All Returnal Guns Ranked *One Weapon Is BY FAR The Best*

[@infinitedeath1384]

Electropylon driver for boss dps, and hollowseeker with portal beam and turret for killing enemies. Hollowseeker is arguably best in the final biome, with tons of those floating enemies around. Portal beam and turret takes care of all of them.

[@MarshmallowMadnesss]

When I find a carbine with leech rounds, I hold it for a LONG time. Keeping health topped off in this game is key.

[@MarshmallowMadnesss]

I hated the Lobber when i first unlocked it, then learned that it continues to deal lots of damage after it hits. Great for fire and forget.

[@bryandedon7459]

I wish they'd let you carry 2 guns. Some of them you are great for certain situations, like taking out bosses with their big ass hit boxes, but aren't great for the small enemies that are moving all over the place.

[@AAscension]

That's the point of the game, that you have to make choices.

[@grahamkelly8662]

@@AAscension not really. There’s plenty of choices, to make and leering The player carry 2 weapons, would have been great. Why not? Could have worked. I’ve finished this game, many many times and 2 weapons, may have been fun.

[@tommycoxiv8816]

@@grahamkelly8662 I've said this so many times. Love this game so much, but I really wish the pistol stayed with you at all times. I'd be much more likely to give some more love to the niche weapons if I had a sidearm to fall back on. Kinda wish there were grenades too, something more reliable than the offensive consumables. Maybe not damage dealing necessarily, but stun inducing, or shield breaking? I really hope Housemarque makes a sequel, and maybe expands upon the weapon system a little bit so that it's a little bit more than just find, pickup, shoot, repeat.

[@grahamkelly8662]

@@tommycoxiv8816 would be great if they kept updating the game with weapons, more content etc. I’m absolutely in love with returnal. I must admit that I’ve not played the single player, for a while. After I beat it, I loved on to tower mode. I will someday beat the game again, picking up those items to get the proper ending. I’m trying to play and enjoy God of War Ragnarok but to be honest, it feels like I’m still playing 2018. Too much boring cutscenes, so far. I deff won’t be buying future gow games on day 1. Just too samey and boring. I honestly believe that these big reviews, give biggest games praise, from fear off backlash and losing access to games, Merch etc and unfortunately, the general public, believe everything they say and don’t seem to have a mind of their own. Even myself, I get fooled into thinking maybe the game is a bit special and gow isn’t. I just watched 2mins of god of war 3 other day and it really made me miss gow. This new shit couldn’t be further from gow and feels like a totally different game. Feels like boring last of us. The kid especially makes the game so cheesy. Roll on Evil West. That’s going to be truly epic fun. Same with Callisto Protocol and dead space. Let’s hope we wait at least another 4 years for hod of war because it’s truly shit. First idiot caveman like enemy almost made me quit gow. R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 and fuck this guy still has half health left. Then my dickhead son keeps going (behind you) and I’m like please god, no fucking more of this lame shit. Yes I know we unlock more moves but even still, most are same as 2018 and yeh never thought I’d say this but please please please don’t make another gow. Gow is dead now.

[@davidfromsouthpark]

@@grahamkelly8662 lol its funny at first you were talking about Returnal and then went on a tangent about GOW Ragnarök. But real talk, i somewhat agree about it feeling the same as the 2018. I still enjoyed it but not much as GOW 2018. Also controversial opinion here, the third act felt kind of rush and didnt stick the landing to be frank. I give Ragnorok a solid 9/10 but its no masterpiece. As far as Returnal, this game is SOO underrated!

[@tacticalribeye9583]

Based on my play style, Rotgland Lobber was king. I tried all of the guns, but never seemed to be anywhere near as successful as I was with the Rotgland. Good when it's weak, and when you get a high level version with like 7 or 8 damage points, and high splash, you're literally plinking groups of weak targets with one hit kills and just jumping/hiding behind pillars as you wait for strong targets to die. Frikin love that damn gun.

[@De4daim]

I completly first tried act 2 because i got good lobber drops when i needed them. The last one did like 300 impact and 200 tick dmg, with explosive rot/def rot/ and full dmg, those malformed mini bosses where like normal enemys. For me my number 1 weapon, probably because i didnt really use the pylon gun

[@jonyleche3549]

Explosive rot is literally what makes this gun just insane and add a few other good stats ontop of it and it's just killer

[@bustatron]

@@jonyleche3549 explosive rot is king. Enduring rot icing on cake.

[@jackoberto01]

100% agree it's so good not only against groups of enemies but also bosses

[@TheInvincibleLincoln]

Reminds me of the nightmare beta gun from DMC1.

