Is the NEW Reclaimer 18 Shotgun Any Good? | (Stats & Best Attachments) 

I’ve never seen a shotty that’s so trash and so good at the same time 😂

This explains why it felt so bad compared to the other shotguns, which already feel terrible compared to last year. That extra 50 health with no other changes seems to have ruined more than a few weapons, including the crossbow.

Being able to use this thing in MWIII and then going straight to the MW2 2009 SPAS-12 just puts you on perspective on how trash this game balancing is. They seem to love one shot snipers but lord forgive SH if they make a shotgun good

Its likely for balance reasons but having a shotgun that requires two shots to kill feels so wrong

Most of the time the shotgun is going to one shot it insane ranges and then other times you're going to get a point blank ADS headshot hit marker

idk whats with cod devs and making the alternate ammo types always significantly worse for shotguns. Also shame to see how bad the semi auto mode is; was hoping we could get a hybrid semi auto/pump action gun, but it seems like there's no reason to use this gun in semi auto mode aside from the funnies.

2 notes about this shotgun. First, for some reason they decided to completely break the Crown Breaker Choke which was the go-to choice for hip fire as it was way better at that than the other chokes. Now it's so bad that it has worse hip fire than the Bryson Choke and without the added ADS spread buff you get with the Bryson and Bryson Improved Chokes. This applies across all shotguns and effectively nerfed all of them quite a bit. Second, I've tested all configurations of this shotgun and found that the damage in pump-action is actually different depending on if you ADS or not. Fully set up for range and hip fire spread, it would 1-shot ADS kill up to about 18m. But when hip firing, I could not find a consistent 1-shot range at all. Even at under 5m with all pellets hitting the target, it would only sometimes 1-shot, even in tac-stance. So similar to the MW2 guns switched to semi-auto mode, this gun has 2 different damage values in pump-action mode depending if you're ADS or not. Because of these 2 things, I wouldn't waste my time on this gun anymore until they do something to fix it. As trash as the Lockwood 680 is, it's still a better shotgun than this.

I unlocked the spas yesterday and it’s been VERY inconsistent. Even at point blank I’m getting hit markers. Trash shotgun only got added as “fan service” 😂. No matter how many shotguns get added, Lockwood 680 will always be king.

It's not a bad shotgun, but it's definitely inconsistent at close range. You will one-shot people, but then at another close range, you have to shoot 2 or 3 times to kill... at the same range.

Part of the issue with it feeling inconsistent is, if you look at the advanced stats, it deals 88 damage to the head and upper chest, but 44 to the lower torso and legs. So to get those consistent 1 shot kills, you need to aim for their upper chest. I will admit I have gone on some nasty tears with this gun, but it is so inconsistent that I can also get tons of hit markers even against players that are already hurt. While the range can be nasty, semi auto is not great and pump is only good if you ads and are aiming high. Honestly I would be willing to lose some range for more consistency, because other than novelty, I feel the Lockwood 680 is still better overall. And don’t get me started on the utter state of MWII shotguns…

Thank you for taking some time to upload this. I was getting some bad results in the range for the alt fire. It was allowing me to get one-shots that weren't possible in a match, no matter how tight the spread could get. In the slower fire mode, I have been able to get some ridiculous ranged one-shots.

The gun has upper body damage multipliers, so you need to aim for the chest for consistency. It has the downsides of using a slug but with the spread of a normal shotgun.

One thing I think you forgot to mention is that you have to hit the upper torso to maximize its one shot kill potential! If you hit the torso past close range it gives a hit marker

Not going to lie, but dragons breathe in pump mode and feel more consistent in hitting the oneshot afterburn(Initial hit then dying by burning damage). Making the spread tight for hip and tac-stance definitely helps in close quarters to get the kill. Using semi basically makes it pointless to use as the burn damage will do literally nothing to help you. Since its a shotgun i just use it for close quarters and it feels more consistent with using the dragons breathe and keeping my spreads tight to ensure i hit my shots and let the DOT do the rest.

They need to buff the damage of the pellets so the gun could have more *consistency* in its maximum damage ranges. Too many times you’ll get the random hit marker that doesn’t do no damage to your enemy up close and it’ll just get u killed

I found that so long as you stick to using it in pump action mode and only, put the long barrel on, the best choke, and use the best ADS speed attachments for the other 3 slots, it's pretty strong and fast.

I wish they made the ammo types usable, the idea of having specialized shells in your shotgun is super cool, it just sucks that they all cut the guns performance in half

I wish they added speed loaders or quad loading to shotguns. I love pump shotguns but hate the reload times.

if any warzone-only players want to unlock this YOU CAN USE THE JAK JAWBREAKER KIT and it will count towards the unlock challenges! It's also a ridiculous loophole to get the KV platinum if you've gotten it gold. I got like 4 longshots in one match of resurgence....

don't worry everyone i know it's inconsistent now but don't worry they'll give it a buff when they reveal the Terminator™️ Sarah Connor Bundle (for only 4200 COD points), i'm pretty sure it will be just coincidental though.

