I'd rather get the two status shards. It's outclassed by all shard bombs while being very situational. It's good in levels like tortodrone and maybe arenas and compounds, other than that it's bad. Nitronome on the other hand is good everywhere, I've soloed most danger rooms in the arcade using nothing but Nitronome full bombastic set 2 damage trinkets and no shield (yes I did this for bullet hell without dying once, Nitronome makes turret crowds a joke). I advise you to get Nitronome. My teammates thank me for spamming it in arenas and compounds since it always saves them. Usually when in a 4-man party they just like to sit back and watch me kill everything with it. Yes it's this good, go with it, the explosions are a pro as well cause they look so beautiful. After you get the Nitronome get the 2 status shard bombs they're awesome against slimes and fiends especially if you lack damage and going for ctr instead. Another pro of them is that they work the same at 2* as 5* so you don't really have to upgrade them from 4* if you don't have enough rads.

Edit: I got ninja'd :'(

Don't listen to Bopp, NITRONOME IS BAE BOPP! YOU CAN NEVER CHANGE THAT FACT!
The only haze bomb I advise you to get is the sleep one torpor tantrum, electron vortex is good too if you're playing in a party of charge-spammers.

And yes DBB and DR are good too but I still prefer blasting away everything with Nitronome. I usually carry the 3 together with a deadly crystal shard bomb (the elemental one) this set might be your best bet for the best DPS pure bomber loadout with Nitronome acting as your situational shield.

TT, VT, and Shivermist are all great for lockdown...

Please stop saying that mist bombs are good in lockdown we don't need more annoying noobs.

Nitro is only good because of its knockback and versatility, not DPS.

And normal damage that makes it a perfect weapon to have at all times and its ability to interrupt every turret type in the game while being able to act effectively as a shield that you don't even need one. Nitro is all... All is nitro... After the blue screen of death fades away... You automatically win... It's a fact...

You meant that it performs what most bombs can do in a similar way. Isn't that what versatile means? I meant to point out that it does them better. It's the best bomb in the game without doubt in every single situation you can think of. It's the perfect example of how a "true bomb" would act. It's not just versatile... it's THE BOMB.

It is not better in DPS, but it is versatile.

Versatile: able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.

I'm not arguing that Nitro is a bad bomb. All I'm saying is that it deals less DPS than all of the bombs I've listed when they are against their respective monster family, and that it is good because you can use it for almost every situation effectively. I don't understand why you are being so defensive of something that we've both agreed is good.

Finally, it is objectively false to say that the Nitro is the best bomb in every situation. Well placed Torpor Tantrums can save parties single handedly in places such as Heart of Ice by instantly temporarily disabling many dangerous monsters. Vortex bombs will speed up any level tremendously by clumping up monsters for you or your friends to hit with a powerful charge attack from something like a brandish or slug. A DBB can flinch lock gremlins, beasts, and fiends in place to quickly kill instead if flinging them all over the place. A DR can eradicate slow moving enemies such as lichen colonies, lumbers, and even the royal jelly in seconds. There are many things a Nitro can't do that other bombs can. But the Nitro can do a lot of things that nothing else can in many different functions. That makes it versatile and unique.

@Tapproot

I should've clarified. It isn't the best bomb in every single situation but it's the single best bomb in every single situation. There, fixed. Also yeah vortexes are awesome but do they work well on their own? They deal pitiful damage on their own they have to be supplemented by another weapon. Torpor's only purpose is area denial but it also can't work on it's own and you have to make use of the time monsters sleep in and as a user of maskraith pet I can safely say that the only place I find it useful is in the unknown passage where teamwork is most important and there are a lot of minsters in a very limited area. Other than that my shadow cloak is way better since enemies who can't sleep can't see me. It's good for new players or people who don't know a lot about bombing though. Don't get me wrong on the vortexes though. You can still pair them with other weapons but if you can't make use of them as quickly as possible they won't be that good.

Ugh... Why am I investing this much into this debate...

Ok then let's all spam pola and torpor and gf cause that's all ld is about. Only spam. There's no other way to win or have fun. Who said lockdown was supposed to be fun anyway?!

Not sure how you got spam out of my statements, but I assume you're talking about spamming area denial? The reason why they aren't the only things being spammed is because the other half of area denial is taking area instead. You ever walked up to someone while trying to charge a bomb? They wreck you hard, assuming equal level combatants (If you're up against idiots, then you can get away with charging right in their face). Sure a bomb is good at keeping someone away, but it doesn't take area nearly as effectively as more... direct combat.

(As for Pulsar spam, just dive them. Un-expanded pulsar shots are only slightly more potent than violent farts. People have gotten good at this, which is why Pulsar spam isn't as common as it used to be)

Whether you like it or not, lockdown is a competitive multiplayer environment. You cannot deny a strategy is effective just because you don't like it.

Moving back onto the topic of Nitro...
Get a gun or don't go near the guy with nitro cause he probably does more DPS than you.

First of all, why must I have to re-do my entire loadout/playstyle because you want to use one weapon? This is why I contemplate going solo. Nitro spam demands that teammates adapt to the Nitro, whether they want to or not.

Second, what are the two most effective DPS guns right now? Magnuses and Autoguns. Both of which need the enemy positions to remain consistent. Missing an Autogun charge can be disastrous for your health due to how long you're rooted in place, while a Magnus charge can lose almost all of it's damage if the enemy isn't positioned and rotated just right. I use guns a lot, these two guns in particular. Constantly shifting enemy positions makes both of these guns far less effective. Not unusable, but less effective.

Ultimately though, in PvE, the question boils down to "Why control when you can just kill?" Sure you can herd all the enemies into a corner (heck you can do that with shield bumping), but why bother when the act of herding them and then killing them takes more time than just attacking directly. If your knockback causes an autogun to miss their 2500+ damage charge shot, then you've just caused your team's DPS to drop dramatically. If a swordsman can't stand and slash a target, then you've caused your team's DPS to drop dramatically.

(Of course this flips a bit when you are legit have your back to your wall and are on the verge of collapse. However, personally I haven't had this happen to me in years outside of the Unknown Passage and DaN)

TBH, I put Nitro in the same category as Pulsars in terms of weapons that feel awesome to use, but can potentially screw over your team while still giving you a power trip which blinds you to their struggle. It, like the Pulsar, does still have a purpose and is worthy of a spot in your arsenal. However it definitely isn't the godly weapon you are describing.

Re-reading this post I realized that we're basically arguing both sides of the same debate, but focused on two different weapons.
- You find mist bombs cancerous and want to discourage people from using them.
- You find Nitro to be incredibly powerful if used right
- I find mist bombs to be incredibly powerful if used right
- I find Nitro to be cancerous and want to discourage people from using it.