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Arc Raiders: Venator Gun Guide - Build, How to Play, and Tips
A guide to getting the most out of the Venator pistol. This guide covers how to get the Venator, its stats, attachments, how to play it, and tips. With this guide, you can gain an advantage in close and medium-range engagements.
1. 🔫 Introducing the Venator, the deadliest pistol in Arc Raiders
- ✅ The Venator is a top-tier weapon in close and medium-range combat.
- ✅ It has a fast rate of fire and fires two projectiles at once, allowing it to deal massive damage in a short amount of time.
- ✅ Each shot only consumes 1 ammo, so you can fight longer or fight multiple enemies at once without worrying about reloading.
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1. 🔫 Introducing the Venator, the deadliest pistol in Arc Raiders
- ✅ The Venator is a top-tier weapon in close and medium-range combat.
- ✅ It has a fast rate of fire and fires two projectiles at once, allowing it to deal massive damage in a short amount of time.
- ✅ Each shot only consumes 1 ammo, so you can fight longer or fight multiple enemies at once without worrying about reloading.
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2. How to Acquire and Upgrade
- ✅ It can be obtained from raids or crafted using blueprints at a tier 2 gun workbench.
- ✅ Upgrading the Venator increases its rate of fire and greatly reduces its reload time.
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3. ⚔️ Venator Stats and Damage Analysis
- ✅ The Venator deals 9 damage per shot, but it splits into two projectiles, dealing a total of 18 damage.
- ✅ The headshot multiplier is 2.5x, so a headshot deals 45 damage.
- ✅ It has moderate arc armor penetration, allowing it to deal with most armor.
- ✅ Depending on the shield of the enemy raider, it takes 4-8 shots.
- ✅ At tier 4, you can shoot 5 shots in 1 second.
- ✅ To see various Venator shot combinations against players with different shields, you can find an STK calculator in the video description.
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4. 🔥 Rate of Fire and Reload Time Test (I - IV)
- ✅ Upgrading the Venator greatly increases its rate of fire.
- ✅ Reload time also improves with each tier.
- ✅ Venator 4 takes 1.75 seconds, while Venator 1 takes 3.5 seconds.
- ✅ The increased rate of fire and reduced reload time are S-tier improvements.
- ✅ The Venator is best in fast-paced close-quarters combat.
- ✅ Upgrading to tier 4 or as high as possible should be prioritized over attachments.
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5. Magazine Selection Explained
- ✅ The extended mag 3 is often presented as a must-have for the Venator.
- ✅ It provides the highest total firepower, but it's not really worth the cost.
- ✅ It requires a blueprint and consumes 6 springs and 2 mechanical parts for 4 extra shots.
- ✅ The green extended mag 2 is a much more practical option.
- ✅ You can buy 2 per day from the security trader for 100 credits each or craft them yourself for a much lower resource cost.
- ✅ The extended mag 2 is much more reasonable unless you have a surplus of mag 3s.
- ✅ Ultimately, it's a luxurious comfort item from an economic perspective.
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6. 🔫 Grip Test (Static and Moving)
- ✅ The grip is the only attachment slot that affects the Venator's behavior.
- ✅ Fire 22 shots at maximum rate of fire three times without recoil compensation to see the overall spray pattern.
- ✅ The vertical grip 2 without recoil compensation shows the best results compared to no attachment or the angled grip 2.
- ✅ Horizontal recoil starts at the 9th shot until the end of the spray.
- ✅ The horizontal grip is the best in this particular wall test, with the vertical grip being the next best alternative.
- ✅ The horizontal grip seems like the best option, but it comes at a cost that will surprise you later.
- ✅ The angled grip 3 performs much better this time.
- ✅ Tier 3 grips reduce ADS speed by 30%, but the Venator has a very short ADS time by default, so it's still very fast.
- ✅ The angled grip 3 was the clear winner in all tests.
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7. 🎮 How to Play the Venator: Distance, Movement, Utility Items, Aggression
- ✅ The Venator should primarily be played at close range, but it can be relatively effective at distances of about 50-70m.
- ✅ Calmly take a little more time between shots to reduce dispersion recovery time and return the reticle to its original position.
- ✅ Movement is the most important thing with the Venator.
- ✅ Since you'll primarily be in close range, staying static will make you an easy target for your opponent.
- ✅ Incorporate dodge rolls and slides into your gameplay to keep your opponent guessing and missing shots.
- ✅ With a little stamina management and awareness of your surroundings, you're much less likely to end up in these bad situations.
- ✅ Open areas with no cover and narrow corridors are places where you can very easily punish those who overextend.
- ✅ Most Raiders don't use utility items at all during combat, which is a big loss.
- ✅ Smoke grenades and tagging grenades are great utility items to use with any weapon, but they are especially valuable with close-range weapons like the Ventor.
- ✅ You can use smoke grenades to hide, be aggressive, or confuse your opponent.
- ✅ Throwing a tagging grenade into a smoke grenade essentially created a wall that you can see through but your enemy can't.
- ✅ Barricade kits provide excellent cover in otherwise open areas.
- ✅ The next thing in the Venator playstyle is to maintain aggression.
- ✅ Unlike other weapons like the Anvil, you might want to keep your distance.
- ✅ For the Venator, it's the opposite.
- ✅ It has a very high rate of fire.
- ✅ You have enough ammo to fight multiple enemies at the same time.
- ✅ It's the perfect storm.
- ✅ You don't want to keep your distance with the Venator.
- ✅ Always try your best to keep the pressure on your opponent.
- ✅ Sometimes that means you have to do it even if you're low on health.
- ✅ Remember that fortune favors the bold.
- ✅ See an opportunity and push it to create fear.
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8. Bonus Tip: Flanking Augmentation
- ✅ The flanking augmentation synergizes very well with the Venator.
- ✅ You can use a main Osprey where the Venator can be a secondary weapon, or use another pistol like the Voleta to cause double the trouble at close range.
- ✅ With this augmentation, you can equip the Venator and other pistols 33% faster and have plenty of utility slots.
- ✅ The only downside is that you have to use a light shield.