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ManAFK

What is for you the best and fastest shotgun, and, what do you think of the new black metal weapons ? And as last, the "buffed" ghost pistol.

QUESTION

I play a lot in lvl 140 zones.
I want to raise another fast and strong shotgun. I have several excellent shotguns but the 2 fastest and strongest IMHO (but I may be wrong because I didn't raised every shotgun to do an accurate comparison) is the staccato shotto and the pulsar 9000.
I have all the heroes to make a good hero loadout, and there are multiple choices due to the perks of these weapons but I'm limited because in lvl 140 health is very important so I often go with Survivalist Jonesy to have extra health which in lvl 140 is very important.
Other good shotguns that are all perked up are the Double boiler (but even with a reload speed it's too damn slow to use in huge battles even if it's efficient against the strongest monsters. The Dragoon, same qualities than the double boiler and same problems, too slow and can't be used for the small ones which can be killed with any good AR which makes the battle difficult, changing weapons all the time. The room sweeper, does a very good job even it it eats a huge amount of lead. The vindertech disintegrator is fine, I like it because it hits like a small powered rocket launcher.
I'm hesitating about the ground pounder which looks very good but really IDK for sure.
And...if you guys and gals can give me some advices from your own experience it would be great !
Now, the Black metal weapons. I haven't raised or perked up any of them so what's your opinion about them ? They are beautiful for sure but are they strong too and worth spending those precious evolution materials ?
And for the last part, the ghost pistol... They say they buffed it but I don't see a huge difference. Can anyone tell me what has been upgraded IF something was upgraded ?

Thank you very much for every member who read and special thanks to those who shared their experience and helped me make a good choice.

The ManAFK (but never afk during missions ! I'm no leech. This pseudo wasn't made for fortnite ;) )

Posted Nov 3, 2019, 6:42 PM UTC

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ooooNIXoooo:basekyle: B.A.S.E. Kyle•

The Stalwart Squire( 1 CR and yes, 3 CD) is arguably the strongest shotgun in the game for single targets. I use the Pulsar 9000 for mobs, and the Squire for Mist Monsters in 140 4x missions.

All other shotguns just don’t get the job done good enough for me in end game content.

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AshiroFlo:icequeen: Ice Queen•

do u use the rocking out team perk with the squire? as mine crits like every 4th shot with cr cd cd rs and its not as reliable as my double boiler

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ooooNIXoooo:basekyle: B.A.S.E. Kyle•

No, I only use Blast from the Past as my team perk in late Twine 👍

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geo981010:llama: Llama•

Late Twine, especially solo, is pretty brutal if you need to DPS so Blast from the Past helps a lot.

But the damage boost in Rocking Out is just so huge, its hard to pass up. I've been playing Ranger with Energy Siphon from Intergalactic Ken, and that allows me to keep my shields up enough so I'm not getting one hit from Takers and such.

There's a 132 Encamp right now in Hex that is returning Rain and Candy, and for some reason the Hex maps keep returning the Candy bonus even after the map is marked off with a check mark. Good way to test some builds...

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ManAFKOP•

Nice to now ! Sometimes the glitches are welcome ! Sometimes not at all.
As for rockin out VS Blast from the past ... I 'd love to have the 2 it would help soo much. So I think I'll give a try to your way to go Geo, Rockin Out with Ranger and Intergalactic Ken, just to see if it fits my way to play and if it's really strong.

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ManAFKOP•

Thanks for your reply.
Damn I forgot about this one ! I heard a lot about it and when you look at its stats it really looks STRONG. I don't know how I could forget about it.
I think I'll upgrade this one since all the other good ones are already raised to the max.

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sackboy5055:blackknightgarridan: Black Knight Garridan•

I use reload speed on my squire

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zodpoc39:raven: Raven•

I use Squire 2 CR 2CD on my defender, she has 3* CD. Always funny to watch her decimating blasters takers smashers in no time

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ManAFKOP•

I put 2CD, 2CR on my Squire, just like you. When a weapon has this kind of perks I'm more than happy to use them. Mathematically you can't go wrong with these.

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zodpoc39:raven: Raven•

Except with totally rocking. In this case 1 cr 3cd is better cuz you will crit more often than 2cr 2cd

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gold_key:rangerbeetlejess: Beetlejess•

I want to throw out a vote for the woofer. It hits as hard as the pulsar in my testing (I've gotten over a million damage). Plus its perk can cause dancing after one elimination, which makes it great for crowd control. It also does not ignite propane, something that makes it great for trap tunnels. The only downside in my book is the range is on the short side.

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ManAFKOP•

It would be a very good idea to have the community's opinion on this weapon. The fact that it doesn't ignite propane is a great plus + its perk. I will try to find a friend who has it in 130 all perked up to try it by myself.

