The Trigonometry of Gun Spread: GUIDE

General Discussion
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The following function tells you the max diameter of your gun spread at different distances.

Y = 2xtan(θ/2)

Remember to set your angles to degrees and not Radians!

  • θ is the spread angle which can be found on the gamepedia page of every hero when you look at their shotgun stats.
    For example Reaper’s spread angle is 20.1°.

  • x is the meters from the target you are

  • Y is the diameter of the spread.

Table of θ:

Hero θ
Reaper 20.1°
D.Va 4.15°
Roadhog 20.1°
Torbjorn 4.15°
Doomfist 2.15°
Tracer 3.6°
Sombra 2.7°
Soldier: 76 2.4°
Bastion: Recon 1.25°
Bastion: Sentry 3°

Not all spreads angles are here, but these are the ones a lot of people wonder about. You can find the rest of the spread angles on Gamepedia.

Have fun!

Results from Reaper:

  • At 4m Reaper’s spread will be 1.4m which is the same height as Torbjorn and at 4.8m the spread will go to 1.7m which is the height of Mercy. At 5.2m the spread will go to 1.84m which is close to the height of McCree/Reaper/Soldier: 76. At 5.6m the spread will go to 1.98m, the height of Doomfist. At 6.3m the spread will go to 2.23m, the height of Reinhardt/Orisa.

  • Reaper’s spread goes from Torbjorn’s height to Reinhardt’s heigt in 2.3m LOL

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Now would this equation also be applicable to our blunderbuss heroes?

What do you mean we haven’t got any? Get Blizzard on the phone!

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Guess, I gonna need a protractor in my games.

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I have one taped to the monitor, fam.

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“Simple Geometry…”

No one said it, so I’m putting it down.

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You seem like the type of guy who could find a good use for this info.

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Achtually muh topic is now outdated as of this current patch.

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Yeah, but I didn’t know how else to call you over here, kek.

While you’re here, if you’re still interested in Reaper’s spread you may want to see this:

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Oh… i feel Jebaited…

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Finally someone did it.

I wanted to make this chart last year with my Trig teacher but I hate him

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My math skills are rough, but they get the job done.

Just cause I :heart: U ( ͡° ᴥ ͡°)

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gets a nano’d as reaper

hold up guys I gotta get my calculator out

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Trig???

aww heck! I’m outta here!!

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C’mon, I already got the equation. Just plug in.

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