Saying no weapon mods does the heavy cannon so dirty... But that should also mean no meathook, and the SSG is like B tier without the hook

I Practically had no use for The Heat Blast weapon mod. Remote detonation does it's job.

Microwave beam is S Tier because The Amount of Shotgunners is insane. and because It can Stun Spirits which is hella useful.

The Unmakyr should be seen as an alternative to the BFG, not a weapon to compete with. The BFG can eliminate an entire room, but there are players who don't want that. The Unmakyr is for those that don't want an easy win weapon but still want to use the ammo.

Some combos I can recommend based on the tier list:

Arbalest is easy to sleep-on, but I found these some redeeming qualities: If a flying demon is posessed, the Arbalest explosion isn’t part of their plasma-based resistance. Also, since it has a delayed explosion you can fire Arbalest, switch to Chaingun Shield, and have the Shield Launch immediately. (same with lock-on rockets)

Sticky bombs also get replaced by the Rocket’s splash damage, but if you sticky a demon’s head it’s actually very decent damage. (Every headshot is about 1,5-2 times the original damage) That combined with the PB/Sticky quickswap combo, you can pretty much melt heavies with 3 swaps.

Last one: (since PB is ‘only’ in A tier) The best value combo I’ve ever learned was to Meathook a fodder, switch to PB midair, and give him a headshot. 6HC ammo and you get 20Armor. Best deal ever.

Great pixel arts by the way! I really love seeing these models in this artstyle. Makes me wish for a full 8bit demake of Doom Eternal.

It is Mostly because of the Enemy placement.

in the DLC every arena has multiple phases meaning that 100% of the time It just isnt worth the 30 argents. Hell Even with the Unlimited ammo cheat mod you need at least 5 BFG Shots to clear out an Arena (gets more costly Assuming you spam) Not to mention Levels take longer to complete

UnMaykr is a good choice in comparision because you can at least Put these shots to good use on actual threats unlike the BFG who could potentially put you in a bad spot Where you dont have any Weaker enemies to farm resources from.

and it can serve as a Great tyrant melter With an Ice bomb.

Unmaykr is good for stabbing three evenly-distanced vampires shooting three evenly-distanced demons, or for absolutely ripping through one very large one.

Someone else could explain it better than me, but in short, The Unmaykr is more of a precision super weapon to The BFG's mass slaughter. The Unmaykr also has the advantage of being able to more easily hold onto ammo than The BFG. In short, The Unmaykr is a scalpel to The BFG's sledgehammer.

Aesthetically, they are cool. Physically, I fucking hate 75% of them. There are 11 weapons and I can only bind 7 of them, and instead of a key or button to change firing modes, like being able to toggle between the shotgun and super shot gun, that way it is STILL one gun and no swap animation is required, we got two of each, and half of them are unnecessary.

The cycler is dumb, because it never hits anything and gets phased out by the double plasma repeater, which can shock. But the shield can shock on a parry, so even then, that is not so necessary either, it is just there to look pretty.

The grenade launcher sucks because does the exact same thing as the rocket but has an arc to it and someone thought have a grenade launcher would be a good idea, so you have a grenade. For some reason. It would have been cooler if the grenades had effects like the ice and scorch from eternal, but…no. Just boom boom. And then the rocket is great, it is a crowd clear…or is it? Because the shield can do that too, which means the rocket is actually supposed to be for damage, but it fires slowly and the splash damage dealt does not counteract the damage dealt to demons. So, pass on that as well.

The chain-shot is fucking awesome. No notes, iconic and interesting weapon. 10/10, absolutely love it.

The nail gun…I mean, the shredder, sorry. The shredder, which is actually just a nail gun, is only useful early on for pincushion. After you get the rail spike, there is no reason to go back, because you have the shield, you have the rocket, a virtually pointless grenade, and you have a skull crusher, which I will get to next, all of which can effectively destroy crowds with ease. If I had a choice between lighting up a railspiking a mancubus and killing it in three seconds or turning it into a pincushion, I am going to rail spike it because it is more reliable.