[@hsvfanjan17]

I think the Dreadbound is a "bad" weapon only when you're still learning the game. If you take a few runs to learn the weapon it's the most powerful gun in the game and melts bosses in seconds. High risk but VERY high reward and definitely not last place for me!

[@onesaltycrakr]

Bro fr. Dreadbound is number one once you know what you're doing

[@DJLA]

I 'accidentally' completed the game yesterday. I built the most OP build. Its Rotgland Lobber which has a super fast overload.... Then you put that together with the 'every successful overload hits the two nearest enemies with a lightning bolt' upgrade. You just walk into a room and start spamming the overload and everything just dies...even if you cant see it.

[@landfillao4193]

So strange, this is exactly how I beat act 2. lol. Once you have the rhythm down everything dies. What an insanely powerful build that was and I've been trying to get it again but that overload perk hasn't dropped since. To me the Rotgland is by far the best gun provided you have explosive rot otherwise it's kinda whatever.

[@pratikswami7764]

Rotgland is blast if you get right perks on it , killed 3rd boss with it

[@invertedblade]

The hollow seeker with the portal ray and waves was the gun I used to beat my first run. Freaking amazing.

[@spragels]

It’s really wild. Have you used the one with the turret also?

[@invertedblade]

@@spragels I didn't even see a turret trait. That would be pretty OP.

[@mrsupertash]

@@invertedblade @spragels I had a run yesterday that started on biome 4 with a Hollowseeker that had BOTH the portal beam AND the portal turret eqipped. I was very happy 😃

[@NumeroGaijin]

@@mrsupertash Try having portal beam, portal turret, waves, and serrated projectiles. When I saw it, I was done. Easy mode for the rest of the game.

[@lunar3009]

@@NumeroGaijin praying I get this gun my next run

[@TheJuanjdelgado]

The electropylon makes the game so broken that I ended the last two biomes and the final boss in one run 😂 it’s hilarious. I discovered how broken it was while I was playing these biomes for the first time. Today while I was collecting the pieces for the secret ending I 100% completed the first 3 biomes on a single run. All hail to the electropylon!

[@TheJuanjdelgado]

I’ll platinium this game before they fix it!

[@spragels]

I wanna platinum but I just don't wanna run through the same two biomes over and over. Maybe with some dlc.

[@Arturosg2394]

Same here haha

[@andrewskidmore9955]

It's not broken.It depends what traits you get on it.I've had some garbage versions of this gun.Sometimes it can be very situational.To say it breaks the game is going a little too far.

[@mamoruchiba752]

Against the final boss it sucks though

[@h-towncoasters9163]

Pyroshell Caster and Thermogentic Launcher is so OP once you have certain upgrades. For pyroshell get the Auxiliary projectiles, Seeking Flares, Secondary explosions, simmering explosion and streamlined chamber. For the Launcher all you need is full auto and replicating hits. These will wipe out enemies off the map. Especially in the tower of Sisyphus

[@maxastro]

One thing I will say about the pistol - while normally it's pretty low on my list, if it ever shows up with both burst fire and homing rockets, I will take it over many other options, especially in the Abyss where it just instantly clears out the floating suicide mobs.

[@JustHeretoTrollallday]

10. Pyroshell Caster 9. Pistol - Homing Missle 8. Thermogenic Launcher - Full Auto 7. Dreadbound 6. Spitmaw Blaster - Slug Shot 5. Coilspine Shredder 4. Tachyomatic Carbine - Leech Rounds, Rising Pitch 3. Hollowseeker - Portal Beam, Serrated Projectiles 2. Rotgland Lobber 1. Electropylon Driver - Pylon Web anyone else with similar play styles? 😂

[@lebanc571]

When I find a good electropylon piledriver, I know I've beaten the run I'm on.

[@stumpjumper_ste]

I prefer non Web version of the pylon driver

[@Nunya.Bidness]

@@stumpjumper_ste why is that? I just unlocked web and it seems great

[@stumpjumper_ste]

@@Nunya.Bidness more range, more accurate, more shots on the target I want before overload. I find it better for boss fights also in general, much rather have the silithium trait to build my hp bar up. Everyone's playstyle is different, it just reminds me of Aff Warlock gameplay style from when I used to play World of Warcraft years ago. DOT Target and move onto next.

[@stumpjumper_ste]

Starting to like the Dreadbound in biome 4 and later, its my no.2 weapon after pylon, but only with expanded shards. If lucky enough to get with at least level 2 expanded and explosive shards then its overpowered. With level3 can literally kill last boss in 20 sec.