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AshiroFlo:icequeen: Ice Queen•

Im also looking for some good shotguns tonuse in 140 missions but every i tried just falls behind the pulsar its to op and clears everything. My main shotgun was the squire before the hero rework but now with just 1 crit rating on it it does not deliver like back then when u just slotted raider in support. The woofer is also pretty cooo for 140 zones (6th perk with stun) but pulsar is just better

So i mean u can try some shotguns but pulsar is just to fucking good. I use a combo of pulsar and double boiler atm and im mowing husks man

Rolls on my weapons are before u ask: Pulsar cr cr cd rl; Boiler cr cd dmg rs; Squire i had cr cd cd rs and Woofer i had cr cd cd rs

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ManAFKOP•

Thanks very much, I didn't pay much attention to the woofer and chose the staccato instead.
Is it fast and strong enough compared to the staccato ?
I'll wait a bit to see some reviews about the black metal weapons but I haven't even compared any stats.

And the ghost pistol... It was crap when it first showed up I think it's alays crap unless when playing in low lvl zones for fun and if you got the evo mats to spend for crap.
The hero rework... what was passing through epic's head when they did that ? I know that they wanted to make it easier for younger players to comprehend and what happened ? They lost many end game players who enjoyed the game as it was and gave us several vouchers + exp we didn't need and evo materials to compensate for the massacre.
I still have nostalgia about this period,, all the heroes perks that made nut cracker and even Blood AC unique and many more, everything erased to make it easier for new players and now what ? There's only one perk that differentiate each hero from another if you take one category like outlanders for example. Only the fact that we can have more heroes in the team finally made it better. It was like they slaughtered their own game while telling us "we listen to what the community had to say"...Pssssshhh. Anyway.
Thanks for your intake and your advices that's very cool.

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ManAFKOP•

I just noticed I have Cr, CD, RL and damage on my pulsar... Changing this damage to CR of course !

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MrMoury:ninja: Ninja•

Nothing beats the Pulsar for wave clear. I kinda wish it wasn’t so op that it makes me feel stupid trying to use other wave clear shottys, but it do be like that.

For dependable damage on single targets, especially at range, I’ve found that the Jack’s revenge out-performs any shotguns, even when I am using shotgun heros (although you have to be able to hit headshots). I’ll usually add Calamity into my shotgun builds just so I can really capitalize on the Jack’s Revenge. It might just be in my head, but the “bullet” the Jack’s revenge shoots seems to be larger than, say, the double boiler, so that imperfect targeting that would be a near miss on the double boiler ends up hitting with the Jack’s revenge.

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ManAFKOP•

I totally agree that jack revenge is soooo badass that it's surprising that few PL 131 use it. With the right loadout, calamity and say, the skeleton ranger (sorry if it's not the right name I'm having a brain fart). you can do 1 million damage per hit and totally one shot anything that's in front of you.

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MrMoury:ninja: Ninja•

I should add that I’ll tend to use the pulsar and Jack’s revenge with the preemptive strike team perk, which works well with both weapons.

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ManAFKOP•

And as a third weapon I would add the Baron with the 3 movement speed. This helps escape any bad situation or unwanted camp/Husks running after you when your HP is low.

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HackersBack:overtakerhiro: Overtaker Hiro•

Stalwart Squire is one of my Fav's, packs a punch.

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ManAFKOP•

I'm going to try it for the first time tomorrow. Tried it before but someone gave it to me, 130, the original perks not even legendary... Poisoned gift ^^

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uhkAWABUNGA:shockgunnerbuzz: Shock Gunner Buzz•

i do actually like the night stalker from the black metal set, the sniper. switched it to damage and headshot damage, and its got the explosion effect on reload though i am hoping to get one with the explosion on 3 elims.

i basically find a safe spot behind the objective, build a tower thats like maybe 4 tiles high and snipe from up there. lets my hp stay low with no real danger of getting hit by a million things and losing my shield. its only 106 and not fully perked, but i get like 200k headshots on blasters

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ManAFKOP•

Ha, I don't have the sniper yet, just a lot of shotguns, mêlees, but I'm still missing the AR and the snipe. Gotta gain more llamas to get them. I will get them that's certain. Do you know when the event stops ?

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FunkyOperations:rangerdeadeye: Ranger Deadeye•

While not the best option, I have WAY too much fun with the Husk Buster, it’s a fast firing shotgun and it delivers good damage even without Raptor or Headhunter. I’d say the best of the best is the Stalwart Squire (only medieval weapon I don’t have! Yay!). You can roll 3x Crit Damage and with TRO and 1 Crit Rating perk it can absolutely destroy. My friend gave me one and I. LOVE. It.

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WorthyPro:bombsquadkyle: BombSquad Kyle•

black metal is trash.ghost pistol really good rn.pulsar and stalwart best shotguns with raptor

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ManAFKOP•

What about the back breaker ? The pulsar 9000 is number one for me, high end game and erasing everything on its path. I'm only playing to see if there's another one to use you know.

As for my personal opinion, the black metal weapons are the stupidest weapons they came with so far. What were they smoking at the think tank table ? "Let's do an awesome design all in black and badass yeah that's it. What ? Affixes ? I don't know dude ? Duhhhh, let's say each time you reload you lose soe health and make damage nearby. How groundbreaking and badass is that. And If there's no zombies nearby ? Come on man that's too much asking my brain is melting it's just too much thinking for my superior brain tonight. Nest think tank aout STW is in one month.We'll do one set of weapons by then. Be creative we want something never seen even if it's bad.

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