Tactical Assault Rifle

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The Tactical Assault Rifle is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Season 9.

Functionality

The Tactical Assault Rifle is fully automatic, has a x1.75 headshot multiplier (deals 38, 40, 42 damage), and has a 30-round magazine.

Stats

Tactical Assault Rifles range from dealing 22-24 damage per shot (154 - 168 Damage per second). All Tactical Assault Rifles use Light Ammo. The Assault Rifle has a Headshot Multiplier of 1.75x.

Tactical Assault Rifle	Tactical Assault Rifle

DPS: 154	DPS: 161
Damage: 22	Damage: 23
Fire Rate: 7	Fire Rate: 7
Magazine Size: 30	Magazine Size: 30
Reload Time: 2.2s	Reload Time: 2.1s

Tactical Assault Rifle

DPS: 168
Damage: 24
Fire Rate: 7
Magazine Size: 30
Reload Time: 2.0s

The Tactical Assault Rifle is a hitscan weapon, with First Shot Accuracy enabled.

Sounds

Sound Type	Rarity	Audio
Pullout	Rare, Epic and Legendary
Shooting	Rare, Epic and Legendary
Reload	Rare, Epic and Legendary
Pickup	Rare, Epic and Legendary
Drop	Rare, Epic and Legendary

Obtained

From when the weapon was last available in Chapter 2: Season 5

Rarity	Chest	Rare Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop	IO Guards	Upgrading
Rare	✖	✖	✖	✖	✓	✖
Epic	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖	✓
Legendary	✖	✖	✖	✖	✓	✓

Strategy Guide

The risk was calculated... but I'm bad at math.

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

Usage

This weapon is very effective at medium ranges (e.g. 1-2 tiles away from the player/entity) due to its high accuracy and decent rate of fire. However, it suffers at long range due to quick damage dropoff, and its relatively low DPS makes an SMG preferable at close range.
- However, an Assault Rifle would be more effective at medium range due to the weapon having higher accuracy and less bloom.

Countering

This weapon can easily destroy tiles, which makes Metal a good resource for defence against this. It also has a moderately high reload time, giving a decent length of time for the tile to heal.
A good strategy for countering this is to move further away from the opponent, and attack it with a low-bloom Assault Rifle or a Sniper Rifle. Due to the high bloom of this weapon, the opponent will struggle to use it against you.

History

Season 9

Update v9.00: Tactical Assault Rifles of Rare to Legendary rarities was added to Battle Royale.

Update v9.30 Content Update #1: Vaulted Rare rarity of Tactical Assault Rifle

Season 10

Update v10.00: Vaulted Epic and Legendary rarities of the Tactical Assault Rifle

Chapter 2: Season 5

Update v15.00: Unvaulted Rare Tactical Assault Rifle, only obtainable via eliminating IO Guards. Epic and Legendary variants were also unvaulted, but are only obtainable via rare IO Guard drops or upgrading.

Update v15.20: Vaulted Rare, Epic, and Legendary Tactical Assault Rifles in Arena, via vaulting of IO Guards.

Chapter 2: Season 6

Update v16.00: Vaulted the Tactical Assault Rifle in all rarities.

Trivia

This is the second Assault Rifle in Battle Royale to use Light Ammo, following the Minigun.
It is modeled after the Taran Tactical modified SIG-Sauer MPX.
- It is the same gun used by John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, as this season added the weapon as collaboration, alongside the Combat Shotgun.