[@saniakshay12]

I loved Leech rounds on the carbine because it really saves you if you don't have high integrity (the 5th biome) and it is universally useful. The Hollowseeker with portal beam, serrated bullets and portal turret melts everything though

[@bracelona]

This, portal beam is crazy good

[@chrisgoods]

Oh man I love the Rotgland Lobber.... it's the gun that got me through Biome 3 for the first time. It's still one of my faves after getting both endings and working towards plat.. love this weapon.

[@Simon-Alexis]

Idk why I hate it. I’m sooooo bad with it haha

[@matthiaskopp9305]

Me too

[@garthf.brooks6531]

Rotgland is my go to #1

[@DustinHallXVX]

One reason I also dislike the Pyroshell Caster is the delay on the grenade exploding. Other ammo will interrupt the attack from the bats and the flying blue-boys in Biome 1, but these grenades don't immediately cancel their attacks, and lots of times, that delay is enough for them to fire or charge and land a hit.

[@spragels]

YES I totally agree

[@kilroy987]

I tried the Dreadbound gun. It is nasty up close, since it fires as often as the bullets hit anything (enemy, wall) with no cooldown. It can really shred enemies (especially with the right addons like fourth shard and explosive/expanding rounds), but it's a weapon you have to use intelligently, and it's really weak at range (but becomes a lot better with expanding shards). I'm still working to unlock its attributes - oddly, it's only available late game so if you're competent at finishing the game you really don't have much opportunity to power it up. If you're like me though and just want to keep playing, I guess it has plenty of abilities to continue unlocking the more you find it and use it. Pyroshell Caster is also very powerful with Auxiliary Projectiles and Seeking Flares. Requires no aiming. Electropylon is nice and convenient, but I enjoy the gunplay more, so I avoid it.

[@JuiceEternal]

I used to hate the lobber until I realized that once you figure out the finger pull rythym to get the overload right the dot stacks and just shreds, especially when fighting enemies that teleport or move around very quick, I’ve had enemies die while teleporting or off screen. Also if you have the overload rush artifact you are always fast and higher protection. Depending on my runs now sometimes I am hoping for the lobber.

[@there-tro-re-loadx2953]

Electropylon driver with silphium attractor and tachyomatic with leech rounds is basically unlimited health

[@NothingHereForYou]

They once had the daily run with the launcher with an extended mag and rapid fire or something. I thought I was using an over powered assualt rifle until the end and was like, wait that was the launcher.

[@TwoToeTags]

Agree with a lot but the Rotgland Lobber is a close 2nd behind the Electropylon Driver. The Lobber is vastly underrated. It works very similar to the Driver as it does DoT but it also has very strong traits like explosive rot which essentially turns it into a thermogenic launcher with DoT, and tendril rot which causes tentacles to come out of the rot trails and attacks enemies. The cooldown time for the Lobber is very fast so you can pretty much spam fire it without penalty but if you get good rhythm you can hit the overload every time. There is also the splash damage trait which means you shoot one enemy and other enemies around it will take damage as well, and it's still DoT. One benefit this gun has over the Driver is that it doesn't cover your whole screen in red lasers which can get very distracting, especially if enemies are red in color or if they're shooting red orbs. I still do think the Driver is better overall because it just seems more powerful but the Lobber is a very close second.

[@erroldtumaque3430]

I enjoy these two since they're very similar. I give the pylon a little bonus because it's easier to hit airborne enemies with it since you don't have to charge it to get a straight shot like the lobber

[@spragels]

Yeah lotta love for it in the comments.

[@Vriess123]

Had the most success with the Carbine, rising pitch, leech rounds, and magnum bullets. The Thermogenic was good but if I started to miss shots it could get me in trouble

[@cwx8]

I have done roughly 40 runs now and I have never seen the rotgland lobber.

[@garthf.brooks6531]

To get it early so the tower I got it in the 2nd biome this way. In the last now and still haven't gotten the coil or the grenade launcher but I don't miss them

[@shakybeevessouls]

Totally agree, I've platinumed Returnal and that is in huge part thanks to the Electropylon Driver. Its basically the easymode weapon of the game. I actually would put the Tachyomatic in 2nd with Hardened, Critical Hit and Rising Pitch, it is insane!

[@spragels]

Good call thats a great combo

[@shakybeevessouls]

@@spragels Thanks man 😎👍

[@TCGSyphax]

the Electropylon driver is amazing, one of the best weapons in gaming history. i just did a tower run and was still using it at weapon proficiency 5 and refusing to pick up level 30 weapons. it still melted everything. best part is i still dont even really know how it works with the tethers, you just shoot everything and easily dodge while the dot stacks. weapon feels like cheating

[@M9_Prime]

I think tied for first is Rotgland Lobber and the Electropylon Driver. Damage over time is so good in this game. Also Rotgland Lobber has a very natural feeling overload, I almost never miss it and it can shoot pretty fast once you are at Adrenaline level 1. Funny thing is I finished act 2 and have not gotten the dread bound and Pyroshell caster. I’ve been trying to get the ciphers in first 3 biomes but getting bored so I guess it’s time to finish Act 3.

