Fenix
Arcane
Eidein what's your take on shotgun build, Per score in particular?
There could be a few variants - I know that even blind 3 Per shotgunner does work, but there are variations - like 6 for a few feats like Supressive Fire etc, 9 for Fragmented Chaos, 11 for Scrutinous.
The diff in Per score will go to Agility - I guess, effective defence stats, rigth?
For mee, 11 Per with Scrutinous seems a bit overkill. Like, you get those 7% crit at 26, half in not more of the game is behind?
9 seems to be more balanced.
3 Per seems a bit too small for IM run, that blindness is quite noticeable - untill you level up specialisation in Leading Shot.
If it's 9 Per then you could get 11 Agi - hmmm?
So, what's your take on?
Edit: or 6 Agi 7 Will for Figth Response? Not that it matter at that point probably?
PS Also what do you think about Fragmented Chaos vs Crit Power? CP only benefits Despot-Vindicator, FC is a benefit for all shotguns, but do we need that? I use Vagabond early-mid, Vindicator every time, Tyranny mid-late.
Base FC/specialised FC is
20 pellets 12.5-17.5
12 pellets 20.8-29
6 pellets 41.6-58.3
3 pellets 83.3-116.6
Tyranny burst with 3 pellets with FC is gonna hurt (if you hit lol).
Given that you will specialise after Six Shell, I even doubt it's worth it, better to specialise some utilities instead, like Last Stand cd, Sprint etc.
Only shotgun build i played was 17 perception for insane damage but I think a decent minimum is 9-10 probably, Sixth shell does carry alot of damage with it so your per doesnt need to be very high. Similar to assault rifle where you get 8 for conc fire and leave it.
I tried a full shotgun crit build but i remember specing crit power was such a terrible idea it did not pay off.
Wouldnt take 7 will just for fight response sounds very silly.
I think if you are going agi focused you take 10 for blitz, 7 str for full auto, 5 dex for leading shot, and then just pump perception and get scrut.
If you are going tanky then you can probably take 8 str for armour (just 1 more after full auto), same dex, and i guess 7 will for stoicism and higher con instead of agility. Whether or not you want to trade all your agi for con or just stick to 6 agi for sprint is up to you.
I would build an agility focused shotgunner like this:
On ironman I may move 2 points from int to con or per to con, or both.
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I consider Escape Artist a must for IM? Also thinking right now about Thick Skull - if not then Int 5, more room to breath.