Laser is definitely the most insane thing to be used against shield tankers. My 425 shields go down faster against a decently speced LR than going up against a Balac with 4 complex damage mods, weaponry to lvl 5, proficiency to level 5, and is landing 100% headshots. It is just lol ridiculous how beast a LR is against shields. I bet my health bar actually drops faster than the animation can show (which would make sense based on how fast it appears to eat my armor up too).

I always get a chuckle catching a LR user in a CQC situation and they keep using the LR, which to me indicates that they are likely stacking all damage mods and can't fit a sidearm (or they are a player that is new to lasers and doesn't realize it's effectiveness in close range is severely reduced).

But lasers are definitely the answer to shields for medium-long range combat. Had a player melt me the other night so fast, that it felt like I died faster than being OHK from a headshot with a charge sniper rifle.