Viking
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This article describes a weapon, for the Battle Pass season see the: Vikings Season.
| “ | It is an energy weapon that can fool any opponent easily. He may think you go melee and the plasma projectile flying in his surprised face will say "Nope". | ” |
—Weapon's description in Gallery | ||
The Viking is a Primary weapon introduced in the 15.2.0 update. It was obtainable during the Phoenix Season Battle Pass. It was also available through the Time Traveler Event Set, along with Cursed Pirate, and Gladiator.
Description
Its a Viking themed weapon with the form of an axe and the performance of a 
. It deals high damage at close ranges. It has a low fire rate, medium capacity and average mobility.
Appearance
It appears to be a pump-action shotgun with an L-shaped pump to make it look like a Dane Axe head. Another L-is on top of the "axe blade". The L on the inside is a mixture of orange and yellow. The back is brown, with what appears to be a red ribbon tied onto it. The trigger is about one-third of the way to the front from the back.
This weapon has a grey-orange-brown color scheme.
Performance
Like any other weapon, it shoots multiple pellets with a spread at once. The bullets are regular and have instant bullet travel time (hit-scan). When it shoots, purplish smoke flows out of the barrel, similar to the Steam Power and the Ultimatum. Its range is generally longer than most shotguns do to its higher base damage, being a 2 to 3 hit kill at mid range. It has 
that deals very low damage, as well as 
(which doesn't do anything as of right now).
When reloading, the player pushes a few shotgun rounds, one by one, into the bottom of the gun. This reload animation is similar to Mega Destroyer and Shotgun.
It gives delay on some weapons that are associated with Three Category Spam, such as Reflector and Thunderer. It also receives a delay if those weapons were shot, then quickly switched to this weapon.
Strategy
Tips
- Use this in small maps for close-range like Classic Pool, as you can make use of it to the fullest.
- Avoid using this against long-range Snipers, as you will be easily killed.
- Switch to your own sniper or a long-ranged automatic backup.
- Conserve ammo as this weapon's capacity is somewhat low.
- If low on ammo, try to pair it with Lucky Shot or Turbo Charger. Turbo Charger can tighten its spread and shoot without spending ammo.
- Aim for the head to maximize the damage at point blank.
- Storm Trooper Cape (or editor cape), Burning Tiara and Hunter's Altar, Halloween Mask and Piercing Shells/Leader's Drum increases its performance.
- Switch to this weapon when in close combat.
- Use a high mobility weapon when moving around the map as this weapon's mobility is somewhat low.
- This weapon can be used for Three Category Spam.
- Try to pick off opponents at close range.
Counters
- If in a close range map, jump around and get headshots with a high damaging weapon.
- Pick off its user(s) from long ranges.
- Back away from its users with a high mobility weapon to avoid taking serious damage.
- If you are being attacked by a Viking user, try backpedaling to avoid a majority of the damage while using a weapon like the Secret Forces Rifle to finish then off. Or you can Rocket Jump away.
- Do not be fooled by its looks, since it is a shotgun.
- Try to avoid medium-range confrontation, since the Viking, similar to the Ultimatum, has a strangely low spread for a shotgun.
- Counter these users with an even more powerful shotgun like the Ultimatum, to hopefully kill them in one shot before you die. Be aware though, if you plan to use the Ultimatum, aim carefully, it is far slower than the Viking, despite being twice as powerful.
- If all else fails, fight fire with fire. Use this weapon yourself to counter it.
- Fight players at any range farther than point blank and use any decent dps weapon to fight player with this weapon as its actual dps at decent ranges is terrible.
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Recommended Maps
Equipment Setups
- This is a useful add-on for Three Category Spam. It is the second highest damaging shotgun after Ultimatum, excluding those with fixed delay. However, it does have input and output delay, unlike Acid Shotgun, another popular 3-cat spam primary weapon.
- Equip a Sniper for long range.
- Equip a Melee weapon that has at least a mobility of 85 for movement.
- Have a medium-long range Backup, such as Sparkling Horn or Thunderer.
- Bring in a
weapon, such as Pulling Sucker Gun, Vertical Grip Device, Jet Spear or Pocket Harpoon. You could get close to opponents and defeat them with Viking.
- Bring in a
Popularity
This weapon is undoubtedly very popular among Pixel Gun 3D players. In fact, by demand, this is one of the most wanted weapons in the game, next to the Ultimatum. This weapon is loved by most players, but at the same time, others dislike it, usually either due to its performance or the fact that it's popular.
In the social media of the game, including the Pixel Gun 3D Facebook and Pixel Gun 3D Discord, some players requested this weapon somehow returning to the game. So, in December 2019, this weapon was returned a couple of times in the Trader's Van with a Christmas skin.
However, as of the 21.2.3 update, it seems that this shotgun was not used very often due to its Nerf of a shotgun rework.
Etymology
Judging from its name, "Viking" means any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of north-western Europe in the 8th–11th centuries. Given that it is a weapon that is part of the Time Traveler set, it makes sense, because it does look like a weapon that a Viking would use, but rather only as a melee weapon.
Change-log
15.2.0
- Initial release.
- There was a bug when the opponent took a direct hit, the opponent would freeze for a few seconds. It was patched about 1 week later.
15.7.0
- The range is slightly nerfed (but it can still perform decently in medium-range) and it is 1 shot kill at close range (it seemed to switch between a one-shot kill and a two-shot kill before).
17.7.0
- This weapon was put in the Trader's Van as part of the Community Van that was hosted by the developers.
19.0.0
- This weapon was removed from Magic Brawl and moved to the Realistic Brawl.
21.0.0
- This weapon was added into the event set, along with the Gladiator and Cursed Pirate.
21.2.3
- It received a shotgun reworked, its damage was also reduced.
24.4.0
- Damage increased by 14%
- Capacity increased to 9
Trivia
- This was the very first Mythical in the game.
- Its design was heavily inspired by the Axe-Pistol, a 17th century German firearm that combined a flintlock pistol with a Dane ax.
Gallery
The Viking in use.
