Which shotgun is better

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Should I use the riot gun or the striker?

[Commander Hitman2b]

Riot does more damage du to less spread so go full on the riot

[Sky Fox]

more of a riot guy myself

[Electric Cupcake]

The bastards took out the original shotgun exclusive.

Being the most powerful when fully upgraded isn't quite as useful as always doing max damage at any range.

[D0RKU5]

the striker was better in the og game but in this game they nerfed it so in my opinoin the riot gun is better, but use the skullcruskher, its just the most op weapon

[Kameraden]

Originally posted by Electric Cupcake:

The bastards took out the original shotgun exclusive.

Being the most powerful when fully upgraded isn't quite as useful as always doing max damage at any range.

I stated the first two shotguns are the best. Damage difference between them is minor though. The Riot has exactly 1 power less. But the Riot Shotgun shoots faster and has less spread. So it's a far superior choice.

The first shotgun vs the Striker though, the first is much better than the Striker still.

[Player Zer01]

riot is high damage from a single shot
striker is more dps due to much higher ammo capacity

[ggAkatsukiP]

I will just list their problems

W870
1) Need investment
2) Need inventory space upgrade

Skull Shaker
1) Anti rng ammo drop
2) Need investment

Riotgun
1) Need investment
2) Need inventory space upgrade
3) Multi kill do not exist due to tight spread

Striker
1) Available way too late in the game
2) You have to pay quite some pesetas to buy it

Firepower fall off distance is personal judgement. I tried all except Riotgun. Will do it in next new game pro run.

[(LIVE)Crasherbasher]

I'm a striker user
Use the striker

[kaffekoppen]

My favorite is the riot gun because of the tight spread. It makes it much better at handling mid-range targets. The damage is only slightly behind the W870, but you'll be doing more damage a lot of the time because you'll actually hit things.

The striker seems to have an ammo advantage if you're trying to game the ammo system.

[Mögbär]

Skull Shaker for more inventory space. Use shotgun only to make some room, so damage output etc. doesn't really matter as long as it opens a bit of space. At least on Standard, maybe I'll need it more on the higher difficulty settings.

[NeoRizer]

Riot's the best shotgun in this version, Striker was the best shotgun in RE4 (2005).... Striker sucks balls for damage now in RE4R.

[Rabini]

Default shotgun is the best. It is the cheapest one, has high damage and a good spread. The problem with it, is that it takes some space.

[Dootslayer]

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Riot is the overall better shotgun reliability wise.

The first Shotgun is just inferior

Skull Shaker is really nice if you dont have space due to being really small, but otherwise its the worst shotgun dmg wise.

The problem with the Striker like mentioned already, its the huge spread, which forces you to be extremely close to the target to get full advantage of it.

Riot's main problem is its size, but it does good dmg and it has the smallest spread of the shotguns, making really viable to use at longer distances and on focus fire, which is useful to aim at weakspots.

The skull shaker does 18/ shot though more than enough

[Dootslayer]

Originally posted by Dark-Buddha:

Originally posted by Dootslayer:

The skull shaker does 18/ shot though more than enough

what do you mean 18.

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