'Raptor' Laser SG

'Raptor' Laser SG

7 / 36

Auto

A laser shotgun that is slow to warm up, but can carve through shields.

damage

1x

heat / cool

1.60x / 1.00x

firerate

116

deviation

32

recoil / ctrl

12 / 30

R/E time

1.50s / 1.20s

perks

3-Stage Startup

High Powered

Heat Firerate & Recoil (hidden)

The 'Raptor' Laser SG is a high powered automatic laser shotgun. Starting with relatively mediocre stats, it "warms up" in 3 stages based on kills made with it, conferring permanent upgrades to the weapon at each stage. See notes for stage bonuses.

The abbreviation for this weapon is 'LSG.'

Characteristics

Advantages:

• High projectile count
• Permanent weapon upgrades from kills
• Very effective against plating
• Massive damage potential
• Fire rate increases with heat

Disadvantages:

• Very low mag size and max ammo
• Low effective range, limited even more by high deviation
• Poor damage against armored enemies
• Very high heat generation, especially when fully charged

Ammo

• Pickup: 14
• LASER Ammunition
  • 'Sprayer' Lithium Cell
• Compatible Ammo
  • Lithium Cell

Perks

• 3-Stage Startup
  • This perk grants the following:
    • Stage 1 (15 Kills) + 5% Damage
    • Stage 2 (30 Kills) + 5% Damage
    • Stage 3 (45 Kills) + 65% Firerate, +30% Damage, +30% Heat
• High Powered
  • Incredibly high damage but high heat as well
• Heat Firerate & Recoil (hidden)
  • With higher heat the firerate increases and deviation is less affected

Notes/Tips

• Does not gain enemy penetration from Breacher's level 15 class talent
• Does not gain increased fire rate and reduced heat generation from Engineer's level 5 class talent
• Works well with the Heavy Gunner's Ultrashot class talent, as each individual projectile has a chance to trigger the effect
• High projectile count complements Uranium 235 well, as each projectile applies permanent stacking damage over time
• Custom upgrade kit or any heat negating bonus (such as magsize increases) are very beneficial
• The Backup printer attachment helps immensely with managing ammo due to the high heat generation
• Has a curious synergy with Lithium Cell ammunition: using it tremendously increases the range of fired projectiles. When used with Sniper's targeting beam and increased range, the raptor can be used as a devastating long range weapon. Consider tokening the Eraser DMR as well if you have tokened the Raptor