 So what people think or thought was the best shotgun in the game received a giant nerf in the latest update. The Flacker remains champion of shotguns no more. Well guys in my opinion it never was and today I reveal to you the new king, the new champion. How's it going guys my name is DP Jen I'd like to thank you for stopping by and checking out my video. If you do enjoy it leaving a like really helps out and subscribe if you want to see more Borderlands 3. Also guys I'm giving away copies of Borderlands 2 women for yourself or a friend. Simply subscribe and make sure you have notifications turned on drop a like on this video and leave a comment down below. So Gearbox nerfed the Flacker. It now empties its entire base magazine per single shot and its damage has been brought down by 33%. Here is what Gearbox said about the Flacker. The Flacker was greatly at performing of shotguns due to the number of projectiles and the high rate of fire. We initially believed the resulting projectile spread would cause most of the explosions to miss the target however this turned out to be false. So we reduced the projectile damage and allowed the weapon to only fire once per magazine. This change encourages players to capitalise on difference that bonuses to maximise the weapon's damage output. The gameplay you can see in the background now is online footage recorded before this patch landed and well let's not lie to ourselves the Flacker was a monstrous shotgun and the point you can get them I believe in every elemental burn type makes it even more insane. But guys there are shotguns in the game that are far more powerful than the Flacker and are easier to control meaning you can hit targets at a short distance a long distance whatever distance and well in reality are just all around better shotguns. The weapon in which I believe is the new king is this one right here the burning cocky protuberance this thing before the Flacker got nerfed was still a better shotgun as you can see on screen now when you compare the two pre-patch it's almost better in every single way. But not just that guys it's also much easier to play with. Flacker doesn't have the benefit of being able to hit targets at a long distance as shit just explodes a few feet away from you basically in your face. This epic can and much like the Flacker it shoots multiple projectiles each splitting and doing additional damage. The damage output on this beast if we compare it to the Flacker now post-patch is double which is just absolutely crazy guys and you guys want to see something even crazier my variant isn't even the best version there are stronger versions of the shotgun in the game and what's even crazy guys there are rare versions of the shotgun too like this other one I had sent to me by my pal trolling donkey first brought to my attention by my fellow youtuber small before death where he showcases rare variant doing seven million damage within a single shot. Now the major difference between these two shotguns which in my opinion sees the cocky protuberance many levels above the Flacker is the fact the Flacker's damage comes from its multiple explosions which do that instant damage the protuberance has an initial damage shot but the other projectiles that the initial shot burst into do even more damage and it seems as though they burn over time and longer aiming for the enemy's feet so it receives maximum damage from all projectiles sees this weapon sees this shotgun doing another level of damage seriously now gearbox nerfing the Flacker to a point at only being able to shoot once per reload on a standard clip puts their protuberance leaps and bounds ahead without Now this shotgun the burning cocky protuberance is a world drop but the place I always see it drop is the slaughter shaft it's a great great shotgun many people overlook just because of the fact of it being an epic or a rare but in my opinion guys it is by far the most powerful shotgun in the game probably the most powerful weapon I've seen in the game so far DPS wise but that's another test for another video people but yeah guys this shotgun the rare variant the epic variants are both in my opinion better than the current Flacker especially now it's received a nerf now guys if you're in need of this weapon or matter of platform you play on you can always join my discord full of hundreds of other Borderlands 3 players with dedicated trading sections for the game my discord is linked within the video description there are a few of these shotguns floating about over there but on that note we have come to the end guys if you enjoyed the video leaving a like really helps out if you're new around to anyone to see more Borderlands videos be sure to subscribe and if you never want to miss a video I upload a can to notifications on by hitting that bell button but guys thanks as always for stopping by hopefully you enjoyed the video and hopefully I will see you on that next one