Scout's Most Underrated Weapon

[@WEIRDxGRIM]

The gk2 with AISE and the battle frenzy makes me feel like a warhammer 40k space marine.

[@WolfT33]

Nah, were Einhyr Champions up in this bitch

[@fleshdadbot6852]

*BROTHER, BROTHER I AM PINNED HERE.*

[@evantiel727]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!!!

[@Beeaannsss]

That and I simply prefer bullet hose with pin point accuracy.

[@zachalexuy449]

I was like: wait this aint right untill i clicked on the video and its deep rock.

[@TheMediocritea]

the summer update added this sick new scattergun!

[@danolantern6030]

Deep Rock Australic

[@tanukiloaf]

my dumbass clicked on this video and watched the whole thing thinking it was about tf2

[@ii_Cove]

dont diss overclocked firing mechanism, speccing into as much recoil and firerate as you can get is an absolute joy

[@cosmicsquid1285]

Same for bullets of mercy, yeah it can feel awkward to use sometimes but scout is pretty much as good at applying status effects as driller. The 50% damage bonus applies to most status effects including STUN

[@gmsp123]

@@cosmicsquid1285 Bullets of mercy is damn broken.

[@Autogyro.001]

Enjoyed this a lot, especially your approach as "most underrated". Really liked your upgrade tier run thru, and had to laugh at your overclock takes. That was fun.

[@flaflaflamingo]

Haven't watched yet but the GK2 is based and fun to shoot esp with AI Stability Engine. M1000 is better overall imo but the GK2 is way more fun

[@shwingleman]

Electric reload takes one bullet to kill a grunt

[@zim6242]

It brings such pain to every creature of Hoxes

[@chainsawplayin]

It's pretty crazy, and you can cancel the reloads aswell.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

Much like the Deepcore PGL, the GK2 is a solid weapon outshone by others, but makes up for it with its overclocks. Its fire rate can in fact surpass that of the DRAK (or be outpaced by the M1000 of all things, with the right builds on both, just for the hell of it). Its damage is incredible with AI Stability Engine, which completely removes all inaccuracy and makes it deal insane weakpoint damage, resulting in a solid and endlessly reliable weapon that deals high damage for low ammo consumption with no handling issues whatsoever. It's the most reliable of the three, with the DRAK suffering with accuracy and ammo capacity, and the M1000 suffering with sustained damage unless you're _very_ good with it and run the reload speed on kill upgrade without missing a shot. As GSG has stated, every weapon and upgrade is meant to be viable. Nothing is just useless, particularly if you're willing to experiment and try out new things, or old ones, as it were.

[@thatonechannel1937]

I dont understand why you keep complaining about the spread, its literally better than the drak, without any upgrades. You can beam enemies from across the map, it has practially zero recoil. Sure it has some spread but if you want to hit a 300 m shot then just dont? Its not like you will be hitting it with the drak either.

[@megapeebs2631]

Even with Ai Stability OC it adds 50% bonus to wealpoint damage and zero recoil OR spread with it equipped

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Hi, scout main of 900 missions here. I tried the other 2 primaries, and I kinda liked them, but m1000 had too little ammo for its power, and drak had just wouldn't output enough damage for my tastes. So rather than settling for a hipster build, what I did was build the GK2 for DPS, with armor breaking, NO battle frenzy, NO A.I., just raw DPS, and it absolutely SHREDS. It gobbles ammo, but gobbles bugs just as fast, something I can't say for either other gun. Slap on a rate-of-fire overclock and you're set. Shreds praet plating in under half a clip, kills a praet outright in a clip and change. I'll share my exact build in a bit here, but I've genuinely taken this gun up through haz 5 and been able to kill fast enough to keep up and beg for more. It's a MONSTER waiting to be unleashed, but so many sleep on it for flashy plasma or cool snipes.

