Apex Legends: 10 Best Weapons - Ranked
2. EVA-8 Auto
The majority of players would rank the Peacekeeper higher than the EVA-8 Auto, but from a pure usability perspective, the latter fixes the single biggest issue with the former.
As the name implies, the EVA-8 Auto is a full-auto shotgun, meaning that the Peacekeeper's often fatal wait between shots simply isn't an issue here. The EVA-8 has a higher magazine size too, meaning that you can deal consistently high damage to an enemy for a longer amount of time before reloading.
True, the Peacekeeper's damage-per-shot is higher, but for every one shot that gun fires, the EVA-8 can let off two. There are countless other factors that can affect this, but chances are, you'll end up dealing more damage per encounter with the EVA-8, especially when the enemy starts dancing around: in that case, it's easier to land shots with a full-auto than it is with a semi-auto.
Overall, you can't go wrong with either shotgun, but the EVA-8 just wins out because of its more rapid fire rate.