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The video thoroughly explores the newly introduced shotgun, The Thorn, in The Division 2's Year 6 Season 1, highlighting its powerful features despite its drawbacks, such as limited mod slots and a slow reload speed. The discussion covers various shotgun builds, including the KSG, m870, and Spaz 12, detailing their strengths and effective strategies for maximizing damage and handling. The speaker emphasizes the significance of using talents like "perfect Bren" for body shots and the "perfect intimidate" talent for sustained damage. They also underline the synergy between the shotgun and additional gear such as the Firewall specialization, Hunter Fury gear, and momento backpack which collectively enhance damage and survivability in tough scenarios. The video concludes with practical advice on maintaining bonus armor, using secondary weapons like an assault rifle, and leveraging talents like "Broen" and the "busy little bee" exotic weapon to amplify overall damage output.
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In this segment, the video discusses a new named shotgun in The Division 2 called The Thorn, introduced in Year 6 Season 1. Initially doubted, the shotgun proves to be powerful despite lacking mod slots, offering only a skin slot and a modification for reload speed, headshot damage, and rate of fire. Handling and reload speed are typically poor for strong shotguns, including this one, which takes 4.2 seconds for a full reload. However, it allows for single shell reloading, enabling continuous firing without fully depleting the magazine. The shotgun has a base damage of 1.6 million and the RPM is 7. It benefits from 3% amplified damage per pellet hit, increasing to 8% after killing an enemy, enhancing the next shot significantly. The user explains the challenge of running shotgun builds, emphasizing headshot accuracy and talent choices like Pummel to mitigate reload issues.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses their shotgun builds, focusing on the importance of reload speed and handling. They highlight the effectiveness of the KSG and m870 shotguns, noting their strengths and weaknesses. The KSG has a larger magazine, allowing for fewer full reloads, while the m870 boasts higher strength but requires closer range. The Spaz 12 is mentioned as a balanced option between the two. The speaker explains the benefit of the Thorn’s “perfect Bren” talent, emphasizing that it’s designed for body shots rather than headshots. They detail their build strategy for tackling Elites, emphasizing the balance between damage output and reload management, concluding with a mention of their hunter SP intimidate build with 1.5 million armor.
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In this segment, the speaker discusses the strategic use of the firewall for survival, emphasizing the striker shield which increases damage for each enemy in front. They highlight the importance of using a decoy and Hunter Fury gear for shotgun damage and armor on kill. Apex Predator and armor-based attributes enhance damage output and sustain health. The speaker explains their choice of a hunter-killer chest piece for its perfect intimidate attribute, boosting weapon damage based on bonus armor. Alongside this, the momento backpack with blue and red cores provides additional bonus armor, weapon damage, and skill efficiency. The combination of these elements allows the player to handle difficult open-world heroic content effectively.
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In this segment of the video, the creator discusses the importance of maintaining bonus armor for sustained damage using the “perfect intimidate” talent. They emphasize that amplifying damage is more beneficial than maximizing critical hits. The secondary weapon suggested is an assault rifle for ranged scenarios. The creator highlights the benefit of using the “Broen” talent with a shotgun, which retains amplified damage even when switching weapons. The “busy little bee” exotic weapon is recommended for its ability to provide substantial weapon damage increase with each shot to different targets, which synergizes well with the shotgun by stacking damage bonuses. The segment concludes with the creator encouraging viewers to subscribe, like, and comment, and to use their creator code when purchasing from Ubisoft.