Ares

Ares
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General
Type	Machine gun
Credits	1,600
Wall Penetration	High
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Length	155.28 cm
Creator	Bulwark Armory
Primary Fire
Fire Mode	Auto
Fire Rate	13 rounds/sec
Run Speed	5.13 m/sec
Equip Speed	1.25 sec
Reload Speed	3.25 sec
Magazine	50
Reserve	100 (2 magazines)
See here for more stats about multipliers, TTK, spread, and accuracy penalties
Damage
0 - 30m	Head - 75 Body - 30 Leg - 25
0 - 30m	Head - 75 Body - 30 Leg - 25
30 - 50m	Head - 70 Body - 28 Leg - 23
30 - 50m	Head - 70 Body - 28 Leg - 23
Alt Fire
Function	Aim Down Sights
Zoom	1.15x
Fire Rate	100% (13 rounds/sec)
Move Speed	76% (3.899 m/sec)
Note(s)	Slight spread and recoil reduction Crosshair follows recoil

“

Don’t mistake its size for clunk.

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

Summary

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The Ares’ large magazine means it excels at suppressive fire or dealing heavy damage to clustered groups.

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The Ares is a medium-cost machine gun. Unlike most other guns that gets less accurate as you continuously fire more bullets from them, the Ares is the only gun in the game that gets more accurate as it is continuously fired. 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 longer equip speeds however make them less suited for peeking or entering sites, something better served by SMGs at the price of an Ares.

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 initial spread.

Compared to the costlier Odin, the Ares is not completely outshone thanks to its unique reverse accuracy feature. However, the Odin's higher damage, fire rate, and initial accuracy far outweigh the benefits of the Ares, though a heavy price will need to be paid for the upgrade.

Stats

• Headshot multiplier: x2.5
• Leg shot multiplier: x0.85
• 30+ m falloff multiplier: x0.933 (¹⁴/₁₅)

TTK

Damage Range	Body Part	100 HP		125 HP		150 HP
		Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)	Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)	Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)
0–30 m	Head	2	0.077	2	0.077	2	0.077
	Body	4	0.231	5	0.308	5	0.308
	Legs	4	0.231	5	0.308	6	0.385
30–50 m	Head	2	0.077	2	0.077	3	0.154
	Body	4	0.231	5	0.308	6	0.385
	Legs	5	0.308	6	0.385	7	0.462

Spread values

Firing Mode	1st Shot Spread (°)		Min Spread (°)		Movement penalties (+°)
	Standing	Crouched	Standing	Crouched	Crouched	Walking	Running	Airborne
Primary Fire	1	0.75	0.7	0.52	0.4	2.4	6	10
Alternate Fire	0.9	0.67	0.55	0.42

Update History

v9.05

• Revert crouch benefits nerf from standard 25% back to 40%
• Headshot multiplier adjusted from 2.4 >>> 2.5

v4.01

• Price increased from 1550 >>> 1600
• Pitch recoil increased
• Spread changed from .8 down to .7 after 10 bullets >>> 1.0 down to .7 after 13 bullets
• Crouch benefits spread and recoil reduced from 40% >>> 25%

v4.0

• Removed spin up
• Firing rate increased from 10 >>> 13

v3.0

• Price decreased 1600 >>> 1550
• Walking Inaccuracy changed from .5 >>> 2.4

v0.50

• Price reduced from 1700 >>> 1600
• Firing Error:
  • Bullet 1: 1.0° >> 0.8°
  • Bullet 5: 0.85° >> 0.75°
  • Bullet 10: 0.75° >> 0.7°
• Reduced the amount and intensity of horizontal (Yaw) Recoil after the first 8 bullets.

Skins

Store

Image	Edition	Skin	Cost	Upgrade Levels	Variants
		Aristocrat	1,275	—
		Celestial	1,775	—
		Doodle Buds	1,775	Level 2: Kill Effect	Variant 1: Tactifriends Variant 2: League of Legends
		Endeavour	875	—
		Gaia's Vengeance	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Blue Variant 2: Green Variant 3: Orange
		Infantry	875	—
		Ion	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Yellow Variant 3: Blue
		Magepunk	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Pink Variant 3: Orange
		Minima	1,275	—
		Nebula	1,775	—
		Nunca Olvidados	1,275	—	Variant 1: Living Variant 2: Eternal
		Oni	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Kumo Variant 2: Hana Variant 3: Tsubame
		Prism	1,275	—
		Rush	875	—
		Sakura	1,275	—
		Sentinels of Light	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Pink Variant 2: Red/Green Variant 3: Blue/Purple
		Singularity	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Blue Variant 2: Red Variant 3: Purple
		Snowfall	1,275	—
		Titanmail	1,275	—
		Valiant Hero	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Sunset Variant 2: Dusk Variant 3: Night
		VALORANT GO! Vol. 2	1,775	—
For each weapon with upgrade levels and/or variants,  10 per upgrade level, and after a weapon is fully upgraded,  15 per variant. Variants must be used with the fully upgraded weapon skin set.

Battle Pass

Like every other primary weapon, all Ares skins from Act Battle Pass are in Premium track.

Image	Edition	Skin	Act Pass	Tier	Variants
		9 Lives	EP 06 Act 1	15	Variant 1: Raze Variant 2: Reyna Variant 3: Viper
		Aquatica	EP 08 Act 2	20	—
		Bumble Brigade	EP 09 Act 1	15	—
		Digihex	EP 07 Act 1	20	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Green Variant 3: Gold
		Divine Swine	EP 04 Act 2	20	—
		Goldwing	EP 03 Act 3	15	—
		Hivemind	EP 01 Act 2	1	—
		Jigsaw	EP 03 Act 1	5	—
		Monstrocity	EP 06 Act 3	10	Variant 1: Brown Variant 2: Blue Variant 3: Yellow
		Outpost	EP 02 Act 1	30	—
		POLYfrog	EP 02 Act 2	20	—
		Premiere Collision	EP 05 Act 2	30	—
		Silhouette	EP 07 Act 3	30	—
		Spitfire	EP 05 Act 1	15	—
		Yoonseul	EP 09 Act 2	10	—
For each weapon with variants,  15 per variant.

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.