Spread Shot

The Spread Shot is one of the three upgrade choices from the Triple Shot and can be selected at level 45. It shoots 11 bullets: 1 regular sized one, and 10 small ones.

Design
This tank increases the width of the center cannon, shrinks the side cannons, and adds 10 more (five on each side), between the side-most and center cannons, giving a total of 11 barrels. The two side cannons are covered by the other additional barrels, whilst the center cannon stays layered on the top of all of them.

Technical
Upon upgrading, the Spread Shot will get four pairs of barrels. The other two barrels will shrink while the main barrel will remain the same state it was before upgrading. When firing, the main barrels shoots first followed by the closest pairs of barrels.

Strategy

 * Strong against: Large groups of fragile enemy tanks with low firerate.
 * Weak against: Tanks with heavy concentrated fire such as the Triplet, Sprayer, Streamliner or even higher penetration spread tanks like the rival Penta Shot.

Just like its predecessor, the Spread Shot is great for damaging groups of enemies and its main cannon deals decent damage. Its great for farming, but not so great against enemies with a high RoF and health.

The Spread Shot has more DPS than any other tank, but only on large targets such as the Mothership, and only if the Spread Shot is angled correctly in a way that most (or all, if possible) projectiles hit. Otherwise, it is weaker than most tanks. The Spread Shot is currently pretty strong against multiple enemies since delay between firing from each pair of side barrels has been buffed, also the Gunner-sized bullets surprisingly deal a good amount of damage.

The Spread Shot is considered to be an alternative to the Penta Shot. However, its bullets cover more area, making it more reliable in area denial situations. This does come at the cost of less penetration per bullet (except the central barrel) though, so make sure you don't get into any risky fights with rapid fire/high penetration tanks.

Trivia

 * A few hours after the Spread Shot was released, many players complained and criticized the tank, mainly because the small bullets deal very little damage though the main Bullet is very strong.
 * The Spread Shot got an immediate reload boost after being released to buff it.
 * The Spread Shot has the most cannons on a single tank out of all the tanks in Diep.io.
 * Surprisingly, due to the high amounts of bullets fired, the Spread Shot has very little recoil. This might be due to the size of the side bullets. Bevause of this. This tank is good for chasing down weaker tanks, at the same time dealing significant damage and sufferering from almost no recoil at all.