shotguns

I have mixed opinions on shotguns because range and shit but like when you think about it why tf can you hide in a corner with a 850 cred gun or 1850 cred gun and just mow the enemy team down without needing to aim for the head. Not only that but you can hop around like a little orangutan and still have basically perfect aim as well, like this ain't fortnite.

holding with a shotgun is useless if you're opponent is capable of clearing angles
the actual "skillful" way to use a shotgun and get those multi-frags is to push off timings when an enemy tries to push you.

The counter is therefore to bait them into swinging; or if they stand still, preaim the angle as you should have peeker's advantage in seeing their model

Keep your distance if you're holding a smoke obv

hot take but shotguns aren't the worst in val, they force you to consider the econ in your pre-round calling and forces teams to be careful because if you peak a sheriff ur chilling but peak a judge up close and ur dead, forces you to be extra careful on anti-ecos and punishes teams for rushing without clearing corners