Hotspot

The Hotspot is a fully automatic laser weapon made by Rancor. Although its pierce and damage are low, it has the second highest fire rate in the game (behind the M1000), a whopping 30 rounds per second and with Overclocked 10, you can get 60 rounds per second. That's one shot every frame! Its ammo is somewhat expensive considering its ROF, at $600 for 1000 rounds (the equivalent to $120 for 200 rounds, which is the same as physical LMGs). Its rate of fire makes this gun a great weapon for destroying small hordes of weaker zombies. Similar to the Ray of Doom from the BTD series (another series of games by Ninja Kiwi), it has a reddish-white beam. It also has the second highest capacity of any weapon in the game (behind the M1000 with its capacity of 1000), 400, with Proposition taking second, 300 (350 with Masteries), and third the Ronson WP Flamethrower with 300 (325 with Masteries).

Some recommended augments would be Deadly, Adaptive, Overclocked, and Piercing. Since it has a high potential for DPS with the high fire rate, it needs Deadly and Overclocked to maximize its effectiveness. Piercing is the best augment for the last slot. Hotspot has only 1 pierce, which is good if you use it for bossing, as it can kill a single target pretty quickly, but adding Piercing gives it better all around crowd control for versatility.

If combined with the Heavy Class's Concussion skill, a player can potentially stunlock stronger zombies, although many multi-fletchette weapon easily approach and/or outclass this weapon, such as: Hard Thorn/Shotlite Tempest: 40 fletchette/sec, Mixmaster: 24/sec, but with 2 pierce, and 1887 Shockfield: 80/sec (50/mag).

At September 15th, 2015 the damage has been increased by 45%.