Why is Blunderbuss good?

[DrakenKin]

I keep hearing that it is the best weapon on youtube,

But if it fires 6 pellets of weaker damage bullets, doesn't that mean that it gets absorbed by DR? What's the logic behind it being the best weapon?

[DrakenKin]

Or is it simply the fact that at worst it does 20% minimal damage times 6, meaning 120% damage consistent?

But then again it has -10 accuracy, meaning it misses a lot more...

[DrakenKin]

It is very hard to find new videos that are not white march.

[.VM8RA]

there is a guy that does character builds in white march, they're all like highly min/max and stuff and the guy has a heavy european accent but you can understand him ok. I can try and find his stuff if you need me too.

[DrakenKin]

Yes he's one of those who recommend blunderbuss. Even his latest video about 2.0 his build turns around blunderbuss, but he doesn't explain why it is good in details. At least he didn't mention the DR and loss of accuracy issue.

[.VM8RA]

no idea then, I like rogue with warbow, if you lay down statuses with a caster first then attack with the bgow, it smashes them up pretty fast.

[talgaby]

Blunderbuss + cipher = instant max focus per hit.

It's also because guns have penetration (DR bypass), which you can increase with a talent. It also has a somewhat better consistent dps than all stringed range weapons: bows are faster but weaker, crossbow types are strong, but equally slow to reload.
Also, I think the pellets are considered separate attack attempts, so all bonuses apply to each shot several times. Not sure about that though.

[Singrave]

Blunderbuss is not an all-around weapon every class can effectively use.
Ranger with his accuracy bonuses can instagib enemies.
My Cipher with blunderbuss damage 60-80.
Yep, better use bows for very high DR enemies.