What good is the reserve shooter?

[WeeHawky]

it seems just a regular ole shotgun?

[fireserpent1992]

it is very good and probably a direct upgrade in most situations (on soldier)
2 less bullets shouldnt matter that much considering it's a secondary
free mini-crits on jumping soldiers and demos will always be crazy, since it's way easier to hit a shotgun shot than to hit them with a rocket
faster equip speed is always good too, especially on soldier where you can finish people off with a shotgun even faster

it's definitely better on soldier in most situations, but might be worse on pyro because you'll probably actually be using your shotgun as your primary because of how bad the flamethrower is as a weapon

[DarkCrystalMethod]

https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Reserve_Shooter
Minicrits are a nice side benefit.
Its also hitscan, so you'll hit what you aim at.

[among us balls]

It's just a worse panic attack at this point.

[Wiener Hole Paper Cut]

It's a perfectly fine secondary for pyro. Degreaser/RS is great for rocket jumping soldiers. It's also good with the Backburner in areas a bit more open than where you'd use the panic attack. The faster deploy speed is nice and gives you better range. The missing last two shots usually don't matter a whole lot.

[Eighteen-Counts Trevor]

It exists to combo with the rocket launcher and piss off soldiers

[Michael De Santa]

Originally posted by among us balls:

It's just a worse panic attack at this point.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3037533114

[Mcfighter2]

Best shotgun for Soldier because the downside is noticeable but not very serious since it's a secondary weapon. Upsides are almost always realized in practice if you know how to land directs with your rockets around the enemy's feet to essentially stunlock them.

[Mina]

I played soldier a lot recently and noticed enemies fly into the air alot it should help with that if you can’t airshot

[Mcfighter2]

Originally posted by Mina:

I played soldier a lot recently and noticed enemies fly into the air alot it should help with that if you can’t airshot

Even if you can, it's helpful to save rockets for more healthy enemies when you're in a firefight, so the Reserve Shooter is very helpful in maximizing damage output in that way.