Shotguns
Shotguns fire a spread of pellets that destroys anything at close range. The blast can also knock enemies off their feet. They work best in a Body build that fights up close and loud, with no interest in stealth. The class covers pump-action guns, double-barrel shotguns and even a rocket launcher. They come in Power, Tech and Smart types.
Combat
Pros
- Point-blank blasts hit hard. With Rip And Tear, each blast also makes the next Quick Melee Attack stronger.
- Double-barrel shotguns cut through armor. DB-2 Satara and DB-2 Testera carry 50% armor penetration, and Order reaches 100%.
- Some Iconic shotguns have a tighter, steadier spread. Mox and Pozhar X-Mod2 fire an even, predictable pattern. The Headsman fires a single round and has a unique scope.
- Body perks improve shotguns directly, from lower bullet spread on the move to instant kills at low enemy Health.
Cons
- The effective range is short. Most Iconic shotguns only reach around 8 to 16.
- Heavy shotguns such as Carnage, L-69 Zhuo and Guts slightly lower movement speed and jump height.
- Smart shotguns carry only +35% headshot damage, as on DB-4 Palica and L-69 Zhuo.
- The rockets of Ba Xing Chong also hurt the shooter if V is caught in the blast.
Weapon Categories
Best Shotguns
| Name | Image | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Order |  |
100% armor penetration, vaporizes enemies above 66% charge |
| Amstaff |  |
+150% headshot damage, faster on kills |
| Sovereign |  |
Point-blank shots always crit |
| Dezerter |  |
75% armor penetration and explosive rounds |
| Guts |  |
75% armor penetration, faster and stronger fire |
| Mox |  |
Even spread, Shock and Knockdown up close |
| The Headsman |  |
A single round with a scope |
| Ba Xing Chong |  |
Smart rocket launcher on six targets |
Order has the highest armor penetration in the class. Amstaff has the highest headshot damage of the shotguns that fire pellets.
Character Builds
Body perks improve shotguns, along with light and heavy machine guns and blunt weapons. Many Body perks work on all of these heavy guns at once.
- Like A Feather removes the movement speed penalty of shotguns and machine guns.
- Die! Die! Die! adds crit chance, fire rate and handling as Stamina drops. Bullet Ballet cuts bullet spread by 25% while moving.
- Spontaneous Obliteration unlocks Obliterate, a chance to kill and dismember an enemy outright at low Health. Close-Quarters Carnage raises that chance for ranged attacks at close range.
- Rip And Tear gives +100% damage to the next Quick Melee Attack after a shotgun hit. It also gives +100% to the next shotgun shot after a Quick Melee Attack.
- Dread lowers enemy Armor by 15% with ranged attacks. Dismembering an enemy spreads the effect to nearby enemies.
- Rush Of Blood adds 20% reload speed for a few seconds after a dismemberment.
The Technical Ability perk Bolt also speeds up charging on Tech shotguns such as Order and DB-2 Satara. The Intelligence perks for target lock help Smart shotguns. Smart shotguns also need Smart Link.
For cyberware, ProxiShield lowers damage from attackers standing close, which is exactly where a shotgun is used. Clutch Padding cuts the Stamina cost of shooting. Swiss Cheese is a Power mod that adds armor penetration, but each shot costs more Stamina.
Notes
- Order can be charged while firing from the hip. Its EMP trail follows the charged shot.
- Dezerter wraps its owner in flames on each kill, unless Health is low. The flames add movement speed and Mitigation chance.
- Amstaff raises movement speed on kills and dismemberments. The faster its owner moves, the more damage it deals.
- Mox is a gift from Judy after Pyramid Song. It waits on the kitchen table in her apartment in Kabuki.
- Guts lies among bushes in the south of Memorial Park, close to three praying monks.
- Pozhar X-Mod2 is in a secret room near Elizabeth Kress Street in Longshore Stacks. The door only opens between 01:00 and 05:00.
- Herold Lowe sells Order at the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown.
- Sovereign raises reload speed and movement speed after a shot to an enemy's torso.
- Bloody Maria waits in the stash after Ride Captain Ride. It raises knockdown, Bleeding and dismemberment chance. Each lost limb speeds up reloads and adds crit chance.
- Alabai sits in a scripted Airdrop close to the Brave Atlas in Longshore Stacks, Dogtown. It belongs to the banned Techtronika series. The burn from this series makes every hit on a burning enemy a crit.
- Crusher is the standard shotgun with the most headshot damage, at +135%.
All Shotguns
Every shotgun is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Shotguns
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabai | 
|
+85% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Amstaff | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Ba Xing Chong | 
|
Northside | ||
| Bloody Maria | 
|
+85% | 25% | Little China |
| Dezerter | 
|
+85% | 75% | Dogtown |
| Guts | 
|
+85% | 75% | Corpo Plaza |
| Mox | 
|
+85% | 25% | Kabuki |
| Order | 
|
+50% | 100% | Dogtown |
| Pozhar x-MOD2 | 
|
+85% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Sovereign | 
|
+85% | 75% | Japantown |
| The Headsman | 
|
25% | North Oak |
Standard Shotguns
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnage | 
|
+85% | 50% | Downtown |
| Crusher | 
|
+135% | ||
| DB-2 Satara | 
|
+85% | 50% | |
| DB-2 Testera | 
|
+85% | 50% | |
| DB-4 Igla | 
|
+85% | 25% | Northside |
| DB-4 Palica | 
|
+35% | ||
| L-69 Zhuo | 
|
+35% | 25% | |
| M2038 Tactician | 
|
+85% | 25% | |
| VST-37 Pozhar | 
|
+85% | 25% |
Pages in category "Shotguns"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.