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- Riot Shotgun
Riot Shotgun
A wider, heavier blast. Devastating point-blank. The Riot Shotgun is a military-grade shotgun in Squadbreak that any class can use as a primary.
Stats
As it drops, and with every upgrade part at its Military cap (5 levels, before Augment Cores). Your level, skills, mods and boosts add more damage and fire rate on top.
| Stat | As found | Fully upgraded |
|---|---|---|
| Damage per shot | 15 × 8 | 21 × 8 |
| Shots per second | 1.1 | 1.38 |
| Magazine | 6 | 12 |
| Reload | 1.6s | 0.8s |
| Range | 330 | 462 |
| Bullet speed | 850 | 1,190 |
| Spread | 0.42 | 0.168 |
| Crit chance | 0% | 15% |
| Damage per second (with reloads) | 102 | 483 |
Traits
- 8 projectiles per shot
How to get it
The Riot Shotgun only drops in missions, from gun cases (amber) dropped by enemies, bosses and mission wins. It can drop once you’re level 3 or higher: gear more than 2 levels above you never drops.
Military is the grade rolled on 15% of drops on tier-1 maps, 40% of drops on tier-2 maps, 45% of drops on tier-3 maps, and 35% of tier-3 boss drops. See loot and drops.
A gun you already own is scrapped for gold when it drops again.
Best classes for it
- Vanguard: a close-range gun for the class that stands at the front.
Builds that use it
Upgrades
Spend gold in the Inventory to upgrade each part up to its grade’s cap. Taking every part to the cap costs about 33,535 gold. An Augment Core plus gold then pushes a capped part 2 levels further at 1.5× strength.
| Part | Group | Per level | Max levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Barrel | Damage | +8% damage | 5 |
| Precision Optics | Damage | +3% crit chance | 5 |
| Hollow Points | Damage | +20% crit damage | 5 |
| Hair Trigger | Damage | +5% fire rate | 5 |
| Stabilizer | Handling | +12% less spread | 5 |
| Long Barrel | Handling | +8% range and bullet speed | 5 |
| Extended Mag | Handling | +20% ammo capacity | 5 |
| Speed Loader | Handling | +10% faster reload | 5 |
| Burst Chamber | Rounds | +1 extra round per shot | 3 |
| Penetrator Rounds | Rounds | +1 more enemy pierced | 5 |
| Phase Rounds | Rounds | +1 wall passed through | 3 |
| Seeker Module | Rounds | +1 homing strength | 3 |
| Shrapnel Tips | Effects | +8% of each hit splashes nearby | 5 |
| Vampiric Rounds | Effects | +2% of damage heals you | 5 |
| Arc Coil | Effects | +6% chance to arc to another enemy | 5 |
| Elemental Core | Effects | +10% elemental effect chance | 5 |
Other shotguns
| Gun | Type | Grade | Level | Damage | Shots/s | Mag | Reload s | Range | DPS | Sidearm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Scattergun | Shotgun | Scrap | 1 | 13.5 × 6 | 1.5 | 8 | 1.4 | 400 | 96 | |
 Dragon's Breath | Shotgun | Elite | 10 | 12 × 9 | 1.3 | 8 | 1.6 | 380 | 111 |
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