Super shotgun is weak and useless

[metzger]

Or am I doing something wrong? It kills weak monsters like imps alright but I don't need super shotgun to kill them, it's a waste of ammo. It doesn't kill big guys fast enough. And it is very dangerous to be close to them. There's no sufficient reward for the risk. I'm better off using sticky grenades or rockets on them. I guess it is useful against charging demons. But that's it. Really disappointing. I do remember using super shotgun a lot in Doom 2016. But here it feels too weak.

[Nova225]

It absolutly wrecks Doom hunters. About 4-5 shots to take down a health bar if you get close enough. You can double dash, so get in, shoot, then dash out. Or hookshot in and dash further away

[Wereriche]

Yeah, looks like it's not as fun without the Double Trouble

Wish the meat hook acted like TFL2's grapple hook

[Husky]

you can one shot hell knights with it..its not weak..you are supposed to meat hook into them and shoot

[buckiesmalls]

Originally posted by Nova225:

It absolutly wrecks Doom hunters. About 4-5 shots to take down a health bar if you get close enough. You can double dash, so get in, shoot, then dash out. Or hookshot in and dash further away

Yeah only 6 to 10 shells. if you get close enough. Found it weak so far too. Though i havent mastered it.. Keep getting interrupted during meat hooking..

[Swamp Fox]

Devs were too worried about you having too much fun, so they made it weaker so you'd have less fun

[UnholyDentist]

It's not weak, just has a very short range, even shorter than combat shotgun imo. In close range it's basically a safe rocket launcher, you can deal massive damage at point blank range, plus it gives you even more mobility with the grapple hook, in case you get cornered it's an efficient way to get away from dozen of enemies or projectiles.

[Yuga-Suggah]

Yeah Super Shotgun is amazing in this game, but you have to pair it with dash and jump. Basically, you jump, use the meat hook, get close, shoot, and dash out.

Or you have to pepper the enemies a bit first. The problem with the super shotty is that you can't just go in and use it and expect a kill especially if you haven't damaged the heavy enemy. For example, you'll wanta shoot off the hand cannons first of of a mancubus before you use the shotty. Two shots with that and hes in stun.

And if you mastered the shotty, meat hooks will set enemies on fire which means armor. So if you are timing it right, you should be gaining armor not losing health.

[Dan]

Combo use the double barrel + rail gun thing. Very good against marauders.

[Vaga]

It works, you just need to be very close to the enemy for the maximum damage. That's where the meat hook comes in handy. Meat hook close to enemy > shoot it when you are right next to it > dash back in case it's not dead. You shouldn't take a lot of damage this way.

[Lore]

It's the best weapon in the game, git gud.

[Doom Punk]

You can't play the entire game with the SSG like you could in Doom 2 or Doom 2016, it still feels really powerful but not broken, mostly because ammo counts are lower now.

Double Trouble + 1 Gauss shot killed basically everything in Doom 2016, that game was stupid easy.

[nakoda]

Shotgun Life

[UNBREAKABLE]

It's literally the best weapon in the game alone for the mobility it grants, even moreso after you gain the mastery for it and can leave every attack with armor. The damage is still unrivaled when up close.

[XShrike]

I really don't use it that much because it one shots the fodder, which I need for resources, but doesn't do enough damage quickly enough to put the bigger enemies into a weakened state.

However it seems mandatory for the Marauder fight. It stuns the Marauder and allows you to get about three shots in before he recovers. I didn't try all the weapons but of the ones I have tried it was the only one to stun him. The rockets travel too slowly to be effective.

[Vahnkiljoy]

I think it's garbage, only use was to deal with the annoying as hell marauders, other than that, I played the whole game not really using it, why use 2 rounds when I can shoot 2 grenades and damage EVERYTHING.