Fallout 76: Cold Shoulder Shotgun - Best Shotgun & The Last Good Shotgun

[@Meditating_Gundam]

Its criminal how weak shotguns are in Fallout 76, considering how good they are in other Fallout games.

[@mostamazingmatt]

It's criminal how worthless anything but bloodied or armour piercing is atm too

[@goesman81]

@@mostamazingmatt i but want to add, if you are full health aristocrats is suprisngly good wiggle made a video lateley and Aristo even outclasses Antiarmor fullhealth

[@TheRoibm]

​@@goesman81It only does because he removed so many dmg increasing perk cards. On a normal build with Adrenaline, Tenderizer, Bloody Mess etc AA outpetforms Aristo on Nuke Zone Bosses. It is explained with more detail in his comments.

[@RIZZYFLOURS]

They nerf, they buff, they nerf. They buff, they nerf, they buff, they nerf, they buff, they nerf, they buff, they nerf. Next 6-7 years timeline: They nerf, they buff, they nerf, they buff, they nerf, they buff, they nerf.

[@ryanb2726]

I absolutely love the cold shoulder. I use it A LOT!! Awesome video mang.

[@TRBN420]

God DAMN! i crafted and scrapped like 40 of those and got nothing. now i know why ._.

[@jamesanthony8438]

I've been using the Cold Shoulder as my close-quarters weapon and a semi-automatic Fixer for range attacks with my second character which I plan on using for a Ghoul when Bethesda finally allows us to play that way. I don't do 'builds,' I just throw together whatever I want my character to be when playing games. What's the point of offering full customization in a game if you're just going to make the _exact same character_ as everyone else?! =)

[@romxxii]

The Cold Shoulder is an awesome VATS weapon, a reasonable real-time shooty weapon, and a utility weapon during boss fights. I think it's the only shotgun that's usable when no Shotgunner perk cards are equipped. All you need is Scattershot 3 and Enforcer (I like going Enforcer 3 for guaranteed cripples).

[@halo3elite508]

They still need a buff imo

[@UnfilteredMedic]

My 2nd is a Shotgunner and uses CS as the primary weapon. IMO, it's slow RoF and longer reload time are the only problems with it. Full health, no P.A. Shoot and move, repeat. The freeze effects procs often and I've frozen every boss multiple times in the same fight.

[@ryanb2726]

I just wish it could be modded with legendary box mods.

[@stepheneddington1667]

The Cold Shoulder is pretty darn good. Even without using any perk cards, it will take out most basic enemies in one or two shots. Stronger ones may need 4 to 5, and I've taken out some legendary ones by unloading everything. Which is easy to do with how fast it fires.

[@darkjak565]

Always liked cold shoulder but never liked the locked perks for it. Bonus to cryptids and freezing is cool, but not enough to make it my favorite. I do hope shotguns get more of a buff though soon, damage numbers in December are great but the math still shows them coming in a little low. Love my Aristocrats Prime Explosive Pump Shotgun though. The Red Rocket gas pump paint for it is top notch.

[@OriginCorey]

Im getting really sick of the “this is the new meta, everything else is terrible, this is the only gun you can use now because BeThEsDuH” YOU CAN KILL ANY ENEMY WITH ANY GUN PLAY HOWEVER THE DUCK YOU WANT

[@andrewsherman8574]

You can kill Earl with a hunting rifle? Most people are going to want to use/ have the most fun with an effective weapon. Really the point of the video is that if you weren't using shotguns because you picked up a combat shotgun, there is a good option for shotguns. Or if you were looking for a different weapon to change things up.

[@darkjak565]

This really needs to be vocalized more. I'm running around currently with a Zealots Prime Pipe Revolver because I finished my AutoAxe build for bossing. Pipe Revolver with a stock lets me double dip into Rifle and Pistol perks. I get Gunsmith, Plumber, AND my Civ E armor, so the gun hasn't broken in literal months. And it's made the recent spooky scorched farming hilariously fun, because ripping through helvetia with a pipe gun and walking out with more ammo than I went in with is pure stonks. Anything in this game is usable, you don't NEED 2k+ dps on anything in the overworld.

