Combat shotgun

The combat shotgun is a weapon in the Doom franchise reboot. Forged from a quality titanium-steel alloy, its qualities include high reliability, a fast rate of fire, and high-velocity, high-impact shot. Like most of the weapons in this incarnation of Doom, the combat shotgun can be modified and upgraded with attachments which impart special capabilities beyond the base weapon's attack characteristics. It is more limited in effective range than its classic counterpart, though not quite to the extent which the Doom 3 version suffered.

"A pump-action shotgun with a tight spread of buckshot."

- SnapMap description

Modifications

 * Explosive Shot
 * An alternate ammunition for the combat shotgun based on explosive and a  fuse. Shot embedded in the explosive is dispersed upon impact, creating an effect similar to the frag grenade, damaging targets over a wide area. This extends the weapon's utility against multiple targets.


 * Charged Burst
 * The charged burst upgrade fires off a volley of three shells in a quick succession. The compression reloader component used to drive this fast firing is powered by Argent energy, and requires a cool down period after use.

Charged Burst

 * Speedy Recovery
 * Decreases recharge time of the burst mod.
 * Cost: 1 weapon point


 * Rapid Fire
 * Increase firing rate of the burst mod.
 * Cost: 3 weapon points


 * Quick Load
 * Improves loading time.
 * Cost: 5 weapon points


 * Mastery - Power Shot
 * Unlocked via killing five mancubi with the charged burst. Successfully hitting all three shots of a charged burst will increase the damage of the next one. The effect does not stack.

Explosive Shot

 * Speedy Recovery
 * Decreases recharge time of the explosive shot mod.
 * Cost: 1 weapon point


 * Bigger Boom
 * Increases the area of effect.
 * Cost: 3 weapon points


 * Instant Load
 * Removes the cool-down time between each explosive shot.
 * Cost: 5 weapon points


 * Mastery - Cluster Strike
 * Unlocked by scoring direct hits on imps. Killing fifteen imps with the explosive shot will unlock cluster bombs that spawn on impact for further damage.