Skull crusher? Great. But only the second variant, the one with a more narrow firing cone. It is like a full auto shotgun and I love it, no notes.

Shotguns? Boy am I glad you asked because I absolutely hate the super shotgun in dark ages. Its reload animation takes forever and I cannot swap weapons before it is done. It deals good damage but the burst shotgun is more reliable because when I need to swap guns or block, I can do that. It also lights things on fire, which is more damage, and because I can actually do block or swap when I have the burst out, I do not have to commit to it when dueling big demons. I like.

The shield can stun, block, deflect, shock and crowd clear. And because of that, the arsenal does not have anywhere NEAR as much utility. Better game, yes, I agree, but the guns are nowhere near as nice.

I love that some weapons have specific synergies with the rest of your kit.

Shredder and GL pair with the shield toss.

RL and Chainshot pair with the parry.

Pulverizer pairs with the melee, which even then the melee options will add situational nuance to the effectiveness of the Pulverizer. This gun is highly slept on.

Cycler shock can pair with Gauntlet and heaven splitter rune if an experienced player knows how to optimally use the three for max crowd clearing, shock damage multiplier is also crazy good.

Accelerator, Ravager, and SSG are easy high DPS options of varying degrees and situations, which can be combo'd with the shield and melee for max effectiveness.

Combat shotty is just a steady armor farm.

Then there's the Impaler, which combos with shield throw, bash, parry, and melee. And returns melee charges. And returns ammo. This gun is so ridiculous it's not even funny, you're only sacrificing crowd control but you get the highest single DPS in the game. Paired with the dreadmace and you'll kill anything in seconds, even when dealing half damage to demons.

The weapons overall have more versatility than even in Eternal, you are just now forced to combo each weapon with the rest of your kit instead of with another weapon like before.

Crack team. I love ‘em.

Some are more prevalent than others, sure.

GL ain’t got shit on RL

but even if a weapon isn’t that obviously useful, it DOES have unique uses.

GL for example is totally different from any ither weapon, as it’s great for fight or flight swaps. Shooting at an angle, from behind cover. That’s pretty unique in this Stand and Fight playground.

The only weapon I couldn’t figure out so far is the Shredder. I’d say it’s a “poor man’s Accelarator”, but I’m certain that isn’t the case.

Nice array of weapons

They’re so cool. I love their designs.

If you are counting weapon mods, heavy cannon and chaingun(shield is OP) are easily s tier. In fact most weapons are probably a or s tier. Except plasma rifle or combat shotgun. You don't have to use them if you don't want to since they are outclassed by others.

Honestly, disagree with most of this

My favorite weapon is the combat shotgun from the start of the game

Just asking, when should I use the Unmaykr?

Wrong, they’re all good

Unmakyr is useful, you need to play as a combo weapon like Balista / Precisionbolt. Balista, 3-5 Shots Unmakyr, Balista. This makes short Work of Baron of Hells. Or combine it with the Microwavebeam.

Remember: The Unmaykr is there to kill Ultra Heavy Deamons and this is the reason why I use it more often than the BFG.

Why is there a "Combat shotgun" and a "Base shotgun"?

Chainsaw should be at the very top

Honestly so underrated. Love those little stun combos

all 3 of rocket launcher's firing modes are in essential imo. also, precision bolt and the super shotgun (meathook) deserve an entire tier above essential

i like to sporadically use it on spirited demons, let’s me know how much health they have left. it’s also nice to hold a spirit baron in place for a second

Flashlight should be considered in rankings

dart gun and pistol are god tier

This list is major ass and you know it.

Raymond in B = list disqualified, this shotty makes my balls hard

Worst take I’ve seen in a long time

Rocket launcher. Because I enjoy blowing shit up with it.

Most iconic has to be the bfg, but favorite is definitely the berserk powerup. Something about splitting an imp's head in half with your bare hands gets me going

For me it's a toss up between the chainsaw and super shotty.

