>>712807365
>likely in close range
>>712807471
>whipping out the shotgun
>>712807723
>loses to the shotgun in burst damage
Medium range. Once you hit consistent flares it becomes absolutely the best secondary for pyro.
The flaregun only being usable with the old airblast is the biggest, dumbest and most parroted meme that's absolutely false for people who actually play the game.
Airblast people into walls, into corners, just airblasting in general disorients them enough to basically guarantee a flare crit. The projectile is extremely fast and all you need is a second or two to see what direction whoever you lit on fire is running to get the hit. It's harder than before because before it was more braindead than using the reserve shooter, that's doesn't make it impossible now.
The range at which the shotgun is most effective is the range where the time switching from your primary will cost you the kill, might as well keep M1ing. The scorch is a dogshit meme weapon only good for getting phlog charge.
The one thing that the shotgun excels at is killing other pyros but might as well pick another class if that's a common enough occurrence.
