FMG9 or shotgun for smoke

[Demon Dog]

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[sotngames]

shotgun

[iNoob4Real]

Shotgun

[Casual Sun]

Most of the time, use the shotgun. You can make holes near the top of the walls (or anywhere else) to throw your smokes through. You already have the smg-11.

[Deathszechuan]

I use FMG-9 if it's primarily a long range map. Mostly go with shotgun though.
SMG-11 has terrible range. decent mid, excellent short.

[Nero]

smokes fmg is a beast in the right hands, both up close and far mid range
smg11 is good on close ranges but terrible on longer ranges unless your aim is godlike
his shotgun is good for utility, sometimes good for killing in very close ranged firefights but very inconsistent like all shotguns

[H4T3R]

Originally posted by EggPlantWings35:

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Depends on what map.

[Nomad]

alot of experienced players go with the shogun. The SMG11 makes up for the limited range.

[Americvna Trudck Simulkator]

FMG-9

[Jedster]

Shotgun for life

[OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle]

It's tough to make a direct comparison. As others have mentioned, it depends heavily on what range you need for the map.

That said, if your team really requires long range coverage from you then Smoke, even with the fmg-9, is a marginal choice compared to some other defenders that have superb ranged weapons (Jager's AR for instance).

I would say that Smoke is best as a 'utility' operator, meaning the shotgun is generally the top choice since it excels at making murderholes and counter-breaching. The smg-11 is an excellent 1v1 weapon at the ranges that you usually want to prioritize as Smoke, and the shotgun helps you rapidly create a situational advantage within that scope.

Don't forget, his ability (when properly leveraged) can effectively funnel your opponents towards your preferred engagement area, which you should use to entice them into the ideal firing line of either your teammates or the absolute death machine that the smg-11 represents in CQB.

[HunterBydenCrackPipe]

Originally posted by EggPlantWings35:

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Use SMG-11 as your primary due to it's rate of fire also attach extended barrel to it for extra range, use shotgun as utility and finisher tool (use it for breaching and finishing injured enemy). There is a meme and a fact that FMG-9 is a literal fookin' laseh soights due to it's insane accuracy during hipfiring and has no recoil

[archaic]

NEVER use extended barrel on ANY gun. It's absolutely useless.

[HunterBydenCrackPipe]

Originally posted by Coordinate:

NEVER use extended barrel on ANY gun. It's absolutely useless.

extended barrel is not that useless, it's meant to reduce the damage drop for couple of range, giving you 1-2 less bullet when killing enemy from a range