[@ravensfan21223]

I like that electropylon makes things so easy and u can take more of a risk in certain areas as well

[@laramuk6654]

I 100% agree with you on the deathbound and pyrocaster. when i unlocked the dreadbound, i fired it a few times, saw how it delayed returning bullets amd immediately threw it back on the ground LOL. and the pyrocaster, i liked it at first for stuff that walks but it was such a pain for anything airborne or far away. no thank you. I actually really like the hollowseeker and rotgland. the pylon driver too. being able to smack something hard with the lobber and hide for a bit from a big attack wave works well for me and it usually does some pretty big chunks lf damage. if i really need to get rid pf something fast, i just use the altfire. i love this game haha. its hard but a lot of fun

[@BansheeRiderNL]

When I discovered the Electropylon Driver the game became a cakewalk!

[@spragels]

Yup easy mode

[@DiegoIzzo]

For me by far the best weapon is the carbine, it suits my play style and when its with the high caliber trait hmmm chefs kiss

[@Sgro81]

My personal experience, once I have unlocked all traits on all weapons, is similar to yours, except the Launcher is far down the list because the rockets fly so slowly and it's very hard to hit flying and fast moving enemies. Pyroshell on the other hand becomes almost godlike with its better traits. Still I agree Electropylon Driver with web shreds everything else in the game, even a Hollowseeker with serrated+turret+beam+retarget (which I think is the second strongest combo after the driver).

[@spragels]

Oh man that hollowseeker with all those traits is so nuts

[@_aKaneki]

beat biomes 5 and 6 very easy with the pyro shell caster. level it up and it's soo good

[@JordTheeNord]

Rotland Lobber is pretty amazing with an overload build. It's how I beat the game.

[@michaelmurphy6285]

No lie. The sidearm got me through my first wins against Phrike, Nemesis, and Hyperion. For some reason, the sidearm always had the best stats easily and good possible characteristics. On my first playthrough, I never had good weapons drops and fabricators/ artifacts at the same time. One or the other would be super bad. I only passed over a sidearm that was objectively the best when it was charged shot, and i was traumatized. I'd be like, I'll take an garbage electropylon, carbine, or hollowseeker instead. I got so scared when I unlocked charged shot because i was in the 5th biome in the middle of a huge firefight, and it was so different. I was so confused because i had the malfunction where I couldn't pick up weapons and was like "Wtf is wrong with my sidearm?" Honestly, even with charged shot now, the sidearm was always super reliable.

[@TwinkyGlitten]

I personally don't really like charged shot or burst shot. It just screws up my rythym. Otherwise, I never scoff at the modified sidearm because it's super easy to reload. With good traits it's killer. The spitmaw is a joke compared to a good modified sidearm. For bosses, elites, or the tower.

[@Andresdha]

Agree with the electropylon driver. However there is something I will change it for: Tachyomatic Carbine with Leech rounds + rising pitch , it just makes you tank ANYTHING

[@fmc7209]

Amen to that brother

[@rjmq06]

Oh yeah and plus with 10% chance to heal you with killing enemies is OP and if you carry the arsenal adrenaline and leech rounds damn its instant heal too lol

[@xeikai]

Agree that the electro pylon driver is absolutely the best gun especially with the web trait. Fire it once and just run and hide while everything dies. I did a run with this gun using the adrenaline damage heals you and was bascially immortal. Trivializes the entire game if you learn how to use it. Hollowseeker with serrated bullets is great too

[@S_raB]

Dreadbound is 100% BEST! Ask any serious Tower player... it's that or EPD once you progress past Algos' Final Form. Pistol is entirely OP too once you have all the unlocks. Tower Phase 1 world record is 4:00 with a Pistol.

[@garthf.brooks6531]

4 minutes? Really??

[@S_raB]

@garthf.brooks6531 Yep. It is on KZbin & even for a seasoned player like myself is hard to keep up visually. It's basically all just a blur of neon during combat.

[@avitkori765]

It would be fun to always have the side arm as the secondary weapon.

[@saniakshay12]

but why would you need it? Reloading is quick enough.

[@charlesajones77]

My biggest complaint about this game is the fact that you can't hold more than one gun at a time. The more specialized guns would be a lot more useful if you could hold it AND a more general use gun like the carbine at the same time and swap between them as needed. You know, like how most games like this work. Nobody would go into battle with JUST a grenade launcher.

