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10 Guns You Should Build In Mercenary Kings
Players can craft a weapon for every occasion in Mercenary Kings. The stats on your gun – along with your bionic mods – help you collect materials, speed through levels, and deal mountains of damage. The flexibility is part of what makes the game so much fun. However, players who just picked the game up on PC or PS4 (it's currently free for PS Plus members) might be a little overwhelmed by the options. To provide some guidance, the developers at Tribute Games shared some of their recommendations for 10 different weapons available at various phases of your battle against the evil forces of CLAW.
#1 – Basic Gathering Gear
Rank Available: Private
Description: Use this set to easily kill enemies and animals from afar and always obtain basic materials. Use the right stick to move the camera and kill enemies without being spotted. Rare materials will never drop with this setup.
How To Make It:
Receiver: Karabiner
Barrel: Karabiner
Magazine: Karabiner
Sight: Karabiner
Stock: Karabiner
Ammunition: Armor-piercing
Mods: Hoarder
Knife: Any
#2 – High-Damage SMG
Rank Available: Corporal
Description: Sacrifice elemental power for pure raw power and a high rate of fire.
How To Make It:
Receiver: Tommy Gun
Barrel: Black Thorne
Magazine: Firestarter
Sight: -
Stock: -
Ammunition: Soft-Point
Mods: Gunner x2
Knife: Glaive
#3 – Machine Gun Glider
Rank Available: Sergeant
Description: Allows you to move fast and to glide for a long distance over enemies and obstacles by shooting down while in midair. The poison knife allows you to quickly destroy armored enemies on the way. However, this setup leaves you very vulnerable to enemy attacks because of the “defense down” side effect.
How To Make It:
Receiver: Minigun
Barrel: Jackal
Magazine: -
Sight: -
Stock: Spec Ops Rifle
Ammunition: Magnum
Mods: Sprinter x2
Knife: Poison Knife
#4 – Cryogenic Captain
Rank Available: Captain
Description: This combination deals the highest cryogenic damage possible for Captain-rank guns. Since it uses Geomancer mods, it's also advantageous to equip a complementary elemental knife. Use a nice blue outfit to complete this set.
How To Make It:
Receiver: Frostbite
Barrel: Blizzard
Magazine: -
Sight: -
Stock: Blizzard
Ammunition: Cryogenic
Mods: Geomancer x2
Knife: Gear Knife
#5 – High-Damage Handgun
Rank Available: Captain
Description: Sacrifice the effectiveness of health recovery items for power and high chances of critical hits.
How To Make It:
Receiver: Frazetta 93S
Barrel: -
Magazine: Karabiner
Sight: Ghost
Stock: -
Ammunition: Hollow-point
Mods: Punisher x2
Knife: Survival Knife
#6 – Melee Expert
Rank Available: Major
Description: Sacrifice gun effectiveness in favor of extremely high damage melee attacks. Use shock bombs on enemies to double the damage dealt!
How To Make It:
Receiver: Splinter
Barrel: Splinter
Magazine: -
Sight: -
Stock: -
Ammunition: Armor-piercing
Mods: Kage x2
Knife: Jungle Knife
Item: Shock Bomb x3
#7 – Speed Runner
Rank Available: Major
Description: Very light equipment, sprinter mods, and the ability to freeze enemies make this set great for speed runs. However, this setup leaves you very vulnerable to enemy attacks because of the “defense down” side effect.
How To Make It:
Receiver: Maelstrom
Barrel: Maelstrom
Magazine: Maelstrom
Sight: -
Stock: -
Ammunition: Cryo Ball
Mods: Sprinter x2
Knife: Freeman Dagger
#8 – Fast-Reloading Magnum
Rank Available: Lieutenant-Colonel
Description: A powerful magnum that reloads almost instantaneously.
How To Make It:
Receiver: Horse
Barrel: Beehive
Magazine: Sabotage
Sight: FA Commando
Stock: -
Ammunition: Magnum
Mods: Speed Loader x2
Knife: Any
#9 – High-Power Shotgun
Rank Available: Lieutenant-Colonel
Description: Sacrifice the effectiveness of health recovery items for high damage.
How To Make It:
Receiver: Spreader
Barrel: Horse
Magazine: Karabiner
Sight: -
Stock: Slimer
Ammunition: Birdshot
Mods: Punisher x2
Knife: Any
#10 – Garbage Gun
Rank Available: General
Description: It's not particularly effective, but it is particularly ugly.
How To Make It:
Receiver: War Hammer
Barrel: Side Winder
Magazine: Micro Choppy
Sight: OCP-90
Stock: Artillery Jager
Ammunition: Caustic
Mods: Any
Knife: Any
That's it for Tribute Games' official suggestions. Have you found a combo that works well? How about one that is just hilarious? Share your creations in the comments below.
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