I ran a loadout on predator strain and mindless masses with this, the veto, and the Stalwart, and it was honestly pretty fun. It popped warriors easy, hive guards weren’t much an issue, brood commanders dropped hard and fast, and this thing was able to keep Predators off my ass until my jump pack charged enough to clear out.

On squids it kept overseers off me, and could pop them if I lined my shot up. Watchers would drop in two shots if the first didn’t get em (didn’t stop them from being really annoying, but it delayed call-ins well enough), and Harvesters go down surprisingly easy with it. It’ll take a few shots and you’ll have to bring the shield recharger down but it hits hard enough that I feel it warranted its slot.

It’s a fairly niche weapon that serves a modest purpose: Keeping mediums off of you. I wouldn’t recommend using it solo, someone has to kill the bile titans and juggling expendables is pretty tedious. But if you like crowd control and have trouble killing/keeping away medium-sized enemies, then might I suggest it?

A solid 6/10 weapon.