RIA 30 Strikeforce

"The Strikeforce is a thermal projectile shotgun with a wide spread for maximum devastation coverage over short ranges." -Official Description

The RIA 30 Strikeforce is a shotgun introduced in. It is a pump action shotgun that has a fairly wide spread of shot compared to other shotguns.

Each of the eight flechettes can set objects on fire, making it effective against large crowds of weaker zombies. This weapon is best used when dragging zombies into a large group, with an occasional shot behind you, as the Strikeforce's 1 round per second could be troubling if Overclocked isn't augmented.

Another strategy to overcoming the one round per second is by constantly shooting at zombies with a gun in the other primary slot, then immediately switching to the Strikeforce using hotkeys to fire one round, then switching back to the other gun to continue shooting to fill in the one second/.5 seconds (Overclocked 10) of not shooting.

Comparing the RIA 30 to the Stripper (toxic shotgun) would result in the Toxic stack damage in fact proves more effective than the RIA 30 with thermal damage. The RIA 30 [RED] in the iOS version is quite weak - Deadly does not help as much either. Not an effective weapon against Bosses. Hardly helps in timely crowd control, essentially gets the job done.

Since the Strikeforce deals a good amount of damage on contact and has a quick reload time, but has a slow firing rate, augments like Deadly and Overclocked would make this gun more viable to constantly use. Tenacious is also good, if you have a damage build you would want all 3 for high damage. This should be used less than your other primary, as by itself it is quite bad when compared to other weapons and shotguns but is an excellent secondary, since you can fire a shot couple here and there to spread chaos among burning zombies.

Trivia

 * The RIA 30 Strikeforce is similar to a sawn-off Ithaca 37 shotgun in terms of appearance.
 * Despite being semi-auto, it can still be augmented with Overclocked even after an update stopped semi-auto weapons from having Overclocked on it, although this only increases the ROF to 2 RPS at level 10.