The Most Powerful Rifle in Hunt: Showdown

1.13 Nitro City
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[@RachtaZ]

Because of the changes in Update 1.13, we will see less long ammo, less avtomats but more Nitro Shredders + Dolch P in 6 star meta loadouts. Thoughts? EDIT: They actually listened and nerfed it a bit before full release!

[@johannesschmitz6370]

Idgaf 6 star. 99% of 6 star will always exploit the most useful weapons while the the fun is had in 4 and 5 star, where variety is more common.

[@Sektoriiiii]

garbage update

[@tgbluetorch]

feel like the sight will somewhat limit peoples ability to use nitro, lets see!

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

Time to go safari hunting.

[@bloodelfreku]

I think medium ammo needs a buff. 4 ammo resupply for glorified compact ammo is sad. *cries in centennial*

[@rl6961]

I was the Nitro guy for the last two-man team in the middle game. It's the first time I've played against Rachta in a long time. After playing that game, I reviewed it with my friend for a while, and it turned out that the other perspective looked like this. We were able to win because we were a two-person team, and of course we were lucky. I learned a lot of tips from playing this game from your videos. I am also very happy to appear in your videos. It can be regarded as a success in chasing stars hahaha

[@fren111]

Nitro is fun...The problem is that he tend to attract everyone in the lobby and prioritize kill you.

[@TehHuGZ]

5:14 that pistol shot made a 180 turn, went thru my screen and hit me in the head

[@soviettoaster_9323]

What?

[@juliangds]

AHAHAHAHA

[@NihiLariuM]

The headshots with all the other weapons were the high point of the clip honestly. Uppercut action is always good action.

[@Micromation]

If you can land headshots consistently, Uppercut is a waste of space IMHO. Slow firerate, abysmal reload, low ammo pool and now also abysmal ammo gain, the only real benefit is high body dmg which comes in handy after they've been revived. I feel like people picking Uppercut are the same type of people who just like plinking at enemies in war of attrition and never really cover anything (the number of times I've spectated teammates who casually let turn 1v1 into 1v3 because they decided running away and severing LoS on enemy bodies is the best play and then get buttfucked in a crossfire in return is quite astounding - and we're at 5-6star MMR so you'd think people have IQ beyond a room temperature...). Alas, at least with Nitro it makes sense - you hit someone with Nitro, they're dead - and afterwards you keep 1 tapping with Uppercut so it makes perfect sense.

[@NihiLariuM]

@@Micromation I watch stuff to be entertained, and see people pull off crazy stuff like Rachta always seems to do 🤠 And the way he casually lands headshots with the uppercut so consistently and from crazy angles, does the trick for me. That is all. And I might argue that the player creates the playstyle, not the gun, but to each their own.

[@siegfriedmordrake3229]

I was gonna say that in the hands of Rachta every gun looks OP but when a weapon is so ridiculously strong that the devs had to put crappy iron sights just to try and balance it out, you know they went over the top with that one

[@MawaLife]

5:13 these combo uff 🔥

[@patrikzanic2282]

I had a DHL ad on this vid and it went like 'worldwide express shooting'

[@bloodelfreku]

Wasn’t expecting to see as much hate for nitro as I have. The gun is great, but it really requires you to be good at the game. The ammo return is super low too. As someone in 5-6 star, I don’t see it being too much of a problem and it won’t be the gun that everyone runs every game like long ammo rifles were.

[@rumsbums3113]

Same here... Long ammo it is... once you control the range and Stay away from shotgun, fanning and akimbo boys you choose where the game goes. Especially if other Teams have bounty they can not Really do anything against a well coordinated long ammo Team that hits their Shots. Sad Truth... my mate does not even pick up Bounties anymore to keep his position concealed. When you have the Hunt Dollars in your Bank it saddly only offers you a deathtrap to be marked in the Map.

[@NinjapowerMS]

Did they change the rng hipfire from this gun? That's practically the only thing I hated from Nitro players don't mind getting aimed but when I spectate and this dude cleaning the map by just hipfiring I am livid

[@garretttann106]

the hate is justified, just like it is for the avtomat. These weapons do not fit the style of the game(headshot or +2 tap) or time period(fully automatic) of the guns

[@bloodelfreku]

@@garretttann106 meh. It really isn’t. We have a lot of one shot weapons in the game. Every shotgun, bow, crossbow, hand crossbow, throwing axe. I don’t mean I don’t see a difference between the two, but that assumption is incorrect. The nitro just happens to be the weapon with the furthest one shot potential. As for the time period the game is progressing through time. T David even stated the game is planned to see a time shift to 1900 over the years. If a weapon wasn’t in existence, they are either an original weapon or they were in prototype during the time, as stated by their design philosophy.