[@sixth_under6766]

Totally agree, I was really struggling, then I unlocked the E Driver and it was ‘curtains’! For everyone!!!

[@gunphonics7188]

I got a god roll Hollowseeker that put that specific archetype at the top for me BY FAR. Tendrilpod Alt-Fire for the situations where you need to hit and forget damage over time, portal beam AND portal turret. Wowzers. Absolute melt cannon.

[@ericmramalho]

When you get the thermogenic launcher with critical rockets, full auto, replicate hits and tail fire with doombringer alt like i did near the end, you will forget that electric shoting crap pretty soon

[@DevineCourage]

1000000%

[@williamwatts3271]

When do you get full auto with the launcher?? I've recently started using the launcher ALOT

[@ericmramalho]

@@williamwatts3271 i got my first full auto thermogenic launcher on bioma 6.

[@pais38]

I finished the game with the Dreadbound, i don't think it deserves the last place 😂 it completely destroys targets at close, if you don't mind playing in that range, its a gun that doesn't have to reload so if you hit most of your shots it will continuously keep firing

[@BingoBangoBongoBOOM]

I personally found the Rotgland Lobber to be awesome. I would have placed it a little higher on the list. But, the Electropylon Driver is ABSOLUTELY the BEST. However, I found the lower level single shots to be better than the versions with the pylon "web." On some versions of the EPD, the web only allowed for 2 shots before calibrating, while the single shots allowed for up to 12. Not to mention, using the webbed version was difficult against bosses; sometimes you may not even hit the target. Get the single shot version and this game becomes a piece of cake. For those people who are struggling, everything gets easier with this gun.

[@stumcneal4125]

Rotgland Lobber for me, especially with caustic, explosive, and durable rot. I love that I don’t have time to focus on the lower level enemies; it’s one and done.

[@terrybriggs6649]

The launcher with full auto and the trait that makes rockets explode twice quickly became my favorite gun...

[@jaythomas468]

Hell yes, THANK YOU! I kept seeing so many people claim the Thermogenic Launcher sucks and I was like “hell no.” Once you get like Full Auto and Extended Clip (cuz with Full Auto, you with burn through your default ammo capacity FAST) topped off with one or two traits that make your rockets explode into smaller rockets that then explode a SECOND TIME, this gun allows you to just absolutely bombard some of the toughest enemies in the game with a nonstop stream of explosive ordnance.

[@312Bully]

Nah the hollowsweeper smacks ass checks my personally that’s the best gun on the game hands downnnn 😎👍🏼

[@DrTurdsley]

My list. Seeker with serrated and either portal melts everything; and with a huge magazine and a high rate of fire it is the best for dealing with adds. Pylon only slightly edges the Seeker because it make bosses easy mode. 1.) Pylon Driver 2.) Hollow Seeker 3.) Carbine 4.) Rocket Launcher 5.) Dread 6.) Pistol 7.) Lobber 8.) Shredder 9.) Castor 10.) Spitmaw Oh and after 100+ hours and the platinum it wasn't until watching this video did I realize that the Dreadbound's ammo returns to the run. I was always wondering why sometimes it was basically a mini Seeker and other times it had the rate of fire of a shredder.

[@Tompguyn]

My two cents on the Rotgland Lobber. The overload time is actually quite quick, and if you can nail that timing (it's sort of a syncopated beat) you can fire that thing very quickly and do a lot of damage

[@bryb2644]

I would have put the Lobber at number 3. The only problems I have with it is that I wouldn’t take it in a boss fight.

[@Labradoodle1993]

My tachy with leech rounds, seeking rounds, payload rounds and high caliber makes short work of any weapon. I deleted orphion in record time, it was ridiculous

[@firstnamelastname1166]

i swear the hollowseeker with portal beam scares the hell out of me every time it activates

[@GLPitt1]

Dreadbound is very powerful, but the fact that you have to wait for the shards to come back makes it tough to use at range or against multiple smaller enemies.

[@bradbeck2601]

I've never seen any of your videos before but I love your cadence so you get a like and a sub👍🏼. Also mostly agree with your list, for me, electropylon #1 and tricked out hollowseeker is a close second mostly for fire rate and "magazine" size. Phasing and serrated rounds help too.

[@vfta7906]

Number 10 the dreadbound - literally needs to be number 2 great for everything apart from bosses, especially with expolsive shards!

[@uvie_egua]

Wrong. Great for everything except one boss (nemesis) check my channel and see how I completely destroyed ophion with the dreadbound.

[@vfta7906]

@@uvie_egua wrong. You cannot get good traits for it in biome 1/2/3. Everything completely destroys ophion once leveled up.