[@bubbajoe117]

This has been my ole reliable with AI stability engine for a long time now, the M1000 had it's time with me and so did the DRAK, but end of the day I always come back to the ole GK2 cause there's never a situation it lets me down in. Honestly with the addition of the crossbow as an alternative for heavy single target damage and element utility the GK2 has more of a relevant place than ever now imo.

[@redspyro4750]

I always use the gk2. I prefer it over both the other guns

[@verified_JC_Denton]

I love the “Daka-Daka-Daka” of it. Simple and reliable. My favourite Scout primary.

[@lostmarble540]

wow I've been using the gk2 this whole time cuz I liked it and I didn't bother to learn the other guns, but this video has convinced me to try the other guns

[@TheMediocritea]

the M1000 is amazing

[@herrdohfii103]

GK2 has a different feel to it compared to the drak, the sound is just way too good

[@2shoes155]

In terms of killing power Scout to me always lacked solo compared to the other classes. Until the last update. Shield battery booster and double barrel with pheromone grenades. 1 second delay shields for survivability. Endless drak ammo with swarm stomping power from double barrel and pheromones. Scout was my least favorite class until I came up with this build. The only downside is the drak overheating. In boomstick I took 1 in tier5. Swap to boom stick when I’m about to overheat. Fire off a round then swap back. Fluid on dreadnaughts and hectic swarms. Making it a good bring to any game mode build for scout.

[@thetsarofall8666]

I actually use the gk2 in my movement+ scout loudout, ai stability engine with battle frenzy and of course, special powder boomstick. The gk2's strength i think is just that: its versatility. If you just use your secondary for movement 99% of the time, like with special powder, you need a main weapon thats decent against both swarms and single targets. It doesnt need to excel at either of these because its essentially picking up the slack of your weapon-turned-movement-tool by being able to do it at all. The only time i really use anything else is if i am going on a specific mission type like elimination or salvage, or in biomes where special powder wont be useful.

[@emilelariviere2712]

*sees gk2 in thumbnail* My honest reaction: nuh uh!

[@cyrilc5846]

The issue with battle frenzy is that its completly outshined by the drak and grapple speedmovement upgrades.

[@floridamangaming2453]

The gk2 had always been my favorite weapon, especially with ai stability engine, which was actually the first overclock I got for it. It was also one of, if not the first overclock I ever got for any weapon. Actually, I think double barrel was my first overclock, supercooling chamber was my second, and ai stability engine was my third. I never really liked the m1000, mostly because I want be phast, and also because my aim sucks

[@justacameraman4900]

I love the scout assault rifle. On my way to 4th promotion as scout and i still use it tons. I guess I just love the idea of 'standard solider' types(clone troopers, M4 wielding marines.. that kinda thing) enough to keep me using it 😂

[@peteydog1473]

Imagine having a competent driller on your team; couldn't be me Bullets of mercy has other effects going for it (it's my go-to solo weapon) 1 - Screw battle frenzy, embrace a 50% stun chance (which counts towards bullets of mercy) 2 - The boltshark (fire bolt + electric bolts) weaknesses: the caretaker (also works really well with neurotoxin payload gunners)

[@theant115]

Cryo minelets is also pretty nice in this case

[@peteydog1473]

between when i left that comment and now i have switched to using cryo minelets in that loadout

[@thatjustsomeguy]

I love the GK2 so much, the gun kinda feels like I'm playing CSGO or Black ops 2, I love it, the only scout gun I use (that's a lie)

[@brythonbrowning1950]

It actually does feel like I’m tap firing with a M4A4 from CSGO if I’m using the tap fire mod without the recoil dampener. I honestly just feel so bad*** playing with it in DRG.

[@DrDwarven]

The funny thing for me is that i really ignored the m1000 after a bit of using it i used to use alot but i forgot about it after awhile and i used the gk2 ALOT more than i should have so i have always appreciated the gun especially after the 2nd overclock i ever got was ai stab engine also i just dont use the drak in my opinion its just not that good

[@MrBotdotnet]

I respect any scout willing to enter a hand-to-hand fight with a Bet-C and come out on top!

