Assault Weapons

Assault Weapons, alternatively known as Assault Rifles, are a type of weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. The purpose of these weapons is for medium range to long range combat with most weapons using Medium Bullets and some using Light Bullets. Some are suited better for close ranged and medium range.

Functionality[]

Assault Weapons are typically an all-round class of weapons that are used for medium ranged combat and quickly destroying structures. Assault Weapons often have first shot accuracy, meaning they can fire their first bullet without any bloom. All of the Assault Weapons (except Chapter 5 Assault Rifles) are hitscan weapons, meaning the shots the player takes will instantly connect with targets. The medium to high capacity of Assault Rifle magazines means continuous fire can be laid down on targets or structures, allowing for the player to easily break structures or kill an opponent at closer ranges.

Assault Weapons do not fare well at close ranges due to their low hipfire accuracy and sometimes slow fire-rates. Due to this, other weapons such as shotguns or submachine guns fill the role better.

Assault Weapons also contain LMG-type weapons such as the Light Machine Gun and Drum Gun. The Drum Gun is unclear on what type it is so it acts as an SMG and Assault Rifle at the same time.

List of Weaponry[]

This list only includes weapons accessible by the player through legitimate methods.

Name	Rarities	Ammo Type	Season	Description
Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare	Medium Bullets	Pre-Season	Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios.
Assault Rifle	Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Pre-Season	Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios.
Burst Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Pre-Season	Assault Weapon: Burst-fire. A versatile rifle that rewards careful aim and can be fired in short bursts.
Scoped Assault Rifle	Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Pre-Season	Assault Weapon: Precision Burst. A burst-fire tactical assault rifle featuring a scope. Good damage and impact at long range, but consumes a lot of ammunition.
Minigun	Rare Epic Legendary	Light Bullets	Season 2	Assault Weapon: A heavy weapon with high damage, an extreme rate of fire, and a huge magazine size. Very inaccurate unless aiming down sights from a fixed position, and firing in short bursts.
Light Machine Gun	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Season 3	Light Machine Gun: Fast fire rate. Medium Bullets.
Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle	Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Season 4	Assault Weapon: Precision Thermal Semi-Automatic. A semi-automatic tactical assault rifle featuring a thermal scope. Deals high damage and impact at long range.
Legacy Drum Gun	Uncommon Rare	Medium Bullets	Season 4	Assault Weapon: A heavy weapon with high damage, an extreme rate of fire, and a huge magazine size. Very inaccurate unless aiming down sights from a fixed position, and firing in short bursts.
Suppressed Assault Rifle	Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Season 5	Assault Weapon: Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. High rate of fire with solid accuracy when aiming down sights and firing in controlled bursts.
Heavy Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Season 6	Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage.
Infantry Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Season 7	Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage.
Tactical Assault Rifle	Rare Epic Legendary	Light Bullets	Season 9	Assault Weapon: Fast firerate, fully automatic, decent damage.
Exclusive to other modes.
Chitauri Laser Rifle	Mythic	Energy Cells	Season 8	Medium Ranged Laser Rifle. Exclusive to Endgame.

Name	Rarities	Ammo Type	Season	Description
First Order Blaster Rifle	Mythic	Energy Cells	Chapter 2: Season 1	Assault Weapon: Medium Blaster. Standard issue blaster rifle issued to all stormtroopers. Renowned for its accuracy and reliability in combat.
Skye's Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 2	Assault Weapon: Fully Automatic. Flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. High rate of fire with solid accuracy when aiming down sights and firing in controlled bursts.
Meowscles' Peow Peow Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 2	Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage.
Midas' Drum Gun (OG)	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 2	Assault Weapon: A heavy weapon with high damage, an extreme rate of fire, and a huge magazine size. Very inaccurate unless aiming down sights from a fixed position, and firing in short bursts.
Brutus' Minigun	Mythic	Light Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 2	Assault Weapon: A heavy weapon with high damage, an extreme rate of fire, and a huge magazine size. Very inaccurate unless aiming down sights from a fixed position, and firing in short bursts.
Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 3	Assault Weapon: Burst-fire. A versatile rifle that rewards careful aim and can be fired in shorts bursts.
Jules' Drum Gun	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 3	Assault Weapon: A heavy weapon with high damage, an extreme rate of fire, and a huge magazine size. Very inaccurate unless aiming down sights from a fixed position, and firing in short bursts.
Stark Industries Energy Rifle	Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 4	A Stark Industries Assault Rifle. Equipped with two unique firing modes.
Shadow Midas' Drum Gun	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 4	Assault Weapon: A heavy weapon with high damage, an extreme rate of fire, and a huge magazine size. Very inaccurate unless aiming down sights from a fixed position, and firing in short bursts.
E-11 Blaster Rifle	Mythic	Energy Cells	Chapter 2: Season 5	Try not to miss.
Makeshift Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 6	Scrappy base rifle that can be crafted.
Primal Rifle	Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 6	High capacity, wild firing rifle.
Pulse Rifle	Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 7	Fully Automatic when hip-fired, slower powerful shots when aimed down sights.
Slone's Pulse Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 7	A powerful Pulse Rifle, fully Automatic when hip-fire, slower shots when aimed down sights.
Burst Pulse Rifle	Exotic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 7	Pulse Rifle modified for burst firing. Aim down sights for slower and more accurate shots
Sideways Rifle	Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 8	Otherworldy rifle that gains bonus damage while the weapon is hot!
Sideways Minigun	Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary Mythic	Light Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 8	Otherworldy minigun that gains bonus fire rate while the weapon is hot!
Slone's Burst Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 8	Slone's personal Burst Assault Rifle.
Legacy Combat Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 8	Fully automatic. Difficult to master but exceptionally strong.
Exclusive to other modes.
Heavy Assault Rifle	Rare	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 2	Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage. Exclusive to Spy Games.
Spire Guardian's Primal Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 6	Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.
Sideways Rifle	Common	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 8	Otherworldy rifle that gains bonus damage while the weapon is hot! Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative and Horde Rush.
Sideways Minigun	Common	Light Bullets	Chapter 2: Season 8	Otherworldy minigun that gains bonus fire rate while the weapon is hot! Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative and Horde Rush.

