Best shotgun?

[K04L4]

My mate says he has a shotgun that does 164 damage but mine does 112 fully modded. Where can i find a high damage shotgun?

[Custodi]

Look for legendary shotguns that fire twice, or also do radiation damage. They pack a punch. Also, do you have the perks that increase semi-auto and automatic damage?

[Armin46920]

my legendary shotgun does 25% more damage but it recoils like a ♥♥♥♥♥.

[Extraterrestrial Penis]

the combat shotgun can do a ♥♥♥♥ ton of damage if you have rank 5 rifleman lone wanderer etc.

[Doublebow]

YOu can find varying leveld guns, I have a standard laser rifle which is fully upgraded which does 160 damage but a legendary that does 25% more damage (aparently) only does 90 damage with the same mods on. you just have to keep lucking also dont forget to put points into your rifleman skill as that can double the damage of all single shot rifle weopons (including shotguns, snipers and laser rifles ext)

[Glacialis]

The unique from the giant floating raider town (forgot the name) is decent but has rough recoil.

[Singrave]

my combat shotgun does 200+ damage.
use perks :-P

[Extraterrestrial Penis]

Originally posted by lameover:

my combat shotgun does 200+ damage.
use perks :-P

what perks do you have?

[spyder_cel]

I believe that shotgun is found in The Commonwealth.

[ChrisPharmD]

http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag55/chrisrankinpharmd/2015-11-23_00001_zpskhtlqeia.jpg

[Greb]

The best Combat Shotgun you can find guaranteed is the Le Fusil Terribles (literally a shout out to the Terrible Shotgun from Fallout 3) but the best ultimate overall combat shotgun you can collect would either be one with the Two-Shot, Explosive, Instigating or Berserker Legendary Mod, dropped by Legendary Raiders and such, with a little bit of luck to get everything to click into place happily.

Most weapon damage comes from your chosen perks also.

I've heard the sawed off with the Never Ending Legendary mod is quite broken too, but I still would think an explosive combat shotgun or a Two-Shot combat shotgun would top anything.

To maximise damage on a combat shotgun, invest into these perks:

Rifleman rank 5 (+100% damage)
Lone Wanderer rank 3 (+25% damage)
Mister Sandman rank 3 (+50% damage if you mount a suppressor to it)
Bloody Mess rank 3 (+15% damage)
Lady Killer/Black Widow rank 3 (+15% damage to the opposite sex)
Nerd Rage Rank 3 (+40% damage when your health is 20% or below)
Use Pyscho or its variants for another +25%