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Legend

4 years ago

Alternator SMG with Best Win Rate

https://www.dexerto.com/apex-legends/apex-legends-dev-reveals-surprising-statistic-about-the-best-smg-1548877/ The most reasonable explanation for this to me is because it's one of the most common w...

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hayhor

Hero

4 years ago

@Lord_Scorpion34 Hate the re too. Without a level 3 mag that gun is useless to me. And let's not even mention the p20.

Lord_Scorpion34

Legend

4 years ago

@hayhor 😂😂😂 the 45 has saved my * on more than one occasion. It's basically a baby 99 with less recoil for me. Pew 20 with hammer can get it done if you can spam the trigger & hit most of your shots. I just uploaded a youtube video using it but hadn't posted it in the video thread yet cuz I wanted to catch up on everyone else's vids 1st.

KelRiever
4 years ago
That's an interesting article.
I don't hate the Alternator, but I used to like it a lot more. The R-99 shreds faster I find once you get your upgraded clip going, and is a better long range gun. The R-45 is easily better early game if you get a barrel mod. That doesn't leave a lot of room for the Alternator.
But when there was a gold one, believe it or not I'd use it. Mostly because it came with all the things on it. And yes, I would need another non-sniper, likely an assault rifle, to back that up.
The fire rate is a shade too slow on the gun is the problem. Yes, each bullet does more damage but it's an SMG. Fire rate is most important.
Drop Prowler arguably has the exact same problem which is why the Prowler needs to get back on the ground. I do not like the red Prowler and I used to love that SMG. We have the Volt now too so there are plenty of options in SMG land.