Click-clack, shotgun, the all-mighty boom stick all names that usually mean only one thing in games, death. Nothing dominates close quarter combat like the power of the shotgun. When wielding one of these, you need to get close to be efficient. Once you bridge the gap, it's all a matter of pressing the trigger and running to the next target. Shotguns are fun, fast, and what you're looking for is a reasonable rate of fire and reload. So here are ten that do just that.

10. Ikelos SG
Great for PVP

This hunk of indestructible cabal tec is excellent for all occasions. High impact, great range, versatile perks that include Shock Blast, and accurized rounds make this ranged shotgun a nightmare for Guardians that like to keep their distance and the hordes of enemy spawn.

Weapon Stats:

• Impact 65
• Range 41
• Stability 39
• Handling 50
• Reload Speed 65
• Rounds Per Minute 140 
• Magazine 7
• Aim Assistance 72
• Inventory Size 60
• Zoom 12
• Recoil 69
• Bounce Intensity 31

Weapon Perks

Exotic: Rapid-Fire Frame
Barrel: Rifled Barrel
Magazine: Tactical Mag
Trait: Threat Detector
Trait: Trench Barrel

Perks

Barrel: Fluted Barrel, Full Bore, Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Arrowhead Brake, Chambered Compensator, Corkscrew Rifling, Extended Barrel, Polygonal Rifling
Magazine: Accurized Rounds, Light Mag, Appended Mag, Tactical Mag, Extended Mag, Steady Rounds.
Trait: Feeding Frenzy, Firmly Planted, Moving Target, Lead from Gold, Pulse Monitor, Threat Detector.
Trait: Disruption Break, Vorpal Weapon, Elemental Capacitor, Trench Barrel, Surrounded, Rampage.

How to obtain: Random rare drop of wave seven of Escalation Protocol Bosses

VideoGuide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akjmKdof0g8&ab_channel=ThisWeekInVideoGames

9.Prophet of Doom
Great for PVP

The Prophet brings the right word, and the word is doom. This loud boom stick boasts the coveted full-auto trigger system, which allows for one squeeze, and many continuous shots follow to make sure the job is done. Feel free to combine it with steady or high-caliber rounds and rock the field with your power.

Weapon Stats:

• Impact 70
• Range 70
• Stability 52
• Handling 42
• Reload Speed 52
• Rounds Per Minute 65 
• Magazine 6
• Aim Assistance 73
• Inventory Size 48
• Zoom 12
• Recoil 77
• Bounce Intensity 23

Perks

Exotic: Precision Frame
Barrel: Rifled Barrel, Smoothbore.
Magazine: Steady Rounds, High-Caliber Rounds.
Trait: Full Auto Trigger System, Field Prep
Trait: One-Two Punch

Weapon Perks

Perks: 

Barrel: Barrel Shroud, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling, Rifled Barrel, Full Choke, Smoothbore.
Magazine: Assault Mag, Appended Mag, Tactical Mag, Accurized Rounds, Extended Mag, Steady Rounds, Light Mag.
Trait: Full Auto Trigger System, Feeding Frenzy, Slideways, Genesis.
Trait: One-Two Punch, Rampage, Opening Shot, Shield Disorient

How to obtain: Garden of Salvation raid drop.

VideoGuide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQutlTZD76E&ab_channel=DestinyFunPolice

8. Python
Great for PVE

Python has great things going for it. Overflow allows you to reload with both special and heavy ammo, or you could go with Feeding frenzy, and after kills, you reload faster. Whichever you choose will keep you in the game, taking out enemies on the field. It also sports an Aggressive frame that increases its rate of rife. So, go ahead and splatter the dark against the wall.

Weapon Stats:

• Impact 80 
• Range 32
• Stability 32
• Handling 34
• Reload Speed 42
• Rounds Per Minute 55 
• Magazine 4
• Aim Assistance 37
• Inventory Size 37
• Zoom 12
• Recoil 60
• Bounce Intensity 20

Weapon Perks

Exotic: Aggressive Frame
Sights: Smallbore
Magazine: Extended Mag
Trait: Overflow, Feeding Frenzy
Trait: Shield Disorient, One-two punch

How to obtain: Gambit ritual quest “Get Closer.”

