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 and some using . 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.
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|Assault Rifle 
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|Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios.
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|Assault Rifle 
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|Pre-Season
|Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios.
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|Burst Assault Rifle
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|Pre-Season
|Assault Weapon: Burst-fire. A versatile rifle that rewards careful aim and can be fired in short bursts.
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|Scoped Assault Rifle 
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|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.
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|Minigun
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|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.
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|Light Machine Gun
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|Season 3
|Light Machine Gun: Fast fire rate. Medium Bullets.
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|Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle
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|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.
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|Drum Gun
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|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.
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|Suppressed Assault Rifle
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|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.
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|Heavy Assault Rifle
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|Season 6
|Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage.
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|Infantry Rifle
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|Season 7
|Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage.
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|Tactical Assault Rifle
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|Season 9
|Assault Weapon: Fast firerate, fully automatic, decent damage.
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|Chitauri Laser Rifle
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|Season 8
|Medium Ranged Laser Rifle. Exclusive to Endgame.
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|First Order Blaster Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 1
|Assault Weapon: Medium Blaster. Standard issue blaster rifle issued to all stormtroopers. Renowned for its accuracy and reliability in combat.
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|Skye's Assault Rifle
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|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.
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|Meowscles' Peow Peow Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 2
|Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage.
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|Midas' Drum Gun (OG)
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|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.
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|Brutus' Minigun
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|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.
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|Ocean's Burst Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 3
|Assault Weapon: Burst-fire. A versatile rifle that rewards careful aim and can be fired in shorts bursts.
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|Jules' Drum Gun
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|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.
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|Stark Industries Energy Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 4
|A Stark Industries Assault Rifle. Equipped with two unique firing modes.
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|Shadow Midas' Drum Gun
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|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.
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|E-11 Blaster Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 5
|Try not to miss.
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|Makeshift Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 6
|Scrappy base rifle that can be crafted.
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|Primal Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 6
|High capacity, wild firing rifle.
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|Pulse Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 7
|Fully Automatic when hip-fired, slower powerful shots when aimed down sights.
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|Slone's Pulse Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 7
|A powerful Pulse Rifle, fully Automatic when hip-fire, slower shots when aimed down sights.
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|Burst Pulse Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 7
|Pulse Rifle modified for burst firing. Aim down sights for slower and more accurate shots
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|Sideways Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 8
|Otherworldy rifle that gains bonus damage while the weapon is hot!
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|Sideways Minigun
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|Chapter 2: Season 8
|Otherworldy minigun that gains bonus fire rate while the weapon is hot!
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|Slone's Burst Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 8
|Slone's personal Burst Assault Rifle.
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|Combat Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 8
|Fully automatic. Difficult to master but exceptionally strong.
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|Heavy Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 2
|Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage. Exclusive to Spy Games.
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|Spire Guardian's Primal Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 6
|Assault Weapon: Slow firerate, High damage. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.
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|Sideways Rifle
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|Chapter 2: Season 8
|Otherworldy rifle that gains bonus damage while the weapon is hot! Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative and Horde Rush.
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|Sideways Minigun
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|Chapter 2: Season 8
|Otherworldy minigun that gains bonus fire rate while the weapon is hot! Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative and Horde Rush.
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|MK-Seven Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 1
|Fully Automatic, assault rifle with red dot sight.
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|The Foundation's MK-Seven Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 1
|Personal MK-Seven Assault Rifle of The Foundation.
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|Ranger Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 1
|Assault Rifle: Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios.
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|Striker Burst Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 2
|Assault Rifle: Burst-fire rifle with a customized sight.
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|Slone's Striker Burst Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 2
|Slone's personal Striker Burst Rifle.
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|Huntmaster Saber's Thermal Rifle
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|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.
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|Hammer Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 3
|Assault Rifle: Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle with unique recoil.
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|EvoChrome Burst Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 4
|Assault Rifle: This weapon hungers... Damage your enemies and it will grow in power.
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|The Herald's Burst Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 4
|Assault Rifle: Corrupted by Chrome, this weapon has become unique and powerful.
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|Ranger Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 1
|Assault Rifle: Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.
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|Striker Burst Rifle
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|Chapter 3: Season 2
|Assault Rifle: Burst-fire rifle with a customized sight. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.
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|Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 1
|Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios.
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|Red-Eye Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 1
|Assault Rifle: Automatic: Slow-firing assault rifle with a custom red dot sight for improved accuracy
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|Heisted Explosive Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 1
|Exotic Red-Eye Assault Rifle that fires explosive round projectiles.
