All RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Weapons RANKED WORST to BEST

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Jolly Rogers Lagoon
Click Clock Wood (Spring)
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Heads Will Roll

[@benediktspiegel]

Albert-01 in Re7 : 🗿 Albert-01 in Re8 : 🤡

[@frickemweball6300]

Perfect response

[@fallouttoonlink]

I beat the final boss with the Samurai Edge in 8

[@J3_T3_V01S]

🧢

[@slimypiratex]

How is that cap brother​@@J3_T3_V01S

[@bigpapasm]

wish they had balanced the weapons better in this game to incentivize variety, it sucks having the new unlocks be flat out better than what you already have

[@kiloklavdi1185]

They tried to use RE4 weapon system but ultimately failed to do so, somehow

[@Willzb-xk4ew]

Fun fact: they added weapon exclusive upgrades but unlike RE4, you have complete 25 challenges on mercenaries mode first

[@bigpapasm]

@@Willzb-xk4ew honestly I didn't even know bc I never touched mercenaries in this game cuz it's so ass 😭

[@brooklyngwk]

That was one of the great things about RE4 Remake, every gun was useable

[@frozenvoltz6739]

​@@kiloklavdi1185I mean RE4 was no different in that regard, there was always a superior option among each categories Pistols- Blacktail Shotgun- Striker Rifles- Semi-Auto Rifle Magnum- Broken Butterfly Same goes for the remake(Except for the Striker, Semi-Auto Rifle, Broken Butterlfy and TMP)

[@xero1152]

Actually, completing I think 25 achievements in the mercenaries mode gives most guns a special ability like increased fire rate, spread, shots that heal you, and most importantly, damage. Having this makes the S.T.A.K.E deal 9999 DAMAGE. It’s wild and so much fun

[@Jiggy113]

All non bonus weapons get an ability except the knife

[@dawnc.1765]

Something important to note is that any sort of lycan-based enemy takes a large amount of extra dmg from the Wolfsbane (I believe it's 50%), meaning it takes less shots to kill powerful enemies such as Urias, Varcolacs, etc on the higher difficulties, which does give it a unique specific niche. I would probably personally carry both, Wolfsbane for style points against any Lycans and the Urias variants, STAKE and WCX for everything else, Grenade launcher for utility. It's basically the only weapon in the game with an "exclusive" effect.

[@crazydud3380]

Actually, that would have been really interesting if the different weapons were super effective against specific enemy types (animal, "zombie", flying, mechanical, etc.). You couldn't keep them all on hand due to inventory space, so you would have to make some difficult choices. Only big drawback is on first playthrough, you don't which enemies you'll be mostly seeing up ahead, making it hard to know what to choose.

[@dracolithtitan2372]

and I noticed you can NOT pop the head of Moroaica with magnum.. lycans just pops like balloon

[@SyIis]

Yeah, I carry my stake and wolfsbane together lol

[@jimmilton6644]

the sound you used for the 1911 was fucking epic i love the mustang and sally's

[@DemonKingCozar]

I was able to beat Village of Shadows with only the infinite rocket launcher for my second run. It took a bit of time for the boss fights.

[@betterthanstarlight]

Sounds painful

[@DemonKingCozar]

@@betterthanstarlight It was the price to pay for rushing it

[@conservativecarnage3783]

​@@betterthanstarlightI'm so sorry I asked for this video and didn't see it until now thank you so much for making it.

[@KazumaYT_]

Im so happy that you heard my calls for this video😊😊😊, also if you have the winters expansion you can unlock the especial costumization in the mercenaries wich basicly makes every gun even better, you unlock it the same way as the ligthsaber

[@gcchleb4788]

Insane vid bro , it's rly good but hrmm maybe your audio is kinda low compared to other sounds which makes the video quite hard to listen . Exept that , I wish you'll do some more ❤️

[@semreilreif1609]

If you get the Permanent Reward upgrade for the Wolfsbane, It would be a one shot kill for Lycans, varolacs, All mini bosses, and even Urias along with the three daughters. So In summary, if you have 100 ammo of the Wolfsbane with the permanent mercenaries bonus, you basically have a doomsday device the form of a Golden Magnum-revolver.

[@Quanzy1000]

You can skip the awkward delay on the knife after the two swings by quickly tapping the block button which lets you swing so much faster

[@gatewayofboredom]

bro they did the samurai edge dirty in this one 😢 also as a village of shadows survivor the rocket pistol is like getting a chicken nugget in a jewelry box

[@betterthanstarlight]

I love that analogy

[@ismaelgingles9409]

I personally like the lemi handgun because of the old school look of it and the tape or cloth on the handle ❤ and the trench gun is my personal favorite shotgun because of the way it looks and power of it just by the sound of it.

