Best Fragger gun? I say its the BR-16. What say you?

(KayDubz) #1

Check out the stat sheet and then play each weapon a few rounds. Heres a quick breakdown though.

M4A1: 14 damage per bullet, 35 clip-size, 536 RPM, Body DPS 125, Average Time-to-kill 1.47 seconds
K-121: 17 damage per bullet, 50 clip-size, 477 RPM, Body DPS 134.9, Average Time-to-kill 1.35 seconds
BR-16: 48 damage per burst, 27 clip-size, 220 RPM, Body DPS 175.8, Average Time-to-kill 1.01 seconds
(16 damage per bullet)

Fragger is one of my main mercs, and Ive been deciding which is my favorite gun for him. After trying all 3, here are my thoughts.

M4A1: Decent damage, good accuracy, acceptable recoil, nice clip size and a good rate of fire. I couldn’t find anything wrong with using this gun. Its just a really ok gun that can bring down enemies easily and is forgiving even if your aim isnt the best. Spray and pray isnt awful either, as the spread is manageable. Of course burst firing is your friend though.

K-121: Good damage, will mow down multiple people with ease if you aim well thanks to its large capacity clip. It has pretty bad spread compared to other guns once you let out several shots, so burst firing is a must in a fire fight one-on-one. The recoil kinda stinks, especially if you choose to aim down sights to boost accuracy while emptying your magazine. This gun is for people with discipline and good aim. With its lower fire rate and higher spread when compared to the M4A1, spraying will cost you much accuracy and get you killed…despite Fraggers 150 HP.

BR-16: Very good damage due to its accuracy and 3 shot burst. However you do still need decent aim to make sure all of your bullets hit in each burst…as the RPM is low for this gun. Its imperative that you make every bullet count or you will go down easily. Clip size only 27, but with a 48 dmg per burst and 16 dmg per bullet you should be just fine. I find that even when you continually fire burst after burst, spread and accuracy remain good.

So why do I think the BR-16 is Fraggers best weapon? Well just look at the stats and try each gun on for size. With a 1.01 average time-to-kill, the BR-16 dispatches enemies much quicker than the other weapons. When you consider its much higher Body DPS ( and even much much higher Head DPS) its quite superior when combined with its good accuracy in 3-shot burst. With its good accuracy and spread, theres really not a lot of trouble in making sure all 3 bullets in each burst hit a target (especially heads)

Granted the BR-16’s playstyle doesnt feel very Fragger-like…I think its his best weapon. That said, I do feel the other two guns have a true Fragger feel…as they certainly can put more damage into mutiple targets. ( but we have nades for that dont we?

So in ending…if you favor winning 1 on 1 gun fights like myself…pick the BR-16. If you like mowing more than one target down, the other two guns are your better bet due to their fire rate and capacities. The k-121 is also king for suppresive fire…or if you need to let out shots while backing up in retreat (as you know you wont have to reload quickly while regrouping)

(NuclearSharkhead) #2

Fragger is mainly used to execute multikills and plow through areas quickly. His K-121 and 2 nades are a great combination in this respect. I personally don’t consider picking other primary weapons for him, unless I expect to be exchanging fire at extremely long ranges for whatever reason - in which case the laser-like M4 is probably my best bet.

(Harlot) #3

The M4A1 is all around the best weapon for Fragger. Here’s the funny part: I consider the BR-16 to be superior to the M4A1. I use it on Kira, and in the rare instances I play Arty.

So why is the M4A1 superior on Fragger? First, the perks. The best card comes with increased explosion radius and reduced explosive damage, as well as Cool. Cool is the cherry on top of the two best perks you could ask for Fragger. He tends to eat explosive damage as a counter and the increased radius helps you pick up multikills.

Second, the BR-16 favors a few playstyles not well-suited to Fragger; peaking and close-range. Peaking/cover abuse is weaker on Fragger, who prefers to peak and throw a grenade. If you’re trying to peak to firefight with Fragger, good players will abuse your large body and slow movespeed and be hitting you before you can hit them. Also, the BR-16 is fantastic at close range. An aggressive Kira is hard to hit and can close the gap, then abuse the disgusting DPS on the BR-16 to ensure every single bullet is landing. Fragger isn’t fast enough to use the BR-16 like it’s a SMG.

He’s better suited for that precise mid-range dominance and ability to multikill squishies via grenades and the larger clip of the M4A1. It shoots ropes that can devastate a single squishy and have enough rounds left in the clip to easily kill two or more.

