Chain gun

The Chain gun is a heavy weapon in Ion Fury. It was first seen in the preview campaign as a remnant of the destroyed Warmech. In the full version of the game, Shelly acquires a Chain gun at the end of second zone by destroying a Warmech, making this the last weapon to achieve in her arsenal. Once boss Warmech destroyed at the end of second chapter, Shelly can not progress further to the next chapter without picking the scripted Chain gun up for first time. As the last weapon to be wielded, it also plays a key role at the next boss fight with Revenant 8991-PX which indicated by an infinite ammo stash nearby the combat area. It slowly builds up its firing speed, so it is not to be used in the middle of close encounters.

Firing cone is tight and allows Shelly to move and change focus rapidly between multiple targets. Perforated enemies from successful headshots and decapitation will leave small armor shards as a reward just like Disperser or other explosives do. Chain gun shines at clearing massive waves of small grade humanoid enemies varying from cybernetic to mutated, perforating their corpses for little amount of armor shard bonuses without getting your hands dirty on narrow corridors with explosives. This kill reward, become a key feature to recover from boss and mini-boss fights at the oncoming levels as Bowling bomb and Clusterpuck splash area radius may fall small when enemies are separated and require taking cover for single toss operation.

Chain gun is not entirely useful against big targets as it causes Warmechs to bob uncontrollably and seem to be ineffective against already randomly moving Brute variants until you focus on their heads. One of the extra benefits is stun-locking Skinjob, Brute and Wendigo type enemies to keep them away from you, but it still requires loads of ammunition to kill one of them so you ought to commit your aim. Best approach to using Chain gun is looking for a way to position just to catch multiple small to medium tier enemies with the tight cone of bullets it sprays.

It is the default weapon in the Queen of the Hill mode.