Vortex Beater

The Vortex Beater is an automatic gun that fires both bullets and explosives in a cone approximately 45 degrees similar to the Gatligator.



The explosives are fired at random and do not hurt the player making it a good gun for close quarters as it has a high DPS and the explosions knock enemies back. In addition, the explosives will guide themselves towards enemies, allowing it to be used semi-accurately.

Despite this, as the bullets are still shot in a very inaccurate manner (which can be fixed by using Chlorophyte Bullets), the only boss fights where this may be useful are those bosses that are slow and/or have multiple components (such as Skeletron and the Wall of Flesh). This is because you would have to stand close to your target to make the most of this weapon putting the player in harms way. A better ranged weapon for single target damage would be Phantasm.

The Vortex Beater has a 66% chance not to consume ammo.

The best modifier for the Vortex Beater is Unreal.

Trivia

 * This weapon was formerly called the "Blackhole Beater" as seen in one of the spoilers.