Best SMGs and LMGs in Dune Awakening

Automatic weapons keep the enemy under fire: SMGs up close, LMGs when you don't want to reload for a long time. Here is what is really worth taking.

What to pick

• All-round pick: 6Spitting Cobra — A disruptor that builds poison with every hit, hurting both shielded and unshielded targets. The best SMG for PvP.
• For PvP: 6A Dart for Every Man — A disruptor with an enlarged 48-dart magazine that quickly takes a Holtzman shield offline at close range.
• Early game: 6Regis Disruptor M11 — The regular craftable disruptor: its darts find gaps in a shield and shut it down if enough of them land.
• For group fights: 6Plasma Cannon — Needs no darts — it runs on power and fires for a long time without reloading. It shines in group fights, not against bosses.
• Early game: 4Ironwatch Special — An early high-capacity disruptor to learn shield-breaking before the endgame.

What to avoid

• 6The Hateful Barker — Very inaccurate: the spread blows up after a short burst, and the +25% damage bonus does not make up for it.
• 6Sardaukar Intimidator — Fires double darts, effectively halving its magazine, and Spitting Cobra is better for PvP.

Tips

• Disruptors are built for shields, not damage: strip the shield and swap to something that hits harder.
• Vulcan machine guns have big magazines and handle NPC crowds, but they are slow, reload for long and do poorly against shields.
• SMGs only work up close — approach behind cover.

Ranking

Each group lists the best options from best to worst: what each one is for and its in-game numbers. If something isn’t listed, it isn’t worth taking.

Submachine guns

1. 1
   6Spitting Cobra ★Top pick

   DPS

   616

   Damage

   61.6

   Fire rate, shots/min

   600

   Magazine

   36

   Reload, s

   1.5

   Range, m

   10

   This Unique, assassin-modified disruptor causes poison buildup with every hit.

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2. 2
   6A Dart for Every Man ★Break shields

   DPS

   428

   Damage

   42.8

   Fire rate, shots/min

   600

   Magazine

   48

   Reload, s

   1.5

   Range, m

   10

   This Unique disruptor has a small inscription beneath the barrel, beside the makers mark. ' No matter how often the schematics are modified, this inscription is always fabricated on the weapon.

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3. 3
   6Regis Disruptor M11Alternative

   DPS

   385

   Damage

   38.5

   Fire rate, shots/min

   600

   Magazine

   36

   Reload, s

   1.5

   Range, m

   10

4. 4
   5Relentless ★Early game

   DPS

   324

   Damage

   32.4

   Fire rate, shots/min

   600

   Magazine

   48

   Reload, s

   1.5

   Range, m

   10

   This Unique disruptor is named as an insult to those who would desert their posts — and used against them if they are ever seen again.

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5. 5
   4Ironwatch Special ★Early game

   DPS

   259

   Damage

   25.9

   Fire rate, shots/min

   600

   Magazine

   48

   Reload, s

   1.5

   Range, m

   10

   This Unique disruptor is known as an Ironwatch Special because many of them were found stockpiled in the basement when the Sandflies reclaimed the base.

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Machine guns

1. 1
   6Plasma Cannon ★Group fights

   DPS

   597

   Damage

   113.4

   Fire rate, shots/min

   316

   Reload, s

   3.5

   Range, m

   57

   Originally designed to fire a steady stream of blue orbs at hellish foes, this Unique plasma gun tears imps to shreds and rips Arch-viles and Cacodemons apart. Oh...

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2. 2
   6Regis Vulcan GAU-92PvE

   DPS

   486

   Damage

   24.8

   Fire rate, shots/min

   1,176

   Magazine

   140

   Reload, s

   3.5

   Range, m

   58

Damage per second is the damage of one shot or hit multiplied by the fire rate. Reloading isn't counted here, so for a long fight watch the magazine too.

★ marks a unique item. Unique blueprints often turn up in the Deep Desert — see what's where this week on the Deep Desert this week page.

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