shredding armour

[icon_of_sin]

It seams that shredding armour is very important in this game so

are there any abilities (other than grenadier shredder) which can do this?
are explosives gauranteed to shred?
do level 1 guns ever shred?
what is the shred success rate for magnetic weapons?

[Sovereigndrake]

Explosives yes, as far as ive seen guns don't shred its the grenadier ability but mag guns shred 2 as opposed to ballistic's 1

There's also Heavy Weapons for E.X.O suit like Shredder cannon that shred.

[Spartan]

Acid grenade shreds armors. You can get those from the Proving Ground - Experimental Grenades with some luck.

[Imperialus]

Originally posted by Sovereigndrake:

Explosives yes, as far as ive seen guns don't shred its the grenadier ability but mag guns shred 2 as opposed to ballistic's 1

There's also Heavy Weapons for E.X.O suit like Shredder cannon that shred.

Of course the shredder cannon does enough gawd-damn damage that tearing up the armour is kinda irrelevant. I had it one shot a muton centurion, vaporize his escort and tear down half the building they were in.

[icon_of_sin]

Originally posted by Spartan:

Acid grenade shreds armors. You can get those from the Proving Ground - Experimental Grenades with some luck.

why use acid grenades when regular will shred

[Feldo]

Because acid shreds more :p

[Father Ribs]

Acid grenades will also prevent enemies that are affected from using special abilities.

[Spartan]

Originally posted by Feldo:

Because acid shreds more :p

Exactly. XD

[Foxador]

Originally posted by Spartan:

Originally posted by Feldo:

Because acid shreds more :p

Exactly. XD

And Acid does massive damage per turn!

[gimmethegepgun]

Originally posted by Father Ribs:

Acid grenades will also prevent enemies that are affected from using special abilities.

Acid burn doesn't disable special abilities. Regular burning does.

[sk00by (Melodie)]

Shredder Gun (experimental heavy weapon) and Shredder Cannon (experimental powered weapon) shreds a ton of armor, the latter shreds the most and does massive dmg.

You can also use AP rounds (from experimental ammo) that bypass 5 points of armor.

[Bloodartist]

so..
- any normal explosive such as standard grenade, rocket launcher, proximity mine, blaster cannon etc.
- grenadiers special ability "shredder" makes grenadiers normal shot shred armor
- acid grenade (prolly the easiest method to unlock after standard grenade, at least for me)
- grenadiers powered armor weapon shredder cannon and its high-powered variant thats name I just forgot... shredder bomb or something?

Also you can use enemys own explosives for coolness points with psionic "fuse" ability ;)

[Galactic Origins]

all explosives shred
look at them in inventory and see their stats outside of comat

[Lomak]

Shredder ability on grenadiers scales with the weapon.

[Faultzone]

The grenadier is really the only class that has any real talent in shredding armor, every other class has to get by lobbing grenades by hand.

The only other option is to load up on AP rounds, doesn't shred armor but will ignore a vast amount of it.

[The Laundromancer]

I usually equip my grenadier with a guitar so they can shred if necessary.