

If the player is reserving that ammo type for another occasion and wishes to use 00 Buck instead, Gene Tonics from this line will also help.

Electric Buck is hard to find, though, so use sparingly. The most obvious situation which springs to mind is when having set off an alarm. Turrets, Security Cameras and Security Bots can be destroyed in a single shot, so while useless for hacking purposes it can quickly dispose of problematic machinery. Electric Buck can also be used against Security Devices with the intention to destroy them.Fire spreads, so shooting Exploding Buck in the middle of a tight-knit group will ignite all of its members.

Components for that ammo type are easy to find, and it has the advantage of setting the enemy on fire as well as dealing a significant amount of damage up close. Once the player amasses enough Exploding Buck, it is recommended they use it instead of 00 Buck when dealing with enemies.In the same vein, one can use the Electric Buck to execute a One-Two Punch, which will kill almost every kind of Splicer in a single shot. Exploding Buck also works well against them, although Big Daddies will be able to fight back. It not only deals high damage against them, killing them in twelve shots or less on the hardest difficulty setting, it also stuns them for a few seconds, preventing them from retaliating. Electric Buck is a good choice when tackling Big Daddies (although Electric Gel found later on is superior).Using Electric Buck and Exploding Buck at that distance may even electrocute/ignite several enemies at once. However, it is still capable of dealing a good amount of damage at medium range as well, although it is recommended to target multiple enemies at that distance. As one would expect, this weapon is best used at close range.Without exploiting Plasmid cancelling (as mentioned above), upgrading the rate of fire increases damage output per second more than the damage upgrade, Removing the pump-action enables the player to empty the gun's magazine in the time it would normally take for it to fire one shot and pump the action, therefore quadrupling its initial damage output.Switching to another weapon or Plasmid between shots will skip the pumping animation, greatly increasing firing speed.Exploding Buck - Rare and inventable ammunition for the Shotgun, inflicts a high amount of (fire) damage and will ignite the target.Electric Buck - Rare ammunition for the Shotgun, inflicts a high amount of (electrical) damage and will temporarily stun the target.00 Buck - Standard ammunition for the Shotgun, inflicts a high amount of (piercing) damage.09 October 2013 Ammunition Types - Shotgun