There are mixed feelings when it comes to the new Reclaimer 18 shotgun. It does have a decent one hit kill range up to 16.5 meters but sometimes at point blank range, it doesn’t perform too well and it’s hit marker after hit marker. In my opinion, it’s just a fan favorite shotgun that people will enjoy every now and then, which will remember from previous CODs.

Im glad they didnt add another OP one shot weapon tbh. It might need a slight buff though.

Great vid as always

Why do cod devs hate shotguns? They have no issue with ohk snipers at any range yet fear a shotgun having a constant ohk within shotgun ranges. They really need to buff this gun, let shotguns be good again, and not outclassed by snipers in close quarters.

I haven’t seen a 19m OHK kill with shotgun shells ever since the M30 Drilling

I agree with you I was struggling with this shotgun, like you mentioned it is inconsistent especially on pump action. I will give the tac stance a try to see if that helps a bit.

Let's just talk about slugs: yes, they technically has worse one shot kill potential then default ammo, but what i noticed, default ammo is very unreliable with one-shot kill. Slugs are just very consistent, you get one shot kill without any RNG, and then 2 shot kill at any range.

I never thought I’ll meet the grandfather of hit markers. I did with this shotgun

There’s a new underbarrel that improves hip fire and tac stance. I forgot what it’s called, but it’s right before the vertical grips.

I didn’t know there was a difference in the 2 different modes, thx for that

I hope they take this on-the-fly change mechanic and apply it to the BAL AMP if it ever gets one, high fire rate (Inferno), slower fire rate then the base (Obsidian Steed)

I love it when theres actual differences between fire modes. I love the FTAC Recon since its so versatile, and no the M4 AMP is not even close to the same thing

I’ve noticed with the no stock attachment it feels like jumping is farther and you can change directions in mid air

At least they broke the cycle of "introducing a new weapon and having it be borderline broken for a month."

This is one of the weirdest, most frustrating guns I think I've ever used. It's literally a guessing game if you can get a OSK or just a hitmarker. You can one tap someone 15 meters away, turn a corner and get a hitmarker from point blank range. Never touching this again unless they change/fix it.

the hipfire spread can be tuned so tightly in the semi auto mode you’re able to 2 shot out to about 20-25m since all the pellets are in such a tight spread

I see. That explains why I've seen a lot of people using this in hardcore. I can imagine how much of a headache it is to use this thing in core game modes.

Idk why they're so scared of making slugs not ass considering the kar98 and other one shot weapons.

In Hardcore this gun is absolutely freakin wild. I get insane one shot kills down the entire lane while hip firing on shipment. Legitimately, it will kill people with one shot, in semi, on the other side of shipmen while hip firing. Absolutely insane. I dropped a 70 kill game on domination and I NEVER do that good.

Love the spas

They should up the pellet count to 9 at least if they don’t buff the damage

I haven’t used this thing yet but it’s already my favorite gun since 2018

It feels incredibly inconsistent. Sometimes I’ve needed 4 shots to kill at ranges that could easily be 1HK. It’s pretty terrible.

Thank you

Fyi Ace, the no stock attachment looks much worse in the firing range than it does in-game (somehow). I still wouldn't use it because it covers a good chunk of your screen, but it's nowhere near as bad as what the firing range shows.

Why didn't you talk about the damage multipliers with this gun? If you look at the detailed stats, the upper torso and headshot damage is significantly higher than the rest of the body. If you want to get more consistent one shot kills, aim for upper chest instead of center mass like you would with most other shotguns.

Ace, you might have covered this in another video, what is the S2F if you have the no tac sprint boots?

I agree super inconsistent. Semi auto is a monster in hardcore though

From my experience, this shotgun is best used in tac stance while in pump action, makes it feel pretty decent.

I play HC mainly and it’s super solid!

Great Vid 👍 Mahalo

This thing feels more inconsistent than the Lockwood 680 does, and that's with all of the attachments that boosts it's range and its pellet spread

Personally I've found this gun is much better when I put a reflex sight on it. The power of the gun comes from high risk high reward at medium range, so attachments that make it easier to use feel like they help more than attachments that strictly improve its stats. Using a barrel is mandatory though.

Never thought I'd have to say this, but this shotgun is in dire need for a buff

they gave it the same bug from the 680 where the capacity = pellets fired lmao

I remember when the Center Mass Grip Tape had an absurd sprint to fire reduction to the point where if combined with the right attachments, it has a 1ms sprint to fire time. But SHG fixed this within a few hours after it being out.

I'll call it the AN-94 of shotguns. If you're on, it's arguably the best gun. If you're slightly off, it's absolutely terrible.

I always hate the fact in CoD series shotguns depends so heavily on the random. That's just frustrating and not fun at all. On high-fire-rate shotguns this isn't a serious problem, but pump-action or just shotguns with slow RoF because of this become a whole dissappointment. Just make for them fixed pellet spread at least when you aim down sight and everything will be fine.

This thing is so inconsistent. There are times where it feels nasty as hell, and then times where I basically shot them point blank to the chest in pump action and it gets a hit marker. To me there’s no reason to use it over the Lockwood other than nostalgia

So, I can snipe with this in HC. Great!