[@carmex02user2002]

At M1897 what's that quote from? "What am I going to do without my shotgun?"

[@betterthanstarlight]

Red Vs Blue

[@mrstronk]

Its a shame they just went with each gun you find it gets better and better making stuff like the first shotgun and the lemi redundant and such. At least with the other resident evils, you get given a gun and itll be still there as your mainline boss dps or zombie killer

[@minthukq3235]

My go to weapon are stake, grenade launcher with infinite ammo. Thats how i was able to complete village of the shadow

[@bluebally2024]

I used the starting shotgun a lot in my playthroughs and I’ve managed to get by on most parts of the game

[@Tyler-gq6pf]

Rocket pistol is good at opening the doors in Heisenberg’s factory that have the red lights on it.

[@Wolfpounder]

DAMN, the PS1 Rugrats game spooky soundtrack after the beginning sequence? 10/10 have a like.

[@dumb_emo5]

What I found out through my countless playthroughs is that the wolfsbane does more damage to the lycans than the stake does so when doing a new game plus speedrun i use both of those

[@thefandroidthemusicaledito7640]

that grenade launcher blinded me irl lol

[@betterthanstarlight]

Youre welcome

[@aceash5.065]

I’ve been waiting for this! I honestly wish the 1911 was better because it felt way better to use than the V61 did.

[@betterthanstarlight]

I agree

[@aceash5.065]

@@betterthanstarlight Yeah, it felt… lighter. Most guns with stocks feel heavy

[@slaviclad9705]

The 1911 is pretty good, you can easily beat the game with it

[@kinvig]

Oh baby yes! I’ve been looking forward to this

[@dg_productions]

RE8 is the 2nd most replayed RE game I played 1st is RE4 remake

[@samloredescarregado1755]

i would say the knife is definitely worse on RE8 since it have way too low damage and per second output in a game that have way too much enemy (in comparison), as well their power scale agressively later, in a way that you wont be able to use it well. in my experience even the karambit becomes quite overhelming after awhile (village of shadows) because the scale and numbers atleast for me it felt hard to use more of the melee weapons excluding lz answerer of course in comparison to games such resident evil 4 (where the damage was of course low, but the wide stagger would help, as for the remake it would help with parries)

[@TheMightyKite]

The Rocket Pistol may be a goofy weapon, but damn does it help with those Frankenstein freaks of nature Heisenberg made that are armored

[@ParkerBlack-jh9ry]

Panzers?

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

To be fair it is based off of a real gun

[@Dctctx]

@@GrosvnerMcaffreythe gyrojet

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

@@Dctctx yep

[@SocialDistance21222]

Sarge from red vs blue just threw me off so much for the first shotgun 😭 I haven’t heard that quote in literal years and got hit with a huge wave on nostalgia

[@IsaacP-d4s]

you should actully do a starting pistol ranking

[@foxmask8032]

14:51: "Infinite flashbangs!" Sir that's not a flashbang, that's the unmatched power of the sun!

[@Tyler-gq6pf]

The 1911 is pretty good...fully automatic.

[@mikevivona-z2u]

Vz61: it's KLOBBERING time!

[@bluebird294]

hey man is it just me? or has your mic quality been worse recently?

[@betterthanstarlight]

My decent mic broke a month ago and ive been saving to replace it

[@bluebird294]

@@betterthanstarlight gotcha sorry to hear that man

[@loganmilligan182]

"If you have infinite ammo then village of shadows is a cakewalk" he ain't lying, I had the Wolfsbane then got the S.T.A.K.E at the start of the factory. The difference in power was obvious and it was so satisfying to see each enemy just pop like a balloon lmao 😭🙏

[@YeetyBandity]

Finally, someone realized that the stake is better than the wolfebane. Every video i see, i like every boss versus the strongest weapon, and it's the wolfebane. The stake literally has better stats

[@osets2117]

Depends on the boss, wolfsbane does more damage for lycan type enemies

[@titanmax111]

​@@osets2117 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure only the guy with the hammer and the wolf in the village are lycan bosses. Everything else isn't

[@osets2117]

@@titanmax111 all the regular mobs in the village are lycan, both 4 legged wolves are lycan, the hammer guy, the guy in the mill, and the guy standing over the grave are all lycan. So a bunch of regular mobs (that you wouldn't waste the ammo on), one boss, and 4 mini bosses.

