Pistols (Class)

Pistols are a type of weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. The purpose of these weapons is for short range to medium range combat. Pistols use a variety of ammo types.

Functionality

Pistols fill the role of a short to medium range weapon and are often used for up close engagements or medium range gunfights. Pistols are the most versatile weapons in Battle Royale, as they have a range of uses across all ranges. Some pistols are for closer ranges, have high fire-rate caps and good hipfire, whilst others are for long range, have slow fire-rates and deal high damage at distance. Depending on the Pistol in your hand, the uses it will have in combat have great variation across the board.

List of Weaponry

Name	Image	Rarities	Ammo Type	Description
Pistol		Common	Light Ammo	Semi Automatic, high fire rate pistol.
		Uncommon
		Rare
		Epic
		Legendary
Suppressed Pistol		Rare	Light Ammo	Suppressed Version of the pistol.
		Epic
Shadow Tracker		Exotic	Light Ammo	Exotic version of the Suppressed Pistol. Marks players.
Dual Pistols		Rare	Medium Ammo	Dual wield, burst fire pistols.
		Epic
Hop Rock Dualies		Exotic	Medium Ammo	Exotic version of the Dual Pistols. Gives player low gravity.
Hand Cannon		Epic	Heavy Ammo	Heavy Hitting, Slow firing Pistol.
		Legendary
Deadpool's Dual Hand Cannons			Medium Ammo	Dual Wield Hand Cannons used by the Deadpool AI. Siphons health.
Revolver		Common	Medium Ammo	Slow firing, heavy hitting revolver.
		Uncommon
		Rare
		Epic
		Legendary
Scoped Revolver		Epic	Medium Ammo	Scoped version of the revolver.
		Legendary
Night Hawk		Exotic	Medium Ammo	Exotic version of the Scoped Revolver. Has a thermal Scope.
Six Shooter		Uncommon	Medium Ammo	Revolver that fires faster at the hip than aiming.
		Rare
		Epic
Marksman Six Shooter.		Exotic	Medium Ammo	Exotic version of the Six Shooter. 4x Critical Damage.
Flint-Knock Pistol		Common	Heavy Ammo	Pistol which knocks the player back when shot.
		Uncommon
Makeshift Revolver		Common	Medium Ammo	Low Damage, Inaccurate Revolver.
		Uncommon
		Rare
Primal Pistol		Uncommon	Medium Ammo	Two Round Burst Pistol.
		Rare
		Epic
		Legendary

Strategy Guide

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This section outlines a strategy. Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.

• When in close quarters with a Light Ammo pistol, aiming down sights may not be beneficial as these pistols have excellent hipfire accuracy.

Trivia

• The Revolver used to use Light Ammo before being changed to Medium Ammo to fit its damage profile.
• There used to exist a dual wield version of the Suppressed Pistol, but it is exclusive to Spy Games.