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Description
weapon type: double barrel shotgun
Ammo type/max ammo: 50 (100 from ammo backpack)
Information:
The super shotgun, also called "combat shotgun" in the manuals or otherwise "double-barreled shotgun" or often abbreviated to "SSG" is a sawed-off, break-action, double-barreled shotgun in contrast to the original shotgun which is pump action and single-barreled.
Not featured in Doom, the super shotgun was the only new weapon introduced in Doom II, appearing first on MAP02: Underhalls in single player mode, and in two locations on MAP01: Entryway during multiplayer games. A super shotgun uses the same ammo as the original shotgun from the original Doom. The super shotgun contains 8 shells when picked up (or 16 on the "I'm Too Young To Die" and "Nightmare!" skill levels).
The super shotgun takes the same ammunition as the shotgun, but uses two shells per shot. However, whereas the shotgun fires 7 pellets in each shot, a super shotgun blast has 20 pellets. The super shotgun causes much more damage than the original shotgun. Each pellet still does 5-15 points of damage (for a total of 100-300 points of damage per shot, provided that all pellets hit the target). The super shotgun is thus nearly three times as damaging as the standard shotgun per shot, a good bargain since it only uses twice as much ammo each time.
Overall, the super shotgun is a very potent and powerful weapon in the right hands, and it serves as a great alternative for the bigger weapons in close quarters, whether it is riot control or even a solitary tough monster like a baron of hell.
