Bucky

Bucky
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General
Type	Shotgun
Credits	850
Wall Penetration	Low
Killfeed Icon
Length	123 cm
Creator	Unknown
Primary Fire
Fire Mode	Semi
Pellet Count	15
Fire Rate	1.1 rounds/sec
Run Speed	5.06 m/sec
Equip Speed	1 sec
Reload Speed	2.5 sec (0.5 per shell)
Magazine	5
Reserve	10 (2 magazines)
See here for more stats about multipliers, TTK, spread, and accuracy penalties
Damage
0 - 8m	Head - 40 Body - 20 Leg - 17
0 - 8m	Head - 40 Body - 20 Leg - 17
8 - 12m	Head - 26 Body - 13 Leg - 11
8 - 12m	Head - 26 Body - 13 Leg - 11
12 - 50m	Head - 18 Body - 9 Leg - 7
12 - 50m	Head - 18 Body - 9 Leg - 7
Alt Fire
Function	Air burst Fire a canister that detonates after a short distance, spraying pellets
Detonation Distance	7.5m
Pellet Count	5
Note(s)	If a canister hits a target before 7.5m it will not detonate and only deal 40/20/15 damage from Head-Legs

“

Attacker. Defender. You’re the one with the pump-action shotgun.

”

The Bucky is a Shotgun that is a primary weapon in VALORANT.

Summary

“

Heavy but stable, Bucky’s primary fire is for holding tight corners or charging close quarters. Alternate fire strikes targets at medium range.

”

The Bucky is a low-cost shotgun and the cheapest primary weapon in the game. It has two firing modes, a standard single-shell primary fire and a canister alternate fire that allows the shell to travel a short distance before spraying its pellets instead of immediately spraying from the barrel of the gun, allowing the user to deal some damage to targets at medium range. Shells shot using Alternate Fire only produce a reduced amount of pellets however, and enemies hit by the canister before it reaches the required distance to explode will only take 1 pellet worth of damage.

As a pump action shotgun, the Bucky is reloaded one shell at a time. Because the Bucky's reload time is also shorter than it's fire rate, this means that a user can reload a shell in between shots, effectively increasing the magazine's capacity to the entire available reserve.

As with all shotguns due to their pellet spread, the Bucky is effectively useless at long ranges, as well having the range of its pellets capped and unable to reach any opponent beyond 50 meters (Alt Fire measures this distance from where the canister explodes instead). The Bucky especially has a low fire rate, meaning it cannot effectively be used against multiple enemies at once, which is a task better served by the Bucky's direct upgrade, the Judge.

Stats

• Headshot multiplier: x2
• Leg shot multiplier: x0.85
• 8–12 m falloff multiplier: x0.65
• 12+ m falloff multiplier: x0.45

Primary Fire TTK

Damage Range	Body Part	100 HP		125 HP		150 HP
		Shells to kill	Time to kill (s)	Shells to kill	Time to kill (s)	Shells to kill	Time to kill (s)
0–8 m	Head	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Body	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Legs	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
8–12 m	Head	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Body	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Legs	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
12–50 m	Head	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Body	1	0.000	1	0.000	2	0.909
	Legs	1	0.000	2	0.909	2	0.909

Alternate Fire TTK

Note: Targets hit by Alternate Fire at 0–8 m will be hit before the canister reaches the required distance to detonate and will therefore only take a maximum of 1 pellet worth of damage.

Damage Range	Body Part	100 HP		125 HP		150 HP
		Shells to kill	Time to kill (s)	Shells to kill	Time to kill (s)	Shells to kill	Time to kill (s)
0–8 m	Head	3	1.818	4	2.727	4	2.727
	Body	5	3.636	7	5.455	8	6.364
	Legs	7	5.455	9	7.273	10	8.182
8–16 m	Head	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Body	1	0.000	2	0.909	2	0.909
	Legs	2	0.909	2	0.909	2	0.909
16–20 m	Head	1	0.000	1	0.000	2	0.909
	Body	2	0.909	2	0.909	3	1.818
	Legs	2	0.909	3	1.818	3	1.818
20–50 m	Head	2	0.909	2	0.909	2	0.909
	Body	3	1.818	3	1.818	4	2.727
	Legs	3	1.818	4	2.727	5	3.636