[@bloodelfreku]

@@NinjapowerMS as far as I know, no.

[@WoodySTP]

7:24 hunt showdown moment

[@fat_yosh]

even though i know exactly what you're capable of, everytime i see you effortlessly cutting through players i am still astonished

[@Appoh]

Been getting back into hunt, been watching lots of your content. Cant believe how big you got since ive been gone. You deserve it man! Glad to see you succeed

[@RachtaZ]

Thanks a lot! Would be interesting to hear your thoughts about the game now

[@Appoh]

@@RachtaZ stay tuned ;)

[@awgmax]

That kill at 1:25 watafaq dude

[@LeonardoDaGsta]

Really looking forward to the ammo changes and the shakeup it could bring!

[@jesterclownmime]

People bring more ammo boxes, there's your shakeup. Are you shook?

[@Soldier1526]

Ammo Boxes will be a tier 1 item so woot.

[@bb-sw6ur]

@@jesterclownmime Its not insignificant. Those consumable slots could have been shots or explosives that avto players will have to go without now.

[@zachdavis4168]

​@jesterclownmime even if you brought 4 ammo boxes, that's still only 8 long rounds. So yeah, very shaky.

[@LeonardoDaGsta]

​@@jesterclownmime I'm not necessarily thinking of the sweatier players, long ammo lovers, or even other players in general! It would be a nice bonus of seeing a change the loadouts in the bayou, but I'm way more excited to be encouraged of trying more variety myself.

[@dren2543]

"No one's gonna push?" He asks after slapping people around for the past 10 minutes like my dad after a night at the bar

[@chriser5146]

whats your opinion about crytek removing free blood bonds from matches

[@12stepsbeyondtheeventhorizon]

This whole video is a masterclass in Hunt. Tremendous.

[@azevedooww]

Man, i really wanted to know how do you aim while crouching using hunter mode

[@heymelon]

Is there a video or VOD timestamp where you talk more about the 1.13 changes? :D

[@NekoColaQ]

Nitro Explosive is clearly its best ammo, buff included

[@girthquake8514]

yea my gf you wouldnt know her, she goes to another bayou

[@damienbrohan7431]

Rachta, if one day I play against you, I uninstall the game ha ha

[@Owlboi]

cant wait to actually play bornheim now, with the 8 ammo resupply, the gun should be at least usable now.

[@Tiagomelo22ify]

Hey bro i see you have the same headset as me, do you listen in stereo? If so i would like to know how, have a good one

[@jirawatkasemrat9170]

how to change button F 3d ?

[@troll5262]

Damn, no idea how you saw the dude at 1:24. Even going frame by frame I can't make out it's a hunter there. Going to blame video decompression.

[@vaserus5685]

Slow it down to 50%, just before Rachta fires you can make out the white shirt, running away along the building, its there, but damn hard to spot in real time.

[@radenfauzanalghifary1760]

What are those weird sounds from 2:02 to 2:06. Like a metal hitting something fiery

[@SirKickz]

The new meta still no incendiary?

[@PsychCow]

Just for the sake of curiosity who usually wins when you go against Psycho?

[@Micromation]

Psycho doesn't have that great of mechanical skills. He's old, like some of us here - not the same reflexes anymore, hand-eye coordination is not there either... gotta use all the dirty tricks in the book to be competitive :P

[@k.a.dplayer5829]

7:23 U can see "the ghost" of that person who shot u between the building and ladder. Funny enough the dark sight wasn't near the person

[@Sneaky_Shinobi]

how come you shoot them without seeing bro

[@swibble3780]

can you just infinatly revive as a solo with necro unless you get burned? that seems kinda op tbh. you can basically just keep getting up until they realise they need to burn your body

[@sazger]

Every time you’re downed you lose a health chunk. So no

[@andrewschroeder4820]

can you explain the Gunslinger moment around 6min mark? was it because he was clipping through the wall?

[@arransykes9465]

Yeah, you can see his hands clipping through the wall behind the wheel for the door.

