Part 14

Secondary Fire (Defensive Mode): Produces a slow-moving blue ball that bursts on impact, dealing 55 damage and knocking enemies off their feet. Enemies can shoot these balls out of the air, creating a shock combo. This mode is effective for spamming tight corridors or for close-range defense by holding the fire button; two hits are required for a kill.

Shock Combo (Offensive Mode): Fire a shock ball with secondary fire, then shoot the ball with the primary beam. This creates an extremely damaging explosion, similar to a miniature Redeemer blast, capable of eliminating multiple enemies in its area of effect. This can be performed by standing still.

Crouch-and-Fire Technique: As you spot an enemy within shock-combo range, press and hold crouch (lowering your profile and protecting against headshots), then hold secondary fire, and finally press primary fire. Practice this for muscle memory.

Corridor Defense: Fire a single shock ball down a corridor as a guard. If an enemy appears, shoot your own ball without moving your crosshair. If no enemy appears, you only expend one ammo.

Shock Combo Aiming: When attacking with shock-combos, aim slightly above the opponent's head rather than directly at them. If the ball hits the opponent first, the combo fails. Aiming above ensures it won't collide prematurely.

Team-mate Launching: Shock-combos can be used to launch team-mates, similar to a weaker rocket launcher.

Self-Damage Immunity: You cannot damage yourself with your own shock-combo. You also cannot shoot your own shock ball with any weapon other than the primary fire.

Enemy Ball Interaction: If an opponent shoots your shock ball while you are close, you will take damage and likely die. Conversely, shooting an opponent's speculative shock balls as they are released can cause them to kill themselves. Enemy balls can be destroyed with weapons other than the primary shock beam, such as the sniper rifle or minigun.

Jump Boost: Fire a shock ball at your feet the moment you press the jump button to gain extra height. This costs between 40 and 50 health but allows access to slightly higher areas than the alt-hammer-jump, such as the armor box in DM-Stalwart or the UDamage box in DM-Deck16.

Countering T/L Spam: The shock rifle is effective against opponents spamming teleporters (T/L). Speculative shock combos can destroy the T/L, disable it, or explode enemies when they reappear.

Ammo Consumption: Each shock ball uses 1 ammo. The primary fire uses another 1 ammo. A missed shot costs 2 ammo. A successful shock-combo spends an additional 2 ammo (total of 4). Ensure you pick up all available ammo packs. You can perform a shock-combo with more than 1 ammo remaining.

Countering the Shock Rifle: It is difficult due to its power. Counter-attack with your own shock rifle, using primary fire to potentially detonate an enemy's shock ball as it's released, or use secondary fire to cancel out their secondary fire (one ball for one). If an opponent is good at hitting moving shock-combos, maintain extreme distance or get very close, as combos have a minimum range. Against primary shock fire, avoid predictable movement lines and jumping, as this makes you an easier target.

Moving Shock Combos: Fire a shock ball, move to a new position, then use primary fire to detonate the ball from your new location, ideally hitting an opponent. This is a powerful offensive and defensive technique.

Offensive Moving Combos: Primarily used by CTF flag-runners. Fire a shock ball ahead of yourself, follow it, and shoot the ball (not the enemy) when an enemy appears nearby.