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[Leiseflehen1]

i've never thought about it till now cause i'm a horrible shot so i always go for body shot
for shotgun i mean.

i was wondering, can you even pull off a headshot with shotguns?
i mean with all 8 pellets hitting the head.
wouldn't 2-3 of them just fly off to the either side of the enemies head?

[marksman100]

I THINK its possible, especially with the Eviscerator.

[Locutus_of_BORG]

It's possible to land at least most of your pellets into an enemy's head with any SG, which will net you the damage bonus.

I'm not the best shot either, but it's very doable with the Vanguard, given the slo-mo at the tail end of a charge. Soldiers can do it too, as long as you're in ARush.

[mcsupersport]

A CQC Infiltrator can with the Eviscerator and stealth as well.......point blank to the back of the head.

[Waltzingbear]

As people have said, I've only had this profitable with the Eviscerator. Other shotguns are not accurate enough and seem to yield the highest damage when aiming at the torso or above the chest.

I would claim that it is in fact much easier with a Soldier than with a Vanguard due to the fact that when a Vanguard charges an enemy he is staggered which cause him to move or wriggle his head in a way that makes it hard to predict where to aim at. A Soldier for the other hand does not have this problem and can be much more precise and in control.

[Sarah_SR2]

I can often head shot with the viper and the heavy pistols if the target isn't running around but I'm a newbie and have yet to properly master using the game's shotguns. But then you don't need many goes with a shotgun to inflict lots of damage anyway so even with my rubbish aim I can still deal out plenty! I quite like ball shots with inferno ammo myself and amuse myself quite a lot pulling those off :) Not so much damage but a great way to kill a bad guy! o:)

[budzai]

you can... I did it I know coz I get the achivment...

[Stardusk78]

Very possible, with the Claymore as well, with Heightened AR or even just Heavy Charge; point blank Claymore head shot will do more damage than body shot.

[Bozorgmehr]

True, but to have all 8 pellets hit (the head) you have to shove your shotgun in their throats to make it work. Overall, aiming for the chest will yield better results - a more reliable way to one-shot enemies.

[jwalker]

budzai wrote...

you can... I did it I know coz I get the achivment...

Yup.... I reinstalled ME2 a couple of months ago and lost all my cheevos.
I got the Head Hunter one with my Claymore Vanguard

[Onpoint17]

I learned after playing Vanguard with the Claymore to shoot to the head instead of the body. Its usually an instant kill. It works well with Ymir mechs too. Sometimes you can blast the head off and cause that massive explosion.

[Tony Gunslinger]

The melee-and-a-shotgun-in-the-face method also helps, it's part of the Brawler achievement thingee, if you care about that stuff. And even if you didn't get a headshot, it's free 125 damage and a stagger.

[TheBestClass]

I'm going to revive this thread in hopes of getting a question answered.

I typically use the Claymore on my Vanguard but now I'm wondering if the Eviscerator's lack of spread would be considerably better if you landed consistent headshots. Headshots with the Claymore are unreliable due to the spread. So would headshots with the Eviscerator be better than torso shots with the Claymore (using reload trick)?

Modifié par TheBestClass, 05 juin 2011 - 08:53 .

[Waltzingbear]

No the Claymore will still do more damage (from experience rather than math). They are however two different shotguns that play differently so pure damage should not be the only measurement.

[TheBestClass]

Cool, thanks. I figured as much.

[CajNatalie]

Headshotting a YMIR is easy with a shotgun, but that's it. Their heads are perfectly sized for the reticule.
For everything else... you should aim to have the upper notch of the reticule at the top of their head so you're pretty much aiming for the throat or upper chest, to ensure you keep 100% of pellets hitting the target whilst getting whatever head-shot bonuses you can for high pellets.

Modifié par CajNatalie, 06 juin 2011 - 01:52 .

[Alamar2078]

Bozorgmehr wrote...

True, but to have all 8 pellets hit (the head) you have to shove your shotgun in their throats to make it work. Overall, aiming for the chest will yield better results - a more reliable way to one-shot enemies.

I usually don't get OSOK to the body.  Then again that's nothing an elbow or two wouldn't fix    I really feel dumb though with my big bad shotty going for a headshot and get a clean wiff at times

[Bozorgmehr]

Alamar2078 wrote...

I usually don't get OSOK to the body.  Then again that's nothing an elbow or two wouldn't fix    I really feel dumb though with my big bad shotty going for a headshot and get a clean wiff at times

A Claymore shot in the chest will one-shot normal grunts with 2 or 3 SG upgrades (NG+ Insanity) easily - only at point blank range though, you need to be as close as you can get. If you're playing Vanguard and use Heavy Charge, you should always aim for the head - the time dilation and staggered enemy make it easy. Without these effects, plus Shep and his/her target are moving, make it very hard to land perfect headshots. Going for the chest is an easier and still reliable way to dispose enemies quickly.

P.S. I always hit melee when firing the Claymore, even when enemies are out of range Fire + elbow has no impact on RoF and when enemies are within melee range, they suffer a Claymore blast and an melee attack simultaneous.

[Alamar2078]

It's easy most of the time [maybe all the time for good players] but I still come up empty sometimes on the XBox. That's my problem though.

When it comes to mooks if I take a "center of mass" shot after a heavy charge I can pretty much guarantee they'll live. What am I doing wrong?? [For OSOK I have to go for a head shot]