Ares

The Ares is a Machine gun that is a primary weapon in VALORANT.

Summary
The Ares is a medium-cost machine gun. As a machine gun, it is most effective as either a defensive tool to hold a site or when used to get wallbang kills due to its high penetration, rate of fire, and magazine capacity. Their lower mobility and higher equip speeds however make them less suited for peeking or entering sites, something better served at such a price by SMGs.

In comparison to the similarly-priced Spectre, the Ares is better at a distance due to its low damage falloff but cannot compete with a Spectre player who can hit their headshots at close range. The Ares is also less mobile and has much more spread.

The costlier Odin machine gun however is a direct upgrade to the Ares, though a heavy price will need to be paid to do so.

Stats
Note: Multiplier values for leg shot damage and falloff other than x0.833 or x0.85 (which commonly appear across several weapons) are estimates


 * Headshot multiplier: x2.4
 * Leg shot multiplier: x0.833 (5/6)
 * 30+ m falloff multiplier: x0.933 (14/15)

Trivia

 * During the Beta, the weapon's full name was the LSW-RF Ares (Light Support Weapon Rapid Fire).
 * The Ares's design has similarities to the HK21 with a Beta C-style double drum mag.
 * Like the Odin, the Ares is named after a god of war, with Ares being from Greek mythology.

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