[@spitefulangel4790]

😡🐢Thank youfor the information. I do play as a bloody heavy gunner, but every now and then I do use the cold shoulder😊

[@goesman81]

I agree with you turtle, i would love a general rework of shottys seeing them viable again as i find the possibility to do a Strengh build for range (shottys and Heavy guns) rather appealing

[@mintyfreshness78]

Whats the weakness to this shotgun? Its a shotgun. lol

[@voltaiqmozaiq]

Are you planning on redoing your Cryolator guide? My TS Cryolator is useless now :(

[@kalebcarter3477]

Players: *not using shotguns due to repeated nerfs since launch* Bethesda: “We should nerf vats commando builds again for balancing!”

[@PensFan35]

Turtle, have you taken a look at the pepper shaker with explosive? Is it viable now at all? Are there any mods that work best for it now?

[@AngryTurtle]

lags my game like crazy 😐

[@chris5942]

B removed the fusion core weak spot on the sentrybots. I tried to kill the one at the AWOL event and couldn't get the job done with my rifle. I had to switch to the Cold Shoulder.

[@Klaymour28]

Is there a range finder in game or 3rd party mod??

[@Bravilor]

It's a great weapon, but it's a bit boring that there is no accomplishment to it, nothing personal about it. Everyone's could shoulder is the same - the same effects, unchangeable. If we could add legendary effects, even if there were 3 effects that would be decidedly best and everyone would use them (let's say bloodied, crit, faster reload), the process of getting those effects on there would be enough to make you feel like you "accomplished something" with the weapon instead of just using it as is.

[@samuelmold9825]

i'll say that any good quad db is great, but i still agree that shotties need a buff. But yeah, my QE15r db works like a charm, so not only cold shoulder is good.

[@OnlineHipHopTV]

Combat Shotgun is fine, too, and it even gets buffed in the new update. Angry Turtle is just not running the right built for shotgun. I do more damage with my full health built 😂

[@samuelmold9825]

@OnlineHipHopTV yeah, got a BE25 and a B50c25 combat, love it too, just wanted to mention dB shotguns, because of the vid on the cold shoulder

[@goesman81]

@@OnlineHipHopTV now iam courius what build you ar running

[@OnlineHipHopTV]

@goesman81 Full Better Criticals and Four Leaf Clover. It makes almost every shot critical. Aim for the head, and you will be doing doubling your damage. My damage is higher because my crits hit harder and more often. It makes even the combat Shotgun viable for regular mobbing. On bosses I will always end up with agro if I'm using the cold shoulder. Crits is where the real damage comes from. Especially for shotguns. Crits also give you a bit longer range as it often still one shot mobs. Also the Combat Shotgun let's you add 40% armor penetration, which is really nice.

[@hookedondiving6265]

I hope they fix the "zero damge" soon, I had an eviction notice that left me turning over in bed.

[@charlesherm511]

Cold shoulder is the only shotgun I use with my shotgun build.

[@666SaKon]

A question this weapon in PTS it will be 4 stars

[@monkeynuts7842]

I agree absolutely 💯

[@aarontyler69]

Your accurecy/vats hit chance, would've been better without twisted muscle mutation yes?

[@OnlineHipHopTV]

Didn't combat shotguns get a buff in the new update?

[@goesman81]

yes but sadly its rather minor

[@cristianhurtadocabezas208]

My most beloved character is a shotgunner, and I'm sad shotguns are so bad. Still, doing less damage at longer distances is expected, in all games that happens.

[@davebrozowski3509]

I use my cold shoulder in pvp all the time!! shreds people!!

[@Flippotycoon4583]

Shotguns are basicaly melee weapons in F76

[@Outnumbered001]

I finally got me a explosive mod. 😎👍

[@Demons-ck6ng]

I pair it with a double barrel quad explosive shotgun freeze then explode 😂

[@Around-The-Verse]

I need that costume, it’s made for my glowing Alien mask🫢

[@brianrmc1963]

I agree with you.

[@eduardodeno4893]

Is it good for pvp battles?

[@OnlineHipHopTV]

It is

[@CharmingImpala]

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