Ammo in Apex Legends: Sorts, rarity and variations
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Apex Legends ammo just isn’t all the identical! We breakdown the categories, rarity and variations between them from bullet drop to wreck.
With an ever altering weapon meta, an necessary part to Apex Legends is ammo. Each weapon makes use of completely different ammunition. Some legends desire combating up shut, and others sniping from distance. No matter your playstyle, it’s necessary to know particulars surrounding your favourite weapons and their ammo.
What’s the loot distribution for the completely different ammo sorts?
Season 14 has seen the return of the Volt to floor loot. It’s return, and the heavy distribution of power ammo up to now this season, has introduced Volt customers out of the woodwork. Whereas Apex Legends ammo distributions change with the weapon meta, the present loot percentages for ammo are as follows:
Season 14 Apex Legends ammo distribution based on Apex Legends Wiki
If you’re a constant shotgun person don’t fret! Whereas the spawn price of shotgun shells is by far the bottom, the spawn price of the shotguns themselves is comparatively widespread and it solely takes 16 shells to fill a listing slot. This implies despite the fact that the ammo alone doesn’t spawn fairly often, you possibly can choose up your shells from the quite a few shotguns within the loot pool.
What’s the distinction between the Apex Legends ammo sorts?
Power ammo
As beforehand talked about, power weapons are completely having their day within the solar proper now. There are 5 weapons that use power ammo with one in every of them at present within the crafter (Devotion).
Devotion (LMG)
Havoc (AR)
L-Star (LMG)
Triple Take (Marksman)
Volt (SMG)
Power weapons include quite a lot of perks. Two of probably the most noticeable and priceless are the projectile pace and the flight path. These weapons have very low projectile drop resulting from their pace which is most prevalent in mid to lengthy vary engagements.
Since its return to floor loot, the volt is without doubt one of the most extremely used weapons in season 14
Apex Legends power ammunition and weapon statistics
Havoc
Power
32/18/14
198
672
24/28/32/36
3.2s/3.2s
Assault Rifle
Volt
Power
23/15/13
180
720
19/21/23/26
1.6s/2.25s
SMG
L-Star
Power
26/17/14
170
600
24/26/28/30
3.6s
Devotion
Power
23/15/13
225
900
36/40/44/48
3.2s/3.8s
LMGs
Triple Take
Power
126/63/58
82
78
6/7/8/9
2.6s/3.4s
Marksman
Heavy ammo
Heavy ammo weapons can cling their hat on the truth that they have a tendency to have a better DPS (injury per shot). This optimistic is counter balanced by the truth that heavy weapons normally have a slower price of fireside and extra bullet drop. This will make utilizing them at vary difficult for people who don’t know recoil patterns. There are at present 5 weapons that make the most of heavy ammo:
30-30 Repeater (Marksman)
C.A.R. SMG (SMG)
Hemlok Burst AR (AR)
Prowler Burst PDW (SMG)
VK-47 Flatline (AR)
The C.A.R. smg makes use of each heavy and light-weight ammo and is totally deadly up shut
Apex Legends heavy ammunition and weapon statistics
Flatline
Heavy
32/18/14
180
600
20/25/28/30
2.4s/3.1s
Assault Rifle
Hemlok
Heavy
35/20/15
214
643
18/24/27/30
2.4s/2.85s
Assault Rifle
CAR
Mild/Heavy
20/13/10
202
930
20/22/24/27
1.7s/2.13s
SMG
Prowler
Heavy
23/15/12
171
685
20/25/30/35
2.0s/2.6s
SMG
30-30 Repeater
Heavy
74/42/36
98
140
6/8/10/12
0.6s/bullet
Marksman
Mild ammo
Weapons utilizing gentle ammo normally have a a lot increased fireplace price however do much less injury per spherical. Recoil management is integral with weapons with increased fireplace charges (R-99, R-301, RE-45, M-600 Spitfire). This makes gentle weapons (significantly these with quicker fireplace charges) good for brief to medium vary. The bullet drop on gentle weapons is fairly substantial compared to another weapon classes. The weapons that use gentle ammo are beneath:
Alternator SMG (SMG)
C.A.R. SMG (SMG)
G7 Scout (Marksman)
M-600 Spitfire (LMG)
P2020 Pistol (Pistol)
R-301 Carbine (AR)
R-99 SMG (SMG)
RE-45 Auto (Pistol)
The R-301 is taken into account an ‘S’ tier weapon and is without doubt one of the most person pleasant within the recreation
Apex Legends gentle ammunition and weapon statistics
R-301 Carbine
Mild
25/14/11
190
816
18/20/25/28
2.4s/3.2s
Assault Rifle
CAR
Mild/Heavy
20/13/10
202
930
20/22/24/27
1.7s/2.13s
R-99
Mild
17/11/9
198
1,080
20/22/24/27
1.8s/2.45s
SMGs
Alternator
Mild
24/16/13
160
600
19/22/25/27
1.9s/2.23s
SMG
Spitfire
Mild
27/18/15
162
540
55
3.4s/3.8s
LMG
G7 Scout
Mild
60/34/26
136
240
10/15/18/20
2.4s/3.0s
Marksman
RE-45
Mild
18/12/11
150
750
16/19/22/25
1.5s/1.95s
P2020
Mild
27/18/16
126
420
14/16/18/21
1.25s/1.25s
Pistols
Sniper ammo
Sniper ammo is utilized by the 4 weapons within the loot pool. It’s the second rarest ammo within the loot pool and 28 rounds fills a slot in your stock. An enormous profit to using snipers is the flexibility to deal collateral injury to your enemies. Snipers are highly effective sufficient to fireside by way of enemy legends and deal injury to a number of opponents with a single spherical (aside from the cost rifle). The 4 weapons that use sniper ammunition are:
Cost rifle (sniper)
Longbow DMR (sniper)
Sentinel (sniper)
Wingman (pistol)
28 rounds fills a listing slot for sniper ammo (14 rounds per field) and the Wingman now makes use of sniper ammo/attachments
Apex Legends sniper ammunition and weapons statistics
Cost Rifle
Sniper
56/45/45 (+45)
23 (+23)
30
8
3.6s/3.6s
Longbow
Sniper
118/55/44
71.5
78
6/8/10/12
2.66s/3.66s
Sentinel
Sniper
140/70/63
40
37.5
4/5/6/7
2.5s/3.6s
Sniper Rifles
Wingman
Sniper
97/45/41
117
156
6/7/8/9
2.1s/2.1s
Pistol
Shotgun shells
Shotgun shells are statistically the rarest ammo kind in Apex Legends. Though this will likely look like a viable purpose to keep away from their use, shotgun availability and the necessity for much less ammo bolsters their cred. Shotgun shells break aside and fireplace pellets at enemy targets.
Pellets do various injury for the three shotguns within the loot pool. They’re excessive threat and excessive reward weapons which are best up shut. Whereas the bullet drop on shotguns is low, the pellet unfold promotes shotgun use in shut quarters in order for you excessive injury dealt to your opponents. The three shotguns within the loot pool are beneath.
EVA-8 Auto (Shotgun)
Mozambique (Shotgun)
Peacekeeper (Shotgun)
Though the scarcest ammo on the map, low stock house and loads of shotgun spawns make these viable weapons
Apex Legends shotgun ammunition and weapon statistics
Peacekeeper
Shotgun
121/99/99
96
58
5
2.5s/3.5s
Mozambique
Shotgun
69/45/45
135
180
6
2.1s/2.6s
EVA-8
Shotgun
70/56/56
129
138
8
2.75s/3.0s
Shotguns
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