DBS
Shotgun · 12 Gauge · Care package only
Fire rate: Only as fast as you can click, so this is the ceiling. In a real fight you will be slower than this.
Damage falloff
Base damage drops with distance to the target. We don't show the analyzed damage for each meter so that the charts and damage calculations don't lag your browser too much. That's why there are these points at growing intervals. The curve stops at 70m because that is as far as our recorded hits reach. We don't know what the damage does past that point, and it won't necessarily stay flat. Shotgun values are per pellet.
Damage multipliers
Actual damage is base damage multiplied by four things: distance, the hit area you hit, the weapon class you are holding, and armour. Hit area and weapon class are the two that never change, so multiplying them gives you the weapon's true multiplier for that body part. Armour then applies on top of that rather than replacing it. Helmets cover the head and neck, vests cover the clavicle, chest, stomach and pelvis, and nothing covers the arms or legs.
Base damage×Distance×Hit area×SHOTGUN class×Armour| Body part | Hit area | SHOTGUN | Armour | True × | Damage | HTK | TTK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 1.00 | 1.50 | 0.60 | 0.90 | 25.2 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Neck | 0.75 | 1.50 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 18.9 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Clavicle | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.54 | 15.1 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Chest | 1.10 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 16.6 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Upper stomach | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.54 | 15.1 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Lower stomach | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.51 | 14.4 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Pelvis | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.54 | 15.1 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Upper arm | 0.60 | 1.05 | — | 0.63 | 17.6 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Forearm | 0.50 | 1.05 | — | 0.53 | 14.7 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Hand | 0.30 | 1.05 | — | 0.32 | 8.8 | 2 | 0.15s |
| Thigh | 0.60 | 1.05 | — | 0.63 | 17.6 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Calf | 0.50 | 1.05 | — | 0.53 | 14.7 | 1 | 0.00s |
| Foot | 0.30 | 1.05 | — | 0.32 | 8.8 | 2 | 0.15s |
Measured at the muzzle so the distance multiplier is 1. Every weapon has the same hit area column; the SHOTGUN column is where the classes differ (AR vs DMR etc, each class has different balance). In the armour column, 1.00 means armour could cover that body part but you have none equipped, and a line means armour never reaches there. Hits to kill assumes all 9 pellets connect. I'm currently trying to work out how to account for the pellet spread, as obviously all 9 pellets won't hit the same exact body part at normal distances, so more realistic shotgun damages coming soon!
Change history
Every change we have recorded for the DBS, newest first: damage, falloff, recoil, fire rate, attachment support and spawn rate.
- 35.1patch notes
- Handlingbuff
New aim punch system: shotguns apply a lot of aim punch (less than SRs), falling off sharply with distance
- 34.1patch notes
- Damage falloffbuff
Damage over distance increased by about 20%
- Recoilbuff
Vertical and horizontal recoil each decreased by about 10%
- Spawn rate
World spawn rates adjusted to narrow the variation in shotgun quantities across maps
- 32.1patch notes
- Spawn rate
Moved into Care Packages, and removed from world spawn
- Damagebuff
Base damage increased
2628
- Fire ratebuff
Rate of fire increased
375 RPM480 RPM
- Fire ratebuff
Pump action time reduced
0.63s0.45s
- Recoilbuff
Vertical and horizontal recoil each decreased by about 20%
- Handlingbuff
Buckshot spread decreased by about 30%
- 28.1patch notes
- Handlingnerf
Buckshot spread increased by about 40%, and bullet size slightly reduced
- Fire ratenerf
Pump action time increased
0.45s0.63s
- Fire ratenerf
Rate of fire decreased
480 RPM375 RPM
- 22.2patch notes
- Spawn ratenerf
Spawn rate of weapon and the ammo reduced by about 30% in Normal Match and 20% in Ranked, on every map
Open the DBS in the weapon explorer to pick your own distance and armour level, or to put it side by side with another weapon.