Chaser or Charge Shot?

[MovieMuscle]

I'm towards the end of the game, and I'm trying to pick between the Chaser or the Charge shot. Now, I would've easily gotten the charge shot, but I heard the weapon has been significantly nerfed since launch. Should I still invest in it for King Dice and the Devil or would the Chaser be more useful at this point?

[Boksha]

How the heck did you get that far without buying the Charge Shot? If you were earlier in the game, I would have said buy the Chaser since there are some hard to hit enemies there, but Chaser is basically useless against the final two bosses. Get the Charge Shot. I have no idea how powerful it was before getting "nerfed", but it must have been ridiculous, since as-is it's still one of the strongest weapons both in terms of raw damage per second (I think second only to the Spreadshot, but only when you can stand inside an enemy) and in ease of use (second only to the Chaser, since you can just hold that down forever).

[MovieMuscle]

Originally posted by Boksha:

How the heck did you get that far without buying the Charge Shot? If you were earlier in the game, I would have said buy the Chaser since there are some hard to hit enemies there, but Chaser is basically useless against the final two bosses. Get the Charge Shot. I have no idea how powerful it was before getting "nerfed", but it must have been ridiculous, since as-is it's still one of the strongest weapons both in terms of raw damage per second (I think second only to the Spreadshot, but only when you can stand inside an enemy) and in ease of use (second only to the Chaser, since you can just hold that down forever).

I've used the peashooter and spread shot more than any others, and lately, I bought the roundabout and have found myself having a much easier time. I just feel like the charge shot could limit me because I heard you have to be really precise with it, but if you say the chaser is useless against the final bosses, it's an easy decision for me.

[Boksha]

You don't have to be that precise with the Charge Shot. Just hold down fire until it's charged, aim and let go. If you the timing down, it deals amazing damage, and in terms of aiming; most bosses in the game are pretty big targets anyway. The reason Chaser's not that good against the final bosses is that they're mostly fairly big stationary targets, so Charge Shot and (for the bigger ones) Spread Shot are great.

[BensThoughts]

As a late side note, the charge shot will automatically fire when you dash, combining it with a smoke bomb is awesome. while holding a charge, jump/dash through an enemies projectile and the charge shot will automatically fire off at the boss without any extra button pushes.