Most will say cannonade is relatively useless, and I’ll agree. No matter where you land a crit, it seems that this lil guy won’t hit more than 90 damage on a target. Some claim that it can 1 hit people without +30 hp, but I’ve yet to see this in any test. However, this is what we got (For this test, we only used fully charged shots):
Area Shot- These shots are the ones that land as hits, but don’t directly hit the player’s body. Used typically to scatter a group of people.  Damage ranges from 22-26 damage.
Body Shot- This is what happens when a sniper fails to hit the head, or is trying to scatter a group, directly hitting a player. It hits significantly harder than a normal shot, but still rather low. Damage ranges from 45-47 damage.
Critical Shot: I found the most effective place to crit the cannonade was the upper body. Aiming for the neck and center of body around shoulder level gives you a larger margin of error against a moving target, and hit the same as a head shot. Deals the most damage, at exactly 90 damage per shot (Over at least 15 shots..)
Additional Criticals: Much thanks to Sarang, as she provided information that was correct with testing! Cannonade can hit 100 damage after all, though it is a very picky area on the body to aim for. The upper body, dead center, seems to be the only place to do this. Also, if the player is standing near a wall and gets critted, additional damage comes into play, and players without +30 hp can be 1-shot.
Ouch..
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Cannonade can kill person one shot by hitting almost the middle of the body. also head shot can kill person if any object is behind the target, causing explosion damage too.
OMG im a girl… T^T dont say “he”
Cannonade shots will only kill instantly in TD mode when your team is losing by 2 scores or more. You get a damage boost when you are down 2 scores or more, and any type of fully-charged headshot from Cannonade will kill a target instantly in this situation. Other than that situation, I have never seen an instant kill, nor have I performed one in my long term usage with Cannonade.
one way i’ve found to one shot with the cannonade are the anchor users, as they’re all bunched up during use, a fully charged shot will hit them entirely killing them. I’ve done this on station-2, when I got bored of the sniper
I think the main reason the cannonade isn’t so effective as a damage-dealing weapon is because it’s main purpose is to destroy terrain around the map. One shot, completely un-charged shot can destroy almost anything on any map, and the rest can be destroyed with just a few seconds of a charge. While probably not necessary enough to occupy a weapon slot for everyone, certain tricky snipers may find it enjoyable for getting around easily.
One thing’s missing: The Cannonade can penetrate shield abilities. But that doesn’t make up for it’s delay (Which is much greater than the railgun’s) and it’s powercut.
while it isnt great at getting kills, it can still be useful for either softening up the other team’s defenses in td or for getting them to duck and get out of the way.
1. Apply Cannonade —> Spot on wall where a player is anchoring/walljumping
2. ???
3. PROFIT!
with the last patch,I’ve brought a rent cannonade +1 and some body clothe+3 to all weapon and to my surprise,my cannonade became quite deadly.
About 3 time I’ve been 1 hit killing player with a shot that did about 128 dmg(without dmg pity!!!!)it was a guy who got hp+30 that I’ve killed with one shot and he had 128 hp,he though I had cannonade+11.
I think to be proficient with cannonade you need to use the battelfield to you’re advantage,not aim or headshots.