How Do Miss Fortune's Guns Work?

6FlagsFunnelCake··5 votes·3,719 views

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I always look at them, thinking of any way to explain how they work. But it simply doesn't make any sense, I can't wrap my head around it.

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/1/16/Miss_Fortune_Render.png/revision/latest?cb=20150720013602

Here they're basically tiny cannons, yet she can fire them at enemies as if they were two pistol-sized machine guns.

https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/3/3f/Miss_Fortune_Captain_Render.png/revision/latest?cb=20151228230704

And here, they make a little more sense, but I don't exactly see how ammo would even fit or work. If anything, it's only one shot. Also, on another note, if this is her formal wear, then why does she see the need to change her weapon as well? Her guns are, after all, a product of her mother's and what basically put her on her path of vengeance against Gangplank in the first place, why would she take a pair that look seemingly better lore-wise?

I do have a theory that they may be outlawed hextech, as stuff like that is also found in Bilgewater alongside other smuggled products, but can there be any confirmation at all on how Shock and Awe work?

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Brutalitops017 votes

Because videogame logic. Don't question it.

Sexy Jack Rabbit6 votes

Miss Fortune wears earrings!?

ReisenTheDos1 votes

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Miss Fortune wears earrings!?

Rito put a lot of small detail into these models that it sadly goes unnoticed. :(

Sexy Jack Rabbit2 votes

Well tbf considering the scale of the game it's not unfair to not notice them. On top of that you can only see her ears in like 2 skins besides her classic.

But yeah, it's a super nice tiny detail I've never noticed before.

l Helios l2 votes

They're based on muzzleloader flintlock weaponry. These were all the rage until the concept and design of the repeater emerged around the late 19th century. Basically you would load a pellet through the muzzle, sprinkle some gunpowder on the hammer (the flintlock), some gunpowder was in the chamber already via the muzzle, and the hammer would trigger the powder and fire the round. It was common for individuals to carry many pistols to avoid the 20 - 40s time of having to reload in combat.

At least, that's how I think it works.

It was inefficient to design that kind of reload system early in League's inception; Jhin was the first (iirc) to really function off of it, other than Graves in late 2015, but that felt more nuanced than anything else. If they redesigned MF, it would make sense to have her use multiple pistols or function off an ammo system. However, this could be true for anyone who uses a firearm, like Kled, Cait, Jinx, etc. Jinx's minigun doesn't even work like a minigun, but rather like a semi-automatic rifle. It would be cool to have her have to stand still to deal damage in minigun stance, but it would severely hurt her viability imo like it did for Kog.

Ebonmaw Dragon2 votes

Hextech uses magic, those weapons use hextech... aka: Those are magical guns.

4NoxiousHours2 votes

She's a gunslinger and gunslingers uses magical guns.

Korios2 votes

Pull the trigger.

EvilMerodach2 votes

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Furor Nexis1 votes

Looking at the design, Miss Fortune's Blunderbuss has a two-fold function. It's main barrel has an opening / separation point between the barrel and it's chamber. It also incorporates a chamber not too dissimilar from that of a revolver. Notice that the chamber itself that has multiple hammer ignition points. This would indicate that her pistol incorporates elements of rapid-fire as well as single fire. It could be loaded with a big lead ball straight into it's barrel, or peppered with smaller shells into it's chamber. So for her to shoot a big lead ball per her q, or rain down bullets with her E or her ult, it could make sense even from a design point, and not just simply video game logic.

6FlagsFunnelCake1 votes

In that case, I guess they make a bit more sense (Big ammo for Q, small ammo for E, Ult and Rapid Fire), alongside "video game logic." I mean we have wacky things with seemingly typical weapons all the time in league (ala Vayne and Garen, for instance).

Warlord Dienekes1 votes

Mate, if I were inclined I could probably go on a rant why every weapon in this game is wrong for one reason or another.

But it's a bit pointless. I don't think any of the visual designers really care about making realistic weapons. So they don't try. The reason they work is because no one cares enough to learn how a blunderbuss functions when they drew it up. And so it just does.

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