By GamGem ResearchLast updated 3 Sept 2026 · 00:00
Act 5 · Patch 13.05
Bucky
Shotgun · Semi · 850 credits
Through a heavy shield at close range, Bucky needs 1 body shot.
One choke, one angle. Buy it to deny a site, never to take one. Bands published to 50 m · magazine 5 · reload 2.5s · wall penetration low.
Shots to kill
| Range | No shield | Light shield | Heavy shield | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | B | L | H | B | L | H | B | L | |
| 0–8 m | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8–12 m | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12–50 m | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Damage by band
| Range | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–8 m | 34 | 17 | 14 |
| 8–12 m | 26 | 13 | 11.05 |
| 12–50 m | 18 | 9 | 7.65 |
The duel, in numbers
- Body shots, heavy shield
- 1
- Head shots, heavy shield
- 1
- That burst takes
- 0 s at 1.1 / s
- Best band
- 0–8 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
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 Low — the rest of that column would be invented to fill the shape of a drawing.

