Back 4 Blood comes out this Tuesday, October 12 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series and since the title is a shooter, you will be entitled to a fairly substantial arsenal.
Some players will surely wonder what are the best weapons in the game and we therefore give you the tier list proposed by Gamertweak (source) who considers the AK 47 and the Phoenix 350L to be far above the rest.
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Tier list of the best weapons in Back 4 Blood
Back 4 Blood will contain at launch 30 weapons divided into different categories and in order to know the best weapons, here are a tier list that ranks from S+ to D.
Tier S+
Two weapons stand out from the lot and they are the following:
Poor | Category | shooting mode |
AK 47 | Assault rifle | Automatic |
Phoenix 350L | Precision rifle | Semi-automatic |
Animal S
Here, four weapons are classified in this tier. They are all very effective and will do excellent damage.
Poor | Category | shooting mode |
Scar | Assault rifle | Automatic |
Uzi | Submachine gun | Semi-automatic |
Glock 23 (car) | hand weapon | Automatic |
TEC 9 | hand weapon | Automatic |
Tier A
Weapons in this tier are all very good, but will have a bit more firepower than S and S+ rated weapons.
Poor | Category | shooting mode |
M4 rifle | Assault rifle | Automatic |
MP5 | Submachine gun | Automatic |
Glock 23 | hand weapon | Semi-automatic |
UMP45 | Submachine gun | Automatic |
Vector | Submachine gun | Automatic |
Super 90 | Hunting rifle | Semi-automatic |
RPK | small machine gun | Automatic |
Desert Eagle | hand weapon | Semi-automatic |
TAC14 | Hunting rifle | Activation |
M249 | small machine gun | Automatic |
Tier B
These weapons will be good choices, but they will be less interesting than those of higher tiers.
Poor | Category | shooting mode |
AA12 | Hunting rifle | Automatic |
M16 | Assault rifle | 3 shots |
M1A | Precision rifle | Semi-automatic |
Barrett M95 (Burst) | Precision rifle | 3 shots |
Tier C
Weapons of this tier are either not powerful enough or ineffective to take out many enemies in a single magazine.
Poor | Category | shooting mode |
Rifle Ranch | Assault rifle | Semi-automatic |
870 Express | Hunting rifle | Action |
Barrett M95 | Precision rifle | Semi-automatic |
The Belgian | hand weapon | Double canon |
Firefighter's ax | Melee weapon | Melee |
Hatchet | Melee weapon | Melee |
Tier D
No doubt the weapons below will be among the worst in the game, due to the low damage they do or because they are too single-target.
Poor | Category | shooting mode |
357 Magnum | hand weapon | Step by step |
Beretta M9 (Car) | hand weapon | Semi-automatic |
M1911 | hand weapon | Semi-automatic |
Beats | Melee weapon | Melee |
Knife | Melee weapon | Melee |
machette | Melee weapon | Melee |