Hammer Assault Rifle

The Hammer Assault Rifle is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 3: Season 3.
==Functionality==
The Hammer Assault Rifle is a full-auto Assault Weapon with a upwards and right recoil pattern and very fast fire rate. The recoil can be controlled for more accurate fire. It deals a medium amount of damage.
== Stats==
The Hammer Assault Rifle uses  Medium Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 1.5x.
The Hammer Assault Rifle is a hitscan weapon with First Shot Accuracy.
==Obtained==
Rarity	Chest	Rare
Chest	Floor
Loot	Supply
Drop	Fishing
(Plain)	Fishing
(Hole)	Reality
Sapling	Vending Machine	Upgrading	Creative
 	✖ 	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖ 	✖ 	✓
 	✓ 	✖	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✓ 	✓ 	✓
 	✓ 	✖	✓	✖	✖	✓	✓	✓ 	✓ 	✓
 	✓ 	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✓	✓ 	✓ 	✓
 	✓ 	✓	✖	✓	✖	✓	✓	✖ 	✓ 	✓
 	✖ 	✖	✖	✖	✖	✖	✓	✖ 	✖ 	✓
 or Hammer Assault Rifles can also be found by eliminating glowing Crows or Chickens of their respective rarity colors.
==Strategy Guide==
 
*Controlling the recoil of the Hammer Assault Rifle enables far more accurate fire.
*The Hammer Assault Rifle is arguably the best all round weapon in the game, being good at short and long range combat, and excelling at mid range. It should be the player's go to weapon if the player is in a position to swap another weapon out.
*Along longer sight-lines, firing in bursts or tap-firing single shots can improve overall effectiveness, as consistent fire can make the weapon's degree of spread severe, especially when paired with strafing.
*Crouching with this gun resets its first shot accuracy faster, allowing for more accurate shots. Crouching also reduces its hipfire spread and spread in general.
*The Hammer Assault Rifle has a high DPS and excels at breaking enemy structures fast.
*This weapon is mostly effective at medium range (e.g. 1-2 tiles away from the player/entity) due to its accuracy and decent rate of fire. It can also be used at long range, however this is less effective because of spread. A weapon such as a DMR would be better for long-range usage.
* Close range usage is sometimes useful to quickly deal damage to players/entities and catch them off-guard, but fast-firing weapons such as an SMG will be more useful for this.
*It is unwise to challenge players wielding Sniper Rifles, as they can instantly eliminate the player with 1-2 well-placed shots while you need to attempt to whittle away at their health one shot at a time. Instead, close the gap between the enemy by placing some structures to get within the sniper's effective range.
==Weapon ID==
The Hammer Assault Rifle is referred to as Auto Heavy Recoil in the files.
*: WID_Assault_Heavy_Recoil_Athena_C
*: WID_Assault_Heavy_Recoil_Athena_UC
*: WID_Assault_Heavy_Recoil_Athena_R
*: WID_Assault_Heavy_Recoil_Athena_VR
*: WID_Assault_Heavy_Recoil_Athena_SR
*: WID_Assault_Heavy_Recoil_Athena_UR
==History==
===Chapter 3: Season 3=== 
*Update v21.00: Introduced the Hammer Assault Rifle in to .
**Hotfix: Reduced recoil.
*Update v21.10: Added the Hammer Assault Rifle to Creative.
===Chapter 4: Season 1===
*Update v23.00: Vaulted the Hammer Assault Rifle.
===Chapter 5: Season 3===
* Update v30.20: Unvaulted the Hammer Assault Rifle in all rarities in Fortnite: Reload only.
==See Also==
*Primal Rifle: A weapon with similar stats.
Category:Assault Rifles
Category:Mythic Weapons
Category:Legendary Weapons
Category:Epic Weapons
Category:Rare Weapons
Category:Uncommon Weapons
Category:Common Weapons