[@bolmobelo]

Battle frenzy upgrade makes me feel like a fucking space marine, GODDAMN!

[@maximthemagnificent]

I favor electrifying reload as it meshes so well with hit-and-run tactics.

[@tannerhamilton6025]

"Jack of all trades, master of none, is still more reliable than a master of one."

[@commonsense-og1gz]

here are my thoughts on the subject. 1. AOE for the drak is only 1 meter, which is terrible unless the horde is all clumped together, such as in tunnel entrances or with pheromones. 2. the reason why the drak is largely a better horde gun is due to point deflection, aggressive venting, the ROF boost from tier 5, and the splash (only one meter radius). the tier 5 ROF mod is supposed to give up to 5 ROF, but the karl website says it is capped at 20 ROF. outside of these four things, the drak is quite weaker than the GK2. 3. the Tier 1 selection for the gk2 is not bad, or weak. it varies between overclcocks that are being picked for it. bullets of mercy has a massive nerf to the standard 40 round mag, only being 24. because it is a status effect based OC, the additional reduction in reload (which is 1.8 seconds normally) helps speed up reload while the status effect is still relevant. the accuracy mod is of course good for managing ROF based builds, such as overclocked firing mechanism, which has crazy recoil, so building for stability is an option, while the extra ROF point on an all ROF build can deliver up to 14 ROF in total, which is just 2 ROF lower than the draks higher setting, but delivering up to 19 dmg per round doing so. 4. on the bullets of mercy subject, i have no problems with using it solo, as every status effect including pheromones triggers the effect. i use cryominelets more though, because they can be used with the weaker dmg of the zhukovs itself, unlike the cryo arrows, which are only good against the one glyphid it hits. also, you do have the electric bolts from the crossbow as well. 5. the M1000 is good, however, ammo and the need to use super blowthrough to make up for ROF limitations, hurt it for basic horde missions. it is great for dreadnaught missions though.

[@legyfc6621]

A fun tip for using cryo bolts that makes them mega-powerful versus hordes: if you stick 2 of them in the ground in front of an advancing horde, it'll freeze all of them as they walk over it. Keep deleting the ones at the front of the pack, and new ones will get frozen at the same speed you can kill them.

[@squiddler7731]

Feels weird to harp on drak for being only 1 meter of splash damage, it's still the only reliable splash damage in all of scout's kit lol.

[@commonsense-og1gz]

@@squiddler7731 1 meter is nothing, it barely is usable in a one by two tile space, and there are way better aoe options with secondary.

[@SteveAkaDarktimes]

excited man gushes for 13.5 minutes.

[@someguy3330]

Yeah, the GK2 is very fun, I think of it as a heavy assault rifle, like the scar, fal, or browning.

[@maximthemagnificent]

"...but oftentimes better than a master of one."

[@MushuaThePotato]

I used the drax once, I’m a scout main and I’ve used it once because it felt like shit to use. Long times to kill, too much ammo consumption per target, and not enough single target damage for scout is really shit, plus add a weapon that feels really bad to use, not rewarding and underwhelming. And boom I love the GK2, to me it’s a straight upgrade. Especially with overclocked feed mechanism and battle frenzy. I cannot see how people stand the drax.

[@raisinsmakemeuncomfortable6893]

The GK2 definitely needs a buff of some sort. Although its decent its still weaker than both the m1000 and the drak even once you have overclocks for them. It can do pretty good single target with bullets of mercy or AISE but is still outclassed by the m1000 with supercooling chamber and maybe hipster. This may be due to a lack of blow through upgrade but it has essentially no swarm clear builds outside of electrifying reload, which is in my opinion still not great. Basically what you're left with are a bunch of overclocks that make the GK2 just a better assault rifle with varying degrees of success, the overclocks dont have a ton of individuality. (I know m1000 doesn't have much for swarm clear either but it has blow through rounds and is so good at what it wants to do that it can be forgiven)

[@plumaloy]

Using bullets of mercy ovc and slowing grenades is a deadly combo for dreds

[@Wargasmo]

I dropped it for a while until I got my first overclock for it - AI Stability Engine. It feels so good now, I use it all the time.

