Sparkfire shotgun too good.

[Boomer Click Bait]

Pretty sure I've found one of the best shotguns in the game especially when paired with the ritualist.

[Le Hatch]

Its fire.

[Xaelon]

Sparkfire is specifically designed to synergize with status effects so yes it's very good with the ritualist. The class has the gun in it's starting loadout after all. The gun is a top tier status enabler.

In terms of raw stats I'd say the gun is balanced. The base damage is a bit lower than the other semi-auto shotguns but the burn makes up for that. All the other stats are roughly the same as the other guns.

It's a great gun IF you're building into status effects, but otherwise you're better off using one of the other shotguns. The Coachgun and Ford's Scatter gun have more base damage and the Bulldog is fully automatic.

It is a very fun gun though. The art and SFX for the gun are 10/10.

[Boomer Click Bait]

Everything I shoot dies and explodes and kills most things in the immediate surroundings. It's like a rife, shotgun, and a nade launcher.

[Atma]

Pretty sure Sporebloom and Ford's Scattergun still win for best shotguns in the game, but it's nice to have another solid contender.

[boxofit]

Originally posted by Lettuce Pray:

Everything I shoot dies and explodes and kills most things in the immediate surroundings. It's like a rife, shotgun, and a nade launcher.

Maining Ritualist and running Energized Neck Coil will do that. If you don't already have it the Alumni Ring is also a nice pairing for it.

[casa]

Sparkfire is the default build for new runs with Ritualist

[Boomer Click Bait]

Also the huntress spear with tainted blade +10 you can throw it and it explodes with corroded damage. So awesome. Ritualist best class so far. The dmg over time and aoes are nuts.

[Grizzly]

its alright, not better or worse then most other good guns tbh

Originally posted by Lettuce Pray:

Also the huntress spear with tainted blade +10 you can throw it and it explodes with corroded damage. So awesome. Ritualist best class so far. The dmg over time and aoes are nuts.

you know that krell axe applies overloaded too right? meaning using that and tainted blade on ritualist will cause two status effects

Originally posted by Lettuce Pray:

Everything I shoot dies and explodes and kills most things in the immediate surroundings. It's like a rife, shotgun, and a nade launcher.

nothing explodes by default using the spark fire shotgun. i have the strong feeling you use the energized neck coil in your build atm, which could also be the reason why you think the gun is stronger then it actually is
https://remnant2.wiki.fextralife.com/Energized+Neck+Coil

just using a high fire rate weapon with either
https://remnant2.wiki.fextralife.com/Twisting+Wounds
or
https://remnant2.wiki.fextralife.com/Fetid+Wounds
will have the same effect, like the LMG and the tech 22 while using that amulet as a single weakspot or crit hit is enugh with that setup, its very reliable

[Grizzly]

Originally posted by Atma:

Pretty sure Sporebloom and Ford's Scattergun still win for best shotguns in the game, but it's nice to have another solid contender.

I dont think sporebloom would win that one, the reload is just too slow and you need to build too much around that gun for it to me as good as it can be

[FarRisk]

I still love Ford's because of the sound it makes.

[Leoscar]

Nah. It's good but not especially so.

[Atma]

Originally posted by Grizzly:

Originally posted by Atma:

Pretty sure Sporebloom and Ford's Scattergun still win for best shotguns in the game, but it's nice to have another solid contender.

I dont think sporebloom would win that one, the reload is just too slow and you need to build too much around that gun for it to me as good as it can be

Fair, you do need to build around it, but I honestly feel like you need to build around any shotgun.

But Sporebloom w/ a proper build probably does more work than any other shotgun I can think of w/ the same amount of support built around them.

[Boomer Click Bait]

Originally posted by Grizzly:

its alright, not better or worse then most other good guns tbh

Originally posted by Lettuce Pray:

Also the huntress spear with tainted blade +10 you can throw it and it explodes with corroded damage. So awesome. Ritualist best class so far. The dmg over time and aoes are nuts.

you know that krell axe applies overloaded too right? meaning using that and tainted blade on ritualist will cause two status effects

Originally posted by Lettuce Pray:

Everything I shoot dies and explodes and kills most things in the immediate surroundings. It's like a rife, shotgun, and a nade launcher.

nothing explodes by default using the spark fire shotgun. i have the strong feeling you use the energized neck coil in your build atm, which could also be the reason why you think the gun is stronger then it actually is
https://remnant2.wiki.fextralife.com/Energized+Neck+Coil

just using a high fire rate weapon with either
https://remnant2.wiki.fextralife.com/Twisting+Wounds
or
https://remnant2.wiki.fextralife.com/Fetid+Wounds
will have the same effect, like the LMG and the tech 22 while using that amulet as a single weakspot or crit hit is enugh with that setup, its very reliable

Yeah that is the amulet I am running lol

[Tensa!]

The shotgun itself is fine. It does less damage per shot than Ford's Shotgun if we exclude buffs from archtypes and equipment. What is overpowered however is a Ritualist build which focuses on status effect damage. I don't think there is a better DPS build than ritualist right now. At least i am not aware of them.

[Koytar]

Originally posted by Tensa!:

The shotgun itself is fine. It does less damage per shot than Ford's Shotgun if we exclude buffs from archtypes and equipment. What is overpowered however is a Ritualist build which focuses on status effect damage. I don't think there is a better DPS build than ritualist right now. At least i am not aware of them.

Madness crits do be overpowered as well if built right.