Resident Evil 4 Remake Best Shotgun?

In case anyone is wondering why the Skullshaker is a popular shotgun you might want to watch Terminator 2. The sheer epicness of the Winchester repeater shotgun is on full display while T-800(Arnold Schwarzenegger) is riding on a motorcycle trying to protect John Connor from being run over by the T-1000 in a cargo truck.

In the original RE4, the First Shotgun you get (W-870) had a nifty little secret if you maxed it out which made it the most Overpowered shotgun in the game. You see, all of the shotguns have a spread-shot to them, and likewise the overall possible damage was divided per pellet, making it so up close enemies taking multiple pellets recieved more damage, but further away enemies taking only 1 or 2 pellets took far less damage. However, when you fully upgraded the W-870 in the original RE4, it made it so that the maximum damage the gun could do applied to every single pellet! That's right, if 1 pellet from the your shot hit an enemy at long range, it would've been as if they had taken all of them up close and in your face! People who sold that gun early in favor of getting another one completely missed out on one of the most overpowered weapons in the game. I was hoping that little secret would've transferred over to the remake, but it doesn't look like it.

Using the Skull Shaker for my first playthrough, I don't usually use shotguns but for special occasions. So, having the extra storage space is definitely a huge boon to the gun. Missing out on a couple of points of damnage is pretty negligible for when it's needed.

The ammo cap on the striker is useless because of the rarity of shotgun ammo.

I love all of them but the skull shaker is my favorite. Rip and tear until it is done.

Its tough, I like the striker/skull shaker as my room clearing gun, because the wide spread catches everyone in front of me. But the riot gun has a tight spread and better range for bosses. That's the trade off imo.

870 has always been my favorite in 4! Used it on my first playthrough on hard and it just puts everyone done with a single shot. But skull shaker being so similar plus the cool animation might take 1st for me!

Very nice video! Straight to the point and gave good insights about each gun

Also the skull shaker is good for conserving space since it takes up significantly less space than all the shotguns. With that said I still stand by my riot I love it

the skull shaker is definitely a nod to terminator 2 motorcycle chase scene... badass!

Thanks for breaking this down! Really opened my eyes to different use cases.

My tier list if not using infinite ammo is 4)Striker - With limited Ammo, the wide spread can be a bit detrimental, and you want more damage 3)W780 - Really high power. Not much else to be said 2) Skull Shaker - About the same power as the w780, but takes up less space. 1) Riot Gun - The tight spray helps to ensure more pellets hit the target and thus less potential damage is wasted

My favorite too is also the skull shaker. Only 2 problems are that you gotta get close to 1 shot enemies and it’s kind of a bad weapon to start off with if you’re doing a fresh play through especially on professional due to its low ammo capacity. But it becomes better as you upgrade and I really like how little space it takes up in your inventory.

Benelli M3 (Riot gun) is my favorite just because it's powerful, accurate and semi-auto. (Remington) 870 is a close second, I love it's damage but I find that the M3 gets me out of more sticky situations than the pump action because of its rate of fire. Skull Shaker (Winchester 1887) is iconic but the flip reload is actually really dangerous irl, but what do you expect from over the top Leon? It's not as good as the first two shotguns in certain categories but it wins in terms of taking up the least amount of space for sure and a good all around option. Armsel striker is by far the best for capacity but it's my least favorite because I never need that much capacity in this game. Riot gun loads 6 shells at a time when maxed out, that's plenty for me. I've heard of twin and quad loads but six? I wish they would've given Leon a syringe loader when reload speed is maxed out and have Leon load the tube Jerry Miculek style. That would've been badass.

I have the Skull Shaker but haven't beaten professional yet,working on it.Thanks for the video The W870 surprised me.

Riot Gun for me. I love the tight spread on it

Skull Shaker: "So anyway I started blastin"

For a new game run or first run it’s the Riot Shotgun. But for new game with Cat Ears or NG+ it’s the Striker for me. Striker readies up so quickly and gets enemies out of the way. It also has amazing Rate of Fire and huge ammo capacity which is big.

I watched this, then the handgun video. The one I used in my first playthroughs was the riot gun whilst in the og I used the striker. I would love to see you make more videos about rhis game and ( I really want more categorized weapon comparisons like this video) You seem like you're enjoying the game and I very much am and probably more than the og even though I grew up playing the og

I think the only reason to use the Skull Shaker is because of the cool animation and the fact that it takes up very little space in your inventory. My personal go-to is the Riot Gun.