[@warpstarrogue3554]

7:24 Hmm, if only there was an overclock that could give you big mobility while you have the boomstick. Imagine if you could zip across the cave without waiting on the grappling hooks recharge. It's not like something like that exis- Oh wait! God I love the special powder overclock.

[@XLORDPROPL]

I am new DRG player and i think hitting headshots with GK2 is the best...

[@TheMediocritea]

m1000 hipshot headshots are also amazing!

[@XLORDPROPL]

@@TheMediocritea Too much recoil for me...

[@thegoddambullet2865]

7:40 God bless your soul for this joke (charlie as Jesus is legendary)

[@plat4663]

The GK2 with max firing speed is hella fun.

[@acierno2486]

great vid, love the energy, great info, u might wanna change where you get the background music from though its hella distracting

[@MorQ314]

8:15 he becomes emperor palpatine

[@richardbudge9416]

I fix the jack of all trades issue by upping the bullet output as much as is physically possible. I don't really care if it's that statistically effective, mag dumping is fun

[@gmsp123]

After 1200+ missions with 317 of them on Scout, I never really felt like the GK2 was bad compared to the other two weapons. All 3 weapons have their merits and weak points and the scout's 3 primaries are by far the least polar.

[@intensechocolate5788]

I use the GK2 cause its fun

[@dogf421]

its definitely one of my favorite "regular fucking rifle"s in a video game

[@Ze_N00B]

"Low accuracy"? My brother in Karl, it has hit scan and the same base spread as the bulldog. All you need to do is be patient with your shooting and you could pop the eyes off a Brood Nexus from the other side of the cave. Why do people like the other guns so much? The Drak shoots fast, but its projectiles deal even less damage than the GK2 and you'll overheat long before you deal some proper damage. And the M1000 forces you to look at a horde and think: "Lemme just slowly pop it one Glyphid at a time." The M1000 is just an ammo waster with out the charged shot upgrade since you're wasting twice the ammo for only 25% more damage without it and the Drak takes half its ammo reserve and 3 lifetimes to melt anything bigger than a Slasher. The GK2 is the most ammo efficient, is just as accurate as the other 2, and pairs the best with Scouts secondaries, not to mention how well it pairs with his grenades. Using a pheromone Grenade or an Inhibitor Field to bunch up Glyphids before opening fire on a large, unmissable group.

[@blueheart2824]

you should do a build for the boltshark

[@moroz9xl]

I always liked gk2 for its simpleness, AI stability engine might be a most usable overclock I used, some of high level scouts who are using m 1000 or carbine saying to me like "Are you ok man?" 😂

[@bast4rdlyreaper]

I like the gun, but i haven't got any overclocks for it yet other that the bullets of mercy, which i currently dislike quite a lot.

[@RumiAura]

I use ofm with all firerate upgrades because you can never have too much firerate

[@lucasmather4837]

I may or may have not thought this was tf2

[@megapeebs2631]

Ai Stability and Bullets of Mercy is easily one of the best OCs the scout has access to. 50% weak point bonus and zero recoil OR spread with Ai Stability it basically breaks the game if you know how to use it right

[@tannerhamilton6025]

Bullets of Mercy just might be the most versatile OC in the game. If you're playing close to your Driller, there's not a single moment where Bullets of Mercy isn't helping.

