SMG-PDWs
PW5A3
Measured across 462 real players, each with 50+ kills with it.
It's the 8th most used weapon among the players we track. It's used at the same ranges as other SMG-PDWs: 17.9% of its kills are hip-fire. Among the 11 SMG-PDWs, it ranks 5th in shots per kill (30), 5th in accuracy (22.6%) and 7th in kills per minute (1.07).
- Kills per minute
- 1.07
- Hip-fire kills
- 17.9%
- Its family: 12.0%. The higher, the closer range.
What's good with the PW5A3
How normal players spread out: the solid band is the middle half, the white line the median and the yellow one its family (all automatic weapons, for example). Right is always better.
Shots per kill
+11% vs its family30
Half of players are between 22.3 and 44.8. At 22.3 or fewer, you use it better than 3 in 4. Below 17.6, top 10%.
Accuracy
+6% vs its family22.6%
Half of players are between 19.1% and 26.7%. At 26.7% or more, you use it better than 3 in 4. Above 29.3%, top 10%.
Headshots
−11% vs its family12.6%
Half of players are between 10.5% and 14.6%. At 14.6% or more, you use it better than 3 in 4. Above 17.5%, top 10%.
Which class gets the most out of it
It's a signature weapon of the Engineer class: that class carries it with an advantage. Other classes can use it too, without the advantage.
Against the rest: smg-pdws
Shots per kill
Rank 5 of 11
Accuracy
Rank 5 of 11
Headshots
Rank 10 of 11
Data: public stats from players our engine sees as normal. These aren't the weapon's official numbers (damage, fire rate): it's how it really performs in people's hands.