[@titanmax111]

@@osets2117 oh well I was referring to the bosses sorry lol

[@osets2117]

@@titanmax111 technically there is only one lycan boss you can use the wolfsbane on and that's Urias, all the others are either optional or you fight as Chris (and he can't use other weapons other than the ones on him) 😆

[@TheDoctor4390_]

I don’t love this games story, but it’s fun as hell to speedrun and the guns are pretty cool

[@rumiyano]

Domna is one of my favorite moments in the game. It's so messed up. So freaky, disturbing, insanity. ...then you go to the next playthrough and it's a slog to go through. Although still enjoyable once you blast through the puzzles instantly compared to the discovery phase in thr 1st playthrough.

[@dudewithtude4476]

same. I mean some of the enemies and bosses are cool but story is a bit meh

[@itsagrayday]

Does nobody else know about the slash slash block method so there’s no pause with the knife ?

[@Monke_7274]

I keep having to watch this over and over again cause idk what's good

[@gamerpickle5997]

I am now learning that the lightsaber can change colors

[@Tenpinmaster]

that music though... XD Great Video. :D

[@garygearboy1358]

One thing I wish was a part of this game was to simply AIM WITH THE SIGNS instead of the weird zoom in I hate it

[@xpsquid7022]

You actually aim down sights in the Chris re7 dlc, I really really wish that they did the same in re8.

[@akicauchemar7286]

The zoom works like in great majority of ps2 fps games and is perfectly fine, you zoomer

[@TUDGAF]

Saiga-12's rate of fire is atrocious

[@betterthanstarlight]

It causes me pain

[@TUDGAF]

@@betterthanstarlight Some of the weapons has way faster RoF in mercenary mode, such as the VZ-61 Scorpion and the M1911, even the M870 shotgun is faster than SAIGA-12 (as fast as you push mouse button, needs upgrade tho) Also, the 870 benefits from wide spread and damage in single mode, it's still a pump action like 1897, so not necessarily faster (being tactical meaning it has rails to mount accessories, that's about all)

[@angelofchoasdeath]

I don't even like this game that much but you're wrong. They added exclusive upgrades to the weapons with shadows of roses dlc. Example Lemi restores health per a kill or a shot or something. Chris handgun can't even be upgraded but it's good. Favorite guy is sig mcx called wcx ingame. Only complaint Ethan has military training but can't aim down sights. Stake does 9900 fully upgraded and wolfsbane is stronger because of glitch .

[@betterthanstarlight]

The shadow of rose upgrades are not in the base game

[@angelofchoasdeath]

@@betterthanstarlight I played through the whole game on a new save with them and VOS. If by base game you mean with update not installed ok . I know part of update is free and other is paid.

[@osets2117]

Wolfsbane has innate damage increase against lycan enemies

[@NipplWizard]

kinda feel like capcom is relying too much on the Automag for their top tier magnum. We need an S&W 500 for RE9

[@l0sts0ul89]

Make it snub nose 🗿

[@denzelkoe]

How come he never mentions that you have to play Mercenaries mode to unlock most weapons full potential like the Lemi heals you every time you shoot it at an enemy

[@ronb88]

just because of the process to get the LZ, made me absolutely hate Mercenaries. ( edit ) the truth is... The stake. anyone who has maxed it out realizes how unbalievably expensive it is. in total. it cost, 2,103,000. I don't even think you can make that much in a single playthrough.

[@nurattia3316]

I tried doing it (with a infinite ammo maxed out handcannon PZ) and I can confirm it's not possible, you will end up missing about 2 upgrades

[@danielwolf6477]

Those weapons need better balance or and weapon specific boni like in re4 would have been nice as well... like the lemi 50% critical headshot rate, would have been a pretty usefull gun for weak enemies then.

[@faridmk3707]

I used Stake for a bit and just loaded an earlier save and upgraded the Wolfsbane instead. It hits almost twice as hard, is much cheaper to upgrade and it is obtained naturally as you progress the game.

[@Eligible921]

Love the content!

[@rocketboots8319]

I kinda wished the guns of re8 were more historical than the overly tactical stuff of the later guns. I feel like it would fit the setting way better

[@volpe7436]

Now you gotta cover the weapons with their special customisation you get from getting 25 rewards from the mercenaries they turn sone weapons good make broken weapons more broken and make the lemi do something kinda useful

[@Secret0zv]

Imagine RE8 with RE4's weapon design, it would be the best game if they made that singular change.

