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Guardian

The Guardian is an assault rifle that costs 2,250 credits. It holds 12 rounds, fires 5.25 rounds per second and deals 195 damage to the head and 65 to the body at 0–50 m.

Cost: 2,250
Magazine: 12
Fire rate: 5.25/s
Reload: 2.5s
Equip: 1s
Wall penetration: High
Run speed: 80%
ADS zoom: 1.5×
First-shot spread: 0.1°

How much damage does the Guardian do?

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Range	Head	Body	Legs	Body shots · 100 HP	Body shots · 125 HP	Body shots · 150 HP	Headshots · 150 HP
0–50 m	195	65	48.75	2	2	3	1

How has the Guardian changed in every patch?

The Guardian has been changed in 5 patches since the closed beta, most recently in patch 4.0. Each entry links to the full notes for that patch.

Patch 4.0 January 11, 2022
- Removed firing rate penalty on ADS (Aiming Down Sight)
- Added an extra bullet before it enters a recovery curve
Patch 3.0 June 22, 2021
- Cost decreased 2400 → 2250
Patch 1.08 September 15, 2020
- Guardian buff
  - Price reduced from 2500 → 2400
  - Improved Rate of fire from 4.75 → 5.25 RPS (rounds per second)
  - Improved weapon recovery from.35 after 3 bullets to.2925 after 3 bullets
  - We don’t think the Guardian can (or should) compete directly with the Phantom or Vandal but we’d like it to have a place where players can feel good opting into the gun at the new price, is a competitive purchase in certain economic circumstances or map scenarios, and isn’t as punishing when an enemy gets close!
Patch 1.03 July 7, 2020
- Price reduced from 2700 → 2500
- Rate of Fire reduced from 6.5 → 4.75
- Penetration power increased from Medium → Heavy
- Input queue updated from 0.083 → 0.1175
  - Up until now, the Guardian has lived in a strange position in the arsenal. Price-wise, it remained close to the premium rifles while not adequately competing with their power, making it too pricey as an alternate economic option, but not powerful enough to be considered as a premiere weapon choice. Its fast fire rate made it more powerful in close range situations than we’d like, given our goals for the weapon’s long-range, precision shot fantasy, and—despite its semi-automatic, heavy-hitting firing style—it matched other rifles in terms of penetrating power. We hope these changes will sharpen the Guardian’s identity as a long-range, versatile weapon, with its heavy penetration values and lower price providing some more nuanced choice competition to the rifle category of the arsenal.
Patch 0.50 May 12, 2020
- Guardian
  - Fixed an issue where the Gun Recovery Time was higher than intended
  - Gun Recovery Time:.4s >>.35s