There are dozens of weapons to chase in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The First Descendant, each with a unique set of base stats and characteristics. Finding a gun that suits yo🧸ur playstyle can 🐽be tricky, let alone a weapon that can be considered a meta option.

To help you ♉decide which weapons are worth investing your hard-earned resources in, we've created a tier list that ranks every Rare and Ultimate weapon in the game. We used a mix of DPS calculations and in-game testing to separate the wheat from the chaff. But before we get into the rankings, let's first go over how we went about ranking most of the weapons in The First Descendant.

Updated August 3, 2024, by Charles Burgar: Patch 1.0.5 brought with it some large balance changes to a few Ultimate weapons, notably Nazeistra's Devotion and Greg's Reversed Fate. We've updated this list to account for these balance changes, and we've reranked every shotgun since their in-game effectiveness is significantly weaker than their paper DPS suggests. Peace Maker has also been added to the tier list.

Tier List Changes

Ultimate Weapon Changes

• Added Peace Maker: It's a C-tier weapon, unfortunately. The perk doesn't work with Gley's third ability or the Payout perk, and the gun features no weakpoint damage multipliers. Peace Maker also has the worst base damage out of all Ultimate hand cannons. Wait for buffs before farming for this gun.
• Moved Greg's Reversed Fate from C+ to S: This gun received a comically large buff. Its perk can now proc on any hit, causing it to spawn 20+ orbital projectiles in a few bursts. Greg's Reversed Fate is now a meta choice for boss DPS.
• Moved Secret Garden from C- to A: The critical buffs greatly buffed its overall DPS. Greg's Reversed Fate is still generally better for boss damage, but Secret Garden is now a strong option.
• Slightly raised Enduring Legacy's rank: Critical stat buffs have made Enduring Legacy a straight upgrade to the Tamer and a great alternative to Python.
• Moved Nazeistra's Devotion from A to S: The critical stat buffs allow this gun to achieve 90% critical chance with a good build, offsetting the gun's middling base damage. Its utility makes it slightly better than Perforator.
  • We deranked Perforator from S to A+ as a result. Nazeistra's Devotion is always the better choice now. Perforator is still a fantastic weapon for single-target DPS. It just lacks utility.

• Moved Piercing Light from S to A: It's not a meta option for boss DPS, so we're moving it down the tier list slightly. It's still an S-tier pick for Sharen and Gley.
• Moved Smithereens and Executor to D: See below.

Rare Weapon Changes

• Shotguns are now in D tier. While their paper DPS eclipses most weapon archetypes, shotguns have so much damage falloff and poor supplemental stats that they struggle to compete in the endgame. The entire archetype needs range and accuracy buffs.
  • In a Blink is ranked as a C- since it can be found within the first few hours of play. It's useful during the campaign.

• Swapped Blue Blood Bloomer and Guardian R4's placements: BBB is a great stat stick weapon that you should keep in your vault. Hotswap DPS combos aren't likely to be a meta strategy in this game, so we're dropping Guardian into the B tier. It's still a great rocket launcher if you need to quickly clear a pack of adds or kill an Elite.

Tier List Rankings

For this tier list, we've chosen to use a combination of mathematical analysis and theorycraft to determine which guns are the best. We used a (Credit to and Deckards for creating the spreadsheet) that pulls weapon information from the API to compare weapon DPS value♋s.

However, raw spreadsheet data doesn't consider the effects of certain Ultimate perks (such as Wave of Light or Smithereens). To make the tier list as fair as possible, we're ranking Ultimate and Rare weapons in separate tables. Ultimate ra✱nkings consider the gun's overall DPS, utility, and perk effects. Rare weapons focus o꧒n DPS and base stats unless otherwise noted.

No Standard (blue ꩲrarity) weapons are on this tier list. H🐲igher-rarity weapons are objectively better in almost all circumstances.

With the preamble out of the way, here's what each tier represeꦺnts:

• S Tier: Meta. These weapons are the most effective tools available for the current sandbox. They deal the most DPS, offer unrivaled utility, or have unusually high stats.
• A Tier: Great picks. Weapons in this tier will never let you down. They aren't the strongest weapons in the game, but they can excel with the right build.
• B Tier: Good picks. Weapons in this tier tend to shine in more niche situations. Average weapons also fall under this category.
• C Tier: Bad picks. These weapons have subpar DPS values or are cumbersome to use. Investing in these weapons is a bad idea.
• D Tier: Terrible picks. Weapons in this tier are at the bottom of DPS charts and cannot be saved with investment. For Ultimate weapons, perks in this tier are either awful or non-functional.

Tier List Overview

This tier list was last updated for Patch 1.0.6.

Ultimate Weapons

Rare Weapons

S-Tier Weapons

Most of these rankings should come as no surprise. The monstrous Tamer, Thunder Cage, Afterglow Sword, and Enduring Legacy are all in this category. There are alsoಌ a few Rares in this tier that have such amazing base stats that they deserve a mention (notably Eternal Willp🐎ower).

Ultimate Weapons

Rare Weapons

A-Tier Weapons

Weapons in this category are excellent workhorse weapons for general play. Wave of Light makes the cut due to its Ultimate perk. Wave of Light's perk grants additive critical chance. It is unaffected by modules (which is likely a bug), but this gives Wave of Light some excellent burst DPS after you reload. Blue Beetle has slightly lower🦋 DPS, but its status cleanse can be useful for Tech Descendants.

Rare Weapons

B-Tier Weapons

We're starting to reach the weaker parts of this game's arsenal, but there are some gems here worth considering. Fallen Hope is a poison variant of Thunder Cage 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:if you don't mind playing Freyna, and Guardian R4 i🥂s a great rocket launcher if you don'ꦬt like using Vestigial Organ. If it doesn't have a niche, B-tier weapons deal average DPS.

Ultimate Weapons

Rare Weapons

C-Tier Weapons

These weapons generally aren't worth using. Divine Punishment might be a surprise to some, but this gun's Unique perk is so undertuned that it's hardly noticeable. At max stacks, you're looking at a measly 15% DEF buff, 4% 🍬cooldown reductio✅n, and a laughable 2% ATK rating buff. The gun itself is average, but the perk isn't nearly as good as many believe.

This is also where you'll start seeing tactical rifles and handguns. Both weapons categories are near꧋ the bottom of the DPS charts due to theirꦉ subpar fire rate.

Ultimate Weapons

Rare Weapons

D-Tier Weapons

Weapons in this tier aren't salvageable. Most of this category consists of shotguns, tactical rifles and beam rifles, three of the worst weapon arc🐓hetypes in the game. Their DPS potential is🧸 far lower than every other weapon category in the game, even with a min-maxed build. Shotguns looks strong on paper, but their damage falloff and inaccuracy are so extreme that they're simply not viable.

As for Ultimate weapons, most of these guns don't deal much damage and have awful perks. Clairvoyance sounds strong on paper, but the cold resistance hardly does anything in practice. King's Guard Lance could be useful if it gets a buff, but as of now, it's n💜ot worth using.

Ultimate Weapons

Rare Weapons