METAL GEAR SURVIVE – MG Survive Weapon tier list v0.5

S Tier

 
 
 
Bullhorn SG 
 
Top tier shotty, use it to obliterate any bosses, spongy units or just regular zombies you come across. Suggest you equip 12ga ammo pouches to make sure you don’t run out ammo too quick. 
 
 
 
Frost/Shock/Flame blade 
 
Become Raiden with these dual handed swords – wide attacks will wipe out groups of wanderers, use leap attacks to get them before they get you. 
 
 
 
GEIST P30 
 
Fully automatic sidearm with large ammo capacity, won’t let you down either as a backup plan or main weapon of choice if you time your bursts well. 
 
 
 
Combat Axe 
A dual handed weapon featuring potentially very high damage with the fast attack speed of dual handed weapons, though it features no elemental damage 
 
 
 
WU S324LB 
 
Excelent revolver, dealing a ton of damage with each bullet and reloading relatively fast, it’s a fine addition to any arsenal. 
 
 

A Tier

 
 
 
AM MRS-4 TC 
 
Versatile and highly modular assault rifle, mediocre damage is somewhat compensated by being able to carry 3×30 magazines on its own. 
 
 
 
PG-57 
 
Awesome machinegun with the largest magazine capacity in the game and somewhat controllable recoil. 
 
 
 
AM MRS-71 
 
The best sniper in the game – semi-auto, high damage and a 20 round magazine will let you rain death on zombies from a safe distance. 
 
 
 
Portable Pile Driver 
 
A strong thrusting weapon like the glaive, except it exchanges elemental damage for raw damage – use if you’re not playing extreme missions. 
 
 
 
Frost/Shock/Flame glaive 
 
Useful as a backup weapon for poking zombies to death, use this to complement your arsenal. 
 
 
 
Skulls Machete 
 
Pretty decent dual handed sword, second only to the elemental blades featured in S tier. 
 
 

B Tier

 
 
 
Burkov Sup. 
 
While great in singleplayer for stealth takedowns on unsuspecting zombies, the majority of enemies in coop will already be alert to your presente, severely limiting 
the use of this supressed pistol. 
 
 
 
Bametov SV 
 
Decent semi-auto sniper, low magazine and mediocre damage but still a good choice for long distance killing. 
 
 

C Tier

 
 
 
Brennan LRS-46 
 
Suffers from a very low fire rate and below average damage compared to the other snipers, Bambetov and MRS-71 with GRIM or explosive rounds is the better choice. 
 
 
 
Drill Spear 
 
Decent thrusting weapon to replace a common equivalent, suggest upgrading ASAP. 
 
 
 
High Frequency Baton 
 
Low damage and fast attack rate with some added shock damage, sadly you won’t be stunning zombies any time soon with this weapon. 
 
 
 
Battle Sickle 
 
Decent damage for a single hand weapon, swings fast but barely deals any damage, even on hard difficulty. 
 
 

D Tier

 
 
 
Frost/Shock/Flame Jet Hammer 
 
While it deals a ton of damage to anything it hits, it’s already possible to one-hit-kill zombies with upgraded swords and the large swing times will only leave you vulnerable to attacks. 
 
 
 
Jet Axe 
 
Like the Jet Hammer except it deals even more damage at the expense of elemental damage, making it a slightly worse and overkill choice of weapon 
 
 
 
AM D114LB 
 
A straight upgrade to the AM D114 TC, it’s a good sidearm choice until you find something better. 
 
 

E Tier