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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 3 Sept 2026 · 00:00

Act 5 · Patch 13.05

Vandal

Rifle · Auto · 2900 credits

Through a heavy shield at close range, Vandal needs 4 body shots.

One head shot at any range, and it never falls off. Bands published to 50 m · magazine 25 · reload 2.5s · wall penetration medium.

Shots to kill

RangeNo shieldLight shieldHeavy shield
HBLHBLHBL
050 m133144145

Damage by band

RangeHeadBodyLeg
050 m1604034

The duel, in numbers

Body shots, heavy shield
4
Head shots, heavy shield
1
That burst takes
0.31 s at 9.75 / 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

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.