[@banjo-kazooie]

Based for using Banjo Kazooie and Tooie BGM!!

[@obladioblada2122]

You can actually shoot the tac fairly fast if you shoot it immediately after loading one shell

[@WolfHreda]

The LEMI is so awful that if I could choose between it and Claire's SLS 60 from RE2 Remake with no upgrade parts, I'd take the SLS 60. Hands down. If they had been smart, the ultimate shotgun would've been the old man's double barrel from the beginning of the game.

[@_-Asmodeus-_]

Wish all the weapons were available in the VR version of RE8...

[@ElderJohnson78]

with special customiztons it has 9999 power with all upgrades all parts and infinte ammo makes it so powerful its one shots almost every thing (S.T.A.K.E)

[@alwest4472]

My friend said “get whichever assault rifle ya want they don’t differ much at all” after my first playthrough and now I have a dragoon and 1k too little points for that good pistol…

[@SyIis]

Your friend was kind of right The dragoon is a cheaper route, especially for infinite ammo for it. The wcx is absolutely better in almost if not every category, but cost waaaay more in total to upgrade, attachments and infinite ammo.

[@SyIis]

But for a first play through he was right telling you they don't matter much, because if you're going to play enough, you'll figure that out and grind for it while playing again. First playthrough dragoon infinite ammo for a vos run is the cheapest route. Using the glitch is easier. (Upgrade your weapon fully, restart game without saving, buy infinite ammo for gun, profit) (you will lose the upgrades obviously and get your weapons and lei back that you used to get it to max) So sell everything Upgrade it fully Restart button Buy infinite ammo Done

[@josephdupas6018]

loved the video, only thing is i wish you didnt play that same section only. otherwise awesome!

[@betterthanstarlight]

I did that to show the weapons on an even playing field, but ty for the feedback!

[@josephdupas6018]

@betterthanstarlight for sure man, I completely get it its just a really dark area also, but not a big deal honestly i get that its an area with a bunch of the same enemies to showcase the weapons, anyways keep it the good stuff bro

[@OrangeJuiceSimpson0]

You didnt mention the increased fire power and fire rate upgrade for the vz61 that gives it 12,000 less than the wcx when emptying yoyr mag during a boss with nearly half the ammo

[@fallouttoonlink]

The rocket pistol aka the gyrojet is one of the worst pistols ever made and is actually a real weapon that was made. Tho the bullets did not explode in the real life version. I highly recommend you look into the gyrojet

[@antonioarredondo9680]

they were trying to go for a first attempt at RE4 remake with the weapons also do a rankin on the weapons for Dead Aim, that'd be a sight

[@osets2117]

To get through VoS i used the heck out of the infinite grenade launcher

[@Silvahhhhhhhhhh]

Great video but the audio balancing needs some serious, serious, serious work.

[@Daftanemone]

Then audio mixing in this needs massive work. I can barely hear your voice over the gsme audio and the music you use

[@mongodellango4732]

The rocket pistol isn't that bad. Its low dps for sure but it has higher damage per shot and great stun chance. It's pretty ammo efficient too.

[@ZaneViscor]

The v61 custom shoots way faster than what youre showing in the video

[@Residentevilgamer139]

Hey did you know if you have winters expansion, get 25 rewards in mercenaries then you will get something called,,special customization"which is kinda like an exclusive upgrade, but lemme tell you something if you have the stake fully upgraded, it will turn it into a 9999 damge weapon PER BULLET

[@slaviclad9705]

Too many people ignore that feature, it makes VOS on new game actually doable (at least until heisenberg)

[@betterthanstarlight]

I didnt “ignore” it per se, i dont own shadows of rose so i didnt know about it and its not on the wiki

[@Willzb-xk4ew]

​@@betterthanstarlightyou're not missing out much

[@whyquitnow6267]

@@slaviclad9705He was really easy compared to Miranda who I’m currently stuck on, I was streaming for 7hrs still ain’t beat her lol. I’m on VOS.

[@slaviclad9705]

​@@whyquitnow6267i honestly just used inf. Ammo magnum on her, but she still ate those bullets like it was a pistol

[@wdm2180]

Dude,wolfsbane is much stronger than stake

[@Willzb-xk4ew]

Somehow the sight for the assault rifle increase rate of fire? Also why add a sight to a gun if it wont let me use the sight?