Spread values

Firing Mode	1st Shot Spread (°)		Max Spread (°)		Movement penalties (+°)
	Standing	Crouched	Standing	Crouched	Crouched	Walking	Running	Airborne
Primary Fire	2.6	2.34	2.6	2.34	0.05	0.075	0.1	1.25
Alternate Fire	0 (Referring to canister only, pellets presumed to have same spread as primary fire)

Update History

v3.0

• Price decreased 900 >>> 850

v2.06

• Damage decreased in 0m-12m ranges
  • 0m–8m: 22 >>> 20 dmg per pellet
  • 8m–12m: 17 >>> 13 dmg per pellet
    • The correct value is undocumented, instead officially being documented in the patch notes as being reduced to 12 damage
  • Damage beyond 12m is unchanged
• Primary fire
  • Bullet spread decreased 3.4 >>> 2.6
• Alt fire
  • Bullet spread decreased 3.4 >>> 2.0
  • Amount of pellets in a shot reduced 15 >>> 5

v1.07

• Headshot aimpunch decreased
• Hitting an enemy past 10 meters will now apply a different tagging value instead of standard tagging
  • New tagging: 30% slow for .5s on a smooth curve going back to normal speed

v1.06

• Spread penalty when in air increased .5 >>> 1.25

v1.02

• Alt fire
  • Walk accuracy value decreased 6.4 >>> 4.4
  • Crouch-walking accuracy value increased 3.45 >>> 4.1
  • Run accuracy value increased 3.5 >>> 6.4

v0.49

• Alt fire now applies instantaneous, hitscan damage.
  • Alt fire was previously a projectile that was able to kill enemies shortly after the user was killed. No other weapon works this way so now it performs as a hitscan.

Skins

Store

Image	Edition	Skin	Cost	Upgrade Levels	Variants
		Aemondir	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Finisher	Variant 1: Silver Variant 2: Bronze Variant 3: Obsidian
		Altitude	1,275	—
		Gaia's Vengeance	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Blue Variant 2: Green Variant 3: Orange
		Galleria	875	—
		Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster	1,775	Level 2: VFX	Variant 1: Chrome Variant 2: Black Variant 3: Red/Blue
		Horizon	1,275	—
		Ion	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	—
		Magepunk	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Purple Variant 3: Orange
		Oni	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Kumo Variant 2: Hana Variant 3: Tsubame
		Origin	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Red Variant 3: White
		Overdrive	2,175	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Cobalt Variant 2: Bubblegum Variant 3: Onyx
		Prime//2.0	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Gold Variant 2: Green Variant 3: Orange
		Prism II	875	—
		Radiant Crisis 001	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Finisher	—
		Titanmail	1,275	—
		Xenohunter	1,775	Level 2: Heartbeat Sensor	—
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 Bucky skins from Act Battle Pass are in Premium track.

Image	Edition	Skin	Act Pass	Tier	Variants
		.SYS	EP 04 Act 3	20	—
		Aerosol	EP 02 Act 1	5	—
		Artisan	EP 03 Act 2	30	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Green Variant 3: Blue
		Cavalier	EP 02 Act 2	30	—
		Frequency	EP 09 Act 2	16	—
		Genesis	EP 03 Act 3	35	—
		Hydrodip	EP 04 Act 1	40	—
		Iridian Thorn	EP 05 Act 3	30	—
		Kingdom	EP 01 Act 1	1	—
		Lightwave	EP 02 Act 3	16	Variant 1: Blue Variant 2: Red Variant 3: Gray
		Monarch	EP 03 Act 1	16	—
		Panoramic	EP 07 Act 2	15	—
		Piedra del Sol	EP 05 Act 2	15	—
		Red Alert	EP 01 Act 2	30	—
		Retrowave	EP 08 Act 2	10	Variant 1: Navy Variant 2: Gold Variant 3: Violet
		Surge	EP 01 Act 3	10	Variant 1: Black Variant 2: Yellow Variant 3: Blue
		Topotek	EP 06 Act 2	16	—
For each weapon with variants,  15 per variant.

Trivia

• During the Beta, the weapon's full name was the PA-12 Bucky (Pump Action).
• The Bucky's design has similarities to the Benelli Supernova (front sight design and trigger guard) and Mossberg 590A1 (receiver).
• Despite the Operator's and the Odin's heavy physical appearance, the Bucky and Judge are the weapons slowest to run with.
• The shells on the side of the gun will disappear when reserve ammo drops to 0.
• The Bucky has the highest damage per ammo at 600 damage. This can be done by hitting headshots with all 15 pellets.