VideoGuide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IffwFRSvJ2k&ab_channel=Aztecross

7. The Chaperone
Great for PVP

The Chaperone brings versatility to the usual combat trope of using the shotgun for the close quarter. This variation allows for a more excellent range, and the more accurate you are with it, the more precise it becomes. Take this monster precision shooter to the crucible and gambit and fire away.

Weapon Stats:

• Impact 75
• Range 100
• Stability 28
• Handling 82
• Reload Speed 37 
• Rounds Per Minute 70 
• Magazine 6
• Aim Assistance 70
• Inventory Size 45
• Zoom 12
• Recoil 50
• Bounce Intensity 50

Weapon Perks

Exotic: Precision Slug
Sights: Hammer-Forged Rifling
Magazine: Accurized Rounds
Trait: The Roadborn              
Trait: Hand-Laid Stock

How to obtain: Complete the exotic quest Holiday Family

VideoGuide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO5c-VXJGvM&ab_channel=Marcusbgaming

6. Threat Level
Great for PVE

One of the main things to look for in a shotgun is the rate of fire, and with a Rapid-Fire Frame on this weapon, it deals lead in spades. After it depletes its entire mag, it reloads even faster, allowing you to splatter your enemies in all directions.

Weapon Stats:

• Impact 65
• Range 37
• Stability 45
• Handling 49
• Reload Speed 68 
• Rounds Per Minute 140 
• Magazine 7
• Aim Assistance 74
• Inventory Size 52
• Zoom 12
• Recoil 66
• Bounce Intensity 34

Weapon Perks

Exotic: Rapid-Fire Frame
Sights: Barrel Shroud
Magazine: Light Mag
Trait: Trench Barrel
Trait: Grave Robber

Perks

Barrel: Rifled Barrel, Full Choke, Smallbore, Barrel Shroud, Corkscrew Rifling, Smoothbore
Magazine: Appended Mag, Tactical Mag, Extended Mag, Accurized Rounds, Steady Rounds, Light Mag.
Trait: Rampage, Slide shot, Trench Barrel, Surrounded, Moving Target. Field Prep
Trait: Grave Robber, Quickdraw, Threat Detector, Snapshot Sights, Genesis, Air Assault.

How to obtain:  Drops from the Scourge of the Past.

VideoGuide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrW6Sxs81w8&ab_channel=xHOUNDISHx

5. Mindbender’s Ambition
Great for PVP.

Damage, this shotgun is a damage-dealing monster. With its high fire rate after a kill and rampage granting temporary damage, taking out the enemy is just a matter of closing the distance.

Weapon Stats:

• Impact 80
• Range 36
• Stability 36
• Handling 38
• Reload Speed 45 
• Rounds Per Minute 55 
• Magazine 5
• Aim Assistance 39
• Inventory Size 40
• Zoom 12
• Recoil 69
• Bounce Intensity 31

Weapon Perks

Exotic: Aggressive Frame
Barrel: Rifled Barrel
Magazine: Steady Rounds
Trait: Opening Shot
Trait: Rampage
 

Perks

Barrel: Smallbore, Barrel Shroud, Corkscrew Rifling, Rifled Barrel, Full Choke, Smoothbore.
Magazine: Assault Mag, Appended Mag, Tactical Mag, Accurized Rounds, Extended Mag, Steady Rounds, Light Mag.
Trait: Slide shot, Threat Detector, Pulse Monitor.
Trait: Rampage, Quickdraw, Auto-Loading Holster, Moving Target

How to obtain: Drops when completing the Hollowed Lair on Nightmare

VideoGuide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YJ6cylKPjI&ab_channel=FalloutPlays
 

4. Retold Tale
Great for PVP.

Do not let the lack of options full you. The rate of fire on this shotgun makes up for its lack of bells and whistles. Its ripe fires, and even though your round count might seem low, it does have options to increase its magazine size. So, don’t be afraid to give this one a try in Crucible or Gambit.