[@RachtaZ]

Most gunslinger users dont hold Q to lower their weapon, so this happens often

[@stanislav6092]

Jesus christ i love these thumbnails so much XDD

[@arthur1418]

It is refreshing to see some games that you lose, too. :-)

[@vogelmann123]

I mean in your hands is EVERY gun the most deadly… 😮

[@Decro2701]

what are your sensitivity settings ingame and how much DPI do you play? ^^ And btw i love your videos and you are such a crazy player :D my favourite hunt youtuber/streamer ^^

[@pyrotechnika308]

Im always happy to pick up someones sweat drenched nitro express in 6 star.

[@johnydaby_7312]

gameplay is so perfect

[@DamesJe4n]

prime rachta, perfect video brother

[@levijonathansix]

With the way the economy exists at present, I really hope this isn’t the meta. High skill curve for high price tag weapons feel entirely reserved for and restricted to players at Max Rank/ Max Prestige.

[@hicksby6912]

1:24 how did you see him,wtf

[@panzfaust9812]

Gonna potato hard with this load out

[@StiveGuy]

I can run this loadout like 3-4 times before I'm broke.

[@ZombieZeen]

Rachta and hornetlul have the literal best hunt videos on the entire internet. I cant WAIT for those guys to upload more.

[@tulipalll]

Never enough content! 😫 I want more

[@germanshvetsov3076]

Fronkie?

[@ZombieZeen]

@@germanshvetsov3076 not even close. Hes cool and makes decent vids. But theres a vast difference in quality.

[@chorny1764]

Damn man, first clip is a report for sure 😄

[@Soldier1526]

7:23 you can see the person in dark sight before they shoot but out of dark sight they gone...probably some server lag?

[@RachtaZ]

Just high ping. They were from china

[@arransykes9465]

@@RachtaZ Wait.. What happened? Did they manage to peak and kill you without appearing on your screen?

[@skydvlful]

you die too much. thanks to you, my life is spiraling out of control - gerric

[@surgevindictive]

this guy is insane

[@rock-n-rolla]

what a crazy last game is !1 😎

[@estebanismael4749]

Bro what was this game, Insane dude

[@DBafi]

Unreachable Skills ❤ OMG

[@Peagaporto]

Nitro has been great for a long time, it just has a high skill curve. It's not a bad thing if it becomes "the meta".

[@sixn148]

it already is dawg shit needs a nerf

[@heathgolik1877]

How in the hell did you get 10 dark sight boost

[@RachtaZ]

Play as solo + Magpie trait

[@elefanta]

Nono, you all get this wrong, the bomblance is the strongest weapon, especially after next update

[@kykiske321]

6 shoots, special ammo, hard to aim, only good at 43m or less. The gun is fine. People will still spam Mossin or Label. The only weapon we were not seeing anymore will be the avtomat, and that's a totally win in my opinion. Fuck that gun. And Rachtza, cmon, any weapon kill with a single shoot in the head.

[@qpiscringe]

Yippe for weaker strong weapons, and new training ground!!

[@MySpeedmetal]

Where are all my fellow hunters who cant hit shit with the nitro's aperture lol

[@Micromation]

In all of my games, judging by the comments here... never had troubles with Nitros xD

[@cosmicbluevox1001]

Pro hunt players have something that average players do not. ADS is their normal view, and when they actually ADS, it becomes a scope.

[@rozenmaiden9884]

rachta, why dont you use the ammoboxes

[@Soldier1526]

Some matches he has some 9:48 .

[@RachtaZ]

It will be must have next update

[@Recker1125]

9:48 I always felt there was something wrong with ammo. Watch how reloading one bullet moves him from 4 to 1

[@Overdrive-19]

its just a display bug that gets fixed with 1.13. Internally everything works correctly if you skip back you can see that he had 0 bullets after his fight outside and after he resupplies, he gets +2 bullets, which get correctly displayed after a second.

[@soviettoaster_9323]

Getting headshot by the nitro shouldn’t kill you it should just kick you from the match cuz your head is gone!!