[@Deox0386]

Nah, the best weapon for the scout is actually the C4.. its very effective against those damn squeaky bampots

[@MaddixCuhming]

I like this, and I like this channel 😎👍🏽

[@suhg4317]

drak definitely does not dominate the scout "meta" lol, widely regarded by veterans and modded players (6x2 and above) as the worst primary by far

[@sentane8031]

when I clicked on this, I thought this was a tf2 vid. I love DRG as well tho

[@the7screw]

This thing needs more unbalanced overclocks

[@squiddler7731]

I actually felt the opposite about GK2 vs DRAK when I first started playing Deep Rock. GK2 was the reliable option that wasn't as fun as M1000, and drak felt cool, but also really weak in terms of damage and accuracy (being a slow projectile weapon automatically makes it the least accurate option). It wasn't until I started unlocking all it's overclocks that I started to really like the weapon, it has some of the best in all off scout's kit while being the weakest weapon at base IMO.

[@Epick_Wizard]

Does chemicl explosion counts toward bullet of mercy?

[@chaddwarf]

Finaly a stock enjoyer like me

[@kharnthechad8007]

5:36 Bro Likes head a Bit too much

[@MinoogWasTaken]

I build my Gk2 with max RoF, min-reload time to just keep firing and firing and firing AND JUST GOJNG AND GOING AND *GOING*

[@ii_Cove]

brrtt

[@MinoogWasTaken]

@@ii_Cove no, Deepcore GK2, not BRT-7

[@iainrickwood2623]

I probably should get around to trying out the scout's other weapons some more, but with AI Stability Engine, i just can't! It completely invalidates any other option for me, it does everything I need, reliably, all the way up to haz 5 & beyond Complete stability and accuracy, great weakpoint damage, ok normal damage & good mag size are all i need as a support scout keeping myself alive to support the team with revives and nitra Yeahit doesnt have any good crowd control, like most of scouts weapons, so in case i see a swarmaggedon warning or swarmer tunnel, i make sure to not get too far from my teammates and/or keepan ear out with an escape path in mind

[@christmapi841]

What are you doing at 10:28

[@John-vv8bi]

11:47 m4 reload!?!! What are you talking about a m4 if we're talking about the assault rifle it reloads just like the gk2 if you were trying to say m1 garand or m1 then you're correct the m1000 has a very similar reload to the m1 garand ):(

[@deliqene3191]

The GK2 leans war harder into single target then the M1000 ironically, because the M1K gets blowthrough while the GK2 doesn't. I do agree that the gun doesn't really come alive until it gets good overclocks though. As an unrelated note the drak sucks btw, its basically nothing but downside for scout

[@bebrasmachnayq5691]

Ai stability engine gives me the most control and 70% more damage on weak goes hard

[@KevinAxe8]

The only reason to use anything else than hipster m1k outside of modded is if it bores you. Couldn't be me

[@BoTheJo]

good vid

[@bretts6127]

Gk2 4 life.

[@axelguzman1044]

Side note: battle frenzy not only give you speed for kills, actually gives you accuracy, so if you chain kills you can have 0% spread, read the wiki PD: bullets of mercy works with All effects in the game, even the ambientals, you dont need a driller, you can stun, freeze granades,bumerang stun and electeic targets,slow granades count to, pheromones works equaly for the multiplier of dmg, fear and other effects whit your bolts applys the mercy bullets to, so you can use the overclok by your own, and if you no have driller no problem, engi and gunner can electrify, burn, stun and fear enemys to, so.... Driller overrated PD2: Yeah but without overclocks the plasma rifle is an absolute shit And overheats faster, BTW the ammo capacity sucks to, 1 swarm and you feel like enginer guns

[@comradpingu5745]

Nice opinion, one small issue... Hipster overclock

[@TheMediocritea]

i agree with this statement

[@MinosPrimeGaming]

Wow this tf2 update is kinda weird

[@Capense-q9m]

I hate the drak and love the gk2

[@sammyhorace7523]

I'm going to say this right now it's the real problem with the gk2 is not the damage it's the ammo count it's the problem

[@CreepSteep3]

I thought this was a TF2 video

[@kronikz_2210]

From what I've seen, its perfectly rated. Its mostly just a noob weapon that people who've played call of duty can pick up and use easily, while more experienced players I've seen gravitate more towards the m1000 and the drak. Its potential, though, is quite underrated. It has a bunch of insanely good over clocks, and AI stability engine is something I take on many elimination missions.