Weapon Perks

Exotic: Precision Frame[Text Wrapping Break]
Barrel: Rifled Barrel, Smoothbore[Text Wrapping Break]
Magazine: Extended Mag. Assault Mag[Text Wrapping Break]
Trait: Full Auto Trigger System[Text Wrapping Break][Text Wrapping Break]

Perks

Barrel: Full Choke, Rifled Barrel, Smoothbore, Smallbore, Barrel Shroud, Corkscrew Rifling.
Magazine: Accurized Rounds, Assault Mag, Appended Mag, Tactical Mag, Extended Mag, Steady Rounds, Light Mag.
Trait: Quickdraw, Auto-Loading Holster, Threat Detector, Field Prep, Moving Target.
Trait:  Full Auto Trigger System, Rampage, Slide shot, Snapshot Sights, Grave Robber.

How to obtain: Drops during activities in the Dreaming City.

VideoGuide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CcYZ1L4bRI&ab_channel=PureChiLL

3.Tractor Cannon
Great for PVP and PVE

The tractor cannon is indeed impressive. It carries an exotic intrinsic named Repulsor Force that surprises your enemy's abilities and even makes them more vulnerable to incoming damage. It has excellent stability to put damaging rounds into your enemies. So, take this anywhere you go.

Weapon Stats:

• Impact 65
• Range 19
• Stability 82
• Handling 46
• Reload Speed 24 
• Rounds Per Minute 80 
• Magazine 4
• Aim Assistance 90
• Inventory Size 0
• Zoom 12
• Recoil 60
• Bounce Intensity 40

Weapon Perks

Exotic: Repulsor Force
Barrel: Extended Barrel
Battery: Particle Repeater
Trait: The Scientific Method
Trait:  Composite Stock

How to obtain: Rare Exotic World Drop.

VideoGuide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4NY-8IiSCc&ab_channel=ViolentPrivilegeG...

2. Lord of Wolves
Great for PVE

The Lord of Wolves is one of the more versatile weapons for playstyle; not only does it pack a punch, have a fast reload and spit lead like crazy, it allows for a modified shot thanks to its exotic perk Release the Wolves. It's wild fun, so ahead and takes this wolf lord to the enemy, and you will vaporize them in no time.

Weapon Stats:

• Impact 68
• Range 28
• Stability 45
• Handling 46
• Reload Speed 82
• Rounds Per Minute 640
• Magazine 5
• Aim Assistance 80
• Inventory Size 100
• Zoom 12
• Recoil 80
• Bounce Intensity 20

Weapon Perks

Exotic: Shrapnel Launcher
Sights: Chambered Compensator
Magazine: Extended Mag
Trait: Release the Wolves
Trait:  Composite Stock

How to obtain: Spider bounties sometimes sold by Xur.

Videoguide:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh3yAVxwkiI&ab_channel=RedJayHead

1.Legend of Acrius
Great for PVP and PVE.

This hunk of indestructible cabal tec is excellent for all occasions. High impact, great range, versatile perks that include Shock Blast, and accurized rounds make this ranged shotgun a nightmare for Guardians that like to keep their distance and the hordes of enemy spawn.

Weapon Stats:

• Impact 85
• Range 100
• Stability 82
• Handling 19
• Reload Speed 28
• Rounds per Minute 55
• Magazine 4
• Aim Assistance 90
• Inventory Size 0
• Zoom 12
• Recoil 60
• Bounce Intensity 40

Weapon Perks

Exotic: Shock Blast
Barrel: Full Bore
Magazine: Accurized Rounds
Trait: Long March
Trait: Fitted Stock

How to Obtain: 6 Part step that includes a raid. 

First: Complete the On the Comms quest.

Second: Complete the Leviathan Raid.

Third: Play and finish the Arms Dealer Strike.

Fourth: Obtain the Exotic Shotgun “Legend of Acrius.”

Fifth: Complete Cabal Killer Quest. 

Sixth: Obtain tokens for the “His Highness Seal” quest

How to obtain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwEXvuTI8_Y&ab_channel=Datto

VideoGuide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZGUwX8-3-w&ab_channel=PlanetDestiny

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