Battle Hymn

The Battle Hymn is a devastating laser shotgun that fires in 8-round bursts, with huge damage output at the cost of high heat generation and low max ammo, along with a long reload. Kills have a small chance to grant a decent health regeneration effect for 3 seconds. However, the user will take more damage while holding the weapon.

The abbreviation for this weapon is 'A12.'

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * Relatively large magazine capacity and high rate of fire
 * Laser rounds are good against armored enemies
 * Good against armor and crowds of enemies

Disadvantages:
 * Quickly loses accuracy while firing
 * Very poor against shields
 * Poor maximum ammo
 * Bad ammo efficiency without the DMR Conversion module or a Hair Trigger attached

Ammo

 * Pickup: 30
 * Laser.png LASER Ammunition
 * 'Sprayer' Lithium Cell
 * Compatible Ammo
 * Lithium Cell

Perks

 * Fighting The World
 * 10% chance to gain a 3 second health regen buff on kills
 * Affected by luck and terrorlevel
 * Unyielding Burst
 * Starts with 8 round burst which can chew through ammo
 * Vulnerability
 * Damage Absorb is reduced by 20 while held resulting in 20% more damage taken

Notes/Tips

 * The weapon fires in 8 round bursts. This is great for crowd control but really bad for ammo efficiency or against single non-boss enemies. The DMR Conversion module and the Hair Trigger attachment will make the gun semi automatic, which gives greater control over how many shots are fired; attaching a Hair Trigger to a Converted Battle Hymn will make the gun full auto, for extreme firepower while still being controllable.


 * The Rogue's DMR Conversion module will make the weapon semi auto and gain increased stats, reducing wasted ammo.
 * This weapon can be very powerful with items/modules that require large projectile counts to be effective, such as Uranium 235 and the Heavy Gunner's Ultrashot talent
 * Using the Hair trigger attachment turns this weapon semi auto offering better ammo economy, and if applied to a Battle Hymn that has been affected by the DMR Conversion module, it will make the gun fully automatic, allowing for rapidly firing shots when needed while still allowing for efficient ammo usage.

Trivia

 * The Battle Hymn is based on the Atchisson Assault Shotgun, perhaps better known as the AA-12 or Auto Assault-12.
 * The gun's name as well as Module 1 name are both references to heavy metal band Man-o-war, that has songs named 'Battle Hymn' and 'Fighting the World'.