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Fortnite’s Chapter 4 Season 3 has just started, and there’s already an exciting update on the horizon. Bringing us the alleged news is the popular Fortnite news source Shiina on Twitter, who revealed that the MK-Alpha Assault Rifle will soon become available. This was later rumoured by iFireMonkey with even more details about the weapon. This gun represents a direct callback to a fan-favorite, the MK-Seven Assault Rifle. Here’s everything we are predicting about this exciting new weapon.
Fortnite Rolling Out MK-Seven’s Younger Sibling
After Shiina teased the MK-Alpha Assault Rifle in a June 9 tweet, players were excited to find out more. The initial reaction was positive overall, but more details were needed to gauge MK-Seven’s successor.
Enter iFireMonkey with a banger tweet a few days later, adding to the rumoured news and dropping more info on the so called weapon. His tweet thread goes into detail to describe where they think the gun drops and even estimated stats.
The new supposed MK-Alpha AR is a drop from the upcoming jungle boss Relik, who uses the Wildguard model. As expected, the gun comes in a full slew of rarities, from common to mythic.
The community reaction to the more detailed thread has been mixed. Some players love the idea of the new AR. However, a lot of them worry that it’s “Still gonna be OP af” as one player puts it, while others call it “lazy” and derivative.
MK-Alpha Assault Rifle Damage Stats (Estimated)
While the stats that iFireMonkey leaked are as of yet unconfirmed, it looks like the new AR is going to have slightly toned down damage compared to its predecessor. Looking them over, it’s interesting that it does the most damage at close range. Here’s the full breakdown as presented in the Twitter thread:
Common
- Player Damage (Close Range): 22.0 (33.0 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Mid Range): 20.9 (31.35 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Long Range): 19.8 (29.7 Headshot)
- Vertical Recoil: 4.125 (Controller Recoil: 3.09375)
- Horizontal Recoil: 0.5 (Controller Recoil: 0.375)
- Ammo Count: 30
- Fire Rate: 7.0
- Reload Time: 3.85 Seconds
Uncommon
- Player Damage (Close Range): 23.0 (34.5 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Mid Range): 21.85 (32.78 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Long Range): 20.7 (31.05 Headshot)
- Vertical Recoil: 3.9375 (Controller Recoil: 2.953125)
- Horizontal Recoil: 0.5 (Controller Recoil: 0.375)
- Ammo Count: 30
- Fire Rate: 7.0
- Reload Time: 3.675 Seconds
Rare
- Player Damage (Close Range): 24.0 (36.0 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Mid Range): 22.8 (34.2 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Long Range): 21.6 (32.4 Headshot)
- Vertical Recoil: 3.75 (Controller Recoil: 2.8125)
- Horizontal Recoil: 0.5 (Controller Recoil: 0.375)
- Ammo Count: 30
- Fire Rate: 7.0
- Reload Time: 3.5 Seconds
Epic
- Player Damage (Close Range): 25.0 (37.5 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Mid Range): 23.75 (35.625 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Long Range): 22.5 (33.75 Headshot)
- Vertical Recoil: 3.5625 (Controller Recoil: 2.671875)
- Horizontal Recoil: 0.5 (Controller Recoil: 0.375)
- Ammo Count: 30
- Fire Rate: 7.0
- Reload Time: 3.325 Seconds
Legendary
- Player Damage (Close Range): 26.0 (39.0 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Mid Range): 24.7 (37.05 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Long Range): 23.4 (35.1 Headshot)
- Vertical Recoil: 3.375 (Controller Recoil: 2.53125)
- Horizontal Recoil: 0.5 (Controller Recoil: 0.375)
- Ammo Count: 30
- Fire Rate: 7.0
- Reload Time: 3.15 Seconds
Mythic
- Player Damage (Close Range): 28.0 (42.0 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Mid Range): 26.6 (39.9 Headshot)
- Player Damage (Long Range): 25.2 (37.8 Headshot)
- Vertical Recoil: 3.1875 (Controller Recoil: 2.390625)
- Horizontal Recoil: 0.5 (Controller Recoil: 0.375)
- Ammo Count: 30
- Fire Rate: 7.0
- Reload Time: 2.975 Seconds
Note the damage and reload time markup between common and mythic variants. Getting your hands on a rarer version is going to be a game-changer for sure. None of these stats are final though, and the weapon has been datamined as Weapon ID “TestWeap2”. This means that they are still subject to change pending its release.
Are you excited to wield the new MK-Alpha Assault Rifle? What do you think about its damage profile? Let us know in the comments or by following our social media links.
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