| “ | Living up to its name, this pig of a weapon never fails to satisfy. Holds four(sic) wide-spread slugs for rapid-fire death dealing. |
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About
The "Warthog" Auto 210 is a primary weapon for the Engineer. It is a typical pump-action shotgun with a large barrel and a sleek profile. Unlike most shotguns, this one operates using a magazine and so it can reload its full capacity much faster than loading the shells individually.
A reliable self-defense option for dealing with anything that gets past the Engineer's turrets and powerful secondaries. Although the Warthog is a pump-action weapon, it fires so fast that it may as well be a semi-auto shotgun. Its fast firing speed and generously high amount of reserve ammo make it a great option in the hands of greenbeards and veterans alike, and it also has a decent base chance of stunning enemies (which can be improved upon further with mods). All of these factors combined make the Warthog an excellent self-defense tool, often capable of one-shotting most enemies when aiming for their weak spots.
Despite its numerous advantages the Warthog does suffer with some problems. As a shotgun it is obviously limited by range – while the damage of each pellet remains the same, most pellets will miss. Enemies, such as Mactera Spawn, can easily keep their distance while firing back upon the Engineer. Weaker foes, like Glyphid Web Spitters, can still be killed from considerable range, although taking more shots to do so. The weapon also suffers somewhat with damage – on higher difficulties it may fail to one-shot enemies even when aiming directly for their weakpoints. For this reason the Warthog should primarily be used as a self-defense weapon for protecting the Engineer himself.
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Modifications
There are five tiers and each tier has up to three upgrades, only one upgrade can be equipped per tier.
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| Tier 1 |  Supercharged Feed Mechanism |
+1.0 Rate of Fire | We overclocked your gun. It fires faster. Don't ask, just enjoy. Also probably don't tell Management, please. |  1200 Credits
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 Overstuffed Magazine |
+2 Clip Size | The good thing about clips, magazines, ammo drums, fuel tanks... You can always get bigger variants. | 1200 Credits
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Tier 2 4
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 Expanded Ammo Bags |
+40 Max Ammo | You had to give up some sandwich-storage, but your total ammo capacity is increased! | 2000 Credits
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 Loaded Shells |
+2 Bullets | More pellets in each shell | 2000 Credits
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 Choke |
x0.5 Base Spread | Decreased shot spread | 2800 Credits
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| Tier 3 8
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 Recoil Dampener |
x0.4 Recoil | Quality engineering, the best lasercut parts, the tender loving care of a dedicated R&D Department, The recoil of your gun is drastically reduced. | 2800 Credits
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 Quickfire Ejector |
-0.5 Reload Time | Experience, training, and a couple of under-the-table "adjustments" means your gun can be reloaded significantly faster. | 2800 Credits
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High Capacity Magazine |
+3 Clip Size | The good thing about clips, magazines, ammo drums, fuel tanks... You can always get bigger variants. | 2000 Credits
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| Tier 4 12
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 Tungsten Coated Buckshot |
+400% Armor Break Bonus | We're proud of this one. Armor shredding. Tear through that high-impact plating of those big buggers like butter. What could be finer? | 4800 Credits
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 Bigger Pellets |
+1 Damage | The good folk in R&D have been busy. The overall damage of your weapon is increased. | 4800 Credits
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| Tier 5 16
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 Turret Whip |
+Turret Whip (120 Explosive damage) |
Shoot your turrets to make them create an overcharged shot | 5600 Credits
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Miner Adjustments |
+0.5 Rate of Fire +Automatic Fire |
Fully automatic with an increased rate of fire | 5600 Credits
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Unique Modifications
Turret Whip
Turret Whip is an upgrade for the Warthog that allows the Engineer to manually fire a powerful shot from a Sentry. If a single pellet from a shotgun with this upgrade hits a Sentry, it will cause the Sentry to consume 10 ammo from its reserves to fire a fast-moving projectile in the direction it is currently facing. If the Sentry does not have 10 ammo, it will not fire. The Sentry does not need to be targeting an enemy for this projectile to fire, and can be shot from the barrel while the Sentry is in its idle sweep. The projectile deals 120 damage and has a 1m blast radius. It can deal friendly fire to allies and to the Engineer that fired it. Turret Whip can be triggered by any Engineer in the party.
Miner Adjustments
Miner adjustments is an upgrade for the Warthog that transforms it into an automatic shotgun (from a semi-auto). It visibly increases the fire rate by 0.5; it also allows the user to continuously fire by simply holding down the fire button instead of needing to tap it.
Overclocks
 "Warthog" Auto 210 [Expand/Collapse]
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Stunner
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"Heavier rounds allow for Stun chance on all body parts, not just weakpoints. Shooting already stunned enemies with this overclock will deal extra damage." |
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Light-Weight Magazines
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"It's amazing how much material can be removed without affecting anything and lighter magazines means more magazines and faster reloading." |
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Magnetic Pellet Alignment
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"Electromagnets in the chamber greatly reduces shot spread and increases weakpoint damage at the cost of a slower rate of fire." |
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Cycle Overload
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"Heavy modification to the chamber greatly increases the maximum rate of fire and increases raw damage but reduces the weapon's accuracy and reload speed as a consequence." |
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Mini Shells
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"Smaller shells designed around a new charge type reduce recoil and increase overall ammo and magazine capacity at the cost of raw damage." |
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Skins
Full gallery of skins can be seen at Weapon Skins.
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Trivia
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