The ACS-12 Judge is a Shotgun that is a primary weapon in Valorant.
Summary
The Judge is the most expensive shotgun in the game at 1600 credits. It shoots 12 bullets with high falloff like other shotguns. At 10 or fewer meters, 9 bullets are needed to oneshot an armored agent, while all 12 are needed at 10-15 meters if they strike the body. Any bullets that hit the head deal double damage.
While it does less damage per bullet than the Bucky, it makes up for it with its significantly reduced spread and higher fire rate making the gun much more forgiving. Crouching reduces the spread much more with the Judge than it does with the Bucky.
Minimum Kill Time
Per Fire
| Effective Health | Minimum kill time |
| 100 - 150 Health | Instantaneous |
Per Pellet
| Effective Health | Minimum kill time |
| 100 Health | 0.57 seconds |
| 125 Health | 0.86 seconds |
| 150 Health | 1.14 seconds |
Damage Traits
Average damage drop-off rate: 40% (Medium)
Head to leg damage ratio: 243% (Very Low)
Skins
Convex 
875
Luxe 875
Rush 875
Sensation 875
Smite 875
Celestial 1775
Glitchpop 2175
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Update History
- Shotgun Update
- When getting headshot by a shotgun, the aimpunch will be lower than all the other weapons
- Hitting an enemy past 10 meters will apply a different tagging value to them instead of the standard tagging
- New tagging: 30% slow for .5s on a smooth curve going back to normal speed
- Price increased 1500 >>> 1600 credits
- Spread penalty when in air increased .5 >>> 1.25
Trivia
- The Judge's design seems to be based on the Fostech Origin-12.
- Despite the Operator's and the Odin's heavy physical appearance, the Bucky and Judge are the weapons slowest to run with.
- The Judge is one of three weapons to not have a
Deluxe Edition skin, the other two being the Guardian and the Odin
Weapons
| |
|---|---|
| Sidearms |  Classic •  Shorty •  Frenzy •  Ghost •  Sheriff
|
| SMGs |  Stinger •  Spectre
|
| Shotguns |  Bucky •  Judge
|
| Rifles |  Bulldog •  Guardian •  Phantom •  Vandal
|
| Sniper Rifles |  Marshal •  Operator
|
| Machine Guns |  Ares •  Odin
|
| Melee |  Tactical Knife
|
| Related | Skins |
