

Just like the previous build article we’re going to go over the weapons, perk deck, skills, deployables, and armor. The build works well solo as well as with other people. This is one of the most powerful builds in the game as it can carry you through just about every heist in the game. This build focuses on being a tank that deals an incredible amount of damage. We hope you enjoy our guide on the Top 5 Best Shotgun Builds in Payday 2! We’ll go through all the builds from advanced to newbie so that you can have the full shotgun experience.

With the number of shotguns in the game, and the various perk decks and skills that compliment them, there are a lot of builds that are possible focusing on shotguns. This article will focus on the use of shotguns as they are one of the most powerful weapons in the game and allow you to brute force past every enemy that you come across. It only makes sense that since we made the last guide about stealth, we make this one about loud firepower, the shotgun builds. One of those ways involves using one of the loudest weapons in the game. There are other immensely fun ways that you can play the game. Stealth is only one of the ways that you can play Payday 2. The game allows you a huge degree of freedom on how to play the game and each of the maps can be taken on with a variety of play styles. A base model itself, the Vindicator also served as the basis for the Immobilizer 418.As discussed in our previous article about Payday 2 ste alth builds, there are a lot of ways that you can take on heists in Payday 2. It was meant to replace the Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser, as the Empire's primary multi-role vessel. It was most often deployed where Imperial-class Star Destroyers were not available, and where smaller ships were not powerful enough to engage Rebel fleets. Other configurations (such as this model) could only carry up to two TIE Fighter squadrons. Most Vindicators were specifically configured so that they could carry a full TIE starfighter wing and operate independently without the need for support ships. As such, it functions as escort for larger vessels, as well as a light frontline vessel and heavily-armed peacekeeping vessel.

The Vindicator-class was decently armed and well-armored, sporting 25 light turbolasers, 20 light quad turbolasers, 20 point-defense laser cannons, 20 light point-defense ion cannons, and 6 tractor beam projectors. The Vindicator-class heavy cruiser was a 600-meter long warship used by the Galactic Empire, manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems.