[@uvie_egua]

@@vfta7906 well you have a point with ophion but I have used the dreadbound in all biomes and against all bosses so I’m talking from first hand experience.

[@vfta7906]

@@uvie_egua OK OK we both obviously love the game so I will stop with the salty replies ;) I've been playing it almost daily since I got it and have played a lot since I wrote the above comment 11 months ago! Right now I'm using thermogentic launcher but never seem to get te combo Fully Auto, Replicating Hits, Thermite Rockets, tail fire (or critcal rockets) currently trying to hit scout level 99 at 79...

[@RaVeR076]

Iv got to early biome 3... only had pistol, spitmaw, carbine and hollowseeker so far. Why is this?

[@GiliacHeskel]

Yeah! You are totally right about ElectroPylon Driver. Especially against the last boss, he just disappears :D Btw I would mention that it can have traits which helps you get more Obolites/Siphium which helps with the build too. I love combination of Silphium Extractor, Streamlined Chamber, Enlarged Chamber which helps you spam so many pylons that everything melts.

[@MrLukassky]

Launcher with Full Auto and Replicating Hits will ALWAYS be the best weapon you can take (especially in Ascension DLC). This weapons does insane damage and how fast rockets are flying (full auto takes out this little delay after firing salvos) is the icing on the cake. If you can get Thermite Rockets as well you will get very high in Sisiphus Tower. Those 3 traits are the best combo you can get. Also thanks to very high damage output it has very slow "reload" and therefore it's really easy to hit overload imo.

[@alastairmacbeath5488]

Great video bro! Tx. Funny too. Have no argument except I absolutey hate the Rotglobbloblob lobber

[@jay_ds4800]

Thermogenic launcher with full auto, obolite magnet, tail fire and replicating hits is basically the best gun to grind with, because one payload comes out quick with full auto, usually kills what’s in front of you and damages nearby enemies. Then you get your overload very quick. You basically mow through enemies without having to aim much or care where you put those pylons. Also it’s just satisfying to just mow through things in one round

[@jay_ds4800]

Also it gathers obolites so you don’t have to run them down

[@thedivinityman]

1. hollowseeker with portal beam and turret, 2. is Electrop[ylon driver, (it does not do good damage to the bosses in Tower of Sisyphus mode, it takes them forever to die with the electropylon driver) 3. Taycomatic Carbine with leech rounds

[@simonfarre4907]

Most OP setup of the game: Electropylon Driver with web Pylon + Artefact that gives 20% stagger damage per parasite. Had 80% increased stagger. The web Pylon would stagger even the strongest enemies. So insanely powerful.

[@chrismarlow9585]

Great video and list. Thanks for the unbiased and concrete ranking ;)

[@bustatron]

I know you wanted to ignore the weapon traits for this video but... Like- Rotgland lobber with enduring rot and explosive rot - amazing. Hollowseeker with portal, serrated rounds, retarget - amazing Carbine with anything and leech rounds? Amazing. Rocket launcher sucks a lot of the time but gets good with second hit and/or full auto - amazing. The perks matter more than anything. Base pylon driver is meh... But with the 3 shot? Great.

[@JimPooter]

If you get the rotgland with durable and explosive rot you're pretty unstoppable. It basically turns it into a powerful grenade launcher with the bonus of damage over time and with durable you normally only have to shoot most enemies once.😊

[@smeags1569]

The tachyomatic carbine and the hollowseeker are my top 2. Against the final boss of the game, I went into the fight with a thermogenic launcher. Really struggled in the boss's 3rd phase and got killed. 2nd attempt, I went in with the hollowseeker (with the portal beam). I went in with 4 large silphium vials, didn't need one of them!

[@vjmasta3809]

pylon and hollowseeker dominate the main story, but when you get to the tower of sisyphus with high level traits on the guns. dreadbound and pyroshell become almost mandatory to get higher scores

[@euroovca25]

we all knew what the no.1 would be :D the most shocking part is that you DO NOT even have to hit the enemies, you can shoot leeroy jenkins and the tethers link to enemies automaticly... its fucking easy mode as you said

[@spragels]

Truly so easy

[@polvorin15764]

@@spragels in which biome can you find this weapon first time?

[@masomaf]

I need fast shooting rifles. Especially when creatures have a “laserlock”on you and they stop doing that when you hit them, then low ammo single shot rifles are not the way to go.

