Talk:Hek/@comment-64.250.88.138-20130730142428/@comment-13117751-20130730171702

Yes and no. You are correct, its high base damage helps to offset the staggering amount of armor you'll encounter at high waves of endless defence (assuming this is what you mean by end game), but it will demand a very diligent trigger and accuracy discipline. You will pretty much need to

1) engage targets only in optimal range, before the damage dropoff

2) always go for weak spots, no haphazard hipfiring/spraying at center of mass

3) know which targets to leave for teammates using a-penn/ignore weapons...a coordinated team is alot more efficient in this manner.

This is pretty much true for all non-armor-ignore/penn weapons at end-game.

That's the 'yes' part. The 'no' part comes in where frankly, eventually there will be that 'tough wave' where you'll be thinking to yourself you wish you had that armor ignoring weapon. Depending on your team, it might be wave 30. It might be wave 80. Who knows. That being said the hek is a shotgun and there's most definitely a role for it in end-game with a well organized group. An example would be prioiritizing the shotgunner of a group to hit light infested's first and foremost, letting the other members of the team prioritize ancients. It's just more ammo efficient for everyone that way.

In the end though I'm of the opinion that whatever gun you have fun with should carry the most weight in your decision, and I'll say that the hek is definitely quite enjoyable and you technically cant go wrong with it.