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|Havoc Suppressed Assault Rifle
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|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.
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|Highcard's Havoc Suppressed Rifle
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|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.
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|Overclocked Pulse Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 2
|Mythic Pulse Rifle variant with a significantly higher fire rate when hipfired and ADS.
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|DC-15 Blaster Rifle
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|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.
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|Flapjack Rifle
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|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!
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|Enhanced Flapjack Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 3
|High capacity, heavy hitting assault rifle that deals high structure damage
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|MK-Alpha Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 3
|Fully Automatic, assault rifle with red dot sight.
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|Relik's MK-Alpha Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 3
|Fully Automatic, assault rifle with red dot sight.
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|Twin Mag Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 4
|Assault Rifle: Automatic firing scoped rifle that has a double-sided magazine for an extra fast reload.
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|Heart's Havoc Suppressed Rifle
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|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.
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|colspan="6" |Exclusive to other modes.
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|Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 1
|Fully Automatic, flexible assault rifle capable of handling all types of combat scenarios. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.
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|Tactical Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 4: Season 1
|Assault Weapon: Fast firerate, fully automatic, decent damage. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative.
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|Havoc Suppressed Assault Rifle
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|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.
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|Modular Striker AR
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|Chapter 5: Season 1
|Fully Automatic Assault Rifle. High fire rate. Most effective when fired in short controlled bursts.
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|Nisha's Modular Striker AR
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|Chapter 5: Season 1
|Personal Striker AR of Nisha.
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|Modular Nemesis AR
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|Chapter 5: Season 1
|Fully Automatic Assault Rifle. Moderate rate of fire. Easy to control. Effective in a variety of combat scenarios.
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|Montague's Modular Nemesis AR
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|Chapter 5: Season 1
|Personal Nemesis AR of Montague.
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|Modular Enforcer AR
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|Chapter 5: Season 1
|Fully automatic Assault Rifle. Fires slower and hits harder, especially at range. Well suited for medium to long range.
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|Modular Warforged Assault Rifle
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|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.
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|Ares' Modular Warforged Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 5: Season 2
|The ultimate Warforged Assault Rifle, forged by the hands of Hephaestus himself.
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|Modular Tactical Assault Rifle
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|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.
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|Modular Combat Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 5: Season 3
|Fully automatic. Difficult to master but exceptionally strong. Now supports weapon mods.
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|The Machinist's Modular Combat Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 5: Season 3
|The Machinist's personal Combat Assault Rifle. Meticulously modded to reduce recoil and maximize magazine size.
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|Tri-Beam Laser Rifle
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|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.
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|Modular Striker Burst Rifle
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|Chapter 5: Season 4
|Assault Rifle: Burst-fire rifle with a customized sight.
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|Emma Frost's Striker Burst AR
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|Chapter 5: Season 4
|Emma Frost's personal Striker AR. High precision and fast fire rate makes it easy to put foes on ice.
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|Meowdas' Peow Peow Rifle
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|Chapter 2 Remix
|Rifle: Automatic. A buff gun for a muscly cat that almost purrs as it fires at enemies.
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|RG's Minigun
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|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.
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|Legacy Tactical Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 2 Remix
|Assault Weapon: Fast firerate, fully automatic, decent damage.
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|Ice Spice's Rifle
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|Chapter 2 Remix
|Ice Spice put her own spin on this AR with an ice cold look and a spicy hot finish.
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|Updated Stark Industries Energy Rifle
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|Chapter 5: Season 4
|A Stark Industries Assault Rifle. Equipped with two unique firing modes. Exclusive to Day of Doom.
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|Modular Combat Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 5: Season 4
|Fully automatic. Difficult to master but exceptionally strong. Now supports weapon mods. Exclusive to Day of Doom.
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|Holo Twister Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 6: Season 1
|Scoped automatic Assault Rifle. Moderate rate of fire, very easy to control, and effective in a variety of combat scenarios.
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|Enhanced Holo Twister Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 6: Season 1
|Mythic Holo Twister Assault Rifle variant, crafted to enhance aiming down sights.
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|Fury Assault Rifle
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|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.
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|Enhanced Fury Assault Rifle
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|Chapter 6: Season 1
|Mythic Fury Assault Rifle variant, crafted to enhance rate of fire.
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==Unreleased==
==Strategy Guide==
 
*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 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.
Category:Item Classes (Battle Royale)
Category:Weapons (Battle Royale)
Category:Assault Rifles (Battle Royale)
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