Most efficient one shot weapons?

[DruggedBunny]

What's the best weapon to deal massive damage to a few or one enemy?

[Azure Zero]

Generally it is the explosive, and or Projectile weapons that can one-shot at a range.
But some swords can also one-shot down enemies.

But for that to happen in either case you need to equip the right gems onto the weapon.

[Nebujin]

Both Railguns are sexy, with or without explosive Mod for example. Rockets would deal more dmg, but they are too slow. Fist of Gozu & Ghidorah too with fully charged sting attack.

[sharknoise]

The highest dmg in one shot is achieved through charging (Sting or Vortex for melee weapons, Charge Shot gems on ranged ones). But the wepons that deal the most dmg also tend to have low rate of fire, which makes charging them a bore. So I would say a faster sword or not using a charge gem might be better. With that said:
1. Fully charged Sting with Fist of Gozu (crit or dmg gems) while standing out of Vanish (also add Vanish dmg gems). Change Sting to Vortex for several enemies.
2. Railgun (Raijin or Springchester) with explosive ammo + flaking ammo (+3 projectiles). Each projectile seems to trigger full power explosion. If you're going to shoot it only once, you can add a charging gem, I believe it'll deal more dmg than Fist of Gozu then. Otherwise I'd recommend a gem with both fire rate and damage. Raising fire rate is very efficient for weapons which reload after every shot. You'll be able to shoot several times before the enemies close the distance.
Switching to a sword with crit gems before explosion as described here
https://steamcommunity.com/app/324800/discussions/0/152393186501520574/
will raise the damage to insane levels, obliterating bosses in a couple of shots (though this switching part is probably a bug).

[76561198050837721]

Raijin can do up to 30k dmg with one shot (all explosions together). No other weapon comes close (Agent of Chaos but thats not one-shot mechanics).

[DruggedBunny]

What would be the best weapons then? Including Raijin and fist of gozu, and how do i get this fist?

[DruggedBunny]

Originally posted by BigHitomiMan:

Originally posted by DruggedBunny#BestPcEU:

What would be the best weapons then? Including Raijin and fist of gozu, and how do i get this fist?

Finish all the trials.

And the raijin?

[Azure Zero]

Originally posted by DruggedBunny#BestPcEU:

Originally posted by BigHitomiMan:

Finish all the trials.

And the raijin?

Get far in the story and do the side missions and finishing off every mini-boss in each mission.

[DruggedBunny]

Another question, what's the point of playing in a higher difficulty besides better xp and money?

[Azure Zero]

Better loot drops and more orbs for upgrading

[DruggedBunny]

What kind of loot drops?

[Azure Zero]

Better ranked gems, and gems with better stats.
And with the Orbs you can make the gems even better.

[DruggedBunny]

I have now done all the trials, where's the fist? :)

[Nebujin]

Originally posted by DruggedBunny#BestPcEU:

I have now done all the trials, where's the fist? :)

You get it for finishing the final trial in the middle, where you have to fight the kamiko twins. If you already killed them, then check your inventory.

[DruggedBunny]

It looks pretty weak to me

[Nebujin]

Originally posted by DruggedBunny#BestPcEU:

It looks pretty weak to me

It is the melee weapon with the highest weapon-dmg by default, plus its specials when you stand still you get a multi of +50% additional dmg. With good lvl 160-180 gems you can easily deal 15000 to 16000 dmg per crit with charged sting attack, similar dmg with vortex, if you also push the skills for sting & vortex.