Choices for Defender MK5

Hello folks/experts - Need your opinion/advice on how below loadout of mine you think? I should carry on in future?
Current loadout – level 30 cannon, level 30 sniper and level 30 firebomb. Main idea is to use fire damage perks on cannons, crit perks and I play around 1900 infamy
I have tried putting other weapons in mix but haven’t succeeded much - big bertha (epic lvl10), expl canon level 30 rare, tritorps rare level 21, rail gun rare lvl 21. Main issues I see with these is weapons is accuracy/skill makes me do less damage in an overall game.
With my current loadout I average 3k-5k damage a game (including loosing ones) and 8k to 10k on good games. Need expert defenders opinion on how good this loadout is? Changes suggested for higher infamy games/strategy?
Issues I see with this loadout is - avoiding torps which is defenders biggest nightmare; targetting speeders at close/long ranges seems too tricky, no heavy damage weapons and always feel the need of partner to bring a shooter/defender in 1on1 model, not able to use the extra loadout slots point (2 single slot weapons).

 

Flare plus double explosive
Firebomb/flare/naplam(good at higher level) plus double Blast/ 1 explosive + 1 blast
These are most popular ones, you can use sniper only if you got a high crit chance
(Make sure you have 7k+ HP IF you wish to charge)

Another option is using missile, which become accurate the closer you go(until its minimum hit range) , more possible for defender as compared to shooter

Swift torpedo(which becomes pretty accurate with upgrading Sinklair) /Triple torpedo is quite a good choice for defender with some heavy damage weapons like blast and explosive...

I don't recommend standard canon because of the better available options like explosive which can put up some decent damage, however i can understand mk5 defender is a joke and can get destroyed easily if you charge. SO, Keep sniper and firebomb for now but i recommend you change std Canon for explosive when you get your BHURT at a fair level

My choice :- Naplam(great control weapon) plus explosive and sniper with good crit chance, you can see in porthos' video how he uses naplam and fires Canon to obtain fire advantage.

 

For defender as @Babablacksheep explained canon are the best option specially ex canon since u can do dmg to multiple ships with its aoe.
Another great weapon for defender is grenade huge amount of dmg with aoe .
If u want to rock ex canon go with fire dmg combo pair it with flare gun not firebomb.
Defender dream setup
2 ex canon + flare gun/ grenade
Or
2 ex canon + napalm
Not good weapons for defenders
Missiles, Torps etc
Standard canon will do good dmg when pair with fire dmg perks

 

Sneak behind enemy team with mines and full bandaids

 

For trolling sure

 

Max out your speed with turbos and go triple carro!

Or then just go flare+ec+ec, you will be able to sink a ship in 10 secs

 

sneak behind enemy team and mine their respawn, just in case