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{{Infobox Weapon
 
{{Infobox Weapon
 
|weapon=Double-Barrelled Shotgun
 
|weapon=Double-Barrelled Shotgun
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|image_w=weapon_supershotgun.png
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|image_v=v_shot2.png
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|manualtext=A worthy weapon with three minor drawbacks: first, it uses up 2 shells per blast; second, it's slow; third, its shot pattern is very loose at long range. But in general, once you find this puppy, the other shotgun starts rusting from disuse.
 
|ammotype=[[Shells]]
 
|ammotype=[[Shells]]
 
|ammousage=2 per shot
 
|ammousage=2 per shot
|shottype=hitscan
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|shottype=[[Hitscan]]
 
|dpshot=56, divided among 14 pellets
 
|dpshot=56, divided among 14 pellets
 
|dpsecond=80
 
|dpsecond=80
|range=2048 units
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|range=2048 [[unit]]s
 
|cycletime=0.7s
 
|cycletime=0.7s
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|1stappearance = [[E1M1]] (secret), [[E1M2]]
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|obituary1=(Target) ate 2 loads of (attacker)'s buckshot.
 
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A worthy weapon with three minor drawbacks: first, it uses up 2 shells per blast; second, it's slow; third, its shot pattern is very loose at long range. But in general, once you find this puppy, the other shotgun starts rusting from disuse.
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The '''Double-Barrelled Shotgun''' uses 2 shells up per shot, but is a lot more effective at close range than the [[Shotgun]]. It is probably the most-used weapon in the game, and you'll first find it in a secret in [[E1M1]], or else in [[E1M2]].
 
 
The Double-Barrelled Shotgun uses 2 shells up per shot, but is a lot more effective at close range than the [[Shotgun]]. It is probably the most-used weapon in the game, and you'll first find it in a secret in [[e1m1]], or else in [[e1m2]].
 
  
 
== Name ==
 
== Name ==
The term "Super Shotgun" might sometimes be used to describe this gun in fewer syllables, but this is technically incorrect. Both Doom 2 and [[Quake II]] used this term, but in Quake it is called the Double-Barrelled Shotgun (sometimes shortened to dbshotgun).
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The term "Super Shotgun" might sometimes be used to describe this gun in fewer syllables, but this is technically incorrect. Both Doom 2 and [[Quake II]] used this term, but in Quake it is called the Double-Barrelled Shotgun. Still, its [[spawn function]] refers to it as ''weapon_supershotgun''.
  
==See Also==
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{{Weapons}}
* [[Weapons]]
 

Latest revision as of 00:43, 13 August 2020

Double-Barrelled Shotgun
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"A worthy weapon with three minor drawbacks: first, it uses up 2 shells per blast; second, it's slow; third, its shot pattern is very loose at long range. But in general, once you find this puppy, the other shotgun starts rusting from disuse."

Ammunition type Shells
Ammunition usage: 2 per shot
Shot type: Hitscan
Damage per shot: 56, divided among 14 pellets
Damage per second (max): 80
Range: 2048 units
Cycle Time: 0.7s
First appearance: E1M1 (secret), E1M2
Obituaries: (Target) ate 2 loads of (attacker)'s buckshot.
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The Double-Barrelled Shotgun uses 2 shells up per shot, but is a lot more effective at close range than the Shotgun. It is probably the most-used weapon in the game, and you'll first find it in a secret in E1M1, or else in E1M2.

Name[edit]

The term "Super Shotgun" might sometimes be used to describe this gun in fewer syllables, but this is technically incorrect. Both Doom 2 and Quake II used this term, but in Quake it is called the Double-Barrelled Shotgun. Still, its spawn function refers to it as weapon_supershotgun.

Weapons from Quake
Axe | Shotgun | Double-Barrelled Shotgun | Nailgun | Super Nailgun | Grenade Launcher | Rocket Launcher | Thunderbolt