[@XLORDPROPL]

GK2 is the best scout's weapon... but sadly it depends on your tracking skills...

[@biz117]

wdym bro aise with max weakpoint damage is peak

[@bits360wastaken]

I thought the DRAK was legit just a worse GK2

[@joshua-rc8wr]

i use this weapon way to much i have never used m1000 or the plasma and i use the crossbow overclocks any and it makes a MONSTER BUILD use it miners

[@LordRazer3]

GK2 for a long time is more of a gimic weapon because the other's just seem to out perform it but...that last season that changed BIG time. One you now can make it 1 shot swarmers and that saves ammo. Then you have the fire rate buff that makes it just feel so much better on top adding the OC firing mechanism makes it one of the fastest firing weapons in the game. Then there's AI stability engine and that has one of the highest damage value you can get on a single target that requires no set up and you can boost it fire rate now!

[@darkhope8983]

GK2 is awful at killing HVTs, and without it, you struggle on Haz 6+ as a scout, since you almost the only one who can be consistent with HVTs

[@PrettyRandon]

i thought this was tf2

[@DeathTrace]

me to

[@zachalexuy449]

Same

[@mailman8110]

it is new update

[@Richard-hm1]

I tried to play with carbine and classic, this weapons just not for me. Gk 2 is just easier to use. I think this is one of the best weak point weapon in whole game, only volatile bullets or executioner are compare, m1000 is not comfortable weapon. (I have 1200 hours, and I hate other scout primaries)

[@hello-x8y]

cool

[@TheGuide182]

🎵🔥🎵🔥🎵🔥🎵🔥

[@bullet3417]

0:28 both? Really dude?

[@CTF_Doc]

Ok so, you said underrated, but I think it's perfectly rated. Since I'm Asian, my opinion is more valid and stuff.

[@al3xb0t2]

Ok

[@bullet3417]

You play moded drg? To be actually valid

[@Kaylin9087]

see, I disagree with just one thing you said... How everyone dislikes the GK2 :)

[@ExpiredPorridge]

nah the deepcore is beefy and reliable, the drak is gimmicky and not always effective for its ammo pool unless built in specific ways. m1k fucks tho

[@drillboyjenkins5740]

"Most ammo efficient weapon" is such a hot take regarding gk2. vs M1K it lacks armourbreak upgrade (T4 AB does not exist) and can't have blowthrough and even with AISE or battle frenzy you still get many shots miss enemy or weakpoint because you have to keep the gun aimed at the enemy for the duration of entire ttk. vs Drak - Drak has OCs even more braindead (besides electro-reload may be) and it has T4.electric DOT that deals more than one grunt's HP for full duration. Jack of all Trades? It lacks the blowthrough and total damage to be viable at gruntclear so you are better off with T4.crit and have an actually good tank DPS gun. Non-ER Gk2 and M1K SCC are the only scout primaries that die of cringe against a pack of grunts, unlike DRAK or M1K. 6 rounds to kill a single grunt if you don't hit the weakpoint is just unacceptable. All scout primary builds are good-to-amazing to kill high value targets, good-to-amazing to eliminate tanks, thus clearing hordes is what makes a scout primary be a Jack of all Trades.

[@suhg4317]

AISE with Armor Break is a very popular and good choice simply because the weakpoint mod does not give you much more of a boost to your already high weakpoint damage, and lets you deal with brundles, shellbacks, stingtails, etc. ten times easier. This actually lets the gk2 compete with m1k

[@user-nw3ok8ud4f]

too much water

[@braindamagegood]

was expecting a tf2 vid

[@TheMediocritea]

2 more week ;)

[@bananaspice1967]

Haha boolets go brrrr

[@iaminsideyourwalls9944]

I thought this was tf2 💀

[@bbbrightboi]

ong

[@TheCyberTurtle]

wait this isnt tf2