SG-8S Slugger

"A modified Punisher shotgun firing heavy, high-damage slug rounds. Perfect for punching holes in big targets."

- Armory Description

The SG-8 Slugger is a pump-action, dual tube-fed shotgun in Helldivers 2. A modified version of the base SG-8 Punisher it trades buckshot rounds for slug rounds.

The Slugger is available on page eight of Warbond: Helldivers Mobilize.

Role:
The Slugger trades crowd control for instead heavy damage to a single target. Primarily useful against larger unarmored enemies like Brood Commanders and Hunters. The in-game description of the Slugger is actually incorrect, as it possesses medium armor penetration instead. Much like the base model Punisher, the wielder can only carry 60 rounds for this shotgun, therefore it’s fairly wasteful to use on smaller enemies such as Scavengers. While it is recommended to still aim for weak points as despite being able to penetrate medium armor, it will still inflict reduced damage.

Updates
Patch 01.000.200: ⁅ Reduced Stagger from 1 sec to 0.2 sec ⁅ Reduced Damage from 280 to 250 ⁅ Reduced Demolition Force, no longer able to break fences and storage container doors ⁅ Now properly displays Medium Penetration on trait list

Patch 01.000.100: ⁅ Increased Total Ammo Capacity to 60 from 40. (Undocumented)