Name	Rarities	Ammo Type	Season	Description
MK-Seven Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 1	Fully Automatic, assault rifle with red dot sight.
The Foundation's MK-Seven Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 1	Personal MK-Seven Assault Rifle of The Foundation.
Ranger Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 1	Assault Rifle: Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios.
Legacy Striker Burst Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 2	Assault Rifle: Burst-fire rifle with a customized sight.
Slone's Striker Burst Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 2	Slone's personal Striker Burst Rifle.
Huntmaster Saber's Thermal Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 2	Assault Weapon: Precision Thermal Automatic. A automatic tactical assault rifle featuring a thermal scope. Good damage and impact at long range.
Hammer Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 3	Assault Rifle: Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle with unique recoil.
EvoChrome Burst Rifle	Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 4	Assault Rifle: This weapon hungers... Damage your enemies and it will grow in power.
The Herald's Burst Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 4	Assault Rifle: Corrupted by Chrome, this weapon has become unique and powerful.
Exclusive to other modes.
Ranger Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 1	Assault Rifle: Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.
Legacy Striker Burst Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 3: Season 2	Assault Rifle: Burst-fire rifle with a customized sight. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.

Name	Rarities	Ammo Type	Season	Description
Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 1	Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios.
Red-Eye Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 1	Assault Rifle: Automatic: Slow-firing assault rifle with a custom red dot sight for improved accuracy
Heisted Explosive Assault Rifle	Exotic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 1	Exotic Red-Eye Assault Rifle that fires explosive round projectiles.
Havoc Suppressed Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 2	Assault Weapon: Fully Automatic. Flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. High rate of fire with solid accuracy when aiming down sights.
Highcard's Havoc Suppressed Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 2	Assault Weapon: Fully Automatic. Flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. High rate of fire with solid accuracy when aiming down sights.
Overclocked Pulse Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 2	Mythic Pulse Rifle variant with a significantly higher fire rate when hipfired and ADS.
DC-15 Blaster Rifle	Mythic	Energy Cells	Chapter 4: Season 2	There are no weapons on the Island more fitting for the Clone Trooper Outfit than the DC-15 Blaster Obtainable from Republic Chests, this Assault Rifle has high accuracy and excels at medium-to-long range combat.
Flapjack Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 3	Make heads turn as you best enemies and structures with the Flapjack Rifle. Heads won’t be the only thing turning — this new weapon features a spinning magazine!
Enhanced Flapjack Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 3	High capacity, heavy hitting assault rifle that deals high structure damage
MK-Alpha Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 3	Fully Automatic, assault rifle with red dot sight.
Relik's MK-Alpha Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 3	Fully Automatic, assault rifle with red dot sight.
Twin Mag Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 4	Assault Rifle: Automatic firing scoped rifle that has a double-sided magazine for an extra fast reload.
Heart's Havoc Suppressed Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 4	Assault Weapon: Fully Automatic. Flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. High rate of fire with solid accuracy when aiming down sights.
Exclusive to other modes.
Assault Rifle	Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 1	Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.
Tactical Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon	Light Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 1	Assault Weapon: Fast firerate, fully automatic, decent damage. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.
Havoc Suppressed Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 4: Season 2	Assault Weapon: Fully Automatic. Flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. High rate of fire with solid accuracy when aiming down sights. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.

