AA-12-Buster-BurningShot

ShotgunPermanentAdded May 2021

The AA-12-Buster has been enhanced with core technology. It uses modified ammo for maximum damage in ZM. Hint: First shot and charge shot can be switch to a powerful grenade launcher with right click.

Open compare AA-12 on the Wiki

Head 417.6 kills in one

Chest 139.2 8 pellets, 17.4 each

Fire rate 300 rounds a minute

Time to kill 0 ms chest shots, 100 HP

Magazine 23 23 spare

How to get it

None of our sources says how this weapon is obtained.

Checked against 3 sources

Z8Games’ weapon list Not sold; no source given
The game’s item table Not in it (the table stops at 2013)
CrossFire Wiki No page of its own

Damage by hit box

0100+

Where	Multiplier	Damage	Shots to kill	Time to kill
Head Centre of the head	×0.9	417.6 (8×)	1	0 ms
Head (edge) Outer head hit box	×0.8	371.2 (8×)	1	0 ms
Neck	×0.3	139.2 (8×)	1	0 ms
Chest Collarbones and upper spine	×0.3	139.2 (8×)	1	0 ms
Stomach Lower spine and pelvis	×0.4 (0.36–)	185.6 (8×)	1	0 ms
Arms	×0.3	139.2 (8×)	1	0 ms
Hands	×0.3	139.2 (8×)	1	0 ms
Thighs	×0.21	97.4 (8×)	2	200 ms
Lower legs	×0.21	97.4 (8×)	2	200 ms
Feet	×0.21	97.4 (8×)	2	200 ms

Base damage 58 per pellet, 8 pellets a shot, multiplied by each hit box’s ratio from the weapon’s own table. Time to kill counts the gaps between shots at 300 RPM. Each hit can vary by ±0%.

Handling

Fire modeFull auto, 8 pellets
Fire rate300 RPM
Magazine23 + 23
Range60
Damage falloff0.016
Movement speed−20.8%
Reload animation×0.85
Draw animation×1
Chest damage a second696
Damage in one magazine3,202
Knockback0.35

Through armour and walls

Through a helmet65% of damage
Through body armour65% of damage
Shoots through wallsYes
Shoots through playersYes

Damage kept through

Paper100%
Wood25%
Cushion25%

Against other shotguns

Head damage Better than 21%
Chest damage Better than 26%
Fire rate Better than 79%
Time to kill (chest) Better than 100%
Damage per second Better than 81%
Magazine Better than 91%
Range Better than 35%
Damage falloff Better than 74%
Movement penalty Better than 4%

Ranked among shotguns with game data. Lower is better for time to kill, falloff and movement penalty.

Spread and recoil

Raw values from the weapon table

	Standing	Crouching	Running	Walking	Jumping
First-shot spread	0.075	0.075	0.075	0.075	0.08
Maximum spread	0.183	0.183	0.183	0.183	0.203
Vertical kick	-0.25	-0.25	-0.25	-0.25	-0.25
Horizontal kick	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1

Five movement states, in the order the game stores them; the labels are our reading of the values. Smaller spread is more accurate.

Other versions in the game files

The game keeps separate copies of some weapons for particular modes (zombie and mutation modes often get bigger magazines). These are the copies that differ from the one above.