Shotguns · Shotguns
Judge
The Judge is a shotgun that costs 1,850 credits. It holds 5 rounds, fires 3.5 rounds per second and deals 34 damage to the head and 17 to the body at 0–10 m, falling off at longer range.
- Cost
- 1,850
- Magazine
- 5
- Fire rate
- 3.5/s
- Reload
- 2.2s
- Equip
- 1s
- Wall penetration
- Low
- Run speed
- 75%
- First-shot spread
- 2.5°
How much damage does the Judge do?
Compare all weapons →| Range | Head | Body | Legs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–10 m | 34 ×12 | 17 ×12 | 14.450001 ×12 |
| 10–15 m | 20 ×12 | 10 ×12 | 8.5 ×12 |
| 15–50 m | 14 ×12 | 7 ×12 | 5.9500003 ×12 |
Damage is per pellet; each shot fires 12 pellets.
How has the Judge changed in every patch?
The Judge has been changed in 5 patches since the closed beta, most recently in patch 12.11. Each entry links to the full notes for that patch.
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- Judge
- Minimum spread increased from 2.25 → 2.5
- This change was made in Patch 12.09 for PC and is now being implemented for Console as we previously mentioned in the Patch 12.09 Patch Notes.
- Minimum spread increased from 2.25 → 2.5
- Judge
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- Nerf Minimum spread increased from 2.25 → 2.5
- Note: this will only apply to PC for now- this spread change will apply to console in Patch 12.11
- Nerf Walking spread increased from.075 → 1
- Nerf Running spread increased from 0.75 → 2
- Nerf Crouch-walk spread increased from.05 →.5
- Nerf Jump spread increased from 2.25 → 4
- Nerf Minimum spread increased from 2.25 → 2.5
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- Reduced max mag size from 7 → 5
- Increased Jumping spread from 1.25 → 2.25
- Increased Running spread from.10 →.75
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- Price increased 1600 → 1850
- Damage falloff at 10m changed from 13 per pellet → 10 per pellet
- Damage falloff at 15m changed from 10 per pellet → 7 per pellet
- We want the Judge to be a devastating, multi-fragging, close range option and believe it’s a bit more premium than we had previously given it credit for. It was also performing better than expected at range so we’re taking that down a notch.
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- Judge Nerf
- Price increased from 1500 → 1600
- Desire here is to see if giving the Judge a little hit—paired with the other shotgun changes—moves the needle when playing against this gun. We'll continue to monitor and make other changes if necessary
- Judge Nerf
Patch change data adapted from Patch Notes on the VALORANT Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