It’s a sniper shotgun if you use it like that and shoot upper chest it one shots like crazy. Then you hipfire point blank die leave the match and close the game.

Who else prefers golden age cod attachments? One suppressor, not 30 silencers that have tiny stat differences.

It definitely could use a damage buff, feels way too inconsistent wether in semi auto mode or pump action. But idk if they’ll buff it

likely have two shots because for the akimbo aftermarket. What SHG should just make the Half Life 2 shotgun Twinbarrel aftermarket part called JAK Messa which would allow the operator to switch between Single and Double shot with a flip of the switch

The Haymaker with Aftermarket kit was one of the few fun guns out there. Until it got nerfed to the ground. Now, no shotgun stand a chance against other weapons. Anyway I still have an epic Riveter setup that no one talks about, literally 2 shot almost any range, (0)zero!!! spread, yet still not as fun as melt ppl with the Haymaker 😎🤙

Hello, hardcore mode? I'm seeing this thing dominate in hardcore. What are the stats for hardcore.

I don't suggest the discouraged barrel at all. I tried shooting the closest dummy at the same spot in the training range 10 times each with and without the barrel. I got a 1 shot kill 9 times without the barrel and a 1 shot kill only once with the barrel. I don't know why that's the case but no barrel is far far more consistent Edit: putting the center mass grip also did the same thing, maybe the gun just automatically gets more inconsistent if you add any attachments at all

The 150hp makes balancing 1 shot kill weapons impossible

Treyarch, I need for y'all to keep shotguns as the meta for BO6 as punishment for Sledgehammer and Infinity Ward glazing Sniper/Marksman Rifles nonstop. Signed, a USAS 12 OG

That red camo looks so cartoonish, lego-like.

What is the camo he is using for the tac stance build?

I don't use shotguns much, are there any worth running in this game?

what even is the point of bolo shells? They only make every shotgun worse

Apparently they are adding a conversion kit that lets you dual weald it

The semi auto fire rate just needs a nice buff

What the hell is the point of Bolo shells? It'd be one thing if they were just bad but I don't even understand the intention behind them

its bugged in zombies, it won't kill mercs unless u ADS and shoot them

i was so confused about that semi, kept getting killed by it cause they had the second shot fast and I wasn't close enoughf

Range on this shotgun is crazy on hardcore

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Bolo shells in semi auto don't work, it turns into buck in semi, not sure if that's intentional or a bug

I think it’s funny that aiming magically reduces the spread.

The numbers are here but when you are playing it feels completely different. Sure, in game we don't get precisely the stats on how you got point or somebody got you but sometimes you feel like you are the best player in world, next round is completely the opposite. And no, let's not start conspiracy theories right now. At least not right now. I think they should bring the consistency for 1 shot kill to pump hip fire and ads to whatever the ranges that they think it's good and the same for 2 shot for the semi-auto. And apply to all the other shotguns

I tried bolo shells in the gunsmith, and was able to 2 shot in tac stance 25+ metres away in semi auto. Have they buffed the bolo shells in semi auto or is this a bug? (Edit: training dummies and private bot matches don’t match up…)

honestly it looks and feels like a reskinned lockwood 680… they didnt give the spas the same treatment as the kar on release

Snipers being better shotguns than shotguns is crazy

I feel its inconsistency has to be due to the duel firing modes and the damage values being bugged right? On paper the pump mode should be good but in practice it might as well be 50/50 if you're going to kill an enemy. They've got to rework the entire semi-auto mode as its practically useless. Same for the different ammo types, all of them suck in general. This gun in just needs a rework or to fix whatever bugs that are messing with its consistency. I begrudgingly got Interstellar and One Trick for it but it wasn't fun. I'm now dreading the grind for Obsidian :(

So afraid of making another broken shotgun like the jak wardens but will make broken snipers left and right and not nerf them no matter what 😂

Pump Action is good but when I gonna see a great slug shotgun build or a new shotgun that really kills hard in 20 to 30 meters 🤷🏻‍♂️

It can be good if your really switched on, I had a rust and meat game where I got 70+ kills with it and it felt great but ive also used it when I was less invested in the game and it felt hopeless, you really got be accurate, same experiance in warzone, had some moments where it was super clutch and I won fights against good players I in no way would ever have won in one vs teo scenarios, but ive also had plenty of times where I was just outside of its range and its gotten me killed. Feels like a gun you can force to work but it wont come easy in warzone at least, it does feel good tho two pumping people.

M1014 is still king 🤴 semi auto with consistent one shots

bolo shots for me turn to normal buck shots is the a glitch?

what is the "add" part in reload add time?

I actually really like this shotgun in hardcore in semi auto mode

It is very inconsistent when I’m using it tbh

It's inconsistent so I see a buff coming. Also CW SPAS was butta

To be fair that was also the spas in mw2 original lol. Sometimes you think why did i get a hitmarker at like point black. But i get a goddamn 1hit kill from 15 meters away in the next kill. Soooo its a lot the same

This gun just feels weird, I felt like the Lockwood 680 was so much better any time I used it

So which is better? 680 or spas? I cant tell.

they have made a few different spas12s in cod (mw2, blops1, etc) so I dont get the issue.