Photon Shotgun

The Photon Shotgun is a Primary weapon introduced in the 10.0.0 update.

Appearance
A futuristic shotgun with a clip and what seems to be a collapsable stock, its main colour is a rust like colour while the rest Is a mixture of yellow and steel.

Strategy
It has good damage, medium rate of fire, low capacity, and average mobility.

Tips

 * Use this to severely damage heavily armored players and/or to deal a group of players/mobs
 * Only use it on Point Blank to Close ranges as it becomes inaccurate upon the first shot
 * Combine the weapon with a rapid-firing weapon to finish off your retreating weakened victim

Counters

 * Pick off its users from long ranges
 * If engage in a close range combat while your target is wielding this. Try to knock them back away from you and finish them off quickly as possible. Or rocket jump away from them and finish them off.

Upgrades
N/A

Theme
N/A

Supported Maps
N/A

Weapon Setups
Have a weapon with long range. To fight off enemies from long ranges.

Trivia

 * The Photon Shotgun itself bears a small similar apperance to the M45D Shotgun from Halo 4.
 * Even though the photon shotgun would be classified as a energy weapon, when a player is killed by the Photon Shotgun, their death animation would be if he/she was killed with a ballistic weapon.
 * In 11.0.0 update, it received the stats of its former upgrade.