What's the best and most damaging weapon loadout for Support?

[Blyat Life]

Just confused which weapon should i buy and max upgrade. Please help.

[B Dawg]

AA12 + Doomstick, nuff said.

[Littlefoot]

AA12 + Upgraded M4 or HZ-12 as backup weapons. Some may suggest Boomstick which is fine, but it has less reserve ammo than either the M4 or HZ.

Doomstick deals tremendous burst damage, but using it to it's max potentional requires constant CQC which is risky.

[Mewo]

Try out for yourself, all weapons on support are viable (well maybe outside of dragonsbreath and also vlad[this comes from my ignorance, I never bothered playing with those weapons for more than 10 hours]). M4 is very strong lately,aa12 was and still is a good source of dps, boomstick and doomstick are fine but do require to play riskier than the other shotties. Medic shotgun was brought back to being okayish and despite the fact that it may not be the best dps option its useful and can save other players when medic is busy saving someone else cx
TLDR: all the shotties that were/will be mentioned here are good options, try them out, people have different preferences

[DrunkBunny94]

AA12 + Doomstick is the most well rounded easy to use loadout.

HZ12 (unupgraded), T4 DBS (2 upgrades) and a T4 M4 (1 upgrade), this leaves 1 kg spare for either a med pistol or upgrading your M4 again. Also a very well rounded loadout with more ammo for large zeds but it costs more and the DBS requires more finesse than the Doomstick.

Some weapons shouldn't be upgraded like the HZ since it's a trash killing weapon and it doesn't need more damage to kill trash, the DBS doesn't benefit from the T5 (final) upgrade since it doesn't need it to meet any new thresholds.

[Blyat Life]

hmm, thanks for the feedback guys.

[HiTmAn]

m4 is amezing but aa12 have much higher burst dmg

[DrunkBunny94]

Originally posted by HiTmAn:

m4 is amezing but aa12 have much higher burst dmg

Other way around mate.

The AA12 has sustained damage (damage over time) the M4 has massive burst and will have a higher DPS (high damage shells with a long reload time in-between those bursts).

[Panda]

Best - M4 + fire shotgun + boomstick to kite 2-3 fp. AA12 is a trash btw.

[Zero Taicho]

You are asking for two mutually exclusive outputs. 'Best' is very subjective, but if you want maximum frontloaded damage than you want a M4 and a Doomstick.

That said, most all of Support's weapons are viable in their own spots, for a time.

SG500 upgrades into the M4, and both fill a solid all-rounder roll with tactical shell replacement.

HZ-12 upgrades into the AA12, and both fill a solid output roll with less frequent but longer reloads. Good for crowds and puncture, but your ammo count suffers if you want to take down big zeds.

Boomstick upgrades into the Doomstick, and both have overwhelming penetration and frontload. They are the big killer option, but much less ammo effecient than their cousins when it comes to crowds. They can always make it worth by clearing a crowd with a solid alt-fire though, and its the best feeling.

The offperks are a bit odd. The Trench lacks workable capacity and the DoT is too small without any fire modifiers to really be worth the cost, but it does afford some help against Bloats, Crawlers, and EDARs. The VLAD can function solidly as a pistol replacer for small zed pops and a meat-grinder in a hallway where the nails can bounce, but its not got half the raw power of a fullblooded shotgun when you aren't in a good ricochet situation. Neither are the most solid choice, but they work.

[B Dawg]

Originally posted by Zero Taicho:

The Trench lacks workable capacity and the DoT is too small without any fire modifiers to really be worth the cost, but it does afford some help against Bloats, Crawlers, and EDARs.

Dragonsbreath on Support is THE Worst weapon you can have vs Bloats and EDARS. The super high spread makes it hard to headshot bloats or chestcore shoot edars, non existent dot duration means its useless for body/armor damage. Then again, Spitfire is the only weapon worth bodyshoting bloats with (Barbeque + Napalm or Barbeque + 1 Upgrade make the Spitfire kill Bloats with just 1 shot).

[Zero Taicho]

Originally posted by B Dawg:

Originally posted by Zero Taicho:

The Trench lacks workable capacity and the DoT is too small without any fire modifiers to really be worth the cost, but it does afford some help against Bloats, Crawlers, and EDARs.

Dragonsbreath on Support is THE Worst weapon you can have vs Bloats and EDARS. The super high spread makes it hard to headshot bloats or chestcore shoot edars, non existent dot duration means its useless for body/armor damage. Then again, Spitfire is the only weapon worth bodyshoting bloats with (Barbeque + Napalm or Barbeque + 1 Upgrade make the Spitfire kill Bloats with just 1 shot).

Seeing as Bloats take only 25% damage from shotguns in general, using any shotgun on them is very ammo inefficient. The afterburn on the Trench does massively accellerated damage to EDARs and Bloats as well as CC them, allowing you to ignore them or slip past them while other better suited teammates take them out, or wait for the armor to burst from the heat of successive timed shots as EDARs are vulnerable to shotguns as well as flames. It is an excessively slim usecase however, and not worth the dosh or weight more often than not.

[Wedge_13]

Boomstick + Doomstick is also very powerful and fun. But you need tight choke to fight outside of melee range ;)

To top it of you can upgrade both weapons to max and carry em. Either can be used for trash OR big games. The only thing missing to become Schwarznegger himself would be to fire both guns at the same time.

[Sloth]

Originally posted by Zero Taicho:

Seeing as Bloats take only 25% damage from shotguns in general, using any shotgun on them is very ammo inefficient.

naa 1 headshot from most upgraded shotguns = kill.

m4 + boomstick for max damage with perks R,R,R,L,R or all right if less than 3 players

[Eze]

If you're going to rely on AA12, know how to walk back while firing it on a biggie and you'll be ok.

The M4 does way more damage and can fire as fast as you press the trigger.

The Doomstick is risky, but it can be great if you like to play high reward high risk weapons.

[Navrug]

AA12 for trashs and M4 for big Zeds.