[@Camcamdencam]

I think Nitro has always been more OP than avtomat, 78m one tap range to the chest is disgusting and shouldn't exist; the nitro was strong before special ammo was added and I genuinely think that nitro dumdum was just a bug and instead of fixing it they renamed it to shredder. Nonetheless the avto change is a good direction for the game, I am not excited for 6 months of nitro abusers though, I can imagine the next hard nerf will be the nitro once everyone realizes how broken it is. EDIT: nitro is not a problem at low elo, people suck and the gun is "hard" to use but in 5-6 star anyone with hands can wipe servers with no difficulty at all, it is tough to balance weapons that are "difficult" to use and I'm not envious at all about the balance team that's going to have to address nitro next

[@Micromation]

Uhhh... maybe it's region thing but I never struggle against Nitro at 5-6star MMR in EU... and I run Bow 90% of the time... it's not as easy to use as it looks and it's plenty expensive to keep majority people off of it. Maybe new shooting range will change that (people will be able to practice without a hefty fee) but for now it's largely not an issue. Nitro is pretty ass to aim at long distance, these 78m shots only happen when you stand around and scratch your balls... Yes you can be caught off-guard, just like with everything but honestly I could count on fingers of one hand the amount of times I've died to a Nitro in the last 30 days... who knows maybe with nerfing Avto into the ground things will change but for now, I will keep collecting Nitros from the dead corpses of my enemies to add to my collection.

[@nicholasriverdavis]

how did he know someone was behind the door at 5:35?

[@fisherhorning3679]

It was open when he last left that area, so he guessed he would be hiding in that corner with the door shut... just my guess?

[@Soldier1526]

So right before this the shot, someone's gun pokes through the wall. This can happen if you go up to a wall without holding your gun back. By default gunslinger mode always has the gun forward and ready to shoot. However hunter mode always has it held back. You can have your gun held back by holding (for a sec) the Q button by default in gunslinger and you will hold your gun back and it will not be seen through walls if you are hugging them.

[@Mazaron]

You can see the gun sticking through the wall

[@L-Jay-205]

Nitro is chonky 😩💀

[@xornedge8204]

And takes skill to use. Dab me up on that shiiii-

[@L-Jay-205]

@@xornedge8204 I gotchu 🤝 Left u hangin for a bit but i never forget :)

[@xornedge8204]

@@L-Jay-205 all good homie. I was having dinner xD

[@L-Jay-205]

@@xornedge8204 understandable have a nice day/night (wherever u are) 🗿

[@blooburry416]

ammo is a real problem.

[@TheNeoSabre0]

If there is one gun that probably doesn't deserve to be in the game it would probably be this one, it completely flips the whole ethos of Hunt upside down. Long deliberate and punishing weapons where it always takes two without a headshot but this one is just. Yeah no you're dead

[@BraveMeat]

Avtomat,dolch 96,bornheim match enters the chat

[@cthulhusrage3290]

Nitro is easily my favorite weapon in this game, pretty high skill requirement with such a large payout

[@wild3856]

I don't understand what your teammate is saying. What is he holding in his mouth? Or he eats while playing. Omn omn omn😄I only understand that it’s convenient for you to play with him because he always dies first😁😁😄

[@Micromation]

Nitro is too expensive for majority of people to run back to back. Even in 6star lobbies I don't face army of Avtomats as it is, just one every other round which is quite passable. Nitro has really dogshit aperture sights, there's a good reason nobody ever picks any of the aperture guns, so not much will change in this regard IMHO.

[@RachtaZ]

Yesterday I saw at least one avto in 80% of my games and highest streak was 6 games in row, very un-fun. But I agree nitro takes bit more skill to use

[@Micromation]

@@RachtaZ They're trying to get their fill in while it lasts. I think I get 1 of those in 3 games on average? Also never seem to be getting more than one in a match. I think only once I've seen 2 teams going at each other with Avto and we nicely 3rd partied them witch our garbage bin tier guns x)

[@nunull6427]

I guess im one of the few people who didnt mind avto OR nitro. Devastating, yes, but still outclassed by a proper sniper by far in both regards. I hope Ammo ressupply is tweaked slightly, but otherwise still excited. Prefer fighting a loadout with four ammo boxes instead of four frags, though.

[@sametdogancay3339]

Nice

[@OzWasTaken]

That wallbang at 5:10 is so sus 🤨

[@rengarisameme1190]

???

[@OzWasTaken]

@@rengarisameme1190 how did he know that there was a guy there?

[@rengarisameme1190]

@@OzWasTaken Get some glasses

[@blitzkreg335]

Psychoghost collab when ?

[@Sharkhead123456]

There's no real reason why Avtomat and Nitro exist in a game like Hunt. It should be completely removed from the game. It feels like a meme weapon and thats all. Change my mind.

[@cassianbarker4415]

Avto makes a little sense, but the game is literally a game where you hunt demons. A big game hunting rifle like the nitro makes sense in this regard.

