If you're not backpedaling and getting headshots, its untrue. I literally cannot shotgun people who do this. Never been able to. Not even with a shot package, range-build shotgun with stats better than Felwinter's. I never get killed by slide-shotgunners when I do it.

Back pedaling does not work 90%. Shotguns like conspiracy theory will hit you from mid range in a heartbeat. It's extremely difficult trying to kill shotgun rushers in destiny especially since primary weapon kill time is so high. By the time they hit a slither of health they are already in mid range killing range. It sucks but what can you do huh.

Ive been working on every possible way to counter a shotgun without using one myself, and though ive been getting better encounters, i realize that there are just some situations where they hand the kill over to the shotgun, no matter if i had the upper hand.