Sideways Minigun

The Sideways Minigun is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in Chapter 2: Season 8.

Functionality
The Sideways Minigun is a fully automatic, fast firing, medium ranged weapon, not very accurate, and has a spin up timer, which means the player cannot fire it instantly. The Sideways Minigun does not have a magazine size, and works on a cooldown system. Firing the weapon for too long will cause it overheat, and the player must wait a short time before using it again. When the weapon is close to overheating, the fire rate increases and the bullet spread decreases. The player can fire 54 bullets continuously before it overheats.

Stats
Sideways Miniguns range from dealing 19 Damage per shot to 24 Damage per shot (133 - 168 damage per second). All Sideways Miniguns use. The Sideways Minigun has a headshot multiplier of 1.25x.


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The Sideways Minigun is a hitscan weapon, and does not have First Shot Accuracy.
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Obtained
Sideways Miniguns can be upgraded with:
 * 10 Cube Monster Parts to.
 * 15 Cube Monster Parts to.
 * 20 Cube Monster Parts to.
 * 25 Cube Monster Parts to.
 * 50 Cube Monster Parts to.

Strategy Guide

 * Make sure to time your cooldown correctly, as even though you will be dealing more damage per second, it will be very dangerous to wait for the several second cooldown period between firing again.
 * Sideways Miniguns of low rarities are not really made for actual combat, but exist to destroy builds and outplay those building for cover.

Chapter 2: Season 8

 * Update v18.00: Introduced the Sideways Minigun in, , , and.
 * Update v18.10: Added the Sideways Minigun to creative, along with an unused Sideways Minigun.
 * Update v18.20: The Sideways Minigun is available in the Horde Rush LTM.

Chapter 3: Season 1

 * Update v19.00: Vaulted the Sideways Minigun in all rarites.
 * Update v19.01: (December 15th 2021): The Sideways Minigun has been added to Creative.

Trivia

 * There are two versions of this weapon, both with identical stats. The Boss Minigun is an unused  rarity of it.
 * The version of this weapon has the highest DPS of any weapon in Battle Royale at 312 DPS.
 * The Sideways Minigun has the same pull out animation as the Minigun, being a briefcase that quickly unfolds into a Sideways Minigun.

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