FAMAS

The **FAMAS** is a Rifle released on December 17th, 2019 on the Ice Carnival 2019 update. It is purchasable in the store for  6000 and is the most recent Rifle to be purchased in the store.

## Description

The FAMAS is a very popular store bought rifle and has the highest accuracy stat of any rifle that is purchasable right now. It's cheap price and entry level stats make it a first choice for many players. When upgraded, the FAMAS is one of the best system guns that are purchasable all year round, with a strong fire rate, top accuracy, and high power of up to 45.

Compared to event weapons, the FAMAS has lower power but it has one of the highest in store weapons that dont have very low accuracy like the Red Devil or Broken City. It is often used alongside or as a replacement to the HK416, which has less accuracy and slightly lower important stats. The FAMAS is one of the best Rifle weapons to use in a free to play account.

One (or only) major downfall of the FAMAS is it has an effective range of 35, which is incredibly low for a rifle and is less than the minimum allowed in a custom rifle. However, when upgraded or with cards and armor, the disadvantage of the effective range barely shows. It has greater range than a Submachine Gun, so for a player who uses both, the FAMAS is most likely just as good.

With cards and armor, the FAMAS is capable of a two-shot kill.

## Gameplay Tips

Because of the FAMAS' high accuracy, it is a great rifle to use at longer ranges and narrower environments. It is also excellent in closer ranges and all around due to the high damage and good fire rate it has. It is very popular among system users and Death Platform players. If you are a newer player and can afford it, the FAMAS is the best system weapon choice for you.

Because of it's low clip count combined with it's decent fire rate, you can run out of ammo very quickly. Pre-fire is not something you should try and do often, and reload when you are playing safely. A reload armour buff or clips armour buff can mitigate these issues. In very long distances you should still tap fire, but you will not need to tap fire as much as other rifles.

With armor and cards, the FAMAS is very powerful and is often used by skilled players as an alternative to a custom weapon. It is worth the long leveling up and quality reforging procedure. The HK416 is the closest to the FAMAS in performance, however slightly weaker.

## Appearance and Origin

The FAMAS (or *Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne*) is an assault rifle developed in France known for it's high fire rate and bullpup shape. It was developed in 1978 and is most popularly used in the French military, however it is going to be replaced in the future.

In-game, the design is a copy of the FAMAS G2, as it has a STANAG Magazine and trigger guard which the other FAMAS model does not have. It is much smaller than most other rifles and is unusually thin. It is not known why the gun is modeled this small in game. There are no Gold or Silver skins for the FAMAS, which were released after the updates where gold and silver skins for almost all guns were mandatory.

## History

The FAMAS was released on Xmas of 2019 for the Ice Carnival event and was possibly released after suggestions on Discord to add weapons that were based on real life weapons or old school ones. This is apparent as many classic weapons like the Kar 98K, Bren MK, and Mauser C96 were all released alongside it. The FAMAS became immediately popular after it's release, being the first rifle to have accuracy above 90, and became a staple alongside players in the competitive scene.

The FAMAS was nerfed silently shortly after, to have less effective range but more damage, however this was considered more of a buff than a nerf. Before the FAMAS, the HK416 was the main competitive rifle for system users, now they will often use both, or just the FAMAS on it's own.

## Trivia

* The FAMAS is the first rifle to reach 90 accuracy, and is the only store weapon to have that stat.
* The FAMAS is the latest rifle in the game released in the store.
* The FAMAS is one only two store-bought rifles to have no skin, and is the only one bought with coins to have no weapon skins.