I know people love the K-121, but it really is a ghost of it’s former self. It has a higher theoretical DPS than the M4A1 but loses out in actual DPS due to higher recoil and spread. You WILL miss headshots outside of close-range, or bullets will miss entirely.

(Amerika) #4

K121 is the best gun. But the M4 with unshakeable is the best thing to run in competition so you don’t die. The K121 was nerfed a few different times (and recently buffed) but it’s always been a better choice when compared gun to gun. But Unshakeable and surviving a grenade trumps the slightly better kill power over the M4 which is why you see it so often in competition. BR16 isn’t even a choice in my eyes.

(KayDubz) #5

Good responses. But my comparison was mostly based on the guns themselves and their raw killing potential. When you bring up loadouts and such, those seem to affect mostly frags and how strong fraggers defense will be.

Personally I throw nades rather well and have good awareness. So I dont get to much out of only a 10% increase to blast radius.

(Harlot) #6

[quote=“prankishVictory;54754”]Good responses. But my comparison was mostly based on the guns themselves and their raw killing potential. When you bring up loadouts and such, those seem to affect mostly frags and how strong fraggers defense will be.

Personally I throw nades rather well and have good awareness. So I dont get to much out of only a 10% increase to blast radius.[/quote]

A good Fragger will have no issue cooking grenades and giving you zero chance to counter play. That is why Unshakable is the best perk in high level play. And with perks and weapons shared in loadouts, you cannot compare weapons in a vacuum. You most look at the entire package.

(smartIsland) #7

Br16 is the best gun but limited by the perks available for its builds. With the last patch aimpunch changes I switched to m4 with focus but I still use the br16 the vast majority though (fragger being my main merc)

(Harlot) #8

The BR-16, and the Dreiss more so, took a huge hit from the aim punch changes. However, the fine tuning patch helped somewhat. I’m back to tearing people up with the BR-16 Kira.

(HardCoreGamer44) #9

I Hate The BR-16 Lol but i guess it were i ain,t used to semi auto fire :slight_smile:

(watsyurdeal) #10

K 121 is definitely a heavy hitter, but the M4 is so damn accurate it’s hard to not use it over anything else.

The BR is ok but feels inconsistent compared to a full auto, prob my aim but then again the delay between bursts is pretty steep. Kinda like the Shotguns actually and why you don’t see them as often.

(stealthyBass) #11

I think you’re likely drunk and should head home. Please drive safe.

(KayDubz) #12

yawn

Trolls are so cute when young.

(KayDubz) #13

[quote=“Harlot;54759”][quote=“prankishVictory;54754”]Good responses. But my comparison was mostly based on the guns themselves and their raw killing potential. When you bring up loadouts and such, those seem to affect mostly frags and how strong fraggers defense will be.

Personally I throw nades rather well and have good awareness. So I dont get to much out of only a 10% increase to blast radius.[/quote]

A good Fragger will have no issue cooking grenades and giving you zero chance to counter play. That is why Unshakable is the best perk in high level play. And with perks and weapons shared in loadouts, you cannot compare weapons in a vacuum. You most look at the entire package.
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Good points made. I may start recording my KD and scores and averaging them. And then Ill see how good I usually do with fragger’s best loadout for each weapon. Kinda nerdy…but easy enough to do with Alt-tab and an Excel sheet open.

I’ll report back. (of course this would all be personalized stats)

(XavienX) #14

BR16 is very deadly if you can land the whole burst on the head, I’ve seen very few players with that accuracy. But overall I prefer M4A1 because I hate big guns that reload slow and have bad recoil like his LMG.

(watsyurdeal) #15

@prankishVictory

You call that trolling? My niece can do better than that.

(stealthyBass) #16

yawn

Trolls are so cute when young.
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Trolling? You asked for what people thought. I figured you were drunk when you posted that.

(KayDubz) #17

yawn

Trolls are so cute when young.
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Trolling? You asked for what people thought. I figured you were drunk when you posted that.[/quote]
Tell me moar brah.[quote=“Watsyurdeal;54830”]@prankishVictory

You call that trolling? My niece can do better than that.[/quote]
Yeah, I guess I am giving him too much credit with that weak attempt.

(Ghosthree3) #18

On paper the BR-16 is great. In reality it’s the worst of his gun choices. Too easy to miss the shots.

(MisterMurder) #19

BR-16 ofc

(ttownjoe) #20

well br16 is the best gun in the game even after being nerfed, im sure splash damage knows so based on game statistics, luckily for us most players don’t like it.