Hitting at least 3 enemies with an attack, increases your damage by 24-36% for 3 seconds.
Hitting at least 3 enemies with an attack, increases your cleave by 140-200% for 2 seconds.
5-6.5% Strength for 5s on Close Range Kill.
You can Hipfire with this weapon while Sprinting. 6-15% Close Damage while Sprinting. Also reduces weapon spread at all times by 10%.
Mainly melee focused with poor ranged ability.Melee:Use Voice of Command aggressively. Don't wait till you need it to replenish your toughness, that is not the Doom marine way. Charge your enemies and immediately shout them down to the floor, then shred them with your chainsaw and/or shotgun. 3x Ability regen on your curios will keep you shouting, and should the situation arise where you need to use it defensively, it will be available again in mere moments (just try not to die during cooldown, easy enough?)Use your chainsaw to carve up armoured enemies if you've run out of grenades or decide not to use them for some reason. Feel free to swap out 25% Carapace Damage for 25% Maniac if you'd rather not engage Crushers in melee. Frankly, the Assault Chainswords are the worst chain weapons for handling Crushers, and you might prefer the damage boost for specials/Dreg Ragers instead.Ranged:The shotgun doesn't have great distance, and if anything, you want to be wielding it defensively.Works great at keeping Muties, Trappers, Flamers, Hounds, Ragers, and Maulers at bay. After shooting you don't even have to reload; kill one enemy in melee to gain 1 loaded shell, then swap to shotty, then back to melee for another kill, and you're fully reloaded again.With this in mind, while in melee don't be shy to whip the shotgun out. I mean, why wouldn't you?Deal with enemies at range by shooting them to stagger/interrupt and charging the distance to slay them up close like a true Doom marine (Run 'n' Gun blessing helps with this)Alternatively, throw a grenade. You have good grenade regen so use them often and as the situation requires.Summary:Stay mobile, play aggressive, scream in unending rage, USE YOUR GRENADES, and remember your A.B.C.'s Always Be Cycling (between weapons).Bonus Tip:Mute in-game music, put on Doom music.
