DATA BREACH -
800
VIRTUAL VELOCITY -
$9.99 (Bundle)
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| KS-23 | |
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| Weapon Quote |
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| // Profile // | |
| Build | Heavy |
| Type | Pump-Action Shotgun |
| // Damage // | |
| Body | 100 |
| Crit | N/A |
| DPS | 121.7 |
| Falloff Start | 18m - 0% |
| Max Falloff | 23m - 40% |
| // Technical // | |
| Mag Size | 6 |
| Firing Time | 5.46 |
| Reload Time | ~1 Second(s) |
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
GLACIAL BLUFF -
1,050 (Bundle)
KINRADE WARE - S3 BP Level 5
TRIANGLE TWINKLE
WAVE INTERFERENCE - S2 BP Level 78
PAINTED PREDATOR
STRIPED GRAZER
DYE JOB-YELLOW
DYE JOB-RED
DYE JOB-BLUE
DYE JOB-WHITE
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