As the title states, this thread is going to officially come up with the best components to add to a class to combat a riot shield opponent without having to straight up use the riot shield themselves...
I never realized just how reviled this weapon was by people in this game in particular until recently, and also, not until recently have I seen them pop up in-game as much as they do now. Word spreads apparently
I now agree, that going up against a Riot Shielder does require additional class adjustments to take them head on, and this isn't a thread about avoiding them, this is a thread with the assumption that you're coming in contact with one of them. There is another thread currently complaining about a full team of riot shields and we all think getting A and C flags is best option, but clearly you are going to go against teams that will be super campers with 1-2 riot shield guys, where beating them at B is essential.
I would think that the absolute bare minimum adjustment you'd need to go against them is blast shield.
As a core domination player, I personally don't use blast shield on any class because with support streaks I quite honestly don't care too much when I die from an IED.
Another minimal adjustment to a class in my estimation would be adding a concussion grenade.
You aren't going to out-explosive a riot/c4 class, and they are guaranteed to have blast shield themselves, so instead of fighting fire with fire, having the conc grenade could enable you to survive at least one blast with blast shield while being able to use a normal weapon while flanking them. Research of different Riot/c4 classes through killcams have led me to find that I haven't seen any with all tac resist AND blast shield AND danger close, meaning the single Tac grenade may be enough to kill riot shielder once per life.
That makes a 3 point adjustment to fight a full class. Not bad - but this is only theory. Who's got better options?