Lever Action Shotgun

The Lever Action Shotgun was a Shotgun in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in Chapter 2: Season 5.

Functionality
The Lever Action Shotgun is a close range, slow firing shotgun. It has a medium sized spread which can be tightened by aiming down sights. The weapon fires slowly as the lever must be cranked between shots, similar to the pump on the Pump Shotgun.

Stats
Lever Action Shotguns range from dealing 93.6 Damage per shot to 114.3 Damage per shot (88.9 - 108.6 damage per second) assuming all 9 pellets hit. All Lever Action Shotguns use. The Lever Action Shotgun a headshot multiplier of 1.45x.

The Lever Action 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 Lever Action Shotgun is a hitscan weapon, but fires a spread of 9 pellets when both aiming down sights and hipfiring. Aiming down sights tightens the spread of pellets.

Obtained
As of when the weapon was last available in Chapter 2: Season 8

Combining a Lever Action Shotgun with:


 * 1 Nuts 'n' Bolts creates a Charge Shotgun.

Strategy Guide

 * The Lever Action Shotgun does the most damage when all pellets are landed on an up close headshot. As such, using the weapon at further ranges is ill-advised.
 * This shotgun's and  variants are able to eliminate a player in three shoots while the  to  variants in only two shoots, mixing it with its great fire rate, almost equal to that of the Heavy Shotgun, makes it a really reliable option.
 * However, it has less range and more damage fall off than the Pump Shotgun, a slow reload time and also a slower equip time speed than both Pump Shotgun and Tactical Shotgun.
 * Because the Lever can eliminate in 3 body shots in Common and rarities, it is highly advisable to use a Tactical Shotgun instead of it in those rarities.
 * However, in the, and  rarities, it eliminates in two body shots. The Tactical Shotgun still eliminates in three body shots in those rarities, making the Lever a bit better in terms of hitting body shots. The Tactical Shotgun can eliminate faster when you hit headshots, but the Lever is overall a safer option.
 * In fact due to this slow equip time, make sure to extract this shotgun before you go to the enemy.
 * Last thing, on headshots it only deals more damage than the Tactical Shotgun (excluding the Double Barrel Shotgun & Drum Shotgun), even having a lower headshot multiplier. Making it not entirely useless but surely more balanced than the Pump Shotgun.
 * Try to use this shotgun at close range like a Pump Shotgun, but slightly closer, to maximize your damage input. Of course not at the point where you can't stay away from the enemy more of 0.5 tiles, like with the Double Barrel Shotgun.

Chapter 2: Season 5

 * Update v15.20: Added the Lever Action Shotgun in to  rarities.

Chapter 2: Season 6

 * Update v16.00
 * All rarities of the Lever Action Shotgun have been Vaulted.

Chapter 2: Season 7

 * Update v17.00: Unvaulted all rarities of the Lever Action Shotgun.
 * It can now only be obtained from crafting a Pump Shotgun or a Tactical Shotgun with Nuts 'n' Bolts.

Chapter 2: Season 8

 * Update v18.00: All rarities are now obtainable as floor or chest loot.

Chapter 3: Season 1

 * Update v19.00: Vaulted all rarities of the Lever Action Shotgun.

Trivia

 * It is the second weapon to use the prefix 'Lever Action', after the Lever Action Rifle which was added shortly before this weapon's inclusion.
 * The weapon appears to resemble the Winchester Model 1887 Shotgun, with a shorter barrel and tape around the middle.
 * The lever-cocking animation, where the gun is twirled as the lever is pulled, was originally popularized by John Wayne in his Western movies, and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
 * In the Battle Pass trailer for Chapter 3: Season 1, a player is shown equipped with the Lever Action Shotgun in one scene. This was either an error on the developer's part, or a hint at a possible un-vaulting off the weapon.

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