Scatter blaster

"This weapon will win the war for you, guaranteed! But wait, there's more! Just look what else you get!"

Swindle may buy and sell an arsenal's worth of weapons in a day, but he keeps an occasional piece of merchandise for himself. His scatter blaster fires a wide spray of explosive buckshot—perfect for keeping away dissatisfied customers.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

Within the human video game Multi-World alongside Brawl, Swindle used his scatter-blaster to attack Streetwise and First Aid in the "Vineland" area of the game. The scatter-blaster's wanton destruction led to the area's vine creatures turning against the Combaticons, allowing the two Protectobots to take them out of the game. Afterdeath!

Animated cartoon

Scatter blaster, fusion cannon, whatever.

Even in an alternate universe, Swindle still swears by this weapon. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac

2005 IDW continuity

Scatter blasters were among the weapons invented by Brainstorm and kept in his workshop on the Lost Light. Trailcutter found some while searching the workshop for a remote control, but mistakenly called them "shatter blasters". The Reluctant Specialist

Games

War for Cybertron

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A popular short-range weapon during the Great War, the Scatter Blaster was commonly carried by Scout and Scientist class Transformers. Starscream, Skywarp, Breakdown, Ironhide, and Air Raid all favored this weapon. Surprisingly it is full auto. Transformers: War for Cybertron

This weapon has the following base in-game stats:

• Damage: 7
• Range: 3
• Accuracy: 4
• Rate of Fire: 5

Fall of Cybertron

They were still in use later in the war, as the Autobots readied the Ark for launch. At this point, the weapon was favoured by Jazz and Starscream, but not, surprisingly, Swindle. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

This weapon has the following base in-game stats:

• Damage: 9
• Range: 4
• Accuracy: 5
• Rate of Fire: 8
• This weapon can be modified in multiplayer/escalation with the following upgrades:
  • Ion Cartridge - Increases the amount of ammo within a clip
  • Hyper Interlink - Speeds up reload time
  • Quantum Stabilizer - Completely eliminates recoil
  • Fireblast - Bullets do less damage but set enemies on fire dealing more damage over time

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark

The Scatter Blaster is available in escalation along with all the other weapons from Fall of Cybertron. Rise of the Dark Spark

Notes

• Swindle's scatter blaster is fed with buckshots, which presumably work like real-life buckshots-a type of shotgun shell.

See also

• Plasma-shell shotgun
• Scattershot gun