. Bands published to 50 m · magazine 8 · reload 1.5s · wall penetration medium.
Shots to kill
| Range | No shield | Light shield | Heavy shield | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | B | L | H | B | L | H | B | L | |
| 0–10 m | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10–30 m | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 30–50 m | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Damage by band
| Range | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–10 m | 152 | 39 | 33 |
| 10–30 m | 128 | 39 | 33 |
| 30–50 m | 112 | 34 | 28 |
The duel, in numbers
- Body shots, heavy shield
- 4
- Head shots, heavy shield
- 1
- That burst takes
- 0.59 s at 5.1 / s
- Best band
- 0–10 m
The burst time counts the gaps between shots, not the shots — the first bullet leaves at zero. It is how long the burst lasts, never how fast you react.
What else this money buys
Bandit balance history
Riot's notes from patch 1.01 to 13.06 change nothing about Bandit.
Every Bandit skin (7)
Riot's catalog lists 7 skins for the Bandit. 3 of them upgrade through more than one level; the rest are a single finish.
Aeris Bandit4 levelsRedPinkPurple
Crash Out Bandit
Gourmand Bandit
Reaver Bandit4 levelsRedBlackWhite
Rogue Bandit4 levelsGreenRedBlue
SilkLeaf Bandit
Soulburst BanditPurpleBlueRed
In other languages Riot's client prints the Bandit as بانديت (Arabic) · バンディット (Japanese) · 밴딧 (Korean) · 追猎 (Chinese (Simplified)) · 盜賊 (Chinese (Traditional)).
What this page will not print
- Recoil pattern
- First-shot deviation
- Bloom per shot
- Wallbang % per surface
- Sample size
Riot publishes a single wall-penetration level and no recoil figures at all. This weapon’s level is Medium — the rest of that column would be invented to fill the shape of a drawing.