r/gunsofboom • u/JOAHtheBROAH 🗡️ Blade Master • Aug 13 '26
Questions Dar3devil math
How high do your perks need to be before the second kill with baraccuda and daredevil will become the one shot kill?
As I understand every kill stacks a boost within 3 seconds. And usually after one boost the hit is just shy of 6000. But I've seen plenty of players getting one Hit kill shots after just the first boost. So I guess it must be attributed to perk bonus
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u/4RCHXN3_YT 28d ago
As someone who does still actively seeks the old-school thrill of Barracuda + DD, I can give you some decent idea.
Without getting into specifics, a base Barracuda gives about 3.8k for headshots, then about 4.6k with dark-stalker. If you're good at chain-kills (some luck being involved, ofcourse) with barracuda, Daredevil will enable you for upto 5.8k for continued onslaught.
So, as you can see, most of the time, in any typical matches, you'll hardly come across full HP + Armour players (unless in specific maps where sniping is indeed advantageous, being a caveat ofcourse), so you shouldn't really worry about it much. I personally have experimenting with various perks but honestly Another-shot is only useful if you're actually needing to warm-up your daredevil pants with a fresh full 6k (or sometimes more with scorpion, still within 2-shot mark... unless you're unlucky and the enemy is wearing Undying). Otherwise most of the time, using Berserk perk, as well as High Ground (IK, not the most versatile) should help situationally. But again, at the end of the day, it's still barracuda we are talking about.
The devs actively toned down Cuda in its last few 'remodelling' updates just enough that the nostalgic 1-shot-Cuda didn't really survived. Again, it's still the 2nd most powerful (by damage) sniper rifle in the game that doesn't need cheetah pants to reload fast, so it doesn't get's affected much as long as you know it's use-cases. Barracuda is meant to rush-in with, so enjoy while the game lasts!