

With the addition of the gorefiend enemy, I do personally find this weapon to hold more value if you're purely sticking with demo weapons, but require 2 shots to kill one of these with one exception: taking the bombardier skill can potentially kill it with only one shot if you hit the sweet spot being between the ground and their feet, but only if they're not blocking.

Personally, I think the HX25 has more killing potential than the boomstick when it comes to killing trash.

Can't exactly say the same thing for the boomstick since jumping away will usually be the last thing you do. In the case of getting completely swarmed, firing the HX25 at your feet can kill trash all around you in a small radius can give you an opportunity to escape. Alternatively, you could swap this out for a double barreled boomstick for 650 and it will mostly do what the HX25 can do, in addition to the alt fire allowing you to launch yourself in the opposite direction, good for playing keep away with an angry fleshpound. It's cheap, it's effective against trash up at close range, and it's actually kinda fun once you get the hang of it all for 300 euros. I know people usually ditch this weapon as soon as they can afford an M79, but for me, this is a serviceable self defense weapon so most of the time, I keep this in my pocket throughout the entire 10 waves up until the boss round. This is the weapon you spawn with when demo is currently picked at the start of the game and when you respawn from the afterlife.
