KS-23

KS-23
“Pump-action shotgun that fires slugs that deal high arena damage”
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Magazine Size	6
General Data
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The KS-23 is a slug shotgun for the Heavy Build and was introduced in Season 2.

Overview

The KS-23 requires high precision to handle effectively, as the gun shoots a single moving projectile per shot. Predicting enemy movement is required to land shots at range. Despite its difficulty, the high damage can be rewarding in certain circumstances.

As the KS-23 is a breaching shotgun, it is also capable of destroying solid walls.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Can destroy walls in 3 shots.
• High damage within 18 meters, highly lethal at close range.
• Especially lethal to the light class.
• Can be more accurate at long-range than the heavy's other guns (if shots can be hit).

Cons

• Hard to hit enemies with, and very punishing to miss shots with.
• No ADS, restricted to hip fire and zoomed-in hip fire.
• Low DPS comparatively, high time to kill on Heavies and Mediums.
• Lacks in long-ranged damage.
• Slow reload time when not empty.

Weapon Skins

LEGENDARYEPICRARECOMMON

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  DATA BREACH - 800
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  VIRTUAL VELOCITY - $9.99 (Bundle)

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  GLACIAL BLUFF - 1,050 (Bundle)
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  KINRADE WARE - S3 BP Level 5
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  TRIANGLE TWINKLE
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  WAVE INTERFERENCE - S2 BP Level 78

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  PAINTED PREDATOR
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  STRIPED GRAZER

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  DYE JOB-YELLOW
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  DYE JOB-RED
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  DYE JOB-BLUE
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  DYE JOB-WHITE
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  STANDARD ISSUE

Trivia & Weapon Bio

• Based off of the Tula Arms KS-23 Soviet a Soviet-era pump-action shotgun firing 23mm (6.2 Gauge) shell, which is exceptionally large for a shotgun.

Change History

Patch 2.5.0

• Bullet dispersion reduced when jumping, sprinting, or zoomed in, to make the weapon more accurate

Patch 2.2.0

• Increased fire rate from 55 RPM to 73 RPM
• Decreased player damage from 120 to 100
• Increased environmental damage from 600 to 700
• Decreased pump-action animation delay from 0.2s to 0s
• Increased pump-action animation duration from 0.6s to 0.7s
• Increased damage fall-off start range from 15m to 18m
• Decreased damage fall-off end range from 50m to 23m
• Increased the damage fall-off multiplier at max range from 45% to 65%
• Increased the projectile speed from 200m/s to 300m/s
• Decreased bullet dispersion when firing from the hip while crouching, standing, and running