This is a Haz 5 demonstration of the crazy good NEUROTOXIN PAYLOAD Overclock for the Gunner class's "Thunderhead" Heavy Autocannon. I cannot overstate how incredibly effective this overclock is. Your bullets have a toxic coating that poisons the enemies and what you don't kill with direct or AOE damage (bigger AOE with this OC as well) will mostly die pretty quickly afterwards. Even though it shaves around half the direct damage off the top, the Neurotoxin bullets of the autocannon quickly finish off enemies and the results are astounding. Swarms melt before your eyes as long as you can keep your distance from them.
I'll be honest, other than a couple tense moments in this solo run where I was playing sloppy and caught off guard, this didn't feel like a Haz 5 at all. I resupplied a couple of times, but ammo was plentiful and I did it mainly for health. I even took a non optimal build with this choosing an ammo bump over direct damage. But it really doesn't matter because almost everything you hit smaller than a praetorian ends up dying anyway. Karl even favored me by putting all but a couple of the gunk seeds for the secondary in one room making it about as easy as you can get on a gunk run. A couple of menaces kept me on my toes and we had a Crassus Detonator which I skipped mining (sorry if that makes some of you cringe, but the videos are long enough without making you sit through 10 minutes of gold mining).
In summary, if you already have NUEROTOXIN PAYLOAD in your inventory and haven't tried it, do it. It's a beautifully overpowered overclock and I would highly recommend it for those that haven't warmed up to the Thunderhead yet. It's the perfect overclock to help boost your killing efficiency.
EGG HUNT: "Feral End"
Biome: Salt Pits
Cave Complexity: 1
Mission Length: 1
Secondary: Gunk Seeds
No Warnings/No Anomalies
Beer Buff: Skull Crusher Ale
Video: Max Settings/21:9/1440P
GUNNER CLASS:
"THUNDERHEAD" HEAVY AUTOCANNON
MODS: 3-3-3-2-1
OC: NEUROTOXIN PAYLOAD
"BULLDOG" HEAVY REVOLVER
MODS: 2-1-3-1-2
OC: ELEPHANT ROUNDS
THROWABLE: Incendiary Grenade
SHIELD GENERATOR
Mods: 2-2-3
ZIPLINE LAUNCHER
Mods: 2-1-1
PICKAXE: 1-1
PERKS FOR THIS SOLO RUN:
Passive: Thorns, Veteran Depositer, Sweet Tooth
Active: Dash, Beastmaster
BOSCO MODS: 1-1-1-2-3
Bosco Mods are purely personal choice. Use him how you wish, just learn to take advantage of the skills you equip him with.
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