Best gadgets to unlock & upgrade first in Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 has a handful of gadgets to unlock and upgrade, here are our tips for which gadgets you should focus on first, and which you should upgrade early.
If you're not sure which gadgets in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 to unlock and upgrade first, we are here to help. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has a handful of useful gadgets that our heroes can use to defeat their enemies in style.
Gadgets are bought and upgraded with tokens, rare currencies in the game that need to be earned, and therefore should be spent wisely. To make the decisions easier, here are our picks for the best gadgets to unlock and upgrade first in Spider-Man 2.
All gadgets in Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Before we tell you which ones are best and which to focus on, let's quickly run down the full list of gadgets in Spider-Man 2. The gadgets available are:
| Gadget | Effect |
| Web-Shooters | The classic Spider-Man tool, use these to web up your opponents |
| Upshot | Launches multiple enemies into the air, allowing for combos and grabs |
| Web Grabber | Pulls nearby enemies together, making them an easy target for area-of-effect attacks |
| Concussion Burst | Fire a projectile that sends nearby enemies flying |
| Ricochet Web | A web shot that bounces from one enemy to the next, webbing each enemy it hits |
There aren't too many gadgets so you shouldn't have much issue unlocking them all. That said, where they really become powerful is in the upgrades.
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Best gadgets to upgrade first in Spider-Man 2
The first gadget we recommend upgrading is the Web Grabber. While they are all useful, the Web Grabber gadget's ability to gather a group of enemies into a small area is really useful, as you can follow it up with abilities like Spider Barrage, Spider Rush, Venom Punch, or Venom Smash for maximum damage.
Not only should you get this gadget early, but upgrade it too. The first upgrade makes the Web Grabber also pull in throwable objects, which collide with enemies and do extra damage. The following upgrades make the Web Grabber more useful, and the final upgrade turns it into an electrified throwable object.
This means that after you use the gadget to pull enemies together, you can then grab and throw the gadget at the group to electrify them. This gadget can be fully upgraded at level 26, meaning you can have this maxed out early in the game.
After the Web Grabber, we recommend upgrading the Concussion Burst and the Web-Shooters. The Web-Shooters are always useful, so upgrading them to have more shots that give you more focus is a no-brainer.
The Concussion Burst takes a little longer to fully upgrade, but when it is upgraded it can be used as a trap to lure enemies before blasting them over a ledge. It can also be used to disarm enemies, which becomes increasingly necessary as the game progresses.
Those are our tips for which gadgets you should get and upgrade first in Spider-Man 2. For more, head to our Spider-Man homepage for guides like all Marvel's Spider-Man 2 difficulty settings and how to unlock the Soar trophy in Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
About The Author
Dave McAdam
Dave is a Senior Guides Writer at GGRecon, after several years of freelancing across the industry. He covers a wide range of games, with particular focus on shooters like Destiny 2, RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, and fighting games like Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8.
