The Striker is an orange Shotgun manufactured by Jakobs.
Examples are on the talk page.
Special Weapon Effects
Sniper Rifles are for Chumps. - +30% critical hit damage.
Description & Usage
The Striker is exceptionally accurate for a shotgun. The extra critical damage comes at the expense of a bit of accuracy and raw damage, in the sense it doesn't get the raw damage bonus like any other equivalent shotgun. The +30% critical damage may not seem like much, but it makes a lot of difference for shotguns, especially considering the close-proximities that shotguns are used in and the sheer amount of damage shotguns are capable of dealing.
To make full use of the weapon, try to find a scoped Striker, get in medium-close range, and shoot for the head. For any other strategy, a normal (equivalent) shotgun would be more effective.
Notes & Trivia
- The Striker's flavor text is ironic because Jakobs also offers a line of sniper rifles.
- The only legitimate prefixes are Terrible and Hunter's.
- This weapon's name could be a reference to the real-life Armsel Striker shotgun. Both the Jakobs model and the Armsel model can feature 12-round rotary drum magazines. [1]
Mechanics
The Striker gets its special effect from its barrel, barrel5_JakobsStriker . It is based off of barrel5, the most accurate barrel available for shotguns. Compared to the generic barrel5, it has more spread, less at-rest accuracy, and less damage. Its only defining feature is the critical Damage boost.
| barrel5_JakobsStriker | barrel5 |
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Accuracy Minimum: -100% |
Accuracy Minimum: -150% |
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