Shotguns

Shotgun Pros

• Lethal damage at short range
• Good mobility and handling

Shotgun Cons

• No range capability
• High risk, high reward

Stopping Power

Shotguns are uncompromising CQC weapons. Like SMGs, they are made for aggressive play, but unlike SMGs, they are essentially useless outside short range, with no realistic means of engaging distant targets..

Shotguns play well on maps with many interior areas and lots of cover, or in objective modes where you know your enemies are going to be forced into short-range combat.

Shotguns also work well if you make very good use of your thrusters. They particularly favor the Synaptic and FTL Rig setups.

Shotgun Notes

• The Banshee and Rack-9 are high-powered pump-action weapons, built for one-shot kills at close range, one with energy attachments and one with ballistic.
• The Reaver is a semi-automatic shotgun with a high rate of fire. If you don’t mind mashing the trigger, you can take down enemies from a slightly greater distance with sheer volume of pellets.
• The DCM-8 is a full auto shotgun, but it trades off instant lethality for the ability to hose down multiple targets with ease.

Reaver

Semi-auto Ballistic shotgun. Features a cyclic drum magazine for quick trigger response.

DCM-8

Full auto Energy shotgun. Rapid fire capability is supported by a high-capacity power cell.

Banshee

Pump-action sonic shotgun. Employs a high decibel acoustic driver, yielding balanced stopping power and fire rate.

Rack-9

Pump-action Ballistic shotgun. 12-gauge terrestrial ammo provides superior stopping power, while the integrated choke increases ADS accuracy.

Special Shotguns

Shotgun Rate of Fire

Shotgun Ammo

Shotgun Reload Times

Shotgun Shots to Kill