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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 23 Sept 2026

Act 5 · Patch 13.06

Judge

Shotgun · Auto · 1850 credits

Through a heavy shield at close range, Judge needs 1 body shot.

A full-buy shotgun: it holds a close angle better than any rifle. Bands published to 50 m · magazine 5 · reload 2.2s · wall penetration low.

Shots to kill

RangeNo shieldLight shieldHeavy shield
HBLHBLHBL
0–10 m111111111
10–15 m111122122
15–50 m122122123

Damage by band

RangeHeadBodyLeg
0–10 m341714.450001
10–15 m20108.5
15–50 m1475.9500003

The duel, in numbers

Body shots, heavy shield
1
Head shots, heavy shield
1
That burst takes
0 s at 3.5 / 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

Judge balance history

Riot's notes from patch 1.01 to 13.06 change Judge in 2 patches. The latest is patch 12.11, published 2026-06-09.

  1. Patch 12.112026-06-09

    • Minimum spread increased from2.25to2.5

  2. Patch 7.092023-10-31

    • Reduced max mag size from7to5
    • Increased Jumping spread from1.25to2.25
    • Increased Running spread from .10to.75
    Why, in Riot's words

    With the changes below, we’re sharpening the Judge’s identity as a hunker-down style shotgun by reducing some of its effectiveness while moving. With the reduced mag size, we’re hoping to create more opportunities for enemies to catch a person reloading their Judge as well as nudge the person with the Judge to be more efficient in order to get multi-kills.

Every Judge skin (55)

Riot's catalog lists 55 skins for the Judge. 11 of them upgrade through more than one level; the rest are a single finish.

  • .EXE Judge — Riot's render.EXE Judge
  • Bound Judge — Riot's renderBound Judge
  • Bubble Pop Judge — Riot's renderBubble Pop JudgeRed
  • Bumble Brigade Judge — Riot's renderBumble Brigade Judge
  • Byteshift Judge — Riot's renderByteshift JudgePurpleRedYellow
  • Celestial Judge — Riot's renderCelestial Judge
  • ChronoVoid Judge — Riot's renderChronoVoid Judge4 levelsPurpleRedBlack
  • Coalition: Cobra Judge — Riot's renderCoalition: Cobra JudgeBlueRedOrange
  • Combat Crafts Judge — Riot's renderCombat Crafts Judge2 levels
  • Convex Judge — Riot's renderConvex Judge
  • Crimsonbeast Judge — Riot's renderCrimsonbeast Judge2 levels
  • Daydreams Judge — Riot's renderDaydreams Judge
  • Digihex Judge — Riot's renderDigihex JudgeRedGreenGold
  • Divergence Judge — Riot's renderDivergence Judge4 levelsPurpleBlueGreen
  • Divine Swine Judge — Riot's renderDivine Swine Judge
  • Doombringer Judge — Riot's renderDoombringer Judge4 levelsRedBlueGreen
  • Dragon Gate Judge — Riot's renderDragon Gate Judge
  • Elderflame Judge — Riot's renderElderflame Judge4 levelsRedBlueDark
  • Galleria Judge — Riot's renderGalleria Judge
  • Glitchpop Judge — Riot's renderGlitchpop Judge4 levelsBlueRedGold
Show the other 35 skins
  • Goldwing Judge — Riot's renderGoldwing Judge
  • Gridcrash Judge — Riot's renderGridcrash Judge
  • Holo Meridian Judge — Riot's renderHolo Meridian Judge4 levelsYellowWhiteOrange
  • Hydrodip Judge — Riot's renderHydrodip Judge
  • Imperium Judge — Riot's renderImperium Judge4 levelsRubyPearlObsidian
  • Interhelm Judge — Riot's renderInterhelm JudgeBlueGreenPurple
  • Iridian Thorn Judge — Riot's renderIridian Thorn Judge
  • Jellybeam Judge — Riot's renderJellybeam Judge
  • Jigsaw Judge — Riot's renderJigsaw JudgeSkyeAstraYoru
  • Kohaku & Matsuba Judge — Riot's renderKohaku & Matsuba JudgeDark
  • Luxe Judge — Riot's renderLuxe Judge
  • MK.VII Liberty Judge — Riot's renderMK.VII Liberty JudgeDesertSeaTundra
  • Mystbloom Judge — Riot's renderMystbloom Judge4 levelsBlueOrangePurple
  • Nanobreak Judge — Riot's renderNanobreak Judge
  • Outpost Judge — Riot's renderOutpost Judge
  • Piedra del Sol Judge — Riot's renderPiedra del Sol Judge
  • POLYfox Judge — Riot's renderPOLYfox Judge
  • Prism III Judge — Riot's renderPrism III JudgePinkGreenPurple
  • Rupture Judge — Riot's renderRupture Judge
  • Rush Judge — Riot's renderRush Judge
  • Sensation Judge — Riot's renderSensation Judge
  • Serenity Judge — Riot's renderSerenity Judge
  • Shimmer Judge — Riot's renderShimmer JudgeGoldRedTeal
  • Silhouette Judge — Riot's renderSilhouette Judge
  • Smite Judge — Riot's renderSmite Judge
  • Snowfall Judge — Riot's renderSnowfall Judge
  • Sovereign Judge — Riot's renderSovereign Judge4 levelsGreenTealRed
  • Space Piercer Judge — Riot's renderSpace Piercer Judge
  • Storm Maw Judge — Riot's renderStorm Maw Judge
  • Tacti-Guild Judge — Riot's renderTacti-Guild Judge
  • Tacti-Treat Judge — Riot's renderTacti-Treat Judge
  • Team Ace Judge — Riot's renderTeam Ace Judge
  • Tilde Judge — Riot's renderTilde JudgeRedPurpleGreen
  • Undercity Judge — Riot's renderUndercity Judge
  • Varnish Judge — Riot's renderVarnish Judge

In other languages Riot's client prints the Judge as جادج (Arabic) · ジャッジ (Japanese) · 저지 (Korean) · 判官 (Chinese (Simplified)) · 判官 (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 Low — the rest of that column would be invented to fill the shape of a drawing.

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