PanicAttack

Not to be confused with the PanicAttackCB, the PanicAttack is a shotgun style weapon available to many classes. It shoots 10 pellets at once, firing at most once every 0.3 seconds. each of these pellets can be off target by up to 54° and move between full and half speed. It has a magazine of 6, and reload one shot every 0.5 seconds. It can spawn from any source as early as the first encounter with the robot demo man. All classes can benefit from this weapon's controlled spead with the ablilty to hit at least 3 different enemies at different angles. This ineviably leads to poor damage per individual hit, but allows some form of crowd control in dire situations. However due to the set pattern, It is not ideal in long narrow hallways, for the wide pattern almost always not hit a target from a distance.

Strategy
Mandarbmax says: The low volume of shots makes the PanicAttack poor in terms of ammo efficiency and a rather poor weapon in general, even as far a shotguns go. It can do well enough for you in the short term, but try to upgrade to something else soon.

Variations
This weapon also has different versions of itself based on war paints. These types have special effects as listed below.