Name	Rarities	Ammo Type	Season	Description
Striker AR	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 1	Fully Automatic Assault Rifle. High fire rate. Most effective when fired in short controlled bursts.
Nisha's Striker AR	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 1	Personal Striker AR of Nisha.
Nemesis AR	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 1	Fully Automatic Assault Rifle. Moderate rate of fire. Easy to control. Effective in a variety of combat scenarios.
Montague's Nemesis AR	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 1	Personal Nemesis AR of Montague.
Enforcer AR	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 1	Fully automatic Assault Rifle. Fires slower and hits harder, especially at range. Well suited for medium to long range.
Warforged Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 2	An aggressive assault rifle forged to battle-hungry Gods. Powerful yet unruly, this assault rifle has high damage, high rate of fire and strong recoil.
Ares' Warforged Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 2	The ultimate Warforged Assault Rifle, forged by the hands of Hephaestus himself.
Tactical Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Light Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 2	Fully automatic Assault Rifle. Tight spread and low recoil combine to make this devastatingly accurate weapon at medium to long-range combat.
The Machinist's Combat Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 3	The Machinist's personal Combat Assault Rifle. Meticulously modded to reduce recoil and maximize magazine size.
Combat Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 3	Fully automatic. Difficult to master but exceptionally strong. Now supports weapon mods.
Tri-Beam Laser Rifle	Epic	Energy Cells	Chapter 5: Season 3	A remnant of the old tech brought back to the Wasteland. Bring down enemies with precise laser shots, but watch out to not overheat.
Striker Burst Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 4	Assault Rifle: Burst-fire rifle with a customized sight.
Emma Frost's Striker Burst AR	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 4	Emma Frost's personal Striker AR. High precision and fast fire rate makes it easy to put foes on ice.
Meowdas' Peow Peow Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2 Remix	Rifle: Automatic. A buff gun for a muscly cat that almost purrs as it fires at enemies.
RG's Minigun	Mythic	Light Bullets	Chapter 2 Remix	Assault Weapon: A heavy weapon with high damage, an extreme rate of fire, and a huge magazine size. Very inaccurate unless aiming down sights from a fixed position, and firing in short bursts.
Legacy Tactical Assault Rifle	Rare Epic Legendary	Light Bullets	Chapter 2 Remix	Assault Weapon: Fast firerate, fully automatic, decent damage.
Ice Spice's Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 2 Remix	Ice Spice put her own spin on this AR with an ice cold look and a spicy hot finish.
Exclusive to other modes.
Updated Stark Industries Energy Rifle	Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 4	A Stark Industries Assault Rifle. Equipped with two unique firing modes. Exclusive to Day of Doom.
Combat Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 5: Season 4	Fully automatic. Difficult to master but exceptionally strong. Now supports weapon mods. Exclusive to Day of Doom.

Name	Rarities	Ammo Type	Season	Description
Holo Twister Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 6: Season 1	Scoped automatic Assault Rifle. Moderate rate of fire, very easy to control, and effective in a variety of combat scenarios.
Enhanced Holo Twister Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 6: Season 1	Mythic Holo Twister Assault Rifle variant, crafted to enhance aiming down sights.
Fury Assault Rifle	Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary	Medium Bullets	Chapter 6: Season 1	Fully automatic fast firing Assault Rifle. Flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios, particularly solid when aiming down sights.
Enhanced Fury Assault Rifle	Mythic	Medium Bullets	Chapter 6: Season 1	Mythic Fury Assault Rifle variant, crafted to enhance rate of fire.

Unreleased[]

Main Article: Unreleased Items#Assault Weapons

Strategy Guide[]

This section outlines a strategy.

Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.

At less than 50 meters, assault Weapons deliver maximum damage; however, as shot range increases, damage output decreases. At the maximum range of 100 meters, the assault rifle will only deliver 65% of its typical damage.
Players might consider aiming for the head with the first shot, as its accuracy is the best. Subsequent shots tend to be less accurate, so aiming for the body thereafter is suggested.

Trivia[]

The Drum Gun is unique among this class as it seems to be two classes at once. Although it is classed as an Assault Rifle by its in game classification icon, it will still count for SMG based challenges, and also is in the same place as the other SMGS in the creative menu, with the AR icon still present. This is because the gun was originally an SMG, but later updated to be an Assault Rifle, and so acts as a hybrid between the two.
- It has a similar function to the Light Machine Gun since both guns have similar fire rates and higher magazines than traditional assault weapons.
There is an unobtainable Exotic version of the Striker AR called Hitscan AR.
The Infantry Rifle was originally a projectile based weapon like most Sniper Rifles. It would later be updated to hitscan to match the other Assault Weapons in Update v8.20.

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