ℹ️Reflected Projectile Properties

Different Interactions with Vortex Shield

Hitscan (Vortex Bullet)

Hitscan Weapons (anything that has no travel time, hits instantly, for example, the car SMG or Chaingun XO-16)

Respawn didn't make new values or reuse the same damage values for all weapons; that'd be too much effort to do. So instead, they decided to use a fixed universal damage value for ALL Hitscan projectiles. We call the universal bullet the “Vortex Bullet,” even pilot weapons, which can be exploited.

Damage Stats for Amped and Non-Amped Vortex

Vortex Damage Type	1 Bullet	31 Bullets (Full Vortex)
Pilot Damage	35	1,085
Titan Damage	140	4,340
Amped Vortex Kit (+35%)
Pilot Damage	47.25	1,464.75
Titan Damage	189	5,859

“Insert Titan Damage Vortex Reflection Video Here (1 Bullet vs. 31).”

Projectiles

Fired back projectiles have strange properties; they retain damage, but each projectile has a unique property. All fired back explosive projectiles will still deal self damage.

List of all Projectile Properties

• 40 mm Cannon and T-203 Launcher Projectiles will be fired back inaccurately.

• Railgun will be fired inaccurately too and will always deal only 250 damage regardless of charge.

• all rockets are fired accurately back; they lose tracking if they had any to begin with.

• Frags will never explode when held but will explode after 1.25 seconds once thrown.

• Firestar will cease ignition itself and will be reignited when thrown back. It can be infinitely reignited but can't be picked up again unless fired back by an enemy Ion.

“Insert Ion Video”

Entities

The following entities can be picked up with Vortex and converted as your own

• Already placed or thrown satchels can be picked up and thrown back as your own; they will explode after 1.25 seconds once thrown.

• Activated and idle tether traps can be picked up and thrown; converted tether traps are immune to damage and last only 10 sec.

• Ticks (only when caught in their disc-thrown form) can be caught and thrown back to deploy ticks as your own

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