Skull Shaker or Riot Gun? (Spoilers in description)

[Wynters]

You know I'm askin cos I passed the merchant twiceover now with Ashley n im about to run it up with the bella twins from WWE except they finna slice my ahh up !

what was your weapon of choice, between these two?

[**DeiRowtag]

Riot gun all the way, it's better in all aspect

[Titan]

The skull shaker is a fun weapon to mess around with but it's easily the weakest of all the shotguns in the game.

[Akutare]

Riot Gun easily I would say, the only reason I think you'd want the Skull shaker is in a really niche situation where you need a shotgun and only have enough room to fit the skull shaker

[Wynters]

Okay so I've maxed out the Skull Shaker already. Would yall suggest I sell it for 91k and then just buy the riot gun n upgrade it?

[kaffekoppen]

Riot Gun is much better but takes up more space.

[Dou B Jin]

Only the W-870 only has higher damage output than Riot Gun if you exclusive upgrade it.

Riot gun has the best range and second best damage output from sheer power.

[**DeiRowtag]

Originally posted by wynters:

Okay so I've maxed out the Skull Shaker already. Would yall suggest I sell it for 91k and then just buy the riot gun n upgrade it?

definitely as said above, skull shaker is the weakest of the 4 shotguns available in the game

[Titan]

Originally posted by wynters:

Okay so I've maxed out the Skull Shaker already. Would yall suggest I sell it for 91k and then just buy the riot gun n upgrade it?

Given your description of where you are in the game, you have not maxed it out already. The second half of all weapon upgrades are not even visible in the menu until a fair bit later in the game.

Now the Skull Shaker is still a perfectly usable weapon, so it's really up to you. Riot Gun is far more powerful, but is also considerably larger (skull shaker is the smallest weapon in the game, great for cramped inventories).

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

W-870 fully maxed does 20.2
Riot Gun does 19.2
Striker does 16.2 with a HUGE spread
While the Skull does 18.14 and takes up very little room.

Based on how you play you have a few options.
W-870 and Riot Gun are pretty close in what they do with riot being a bit more longer ranger from what I've seen.

Striker is for only when things are in your face and warrants a complete change in playstyle in how it is utilized. It takes up very little space and it can store so much shotgun ammo giving you even more space overall.

Skull Shaker is like striker, the spread isn't worse than striker but it doesn't have the range the riot or w870 have, and it takes up very little room.

And given all the stats, it is absolutely not the weakest shotgun.

[Dou B Jin]

Originally posted by wynters:

Okay so I've maxed out the Skull Shaker already. Would yall suggest I sell it for 91k and then just buy the riot gun n upgrade it?

Assuming you did not exclusive upgrade it you will be refuneded half the gun's base price + portion upgrade value.

91k isn't up considering the final damage upgrade for riot is 60k iirc.

[kaffekoppen]

Originally posted by Jin:

Only the W-870 only has higher damage output than Riot Gun if you exclusive upgrade it.

Riot gun has the best range and second best damage output from sheer power.

It's the tighter spread (better range) that makes it the most balanced and versatile shotgun in the game IMO.

[Akutare]

Originally posted by Titan:

(skull shaker is the smallest weapon in the game, great for cramped inventories).

Only sort of related, but while it's close to the smallest, that award goes to the Blacktail (2x2 blocks)

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

Originally posted by **DeiRowtag:

Originally posted by wynters:

Okay so I've maxed out the Skull Shaker already. Would yall suggest I sell it for 91k and then just buy the riot gun n upgrade it?

definitely as said above, skull shaker is the weakest of the 4 shotguns available in the game

In what way?
Because in damage per shell, it absolutely is not the weakest, that goes to the striker.

[kaffekoppen]

Originally posted by (N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★:

In what way?
Because in damage per shell, it absolutely is not the weakest, that goes to the striker.

It has a clear niche; it's very powerful for how little space it takes. Nothing wrong with it, I just prefer making space for the Riot Gun instead.

[Wynters]

Originally posted by Jin:

Originally posted by wynters:

Okay so I've maxed out the Skull Shaker already. Would yall suggest I sell it for 91k and then just buy the riot gun n upgrade it?

Assuming you did not exclusive upgrade it you will be refuneded half the gun's base price + portion upgrade value.

91k isn't up considering the final damage upgrade for riot is 60k iirc.

Skull Shaker gives me 98,700 pesetas if I sell it. I have 76,000 ish right now already.