Striker or Riot Gun?

[Dollmaker]

Since the Striker is no longer the speed cheat weapon and it doesnt have 100 shells, i was wondering which one was better this time.

Since the Riot Gun has range advantage by having a tighter spread, which makes it decent at longer ranges.

[Seizure Storm]

I think the striker is trash. I actually found Riot Gun to be better than 870 even tho the exclusive is 1.5x instead of 2x

[Dollmaker]

Originally posted by Seizure Storm:

I think the striker is trash. I actually found Riot Gun to be better than 870 even tho the exclusive is 1.5x instead of 2x

Yeah, im having trouble using it due to the massive spread, which is decent for crowds, but not that great otherwise, unless you shoot it a point blank range.

[Draescan]

The striker seem to have been nerfed into the dirt in the remake. In 4 people slept on it due to the spread but the damage output was insane if you were stupidly close. However due to you having FAR less shotgun ammo ( because of the crafting system being your source of it for the most part ) it's not viable to trade effect on a single target + range (riot gun) for spread and stuns on multiple targets (striker).

EDIT: Changed wording to make it less damning of the gun in case someone who runs the metadata can prove me wrong. Which I welcome for the record as the striker was my favorite choice after I discovered how devastating it was vs the regenerators and iron maidens in the original version of 4. No seriously if you didn't know you could skip the thermal scope because if you upgraded the striker and went straight for their legs then stuck the barrel in their backs and unloaded, it could kill them in no time flat.

[Cat]

Striker saves up inventory space and has more ammo capacity, but I'd honestly give it to the Riot gun as you want the shotgun to kill stuff, not just push it away.

[Mortusnyte]

Max upgraded striker has like 16 damage. Riot shotgun has close to 13, but if you get it's exclusive upgrade, it goes up to about 19. So in the end, the riot gun wins.

Since it may take a while to get the exclusive, you can max the striker and use it for a while then sell it and max the riot gun with the exclusive perk

The striker packs a punch on its down, just gotta be stupid close

[Faded]

Skull shaker. Nearly 20 damage maxed out and only uses small inventory space

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

Strikers wider spread makes it better for crowd control. If it still has it's ammo perk, I wouldn't find it that useful if you don't have enough ammo to put in the striker.

Riot Shotgun is good for ranged fights, to keep distance on you, and does still offer crowd control. It's better in 1 vs 1 fights, mostly against bosses where this will stand.

I decided to stick with the Riot Shotgun this time around, as I had already invested a ton into it before getting the option to buy the Striker and didn't want to see it in order to upgrade a new shotgun.

[Faded]

Originally posted by Kitt 🌟 Stargazer:

Strikers wider spread makes it better for crowd control. If it still has it's ammo perk, I wouldn't find it that useful if you don't have enough ammo to put in the striker.

Riot Shotgun is good for ranged fights, to keep distance on you, and does still offer crowd control. It's better in 1 vs 1 fights, mostly against bosses where this will stand.

I decided to stick with the Riot Shotgun this time around, as I had already invested a ton into it before getting the option to buy the Striker and didn't want to see it in order to upgrade a new shotgun.

Selling gives nearly all your money back now

[Cartof]

Originally posted by Seizure Storm:

I think the striker is trash. I actually found Riot Gun to be better than 870 even tho the exclusive is 1.5x instead of 2x

Absolutely agree, the striker seems so bad i actually think its broken.
Totally sell the 870 and get the modern shotty

[XDeathxReconX]

Originally posted by Faded:

Skull shaker. Nearly 20 damage maxed out and only uses small inventory space

Not paying for it

[King]

Riot Gun 100%. Striker's is just vastly inferior.

[Polverrati]

Riot gun first run, Striker NG+. The extra spread makes it amazing for clearing rooms quick and if you're on NG+ you should have little issue making or finding ammo for it. If I want to unload on a single target I use a magnum or the TMP anyway.

[Axe]

Striker was OP in original because of "free" ammo you got on upgrading it, you basically got infinite number of shotgun shells, now you actually can choose a gun based on whatever you need.

[Faded]

Skull shaker is #1. Then striker because it holds lots of ammo and saves space

[Eberrytas]

striker is a waste unless you are HOARDING shotgun ammo
riot gun is best in game, next up is skull shaker