Just not quite deadly enough to make my list. A light shining in darkness - Light, fast firing, good crit stats. Also a danger to yourself if used recklessly. Fat man+ - Too heavy and expensive to keep fed with ammo to make the list but the raw damage and AOE makes this thing an excellent way to wipe out droves of enemies, no matter how deadly from extreme distances. Cons-Struggles against armor even worse than the gatling laser+, short range Ammo is cheap, common and the special variants are craftable with relatively low requirments. Emphasis on knockdown the 'and stay back' perk is what takes a good gun into a contendor for best gun.

Shotgun ammo is very versataile with specialist ammo such as slugs or magnum shells usable to make up for its main weakness. Can knockdown spam enemies, very good dps, not on par with the gatling laser but still excellent. The AMR+ Best sniper in the game, super accurate, enormous damage, can take a silencer, can get one of the few 'no weaknesses' ammo types availible to guns, the explosive ammo.| CONS-slow rate of fire makes it unsuitable to cqb and direct combat. CONS-Ammo ineficient, making a secondary weapon for dealing with weaker foes nearly essential, Enemies with extreme DT can make the weapon struggle a little, though its raw damage means it can usually still kill them in reasonable time. The gatling laser+ Insane damage per second, Rate of fire makes 'commander EDE' perk insanely deadly, access to energy ammo, including max charge, the best ammo type in the game, will turn nearly anything you point it at into dead. Im gonna have a few options that each make them contendors for the 'best' weapon in the game. A riot shotgun is for sure better than a 22. there is still a little competition because weapons are often for different things. If we take into account the 'best buiid' for any particular weapon.

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