[@patjeff8207]

Nice rvb mention lmao

[@Zero-d6f3h]

I like the lemi

[@thegreatpiginthesky3904]

This game has some great weapons

[@IgorValar]

yeah the samurai edge was such a letdown in village considering how dam good it was in RE7

[@helnanpalec2949]

Hhhmmmmm the jirohet/rocket pistol is actually like the real life version of it and what i mean by that is that like the jirojet irl its garbidge

[@ulyssessmith454]

Can’t find my comment to edit but why is the VZ base stats it’s much better than you are showing?

[@AustinL2017]

Did u upgrade all of the guns the whole way? Because the pistol and shotgun fire u get in the factory fire alot faster than they do in your video

[@Tojifgc]

He didn’t he just isn’t doing the video right

[@edhager77]

I hate the rocket pistol. It’s the worst final weapon I’ve ever seen in Resident Evil. Such a disappointment

[@osets2117]

Yeah I was expecting it to be this games infinite rocket launcher

[@CowboyJoe19]

I was so excited to get the rocket pistol and then I was highly disappointed

[@obladioblada2122]

You do not know how to use the knife. You can use it non stop if you swing it twice then a jab and repeat. I beat like everything in the castle with it using that strat with crouching and blocking

[@AAAAAA-tp2uq]

i use the f2 sniper PURELY because it's also the new vegas anti material rifle.

[@osets2117]

No it's not, you're thinking of the Hecate II anti material rifle. The F2 is the FR F2 standard sniper rifle of the French army

[@l0sts0ul89]

5:41 well tbf it could be a literal joke made by the devs, the irl rocket pistol was dog shit too so it makes sense rhe game one is bad as well. 💀

[@VolodymyrMartynov-yj4om]

make a vr list

[@palewyrm]

this dude is fucking hilarious

[@mikevivona-z2u]

WCX is my Lady Killer

[@the_numb_skull]

Wow the guns you get in the beginning of the game aren’t as good as the ones you get at the end of the game HOLY SHIT

[@PainfulTruth999]

This dude literally ranked all the bonus weapons and new game plus weapons higher. Of course those are better but they make the game less fun

[@Hayabusa02045]

I literally wanna kms now I sold everything and my magnum is 100 bucks away from beeing fully upgraded (im at the miranda boss fight and I didnt save even once)

[@SyIis]

You can buy an add-on "dlc" that gives you all bonus weapons unlocked and available in shop for cheap along with infinite ammo for all guns and a third person option You can turn both on and off in settings at any time if it feels too cheap.

[@SyIis]

It's 2-5 bucks, worth it imo Put a lot more hours in since then

[@SyIis]

Alternatively, you should've sold everything and had been upgrading wolfsbane. I got mine max before ng+ on the easiest difficulty. You buy all upgrades, restart (before you sold everything, and then you can buy infinite ammo without having it upgraded fully still) Ik you can't do that now but for later runs, that's how you glitch infinite ammo

[@ivanjovanovic7118]

Third person only or nothing, some RPGs are ok isometric but never first person

[@ErmacXtreme1991]

I agree the weapons in this game are a complete mess. I dunno what they were going for but they either perform terribly, they look terrible or a combination of both. All these ridiculous attachments end up making a basic have decent looking weapon look absolutely atrocious! Why Capcom? Why?

[@vitoraugusto1085]

i miss the first shotgun in re7 and the real samurai edge....the DLC thing sux so much...why capcom? -.-

[@Tojifgc]

Bro just upgrade the guns then try them you might enjoy them more just max them

[@jonsoto8233]

I disagree on the shotguns.

[@Javonteadam]

I got for free on my ps4

[@IsaacP-d4s]

whats the number one music

[@betterthanstarlight]

“Rage of the champions” from castle crashers

[@IsaacP-d4s]

@@betterthanstarlightnoice

[@markturnbull2711]

Not fan of the game myself

[@Juandaddy-313]

I wish i can i like this game . I hate this game

[@kirisaki_touma]

First

[@csl9495]

I use the light Saber one hit kill ability basically so I can backtrack quicker in peace. But I don't use it in boss fights

[@Dipshitstoner]

As a person who has over 15 playthroughs of re8 and over 20 in re7 this game had the absolutely most garbage fucking reward for completing the HARDEST difficulty, i saw the rocket pistol and thought "ooh, that seems like it would be good, i worked on getting infinite ammo for the STAKE, did my vos playthrough, got the thing, and was immediately disappointed with capcom, like, come the fuck on guys, we get a slingshot that shoots poppers for beating the hardest difficulty, seriously? Very disappointed with re8, but the rocket pistol has left a bad taste in my mouth Thank you for coming to my ted talk

[@l0sts0ul89]

Its lore accurate tbf