The Best Shotgun and its Build?

[(XBOX)Primal Hollow]

I'm a big fan or Shotguns, i have all primary shotguns, and i'm having a hard time figuring out the best/which to pursue (as not all are worked on).

What is the best DPS and all purpose shotgun build?

[Your_Very_Best_Friend]

I honestly would say that with the new shotgun buffs, if you can get your Sobek up to 100% status, do so. It's so good.

[MBaldelli]

Well, that's all based on what you like seeing when you kill indiscriminately... 

For me, it's: 

Arco Plasmor so there's no fuss, no mess.  

Hek/Vaykor Hek for ragdolling exatraordinaire.  

Viral/Radiation build Tigris Prime because if I can't kill them, I prefer them to kill each other instead,  

YMMV as the saying goes.  

[(XBOX)weedyodaa]

I'd just say Tigris Prime because I'm a scrub like that. On a more serious note, Tigris is an absurdly powerful weapon. Only complaint I have about it is the Duplex Barrel. Two shots, and wait around two seconds or less, depending on your build. 

[RayxAyanami]

Spoiler

Have fun with 1 forma builds. 

Edited February 21, 2018 by RayxAyanami

[NinjaZeku]

A Riven'd up Kohm with 100% Status (before Multishot) is still amazing,
though "just" a basic Crit / Status (yay Viral + Rad) hybrid build on Corinth has yet to disappoint.

[Mixota]

If you get a riven for it and roll decently high status + anything else really, kohm becomes legitimately game breaking, other then that tigris p outputs the highest burst damage, vaykor hek has the highest sustained dps (with capped out primed mods), hek is the highest sustained dps with an easy to get build (the augment makes it much easier to build cheaply, where the vaykor variant requires capped primed mods to get 100% out of it), buuuuut overall there's not really any shotgun you can go wrong with.

Specifically answering "What is the best DPS and all purpose shotgun build?" that would be vaykor hek with a damage / crit build.

Edit: As clarification im not including rivens here (except the random kohm note) since they always make any comparison irrelevant.

Edited February 21, 2018 by mix0ta

[TenGaugeBoson]

The best is going to be different for each enemy type.

Impact, puncture and slash.

So people will argue but basically

Tigris, Sobek and Hek.

Then the elemental,s

I like sobek best cause the way it sounds and shoots.

[hooperinius]

Put a couple forma in corinth or arca plasmor and go to town.

[-AoN-CanoLathra-]

Without Rivens: Tigris Prime and Corinth are very close in DPS, with Vaykor Hek just behind them.

Tigris Prime build is 4 60/60 elementals, Hell's Chamber, Primed Point Blank, and any two mods of your choice. Vigilante Armaments, Blaze, Vicious Spread, and Sweeping Serration are all good choices.

Corinth build is Primed Point Blank, Hell's Chamber, Vigilante Armaments, Hunter Munitions, Primed Ravage, Blunderbuss, and 2 elementals. You can go with whatever elemental combo works best against your current enemy faction, or you can go with Frigid Blast/Chilling Reload and Toxic Barrage for Viral damage to halve enemy health on status proc.

Vaykor Hek uses the same build as the Corinth.

 

With Rivens: The Kohm is the single strongest shotgun in the game IF you can get a riven with at least +100% status chance. All other stats (except negative) are unimportant. Note that it will eat ammo at an alarming rate, so bring a Carrier or other Ammo Mutation source.

The build is your Riven, Primed Point Blank, Hell's Chamber, 4 60/60 elementals set up for Radiation+Viral, and one of the elective mods listed under Tigris Prime. I personally go with Vigilante Armaments for both for the extra pellet count and resulting increase in status procs.

[S0V3REiGN]

Without rivens the Tigris Prime 100% status is the best in game. With the right riven it’s the Kohm. There is really nice wide selection out there though, I am fan of the Arca Plasmor and Either version of the Hek.

[Omnimorph]

Corinth, Arca Plasmor, Tigris Prime, Sancti Tigris, Sobek, Vaykor Hek, Hek (with Syndicate multishot mod), Kohm.  Even the Strun Wraith is still pretty good.  We're spoilt for choice with shotguns now really, and they're all great.  There is a spread  of effectiveness with these to some degree, but it doesn't matter much for anything up to Sortie 3.  It just depends on which one you have the most fun using, and whether you're min-maxing for the IPS type against specific enemies.

We might get to the stage where the slight differences matter more when they implement the new "dungeon" style endless missions, but for the moment, all those weapons, with 3, 4 or 5 forma (depending) and the right mods, are beasts.

I think the "cheapest" is probably the Tigris Prime - IIRC it only needs one extra forma to turn it into a 100% status monster: (Primed) Point Blank, Hell's Chamber, Seeking Fury, Sweeping Serration, and 4x60% elementals (to make up Corrosive+Blast or Radiation+Viral).  But not everyone likes the Tigris' mechanics.

Edited February 21, 2018 by Omnimorph

[(XBOX)R3d P01nt]

16 hours ago, -AoN-CanoLathra- said:

With Rivens: The Kohm is the single strongest shotgun in the game IF you can get a riven with at least +100% status chance. All other stats (except negative) are unimportant. Note that it will eat ammo at an alarming rate, so bring a Carrier or other Ammo Mutation source.

With a Kohm riven you'll want 120% status chance, which allows the Kohm to get to 100% status with just 3 60/60 mods.