BFG Division intensifys

Even though it wasn't in the original I'd say the Super Shotgun is the most iconic. BFG probably the most original and a close 2nd.

S should be gaus cannon, ssg, bfg and chainsaw, plasma rifle is b, only for the stun mod and everything else is F.

Actually rocket launcher is A

Gauss cannon in B tier!? How? Also hot take, the plasma gun is trash, the only thing that makes it even semi-good is the stun bomb.

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did you just put the gauss cannon in b???

How dare you but the combat shotgun in the same field as the Super Shotgun. Have you heard of double trouble?

S Tier:

Witness. Best damage out of the Legendary guns, even before you include the buff it gives to teammates. Fits in more decks than any other gun. Somebody on every team should be running it. Good enough hip fire accuracy that your melee player can run it if nobody else is. Deserves to be a tier above everything else as it's the only Legendary gun that isn't overshadowed by a normal gun with Legendary Attachments.

A Tier:

Prototype. Very good damage and a very strong perk. It isn't as good as an LMG with legendary attachments and Suppressing Fire. But requires less investment and is the perfect gun for a melee player to grab.

Embezzler. The perfect sidearm for a shotgunner. Tbh, I'd only avoid it if running as a sniper. I wouldn't put it on par with Witness as it's still only a secondary gun but it's strong and more copper is always good.

B Tier:

Damnation. Good but a shotgunner is going to want Spray n Pray in which case it's completely overshadowed by a normal AA12. It's a strong choice early in a run though so still deserves a lot of praise even if it's often overrated. It's also a lot of fun, which shouldn't be ignored.

Flamethrower. Technically an accessory. Fun and effective but niche use with ammo management challenges.

C Tier:

Tenderiser. Really strong with the right deck but unfortunately that deck is only something you can run if you're guaranteed this weapon.

Lockjaw. Completely overshadowed by every other sniper rifle. Only the fact that it's worth picking up if you are playing a sniper deck and find a blue one on the first lvl. Keeps it out of the bottom tier.

Skull totems. Most ppl just carry them for the currency. Rarity resets every hive which makes it less effective in later Hives. Better then they get credit for but don't have any perks and completely overshadowed by any normal melee weapon.

D Tier

Pestilence. A DoT gun in a game where burst damage is far more important than DPS. There's just no good place for this one

Nemesis. Good damage but the taunt doesn't hold aggro. It's a troll gun run mainly by players who don't even realise they're making the game harder by carrying it.

Witness is an easy top of S-rank. 20% extra damage is cracked. But it's a great gun to use even without that, the huge mag is really nice.

Haven't used the Lockjaw much as it basically never spawns. But I found it quite inferior to a modded Phoenix, its unique attribute with armour just didn't come up much either so it has little to offer. I'd sooner use the Pestilence; not great, but at least it actually offers something different and has a reason to exist.

Still not sure how Nemesis made in. They know how the spawning system works in this game right?

Witness is literally unusable at least the smg has some use cases

Witness is ridiculous. Can easily just use it for an entire run on NH. And you haven’t played a tenderizer build before I see. It’s busted. Also it doesn’t damage you?

Ive seen 1 ,just one person ,mention the gauss cannon . It is beautiful ,its life ,and its the greatest combo with the super shotgun

original plasma gun and super shotgun. 2016 gauss canon and micro missiles heavy rifle

2016 chaingun. Especially when you use mobile turret with the correct runes, the thing is a hand held GAU-8 avenger!

All of them

Once the Flaming Grapple is unlocked that becomes so useful. Then when you get to TAG and you have the meat hook swinging? It feels like you have so much movement freedom.

Honourable mention to the Shotgun sticky bomb. That is my go to in a situation where I'm just running and gunning and need to thin out the little people without worrying too much about accuracy.

The Heavy Rifle with precision shot is also a workhorse for me.

But my absolute favourite becomes the Crucible once Archvile's are a thing. I always save my crucible swings for them. It's just so much easier getting rid of them instantly.