Shotgun (Team Fortress 2)

Shotgun

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Statistics

Type	Weapon
Rarity	Normal

Shotgun

Soldier's Starter Secondary

Shotgun

Pyro's Starter Secondary

Shotgun

Heavy's Starter Secondary

Shotgun

Engineer's Starter Primary

The Shotgun is a secondary weapon for the Soldier, Pyro, and Heavy and a primary weapon for the Engineer. It fires a spread of 10 pellets with random bullet spread, but consumes only one ammo. This weapon is a stock weapon and can be obtained immediately if the Soldier, Pyro, Heavy, and Engineer class is chosen.

Damage and Function Times

Statistics
Weapon Type	Shotgun
Clip Size	6
Reload Type	Single
Damage
Base Damage	6
Pellet Count	10
Pellet Spread	12°
Afterburn	{{{Afterburn}}}
Bullet Spread	{{{Bullet Spread}}}
Splash Damage
Splash Radius	{{{Splash Radius}}}
Self-Damage	{{{Self-Damage}}}
Healing
Healing Amount	{{{Healing Amount}}}
Function Times
Attack Interval	0.625 seconds
Reload	{{{Reload}}}
Reload (First)	Soldier: 1.005 seconds Pyro: 1.035 seconds Heavy: 0.87 seconds Engineer: 0.87 seconds
Reload (Consecutive)	0.51 seconds
Ammo Consumption Interval	{{{Ammo Consumption Interval}}}
Afterburn Duration	{{{Afterburn Duration}}}
Airblast Cooldown	{{{Airblast Cooldown}}}
Windup Time	{{{Windup Time}}}
Maximum Charge Time	{{{Maximum Charge Time}}}
Aim Fatigue	{{{Aim Fatigue}}}
Effect Duration	{{{Effect Duration}}}
Spread Recovery	{{{Spread Recovery}}}

Notes

• Since the Shotgun uses local immunity frames, all pellets can hit and damage a single enemy simultaneously. This results in a total base damage of 60.
• Since 10 pellets are shot from this weapon, the chances of a health kit spawning is increased.
• The Shotgun consumes secondary ammo for the Soldier, Pyro, and Heavy and primary ammo for the Engineer.

Strategies

• In order to deal consistent damage with the Shotgun, the Soldier, Pyro, Heavy, or Engineer must be near his target.
  • However, Soldier or Heavy should switch to his primary weapon for medium- to far-ranged combat, Pyro should always use their flamethrower, and Engineer should only use this weapon if he feels that his sentry gun isn't dealing enough damage.
• The Shotgun is a great weapon to spawn in health kits with as it shoots 10 pellets at a time.
• The Shotgun's single reload style can diminish damage output. Therefore, it's important for the Soldier, Pyro, Heavy, or Engineer to know when to reload.

Trivia

• The Shotgun used to be four separate weapons, one for the Soldier, Pyro, Heavy, and Engineer respectively.
  • However, all of them were merged into one weapon.
• The Shotgun has nearly identical statistics to the Scattergun.
  • The only difference is reload time.