Talk:Sancti Tigris/@comment-178.204.237.7-20160320142835/@comment-71.158.174.131-20160428065341

The problem with your headshot calculation is that it relies on every single pellet hitting the head. While accuracy is pretty good with this weapon, it's still a shotgun, so unless you're 2 feet away or wasting a mod slot on spread reduction, you won't get all of those pellets into their head without a bucket of luck, in my experience. And you can only hope that the pellets that hit the head are the ones that are going to crit.

If you want a crit-based shotgun, go with the Vaykor Hek. While it might not do as much burst DPS on bodyshots (but it comes close), it's more accurate (easier to get more pellets into the head), has more pellets (less DPS lost if a pellet doesn't hit the head), has a higher crit chance (more likely for pellets hitting the head to crit), and has a higher crit multiplier (which means a bigger crit/headshot bonus). On a crit build, the Vaykor Hek will outdamage the Sancti Tigris in sustained DPS (head or body) by a large marigin, and sustained is what you want against the nastiest things you come across.

It's worth noting that the build I used for the above calculations swaps out Laser Sight for Seeking Fury (punchthrough is a wonderful thing on a shotgun, and the less time I spend reloading the better). With Laser Sight, assuming that Laser Sight is active, the Vaykor Hek's crit build will outdamage a Sancti Tigris crit build in everything except per-shot damage. The Sancti Tigris is better used for other things. Not everything has to be a crit weapon.