Judge

Judge
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General
Type	Shotgun
Creds	1,850
Wall Penetration	Low
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Primary Fire
Fire Mode	Auto
Pellet Count	12
Fire Rate	3.5 rounds/sec
Run Speed	5.06 m/sec
Equip Speed	1 sec
1st Shot Spread	2.25 deg
Reload Speed	2.2 sec
Magazine	7
Reserve	21 (3 magazines)
Damage
0 - 10m	Head - 34 Body - 17 Leg - 14
0 - 10m	Head - 34 Body - 17 Leg - 14
10 - 15m	Head - 20 Body - 10 Leg - 8
10 - 15m	Head - 20 Body - 10 Leg - 8
15 - 50m	Head - 14 Body - 7 Leg - 6
15 - 50m	Head - 14 Body - 7 Leg - 6

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 1850 credits. It shoots 12 bullets with high falloff like other shotguns. At 10 or fewer meters, 9 pellets are needed to oneshot an armored agent. Pellets that hit the head deal double damage and pellets that hit the legs deal ⁵/₆ 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)

Update History

v3.0

• Price increased 1600 >>> 1850
• Damage falloff at 10m reduced from 13 >>> 10 per pellet
• Damage falloff at 15m reduced from 10 >>> 7 per pellet

v1.07

• 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

v1.06

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

Skins

Image	Edition	Collection	Source	Cost/Unlock	Upgrades	Variants
		Celestial	Store	1775	-	-
		Convex	Store	875	-	-
	-	DOT EXE	EP. 01 Act 1 Battle Pass	Tier 40	-	-
		Elderflame	Store	2475	VFX Animation Finisher	Red Blue Dark
		Glitchpop	Store	2175	VFX Finisher	Blue Red Gold
	-	Jigsaw	EP. 03 Act 1 Battle Pass	Tier 15	-	<Skye Astra Yoru
		Luxe	Store	875	-	-
	-	Outpost	EP. 02 Act 1 Battle Pass	Tier 20	-	-
	-	Polyfox	EP. 01 Act 2 Battle Pass	Tier 10	-	-
	-	Prism III	EP. 02 Act 2 Battle Pass	Tier 05	-	Pink Green Purple
		Rush	Store	875	-	-
		Sensation	Store	875	-	-
	-	Serenity	EP. 01 Act 3 Battle Pass	Tier 15	-	-
		Smite	Store	875	-	-
	-	Varnish	EP. 03 Act 2 Battle Pass	Tier 15	-	-

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