I'm the best gun in Resident Evil 4. Ask me anything

I liked the upgraded red9 more. Easiest to headshot and kneecap with, making melee attacks easier to pop off afterwards. Also more powerful than other pistols, so it uses less ammo and takes up less inventory space.

Overall you are probably right, you can stun enemies with one bullet and your ammo packs come in 50. You can cut down those annoying fucking flying bugs like no other weapon. You're probably the best gun overall against bosses. But you know what? You've got no heart. The Red9 will always be my gunfu.

The TMP for ganados, and the Blacktail/Matilda for tough enemies is a fucking kino run.

You are correct it has the highest firepower and is the most efficient. But it takes up more space than other handguns.

Minethrower for life.

That's my second favorite

I bought and sold the thing 3 times in my last run. It's a cheaper way to reload it than expanding the capacity, and it's like buying 5 grenades for 3000 pesetas. Bugfuck crazy weapon.

The Punisher would have gotten more love if they made the last unlock penetrate armored Ganado's.

It's cool that it let's you waste the shield zealots, but being a downgrade in power from the base pistol hurts it a lot.

True, it takes up two extra units compared to the other pistols, but that is the equivalent of one extra pack of ammo. The TMP burns through so much ammo that you would need to pack more than one extra box. That's why the red9 is more efficient in inventory.

I always laugh when people call the mine thrower useless or stupid. I did some experimenting and the darts actually explode on impact with moving surfaces. So things like the bulldozer ride with Ashley, the mine cart, the elevator up to Salazar, the big statue's hands, probably other things too. Those sequences become hilariously fun because you've now got a rapid fire grenade launcher that absolutely shreds the enemy groups they throw at you.

Based:
Red9
Striker
Semi auto sniper
Broken butterfly

Cringe:
Blacktail
Riot gun
Rifle
Killer7

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I replay this at least once a year and the TMP is the only gun I get everytime

brb replaying

>Cringe
>Blacktail
You point it at Chainsaws/Gigantes/Novis, hold the fire button for like half a second, and they just die. It's basically a backup magnum if you upgrade it.

Has anyone done a pistols-only run? Is such a thing even possible?

the striker is utter trash

Why are you lying? That's not the Mine Thrower.

The striker's nice in that you never get caught having to reload it at a bad time, but the other shotguns either have better range or better damage. There is no perfect shotgun.

spbp

If people can do knife-only runs, I think pistol only can be done too.

some autist probably did knife only

Killer7 > Broken Butterfly
>but exclusive--
No one gives a shit, the Killer7 is a better buy. Dumping money into the Broken Butterfly makes little sense.

what the hell are you talking about? striker has the highest firepower of any shotgun at 12.00

>He doesn't like to go fast.
youtube.com/watch?v=-p842cqzxN0

Knife-only is literally impossible because of the ceiling traps, Ashley's wall-bindings, and the Iron Maiden you need to kill to get a key card.

I just never see a reason to use it over a pistol. Crowd control is handled better by a shotgun and the TMP does way less damage than a handgun, plus if you try to use it as a replacement handgun you'll still get pistol ammo drops anyway.

The TMP just feels like a redundant weapon. I've beaten the game probably 100 times at this point and I only play fresh Pro mode runs anymore, so maybe the TMP is better on normal idk.

Supposedly you can kill Garradors in 1 mine but I've never been able to pull it off personally. I've also read that you can kill an El Gigante instantly if you time it so the parasite pulls the mine back into its body before it explodes but I've never done that either.
Saddler is literally helpless against it though. 1 mine anywhere on his body knocks his ass down. It flattens shield niggers and it's great for flushing the invisible bugs out of their hiding places. It seems like the game actually tries to keep you supplied with a full magazine plus 5-10 mines in reserve if you use it regularly. If you try to hoard ammo for it you'll never see any.

I don't know why, but when I use striker it feels weaker than other shotguns. Maybe it's because others always aim at enemies' heads from the start while striker starts by aiming at their bodies.

TMP
The
Mating
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I just looked it up, and yeah, the Riot gun caps at 10.
I guess that's the worst one then. It has a gimmick that it can knock enemies down at long range, but why bother with that when the rifle exists?

it's meant as a crowd control weapon. you don't just spam shots. ou wait till they're about to hit you and then blast 'em. that reload animation is nut-worthy too, and the exclusive is perfectly ridiculous.

dont bully the punisher shes a good girl and ignores shields

The TMP is the best weapon for:
>Speedruns on Pro
Fire from the hip to hit enemy legs and run past them. Also opens locks the fastest.
>NG+ Runs with upgraded pistols
Because a Red 9, Blacktail, or Matilda does a ton of damage very quickly, so the TMP takes over the role of Roundhouse Kick and Suplex Enabler.

The noob's choice

The TMP is justified by the fact that buying one lets you use all the predetermined TMP ammo drops. As far as function it can easily replace the pistol OR the magnum and is good in just about every situation. It's the absolute best weapon for dogs and novistadors and good on everything else.

Nah, man. Most people hate the TMP on the first run. It requires forethought, planning and finesse to use it effectively. It's a patrician's weapon.

>ceiling traps, Ashley's wall-bindings
Those are gameplay technicalities. And well, original point was about pistol only run which should be easier than "knife only" run where you shoot only those traps but kill everything else with knife.
>Iron Maiden
Can be done knife only, at 11:40 youtube.com/watch?v=72f0TUPDX7M
I think you can't beat Salazar without gun though.

Striker has a wider cone and a shorter range before damage fall-off kicks in.

>he doesn't like hitting things for literal rocket launcher damage with every shot

Never gonna make it

Tmp is only good for tap firing into karate moves. It's an objectively bad gun and having its own ammo is aids

TMP saved me from the Regenerators when I didn't know how you were supposed to kill them.
Spraying and praying wih the TMP dealt with them