Striker Pump Shotgun

The Striker Pump Shotgun is an Shotgun in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 3: Season 1.

Functionality
The Striker Pump Shotgun is a slow firing, high damage shotgun. It is deadly at close range with a tight spread, but fires slowly to compensate. It is very weak at medium to long ranges.

Stats
Striker Pump Shotguns range from dealing 86.4 to 105.6 damage per shot (56.16 - 68.64 damage per second). All Striker Pump Shotguns use. The Striker Pump Shotgun has a headshot multiplier of 1.65x.

The Striker Pump Shotgun reloads 1 shell at a time, and its reload time statistic is how long it takes for a zero ammo reload to a full magazine. The Striker Pump Shotgun is a hitscan weapon, but fires a spread of 12 pellets when both aiming down sights and hipfiring. Aiming down sights tightens the spread of pellets.

Strategy Guide

 * This shotgun has a slower fire rate than many other shotguns. If you are reloading this shotgun, make sure to check for opponents that can possibly attack you.
 * A fast-firing weapon to follow up to is recommended, such as a submachine gun or assault weapon, as the Striker Pump Shotgun is quite slow to shoot and is rather unpredictable at medium distances, sometimes dealing very low damage. A good strategy is to fire the Striker Pump Shotgun to do a lot of damage then following up with a fast firing weapon to eliminate your enemy.
 * The Striker Pump Shotgun is incapable of quickly destroying structures due to its extremely lowered structure damage.
 * It is best to pair the Striker Pump Shotgun with a Stinger SMG which can be used to quickly break builds, switch to the pump for high initial damage, and switching back to the SMG to finish the enemy.
 * The Striker Pump Shotgun is a very powerful shotgun in Battle Royale, at the cost of having a low fire rate and small ammo capacity of five rounds.
 * Unlike the Pump Shotgun, even the Striker Pump Shotgun cannot eliminate an enemy at full health and shield in one shot.

Chapter 3: Season 1

 * Update v19.00: Introduced the Striker Pump Shotgun in, , , and.
 * December 10, 2021: Increased the accuracy of the Striker Pump Shotgun and increased the fire rate by 0.05 across all rarities (From 0.6 to 0.65).

Trivia

 * This is the second gun to have the unique headshot multiplier of 1.65, the first being the Dual Pistols.
 * Its Common to Legendary models appears to be based on a modified Italian Benelli M3. In real life it has a dual mode that can switch between Semi-automatic and Pump-action.