Planetside 2 Best Heavy Assault Weapons Guide: Page 6 of 6

A guide to heavy assault's weapons
Time to roll out big guns for big boys!


Heavy weapons

 

And here we got to the most interesting part of the arsenal’s guide. The heavy weapons. Each faction got only 1 type of those, they are unique, they are large, and they surely will attract the interest of every Heavy Assault player out there that seeks to mix fun and effectiveness. Each of the faction’s heavy weaponry is unique in its own way, so we’ll look at them separately.

 

T7 Mini-Chaingun (TR)

Remember how we reviewed LMG’s that are most suitable for holding a chokepoint? Forget all about that, because this particular gun is the very first thing that gets into your mind whenever you pronounce “Heavy weapon”. Much like Heavy from Team Fortress 2, this weapon is similar to its minigun, since it has a long reload (a bit quicker than T9 Carv, though), and bad accuracy. Even when you aim down the sights, you merely squeeze hip fire aim. It has the largest magazine capacity in the game. 

The gun starts shooting at the rate of fire of 750 RPM, just like T9 Carv does, but, after just a second of firing, its RPM increases significantly to its maximum of 845, which is enormous. Very few if none at all weapons can compete with this rate of fire.

Although a weapon will leave you at disadvantage against an agile trooper when you face him in a 1v1 situation, this weapon is designed to shred through a large group of enemies.

Of course, it has good attachments. One of those worth mentioning is extended magazine attachment, which doesn’t give you any penalties, but doubles your magazine capacity! And the cost for such an attachment is just a small pile of 100 certificates.

To sum up, this is the weapon that speaks for itself. If you want to feel like Terminator or Rambo with a minigun - this is your choice!

 

NC05 Jackhammer (NC)

 

Remember how we spoke of shotguns? Well, here’s the best one in the entire game. It is the only shotgun in the entire game that has 3x Burst firing mode and can switch to its primary Semi-Auto should the shooter decide so. It has no damage degradation over distance, thus being said, the only parameter that decides its effectiveness on the range is the bullet’s spread. 

And not to mention that it doesn’t suffer any drawbacks in terms of damage for all its advantages, except for just slightly increased reload speed, which isn’t much different from stock shotguns. 

And the best part about it is that it can be equipped as a secondary weapon, meaning you can combine it and an LMG or any other primary weapon in the Heavy Assault class. 

Also, it has extended magazine attachment, given that this shotgun already has the largest magazine across all other of its kind - it’s indeed, the best of its kind, even though it’s considered a heavy weapon.

 

Lasher X2 (VS)

Lasher is a dream of a Dragon Ball fan. Because it literally shoots exploding orbs instead of bullets. Yes, you heard it right - exploding orbs is its ammunition. They have one if not the slowest muzzle velocity in the entire game, but they deal AOE (Area Of Effect) damage, and it’s an absolute monster in close quarters because of it. 

If you got the right angle, you may even kill off the enemy that is hiding behind a corner!

It is an extremely accurate weapon, accuracy, and its magazine size compensate for its muzzle velocity. 

And like other heavy weapons, it has an extended magazine attachment, that will double its magazine capacity, thus providing you with more orbs to fire!

Overall, it is a very interesting and unique weapon, which is lotta fun to play with!

 

P.S.

We hope you found this tip useful and that your choice of a weapon for Heavy Assault's class will be much easier for you now! If you want to see other useful tips, you can check our Planetside 2 Best Sniper rifles guide, alternatively, you can check our top for Top 10 Planetside 2 weapons that wreck hard!, or, if you already chose a class and a weapon for yourself, you can check our Top 5 Best Planetside 2 Implants

Good luck on the battlefields of Auraxis, soldier!

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