Comprehensive Fortnite Weapons Guide to Vacuum Tube Rifle

Game: Fortnite

Time: 2023-02-13

Vacuum Tube Rifle is one of a Vacuum Tube Weapons and makes use of the Energy Cells. It is divided into Epic and Legendary versions. This semi-automatic electrical rifle has high accuracy. Though deals nature damage that is definitely efficient against water enemies, weak against fire enemies. When you are missing materials in the process of making this weapon, Buy Fortnite Materials on U4GM is always an excellent choice, and they are cheap.

Fortnite Weapons Guide to Vacuum Tube Rifle

Basic Info

Vacuum Tube Rifle (legendary)		Vacuum Tube Rifle (epic)
Name	Value	Name	Value
Damage	41	Damage	37
Crit Chance	10%	Crit Chance	10%
Crit Damage	+75%	Crit Damage	+75%
Fire Rate	5	Fire Rate	5
DPS	631.4	DPS	569.8
Magazine Size	20	Magazine Size	20
Range	4096	Range	4096
Durability	375	Durability	280
Durability per Use	0.11	Durability per Use	0.11
Reload Time	2.5	Reload Time	2.5
Ammo Type	Ammo: Energy Cell	Ammo Type	Ammo: Energy Cell
Ammo Cost	1	Ammo Cost	1
Impact	135	Impact	124

Trait Synergies

Name	Class	Description
Advanced Tactics	Soldier	Ranged weapon damage increased by 10%. Health increased by 10%.
Ammo Recovery I	Soldier	Damaging an enemy with an assault weapon has a 16% chance to generate 1 ammo for the equipped weapon.
Ammo Recovery	Soldier	Damaging an enemy with an assault weapon has a 16% chance to generate 1 ammo for the equipped weapon.
Assault Crit Damage	Soldier	Increase assault weapon critical hit damage by 36%/54%/70%.
Assault Damage	Soldier	Increases assault weapon damage by 24%.
Debilitating Shots	Soldier	Dealing ranged damage applies one stack of Vulnerability, increasing damage taken from all sources by 5% on the target for 15 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times.
Enduring Machine	Constructor	Your weapon takes 60% less durability damage while on BASE.
Explosive Rounds	Soldier	Killing 10 enemies with a ranged weapon deals X damage in a 1 tile radius.
Eye on the Prize	Outlander	Every 15 headshot kills grants 1 Charge Fragment.
First Assault	Soldier	The first bullet fired after reloading an assault rifle critically hits enemies. Removed on weapon switch.
Fragment Generation	Outlander	Every 60 kills grant 1 Charge Fragment.
Grenade Generation	Soldier	Every 30 kills with a ranged weapon grants 1 Frag Grenade. Count resets after 15 seconds without a kill.
I Love to Reload!	Soldier	Reloading the equipped weapon increases run speed by 30% for 3 seconds.
Improved Headshots	Soldier	Increases headshot damage multipler of ranged weapons by 13%/20%/27%.
In a Pinch	Soldier	Increases weapon reload speed by 35% if the magazine is empty.
Locked and Reloaded	Soldier	After reloading, rate of fire is increased by 25% for 5 seconds.
Make It Rain	Soldier	Headshotting enemies increases ranged weapon rate of fire by 25% for 5 seconds.
Precision Handling	Outlander	Hitting a headshot increases the speed of your next reload by 7%. Max 35%. Resets after reloading.
Quick Clip	Soldier	Increases reload speed by 30%.
Start Up	Soldier	Firing with a ranged weapon increases rate of fire by 1.2% per shot for up to 20 shots. Resets on reload or weapon switch.
Steady Aim	Soldier	Reduces recoil by 29%.
Survivalist	Soldier	Killing an enemy with an ability or weapon recovers 5 base health per second over 3 seconds. Kills reset the healing duration. Will not activate on full health.
There Are Many Like It...	Soldier	Your weapon takes 45% less durability damage while affected by War Cry.
War Cry	Soldier	Give a War Cry, affecting friendly characters within 4 tiles for 10 seconds. Grants 45% more damage and 30% attack speed for ranged weapons and 45% more damage and 20% attack speed for melee weapons.
Waste Not Want Not	Soldier	Increases ammo capacity of all weapons by 40%.

Availability

Vacuum Tube Rifle was available as featured loot in Vacation Llamas bought in the Vindertech Store through the Fortnite Guide to Vacation Survival event.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

High accuracy.

Effective against water enemies.

Cons:

Weak against fire enemies.

Vs Other Weapons

Vacuum Tube Rifle vs Neon Scythe

Neon Scythe is really a swift weapon that cleaves enemies inside a wide arc. Offers energy damage which is pretty powerful against elemental enemies.

Neon Scythe is excellent for seeing through walls, has larger harm than the Vacuum Tube Rifle. Vacuum Tube Rifle has larger accuracy than Neon Scythe. See what you'll need to pick out.