Fortnite\u2019s Machine Pistol is rivalling Stinger as fan-favorite SMG in Chapter 3 Epic GamesFortnite\u2019s new Machine Pistol is already rivaling the Stinger as the community\u2019s favorite SMG shortly after arriving in Chapter 3. The weapon, added in the v19.20 update, has been praised for its excellent time-to-kill. The Machine Pistol in this form has popped up in Fortnite\u2019s past a couple of times through leaks, not to mention a few brief appearances in-game before being removed shortly after. However, Epic Games have officially added the SMG to the battle royale for players to properly try it out in Chapter 3. Now that players have it in their hands, they\u2019re seeing first-hand how it can melt opponents at close range while holding its own in extended build battles. Even though the Stinger has been a fan-favorite SMG for a while, the Machine Pistol is starting to turn heads from Fortnite fans. Fortnite players are loving the new Machine Pistol It wasn\u2019t long after the February 8 hotfix that Fortnite players started to notice the Machine Pistol\u2019s insane prowess at eviscerating opponents in no time. People have been testing out the new SMG compared to the Stinger, which is painting a clear picture of which is better in certain instances. \u201cSo me and this guy went toe to toe with [both the Stinger and Machine Pistol],\u201d one player said. \u201cAnd he hit me down to 40 [with the Stinger] before I got a shot off and still killed him because of the [Machine Pistol\u2019s] time to kill at close range.\u201d Popular streamer SypherPK was trying out the Machine Pistol, but was astonished after an opponent flying by deleted him shortly after appearing on his screen. Though the moment left the streamer speechless, other Fortnite players shared a similar sentiment with how effective the gun was at lasering opponents: \u201cOk so the Machine Pistol melts.\u201d Read more: How to get free V-Bucks in Fortnite – With its 15-19 damage per bullet accompanied by a wild 13.5 bullets per second fire rate, it quickly drew up comparisons to the Stinger. The Stinger has a slightly higher peak damage per bullet (20) with a slower fire rate (12), which lets the Machine Pistol dish out a bit more DPS than its counterpart. The two guns are pretty comparable, so if you can master the Machine Pistol it\u2019ll do you wonders towards getting your next victory royale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite\u2019s Machine Pistol is rivalling Stinger as fan-favorite SMG in Chapter 3 Epic GamesFortnite\u2019s new Machine Pistol is already rivaling the Stinger as the community\u2019s favorite SMG shortly after arriving in Chapter 3. The weapon, added in the v19.20 update, has been praised for its excellent time-to-kill. The Machine Pistol in this form has popped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}