[@rumsbums3113]

First remove all the Spam Trash... Officer, fanning, levering, akimbo, new Army, spitfire a.s.o. and then, and only then go for the weapons mentioned. Avto will be fine after nerf I feel. Mind changed or at least focus shifted?

[@whitetiger85_60]

@@rumsbums3113 Acting like there's a problem with New Army is a bit off, seeing as how it has one of the worst muzzle velocities and is perfectly balanced. Most of these guns are perfectly balanced. Should everyone be forced into using just a springfield to suit your needs? Or you just want your preferred guns and hate the fact you get bodied by other ones. Should shotguns be removed? It can be almost impossible to push some compounds against a team using shotguns paired with a Uppercut and refuse to leave boss lair. Every single gun has it's place, and just needs to be tweaked. Those guns are balanced.

[@owenroseamelia6555]

W

[@shadowxeagle]

its not new.....

[@dozvy]

w

[@palmo34]

henlo

[@girthquake8514]

grrr, heehee ha

[@boiboi2674]

Nitro and automavvvvv should be deleted from the game change my mind

[@craviel7360]

I really want a big bore rifle in hunt, I'd rather they find a way to balance it. Make it break your shoulder when you shoot it or something

[@ColemN]

@@craviel7360 take 50 damage when shooting it and get knocked to the ground

[@k_eufori]

Avto maybe, nitro no reason to do so. I think its pretty balanced, for gun thats meant to be top tier.

[@xornedge8204]

Stupid idea.

[@Tentomoushi333]

@@ColemN that’s not the best idea…

[@MS-ib8xu]

That is BS... all of your shots missed and somehow you got kills...

[@RachtaZ]

quickscopes are rng

[@winter12218]

hi bro, subtitules pls i follow you, my country is argentina, i speak solo spanish

[@catalyst429]

is he actually trying to pronounce "dum dum ammo" at the beginning of the video or does he just call it something completely different and I can't understand?

[@gtk_retired3015]

he says "shredder ammo" dum dum is refered to as shred ammo a lot

[@enricn.2570]

Cheeting?

[@catalyst429]

watched the first 15 seconds 5 times and still don't know what kind of ammo he's trying to say. I know English isn't his first language but he is literally just rolling his tounge lmao

[@dukebongo2433]

It really isn’t hard to understand man. “Hello everyone in this video I’m going to play Nitro Express Rifle with Shredded ammo.”

[@naytmr3547]

I hate nitro scope

[@Mr_Fancypants]

Thank god it doesn't have a scope

[@patoghirardi]

I hope this weapon gets deleted. Im tired of it and its gameplay. Love the video though.

[@Kenlaboss.]

Coolest gun in hunt = 2 skins Noobiest gun in hunt (Chain pistol) = 6/7 skins.

[@hurrsia]

This just shows how little of Hunt you've played if you believe that.

[@lemoncarton3004]

@@hurrsiachain pistol is a complete noob trap to be fair

[@Kenlaboss.]

@@hurrsia Elaborate please, I have 1200h in hunt and started playing 2018. The chain pistol is a noob-trap, as new players use it because of fanning, but fanning sucks on chain pistol, and noobs don't realise that at first because the game doesn't ever tell you.

[@abysswalker9878]

the worst player who turns this game into a call of duty with his terrible gameplay

[@RachtaZ]

who?

[@abysswalker9878]

@@RachtaZ go play Apex dude, this game for u

[@RachtaZ]

@@abysswalker9878 nah im good

[@ArchiveAndy]

"New" Meta. As if it hasn't been the best weapon in the game since shredder released

[@gtk_retired3015]

avto?

[@Micromation]

@@gtk_retired3015 Avto is accuracy through volume, it was never a problem until they've got Sparks Pistol into the game to massively expand ammo pool and refills. Without those two things, combined with abysmal ammo refil for long ammo now, I doubt anyone will touch it. Like, what are you gonna do, win 1 teamfight and drop it on the ground because you would need to visit every single ammo box on the map to get mag full back?

[@zekeescra5791]

Not gonna lie, kinda enjoyed watching you die with a nitro in your hands. Awesome video though.

[@willothewisp91]

that 2nd and 3rd kill at the start of the video are really sketch... fanning head shot from that far away with a uppercut? and shooting the guy through the smoke, you cant even see his body.... im a fan but even then these kills are way too sus

[@LordAtlasxxx]

2nd kill was a conversion not an uppercut. 3rd kill was crazy though but YT decompression probably made it much harder for us to see then it was for him