Best handgun for Claire?

[Sir Alonne]

Doing my Claire B run. Just wanted to know if there's an objectively better handgun. I currently have the sls 60 and the quickdraw army

[Nicovahkiin]

You have to craft the 9mm rounds in B playthroughs, you find only .45 ammo, so I'd say go for the SAA.

[Multihog]

I've had more success with the Quickdraw, but take that with a grain of salt.

[Lynfinity]

If you have resources to craft some 9mm bullets - JMB.
If you don't have any - Quickdraw Army.

[Solid Gamer]

quickdraw army best pistol for Clair

[Shiroi Ren]

SE Original =)
On other note, I liked reinforced SLO60. You get only around 20 rounds but they make zombies easy to dispatch.

[Sir Alonne]

Thanks guys. Can you not craft high calibre ammo then?

[Lynfinity]

Originally posted by Sir Alonne:

Thanks guys. Can you not craft high calibre ammo then?

Nope, only 9mm. But don't worry, there's plenty of .45 ACPs anyway, unless you want to kill every single zombie in your way.

[Hursti]

its usually complete waste to craft pistol ammo anyway, unless you really go ham with your pistol (which you shouldnt), especially in the B runs

[Sir Alonne]

So would you say its best to conserve gunpowder for acid rounds?

[Lynfinity]

Originally posted by Hursti:

its usually complete waste to craft pistol ammo anyway, unless you really go ham with your pistol (which you shouldnt), especially in the B runs

Not really. What can you craft with regular gunpowder besides 9mm? Shotgun shells for Leon and acid rounds for Claire. There's plenty of shotgun shells throughout the whole game and you don't really need acid rounds. It's better to use all high-grades to craft magnum / smg rounds and leave some regular ones just in case. And even if you find yourself in need to craft some shotgun shells / acid rounds - you'll always find at least one high-grade somewhere near.

Originally posted by Sir Alonne:

So would you say its best to conserve gunpowder for acid rounds?

Conserve high-grade gunpowder for smg rounds and craft acid rounds ONLY if you absolutely need to.

[Shiroi Ren]

Originally posted by holychair:

It's the strangest thing: At first I was happy about Claire's iconic launcher, but in my latest playthroughs I almost didn't use it at all anymore. A few flame rounds for Ivys, that's about it.

Yeah, I used it only against Ivys (and several times in against lickers to land them from ceiling for some surgergy with army knife) when I went for my favorite unlimited handgun.

[LowMax]

Samurai Edge (Albert Model)

If it's good enough for S.T.A.R.S. then it's good enough for me.

[Milkless Tea]

Idk if it's the best but i prefer it way more since it looks cool asf. The one in the back of the car with the laser.

[LowMax]

Originally posted by Loosey:

Idk if it's the best but i prefer it way more since it looks cool asf. The one in the back of the car with the laser.

Oh yeah, that one too (thanks @Loosey I'd forgotten about that one)

[Lynfinity]

Originally posted by holychair:

It's the strangest thing: At first I was happy about Claire's iconic launcher, but in my latest playthroughs I almost didn't use it at all anymore. A few flame rounds for Ivys, that's about it.

That's because they made SMG more useful. In the original SMG was very limited in use, but instead you had powerful grenade launcher. Here things changed upside down - SMG is your primary weapon while GL's main purpose is to cover large groups of enemies in 1 shot (and to kill Ivy's, of course).

Personally I'm totally fine with that. Different approach to 20 yo game is always good, and it's not like GL is completely useless now.