[@TwinkyGlitten]

I think it's a pretty good assessment. I might say that electopylon driver is still weak against huge elite enemies in the tower of sisphus or biome 6 that's why I prefer a full auto thermogenic launcher to melt them like glass right away even if its more aiming dependent. I wish it didn't take so long to level up the level 3 traits since they make just about every gun way more viable with the right traits. I want to like the Coilspine, Rotgland, and especially the pyroshell caster, but they are far too dependent on traits. For the pyroshell seeking flares make it better since you can just aim at the floor or a wall and it will still find its target, but it still just doesn't carry me through the game like other guns. With either the dreadbound or the pyroshell I am missing shots against hordes of flying enemies which consistently screws me over.

[@dasstig6368]

You've done a great disservice to the Thermogenic Launcher and it's OP trait... full auto! If you get the full auto launcher, nothing is standing in your way. My top three - #3 carbine, #2 Hallowseeker (especially with phasing rounds) and, like you said, the portal beam. #1 Launcher with full auto, and replicating hits traits. I would say too that any high ranked gun with the voidbeam alt fire is crazy good. The voidbeam is the best alt fire against any boss or mini boss!

[@statisticaloutlier2930]

I agree with this. The launcher is "OK" without Auto Fire, but once that is unlocked, and especially with Replicating Hits and either Tail Fire or Critical Rocket, it's ridiculous. If the Driver is the "fire and forget so I can slowly kill the enemy while focusing on running around", the Launcher is "blow them off the planet in 2 seconds so I don't even have to worry about running around" 😀

[@TheGanem10]

My top 4 is almost the same as yours, just replace the carbine with the lobber. Yeah the pylon is hella broken, i was having so much trouble with biome 5 and then I figured out how the pylon worked and breeeezed through it. I think the full auto launcher with tons of bonus damage is the best for bosses in my opinion though. Yeah you have to shoot it every time but it sort of aims itself if you get close and you get done way faster im pretty sure

[@spragels]

Yeah the pylon gun is OPPPPPP. Thanks for the comment!

[@Spyger9]

Wow, my opinion of the grenade vs rocket launcher is inverted compared to yours. Arcing weapons don't trouble me at all, so I prefer the faster projectile speed and fire rate of the grenades. Is it a DoT if the grenades don't explode right away? :P

[@G1Gaming85]

Which trait for the assault rifle you recommend for first time players? Rising pitch or high caliber and hardened, crit or armor piercing

[@serafinjoe]

High caliber (especially for boss fights), followed by rising pitch. If you can find one with both traits, thank RNGsus for allowing you to melt enemies.

[@vladandi8951]

The Thermogenic Launcher with Replicating Hits is easily nr.1 very easy to finish every biome and shred the bosses

[@anjanaperera7493]

and Full auto!!!!!

[@NathanMUFCfan]

I guess they never nerfed the Electropylon Driver, because that gun is still extremely OP. You get it in the 3rd biome. Using it during act 2 makes the game free.

[@BrodrickStreams]

First time I took this electropylon I thought that this is an absolute garbage (i thought I should make webs to damage enemies). I think I should try it once more. Maybe today I will finally pass goddam 5th biome...

[@stumpjumper_ste]

Its a different playstyle than other guns, i stick 2 or 3 pylons on a target then swap target. As long as you have pylons on them, you just have to wait for them to die. Whereas non damage over time you have to keep shooting them until they die. The only exception is the mini boss type enemies where you keep shooting them and evade projectiles or hide whilst waiting for reload. As long as you have pylons on them, you can hide and they still die.

[@NYC_Goody]

The very first time I got the weapon I thought you had to tether surrounding areas and also hit them for it to take affect. So when I entered a empty room with no obstacles and a bunch of those flying assholes I died rather quickly lol. I thought the same but decided to give it another go. This time shooting them directly and realizing that works. Once I realized that it was game over. It's so good

[@swagmechazomb1252]

The rocket launcher with the full auto trait is an absolute beast

[@grawggydawg]

Tachiomatic with leech rounds 2 is sweet

[@spragels]

Yeah it’s pretty dope

[@krypticdisciple2130]

I came here just for that reaffirmation on the #1 spot and your reaction was spot on 😂 my thoughts to an exact T

[@iamtheboneofmyamvs8257]

Electropylon Driver + Adrenaline Leech = unkillable :)

[@automat3000]

Love that you say at the beginning how you're 100% right about this and its the definitive list / only list that matters (obviously tongue in cheek). Bit fed up of the obligatory disclaimer on seemingly every ranking video, reminding the few who get butthurt by somebody else's opinions not to take them as gospel.

