Tactical Assault Rifle

Tactical Assault Rifle
Details
Category	Battle Royale Weapons
History
Introduced	Patch 9.01
Last Adjustment	Patch 15.20
Vaulted	9.30 Content Update #1 Rare Patch 10.00 Epic and Legendary 11.31 Content Update 3

Tactical Assault Rifle is an Assault Rifle available in Battle Royale. It is available in Rare, Epic and Legendary and uses Light Bullets as ammunition. The Tactical Assault Rifle is fully automatic, has a x1.75 headshot multiplier, and has a 30-round magazine.

The Tactical Assault Rifle's Rare variant was first vaulted on 9.30 Content Update #1 and the Epic and Legendary variants were vaulted on Patch 10.00, making it currently only available with the Playground and Creative modes. It was probably vaulted to reduce the amount of Assault Weapons or it may have been vaulted due to the John Wick crossover event being over.

In Patch 11.3, the Tactical Assault Rifle's Legendary variant has been unvaulted but is only available from Presents!. However, the Tactical Assault Rifle has been added to the vault once again due to Winterfest ending and the Presents! being vaulted as well.

The Rare, Epic and Legendary variants of the Tactical Assault Rifle were unvaulted in the Spy Games LTMs during the Spy Games event in Chapter 2, Season 2.

The Tactical Assault Rifle has been unvaulted with Patch 15.00. The Rare variant can only be obtained from defeating IO Guards, while the Epic and Legendary variants can only be obtained by letting an NPC upgrade it. In Patch 15.20, the Legendary Tactical Assault Rifle can now rarely be found from defeating IO Guards.

Stats

Tactical Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	154
Damage	22
Fire Rate	7
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.2
Structure Damage	22

Tactical Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	161
Damage	23
Fire Rate	7
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.1
Structure Damage	23

Tactical Assault Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	168
Damage	24
Fire Rate	7
Magazine Size	30
Reload Time	2.0
Structure Damage	24

Sound

• Tactical Assault Rifle Pullout

• Tactical Assault Rifle Shoot

• Tactical Assault Rifle Reload

• Tactical Assault Rifle Pickup

• Tactical Assault Rifle Drop

Texture

Patch	Rare	Epic	Legendary
Since 9.01

Availability

Chapter 1

Season 9

Rarities/Ways to Obtain	Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop
Rare	✅	✅	❌
Epic	✅	✅	❌
Legendary	✅	✅	✅

Chapter 2

Season 1 (Christmas)

Rarities/Ways to Obtain	Presents!
Legendary	✅

Season 5

Rarities/Ways to Obtain	IO Guards	Upgrading with an AI
Rare	✅	❌
Epic	❌	✅
Legendary	✅	✅

Strategy

• The weapon can serve as a cross between a Submachine Gun and an Assault Rifle: It deals moderate damage at ranges one would assign to the aforementioned weapons.
• Unfortunately, its damage is rather low for long-range fights, in comparison to Assault Rifles that use Medium Bullets, although what it loses in damage is made up in accuracy - it is so accurate that many people called this weapon a "laser beam".
• Being rather compact, it can be used at a certain extend on close ranges (i.e. 2 tiles away from the target), although shotguns are still recommended for much closer ranges.

Changes

Patch Notes

Patch 10.00 (1st August 2019)

Weapons + Items

• Vaulted
  • Epic and Legendary Tactical Assault Rifle

9.30 Content Update #1 (25th June 2019)

Weapons + Items

• Vaulted
  • Rare Tactical Assault Rifle

Patch 9.01 (15th May 2019)

What's New?

• Tactical Assault Rifle
  • Tactics take the day! This robust and precise assault rifle is the ideal option for tight quarters.

Vault Log

Update/Patch	Vault	Unvault
9.30	✅ Rare
10.00	✅ Epic & Legendary
15.00		✅ Rare, Epic & Legendary

Trivia

• This is the primary assault weapon in Battle Royale to use Light Bullets, following the Minigun.
• This is the first weapon that does not use the built-in scope.
• It is modeled after the Taran Tactical modified SIG-Sauer MPX John Wick uses in Parabellum. However, the MPX is not classed as an assault rifle, but rather a submachine gun, which makes the Tactical AR a bit of an oddball, as it's a submachine gun classed as an assault rifle.
• The Tactical Assault Rifle was teased in the Season 9 Battle Pass art loading screen.
• The Tactical Assault Rifle is the forth fastest-firing assault rifle, firing 7 bullets per second, then the Drum Gun firing 8 bullets per second, then the Midas' Drum Gun firing 10 bullets per second and the Minigun firing 12 per second.
• The Tactical Assault Rifle has a slight extra zoom, most likely to compensate for the unused scope.
• Its Legendary version is still available in Solid Gold.
• Tactical Assault Rifle can be considered a Season 9 exclusive as it's released in Season 9 and vaulted for Season 10.
• Tactical Assault Rifle is the shortest lived assault weapon in Battle Royale, as it only lasted throughout Season 9 and a bit of Chapter 2 Season 1.
• This is the third weapon to have “tactical” on its name, the first one was the Tactical Shotgun, the second one was the Tactical Submachine Gun.
• It was the first tactical weapon to get a Legendary variant, but in the next months, both the Tactical Shotgun and the Tactical SMG got one.
• All the tactical weapons were in the game ONLY for a day, in July 2019, when the Tactical SMG was unvaulted for the 14 days of Summer event.
• The Legendary Tactical Assault Rifle currently has a 1.75x headshot multiplier, while the Rare and Epic variants have the standard 1.5x headshot multiplier. The reason for this is unknown, but it might just be an oversight.