Sobek Or Boar Prime

[BeenProSinceDay1]

I have been using the Boar prime and I have to say im very disappointed, before I start leveling a sobek I want to know which one of these two is better. Please don't say Strun Wraith, I want a strict comparison between these two shotguns.

[Anarties]

Sobek Wraith.

[LukeAura]

Boar Prime has good crit build potential I guess. Wide spread, shoots way faster, looks cool. 
Sobek hits harder, has a lot less spread, shoots a little slower, and looks a little bit plain. It also has a larger effective range. 
Boar Prime is great at crowd control and in your face gameplay. Hell's chamber is a must for it to increase your pellet cloud.  
Sobek is better at pummeling down single targets. Hell's chamber is still really important, but less so since you're mostly punching holes in people with it anyways. 

[taiiat]

i will just point out that Sobek defies the general 'close range' theory for shotguns(just like specialty ammunition for shotguns does).

 

Boar Prime is DPS, and only DPS that's what it's good at. 

 

Sobek is almost like a sniping shotgun. expect to use very few shells to kill enemies with Sobek, provided you are getting 100% Headshots(not too hard to be honest, it's very accurate). 

alternatively, Sobek can be used like a Boar Prime(sustained DPS instead of DPS in Sobek's case) minus the Crits. but IMO, that's a lot less effective. i actually recently put more Forma into Sobek so i could get that Alpha damage as high as possible with Corrupted mods. it worked out nicely. 

 

Sobek has a much further effective range over Hek due to it's higher base damage and tighter spread. not as much base Alpha damage, but all of it put on target instead of only some of it. 

Sobek does have a long reload, however. but considering you can clear a room without reloading most of the time, that's not too big a deal ;)

[LukeAura]

i will just point out that Sobek defies the general 'close range' theory for shotguns(just like specialty ammunition for shotguns does).

 

Boar Prime is DPS, and only DPS that's what it's good at. 

 

Sobek is almost like a sniping shotgun. expect to use very few shells to kill enemies with Sobek, provided you are getting 100% Headshots(not too hard to be honest, it's very accurate). 

alternatively, Sobek can be used like a Boar Prime(sustained DPS instead of DPS in Sobek's case) minus the Crits. but IMO, that's a lot less effective. i actually recently put more Forma into Sobek so i could get that Alpha damage as high as possible with Corrupted mods. it worked out nicely. 

 

Sobek has a much further effective range over Hek due to it's higher base damage and tighter spread. not as much base Alpha damage, but all of it put on target instead of only some of it. 

Sobek does have a long reload, however. but considering you can clear a room without reloading most of the time, that's not too big a deal ;)

Have you ever thought of tightening Sobek's spread using the corrupted mod? Like, making it even tighter? you brought up sniper shotgun and now I'm rather interested in trying it. 

[Volt_Cruelerz]

Boar Prime is categorically better when it comes to damage output: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlWVt6vp3-YWdHZJRTBvRTBrNGNrb3dNbEZsc0tZVHc#gid=0

 

If spread makes a difference to you though, you can go with the Sobek.  Though you'll have to get headshots every time to compensate for the damage loss.

[RoboDoge]

Strun Wraith if you have one. But i would go for Boar Prime, because of shiny reasons.

[Definitegj]

so...OP, what are you disappointed with Boar prime in the first place? Need to know your preferences to know which gun better for you.

[Wolfstorm18]

Sobek.

[BeenProSinceDay1]

The boar prime just does not seem to be doing enough damage for me, I read a little while ago that it came in second to all shotguns after strun wraith but after using it(crit build) it was a little underwhelming.

Edited October 17, 2013 by BeenProSinceDay1

[BeenProSinceDay1]

And Boar prime isn't even all that great vs mobs without piercing.

[Definitegj]

The boar prime just does not seem to be doing enough damage for me, I read a little while ago that it came in second to all shotguns after strun wraith but after using it(crit build) it was a little underwhelming.

 

So you have problem with DPS which Boar prime has the highest among the non-event shotguns. You need to use the correct mods before using the crit mods. The 5 must have is

 

Accelerated Blast

Blaze

Flechette

Hell's chamber

Point blank

[BeenProSinceDay1]

I have all But Blaze, would blaze really make that much of a difference.

[Konrek]

60% Base damage is pretty huge considering elementals and crits are based off of it.