[@Youngblaise2]

Has the pylon been nerfed? It only shoots 1 spike per shot. Max of 6

[@saboorheath7769]

Haven't gotten the 1st 2 guns yet. Don't have a favorite between the Carbine or Hollowseeker. Unlocked the hollowseeker in the 1st biome, so most of the permanent unlocks are available. Haven't gotten the portal turret yet

[@Handonforehead]

Finished the game including Act 3 and never found or unlocked the rotgland lobber for some reason

[@Nukemoth]

Also. I agreed with you up to the globber (which is definitely my number one). But seriously what are you smoking that you would put the spitmaw blaster above it?

[@belakhart]

Undisputed King --> Electropylon Driver - it's fun, unique and powerful. I think the rest of the guns are play style choices. My list in descending order: Rotgland Lobber - damage over time Hollowseeker - spray n strafe Tachyomatic carbine - what you know Spitmaw blaster - shotgun Dreadbound - high risk, great in close Pyroshell caster - power grenades Thermogenic launcher - (low on my list because i've picked it up once) Modified sidearm - it's a pistol Coilspine shredder - i will always leave this on the ground where it belongs

[@IlllGH0ST]

I rolled a hollowseeker level 28 with turret, portal and waves! Managed to beat act 2 on my 5th try, that gun is insane!

[@landfillao4193]

Rotgland with Explosive Rot and Hollowseeker with Waves and Portal Turret are the best guns I've come across. I'm less concerned with shooting and then hiding while something takes DOT and more concerned with everything dying as fast as possible. So far, nothing beats the Rotgland.

[@MickSaladin]

i couldnt make any progress til i got a rotgut lobber tbh, best gun in the game for me each time i found one and I had good weapon proficiency it was like an insta win condition haha

[@TonyHawk33]

Ophion was quite fun with the electropylon driver. Took me around a minute to kill him on level 30 with weapon dmg boost. By far the best weapon in the game! Absolutely no contest on the big guys - most of them get killed with 3 hits and walking around doing nothing. It's totally sick.

[@maxastro]

My first kill of Ophion was with the driver and he died so fast I thought something had glitched out. XD Put one pylon on each weak point and the fight is basically over. XD

[@harryyardas1706]

Dude, have been the pylon nerfed or I have to unlock a lot the gun? I'm on the fith biome and I ve never used this gun until yur video and its fucking hard! Cheers

[@liamingram6318]

The lobber was placed incorrectly man, you get the timing on the reload down and it is OP

[@bannerk123]

I agree with the #1 gun once I picked it up I never sat it down . It was level 20 I kept it all the way up to the last biome when I finally found a level 30 weapon . I just shot enemies and ran away while it damaged them like 10x

[@spragels]

It's simply too good

[@erroldtumaque3430]

I went through 4 and 5 with this and almost beat 6 in a single run but I'm a fool and switched it out for a rotgland because I thought all the DPS from the acid would melt more.

[@spragels]

Yeah I do like rotgland sometimes but I have issues with the damage sometimes

[@ThatDjinn]

The pylons did not work for me for the zone 3 boss, the one where you fight him from the top of the floating platforms. The web launched did not do anything to him regardless of where I was aiming. Thankfully it had a killsight special on it, so I managed to slowly slug away at his weakpoint with that. I don't recommend anyone getting into that boss armed with that gun.

[@ConnorKrohnicles]

That’s a big oof. Love your profile pic by the by, I’m playing golden sun right now

[@laramuk6654]

I went into that boss with the thermogenic launcher the first time and also had trouble because its so slow and would veer away from where i actually aimed. i had to go back in with the hollowseeker/ carbine. (dont remember which i used but needed a straight shooter)

[@Blafard666]

The Hollow Seeker + Portal Beam + Portal Turret make you walk the planet like you own the place 😆😆

[@NYC_Goody]

I hate the pyroshell and thermogenic. And the thermogenic helped me beat either phase 1 or 2 for the first time I can't remember. I'd still rather use those 2 weapons over the coilspine shredder though. That things ended like 4 of my runs every time I decide to experiment with it lol

[@jeff-ramos]

Totally agree on the Electropylon Driver at #1! Soooo sick! However, I put Coilspine Shredder at dead last #10. It suuuuucks soooooo hard. I'm still unlocking traits, but so far it's the only gun for me that absolutely needs 3+ traits to be even somewhat useful. I'll happily keep the starter pistol instead.

[@grahamkelly8662]

Did you end up unlocking traits for the coilspin shredder? If so, what did you think? I hated it at first but now I love it. It’s a long range shotgun.

[@michaelo.1320]

Disagree about carbine being so high. The damage just isn't great at least on late game enemies.

[@perpetualtedium]

I absolutely agree with this ranking. Spitmaw can be top three but it really depends on the traits. I just started playing this a few months ago. Finished act II with the electropylon driver. Went in with 200% suit integrity and I didnt even need any siphilum kits to finish it. It's stupid OP regardless of the traits