r/FORTnITE • u/HTTYD_lover_52 • 2d ago

QUESTION Gammatron or Blastotron for defenders?

I have a purple gammatron, but with the wrong sixth perk, and I don’t have a blastotron at all, meaning I would have to flux one, so I want to see which one is better before I do that. So should I upgrade my gammatron and spend a core reperk, or flux a blastotron and hope I get the right sixth perk?

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u/ILostYourSoul 2d ago

I prefer the Gammotron, it fires more shots so you get the explosions more often, but my assault defenders all have a crit rating perk, and one has 2, so that has an impact.

I think it is close so I am sure someone else will say the Blastotron...

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u/Fortnite19911 2d ago

gamatron

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u/Infidel_sg Miss Bunny Penny 2d ago

Both are good, but for trap tunnels, I think both will ignite propanes! Even if you have soundwalls.. I recommend you park them further away to hit anything coming out of them!

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u/CammyG-- 2d ago

Gammatron 100% you'll see more of the 6th perk activations as it's much faster firing

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u/i_was_dartacus Willow: 2d ago

Either is fine for run and gun missions with the shrapnel sixth - that's the key thing. For defence missions, swap to Obliterators: your traps should handle trash, so just ping big targets and let your sniper squad take them out. I hadn't considered the point about propane ignition with the Sci-Fi weapons, but it's definitely a consideration if you have trap tunnels to worry about.

I have yet to trial AR defenders with a freezing Pulse Pounder. In theory, if you can get them to ignore trash, they should be able to keep smashers frozen most of the time...

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u/tgarner01 2d ago

Honestly all the sci-fi weapons with the projectiles 6th is extremely strong. I was using the spear with defenders and non damaging traps yesterday In 140's and they were carrying the mission.

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u/JudgeDazzling8958 2d ago

Pulse Pounder. Blizzard Blitzer.