By GamGem ResearchLast updated 23 Sept 2026
Act 5 · Patch 13.06
Bulldog
Rifle · Auto · 2050 credits
Through a heavy shield at close range, Bulldog needs 5 body shots.
Force-buy rifle. Burst mode is the reason to take it over a Spectre. Bands published to 50 m · magazine 24 · reload 2.5s · wall penetration medium.
Shots to kill
| Range | No shield | Light shield | Heavy shield | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | B | L | H | B | L | H | B | L | |
| 0–50 m | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Damage by band
| Range | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–50 m | 115.5 | 35 | 29.75 |
The duel, in numbers
- Body shots, heavy shield
- 5
- Head shots, heavy shield
- 2
- That burst takes
- 0.4 s at 10 / s
- Best band
- 0–50 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
Bulldog balance history
Riot's notes from patch 1.01 to 13.06 change Bulldog in 1 patch. The latest is patch 11.08, published 2025-10-14.
Patch 11.082025-10-14
PC
- Horizontal (Yaw) switch time increased from0.37sto0.6s<
- Chance for horizontal (Yaw) to switch increased from6%to10%
Console
- Horizontal (Yaw) switch time increased from0.50sto0.60s
Why, in Riot's words
Protected bullet counts: how many bullets in a spray you can use before your gun has a chance of yaw switch
Tap Efficiency determines the rate that inaccuracy is accrued when re-firing prior to waiting for the complete duration of a weapon's respective Gun Recovery Time. The higher the Tap Efficiency, the lower the rate of inaccuracy accrual
Every Bulldog skin (60)
Riot's catalog lists 60 skins for the Bulldog. 14 of them upgrade through more than one level; the rest are a single finish.
Aemondir Bulldog3 levelsSilverBronzeObsidian
Aperture Bulldog
Araxys Bulldog4 levelsPurpleBlackSilver
Aristocrat Bulldog
Black.Market Bulldog2 levels
Bound Bulldog
Bulletbox Bulldog
Bumble Brigade Bulldog
Chromedek Bulldog
Combat Crafts Bulldog2 levels
Convex Bulldog
Couture Bulldog
Cryostasis Bulldog3 levels
Depths Bulldog
Digihex BulldogRedGreenGold
Emberclad Bulldog
Endeavour Bulldog
Frequency Bulldog
Genesis Bulldog
Glitchpop Bulldog4 levelsBlueRedGold
Show the other 40 skins
Gridcrash Bulldog
Heartbreaker Bulldog
Hieroscape Bulldog
Holomoku BulldogDeep Sea
Horizon Bulldog
Hue Shift Bulldog
Infinity BulldogWhiteYellowPink
Intertwine Bulldog
K/TAC Bulldog
Libretto Bulldog
Minima Bulldog
Neptune Bulldog3 levelsBlack
NO LIMITS Bulldog
Nocturnum Bulldog4 levelsBlackBlueYellow
Nunca Olvidados BulldogLivingEternal
Oni Bulldog4 levelsKumoHanaTsubame
Perch BulldogSpringSummerWinter
Phaseguard Bulldog4 levelsBlueBlackGold
POLYfox Bulldog
Prelude to Chaos Bulldog4 levelsGreenWhiteBlue
Premiere Collision Bulldog
Protocol 781-A Bulldog5 levelsWhite/PinkRed/BlueGreen
Radiant Entertainment System Bulldog4 levelsDance FeverK.nock O.ut!!
Retrowave BulldogNavyGoldViolet
Rune Stone Bulldog
Rupture Bulldog
Rush Bulldog
Shimmer BulldogGoldRedTeal
Soulburst BulldogPurpleBlueRed
Spectrum Bulldog4 levelsBlackRedPurple/Pink
Spellbound Bulldog
Striker BulldogGreen/Yellow/BlackPink/Teal/PurpleBlue/White/Red
Tactiplay Bulldog
Tilde BulldogRedPurpleGreen
Transition BulldogBlueOrangeGreen
Undercity Bulldog
Varnish Bulldog
Velocity BulldogYellowPurpleAquamarine
Verdant Cafe BulldogBluePink
Wasteland Bulldog
In other languages Riot's client prints the Bulldog as بولدوغ (Arabic) · ブルドッグ (Japanese) · 불독 (Korean) · 獠犬 (Chinese (Simplified)) · 鬥牛犬 (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.