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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 3 Sept 2026 · 00:00

Act 5 · Patch 13.05

Classic

Sidearm · Semi · free

Through a heavy shield at close range, Classic needs 6 body shots.

Always in the slot — the pistol round floor and the save-round answer. Bands published to 50 m · magazine 12 · reload 1.75s · wall penetration low.

Shots to kill

RangeNo shieldLight shieldHeavy shield
HBLHBLHBL
030 m245256267
3050 m256267379

Damage by band

RangeHeadBodyLeg
030 m782622.1
3050 m662218.7

The duel, in numbers

Body shots, heavy shield
6
Head shots, heavy shield
2
That burst takes
0.74 s at 6.75 / s
Best band
0–30 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.