Level 8: Advanced Carnage Level 9: Increases damage by 18%. Level 4: Carnage Level 5: Increases damage by 12%. Talent Ranks Level 1: Increases damage by 5%. Shotguns should be monitored closely when being used as they are prone to quickly overheating. The shotgun is stored on the small of the back in its collapsed form, below your character's assault rifle and sniper rifle. Shotguns are particularly deadly at close range and can grant the Carnage ability by leveling up in them enough. Shotguns refers to both a type of weapon and the unlockable combat-oriented talent that gives proficiency in them, available to Soldiers, Vanguards, the Krogan Battlemaster, and the Quarian Machinist.
