HK416

The HK416 (also known as the HK) is a Rifle released on July 23, 2018 during the Summer update. It is purchasable in the store for 6000.

Description
The HK416 is a popular, store-bought, and well balanced rifle that has good accuracy, great power, and decent fire rate at the expense of a low clip count. The HK is considered one of the better store rifles when upgraded to the maximum level, next to the FAMAS. It's accuracy at the time was very high, with 80, the HK's accuracy, being considered the amount for good accuracy stats.

The FAMAS is considered an alternative to the HK416, which was released in December 2019. It's lower accuracy of 80 is up for preference, however the FAMAS is much faster. Unlike the FAMAS, it has a higher effective range, above the minimum allowed for a workshop custom weapon.

The HK is a solid three or four shot kill when maxed out, and performs excellent with armour, with accuracy, fire rate, and power buffs all being useful to the weapon. With cards, it can maintain a 3 shot at higher ranges, and possibly 2 shot at extemes. It would also be capable of a one shot headshot. It may be used as a free to play alternative to a limited edition rifle obtained by gacha mechanics like the Undercurrent or Savior AR, the latter being much stronger.

The Abyss Lord RX is an uncommon but even stronger alternative to the HK416, only obtainable in Zombie Mode.

Gameplay Tips
The HK416 is popular with system only gunners, and can be seen in rooms like Death Platform or remakes of it's older versions.

The weapon's great accuracy and power makes it great against distanced players who are not hiding behind a wall; the weapon is excellent at combat out in the open. It can also be used against tricker distanced opponents while standing still, which reduces the inaccuracy of weapons shot while moving. Tap fire is also a good choice, and is better for pre-fire than holding the fire button. The low clip count makes constant prefire undesirable, and other weapons could be used instead.

The balanced stats of the HK make it excellent for armor configurations, because even if you have a maximum amount of one stat, it never reaches excessive or worthless amounts. For example, a 10 accuracy, 12 fire rate, and 8 power set would make it have 51 power, 120 fire rate, and 90 accuracy. Other buffs like reload and clips also are surprisingly useful, due to the already decent reload stat and low clip count.

Enchanted cards like balance strike, continuous shot, and long range strike benefit the HK massively, and make the weapon a reliable, constant three shot (two if armour power is maximised). The HK is worth the reforging and leveling up if you are a system rifle user.

Appearance and Origin
The Heckler and Koch (HK) 416 is an assault rifle manufactured by Heckler and Koch in 2004. It is based on the AR-15 family of assault rifles, using a proprietary piston used by the G36. It is the standard rifle of use in the Norweigian Armed Forces. In game, the design is based off of the HK416 A5 model of the rifle

To read more about the HK416, see: Heckler & Koch 416

The HK has three skins, Silver, Gold, and Carnival. The Silver and Gold skins are available in the Battle Pass by spending 35 and 70 Exchange Coins for the Silver and Gold skin separately. The Carnival skin is themed on Christmas, and was available for a limited time for free. It features a red, white, and green body skin.

History
The HK416 is often the mascot of system only gunning, and is incredibly popular among the competitive scene, despite it's lower stats compared to what limited event items have today. The rifle is often talked about next to the map Death Platform, which is popular with players who use system weapons. The Carnival HK is very popular among item collectors, because of the fame of the original weapon, and it's excellent christmas design.

At the time, the HK416 was one of the best rifles you could have bought in the store. The FAMAS has better stats overall, and is considered a replacement to it, or is used alongside one another.

Trivia

 * The HK is one of the only rifles to not have it's gold and silver skins rereleased in the Weapon Skin Chest. The G36K A1, Broken City, and Scar-H are the only others.