Ranking Metal Gears: Worst to Best

[@N2Jay]

Ray went from "More superior than Rex" to the most basic Metal Gear and gets crushed in Raiden in MGS2, Rex in MGS4 and Raiden once again in MGR

[@metalgearstudy]

But at least it downed a tanker full of Marines that one time.

[@darktooth4576]

I think it was because the Marines had very high expectations of RAY’s performance on the battlefield, making Ocelot believe that he had an advantage against Snake when he was piloting REX in MGS4, but, to state the motto: Quality over Quantity.

[@PK-Radio]

My man Ray got nerfed hard

[@the_diplomat51]

Rex beating Ray is almost a metaphor to "Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition."

[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

And jet stream Sam cuts one up

[@Lucky-sq3ky]

What I find funny is how badly Armstrong uses excelsus, he literally is able to deploy Gekkos and such with it, but instead of just throwing tons of them out, he throws two at a time and uses them in conjunction with lasers that kill them.

[@metalgearstudy]

Maybe he should've just gone straight to the one on one fight with Raiden and beaten him before Bladewolf could return with Sam's sword.

[@onyxfinger7431]

@@metalgearstudy Actually, I doubt so. The reason for this is that armstrong's nanomachines seem to get their strength from absorbing other machines. Absorbing the excelsius before even using it is just a huge waste of resources.

[@spynix0718]

Look, he's making the mother of all omletts after all, he can't fret over every egg.

[@homiecreeper197]

And even funnier is that compared to him piloting EXCELSUS he himself, unarmed, is a much bigger menace

[@kinlun124]

Sorry for my english but yeah, if the Excelsus have a perfect pilot or a AI, the Excelsus it would more harder in defeat.

[@DjDolHaus86]

They all weirdly lack any real anti air capabilities, you'd think they'd be sitting ducks for jets. I completely agree that Rex is the best 1 on 1 though.

[@masterxk]

I think in 3 or peace walker the idea is to launch the nuke and move the unit as fast as you can. At making a bipedal tank it can be move to any type of terrain. That's the idea. Now if that is possible or even realistic is at the same level of disbelieve as the silliness of the franchise

[@virgindeadgirl7333]

Railgun itself is an ultimate AA and almost all metal gear have it In a fictional world where metal gear can fire rail gun rapidly without any drawback, no jet can survive

[@DjDolHaus86]

@@virgindeadgirl7333 A railgun needs direct line of sight in order to hit a moving target whereas jets can fire missiles from over the horizon, it'd also need to be able to pivot really quickly to shoot down missiles.

[@virgindeadgirl7333]

@@DjDolHaus86 in a world that robot can roar, you worry about pivot. Okay

[@DjDolHaus86]

@@virgindeadgirl7333 You're the one suggesting a railgun is an "ultimate AA" but apparently I'm being farcical for suggesting that you'd need to spin around quickly to target missiles coming in at a couple thousand miles an hour. Forgive me for entertaining your misguided idea

[@McMemeTME]

For a near final boss, it always seemed like the game made MGE look much stronger than it really is. Sure it’s a cool concept and it’s HUGE, but it lacks mobility entirely and is restricted to specific scenarios where’s its weapons could actually be effective.

[@metalgearstudy]

Yeah definitely more a visual MG than a practical one.

[@ShirakiAkarin]

It mostly comes to Metal Gears being obsolete in MGR's timeline, so Excelsus was made as just another tank and not a massive threat as the previous ones.

[@Raving_Rando]

One thing the Excelsus has over all others, save for the Raja. It can lose a leg and still move.

[@CesarGameBoy.]

Shame that Excelsus is the worst of the Metal Gears. It’s my favorite looking Mech, like a robotic arthropod, and it’s gigantic! If only it were more mobile and had much more weaponry. Collective Consciousness is a banger though!

[@boogaloo_weed]

The sahelanthropus is worse imo, it can’t even walk on its own

[@ninc3d3m0n4]

It was also the biggest one ever built

[@kinlun124]

Its depends who drives.

[@buildsparkling8911]

Like the codex said. Excelsus was made primarily to bulldoze urban areas and overpower cyborgs since cyborgs are the big trend going on in MGR as a single cyborg manage to kill a ray. Heck even a brazilian samurai that was barely a cyborg could kill one. But alas, excelsus was no match for raiden's anime powers.

[@user-lk3sb2rk2v]

That's why Rex is my favorite Metal Gear, even Rex beat a Metal Gear Ray without a rail gun

[@markayran6596]

Remember rex in mgs1 was destroyed or severely damaged at least and left to rust til mgs4 somehow a barely operational and decade old mg can beat a brand new mg

[@Monkey62403]

And Metal Gear Rex has fucking badass CQC

[@demoliman]

My personal favourite is Sahelanthropus. In my first encounter it looked absolutely terrifying yet still badass, and to this day out of all the Metal Gear unit noises Sahelanthropus has the most bone-chilling roar. Save for Geckos, the moos are just horrifying

[@ShirakiAkarin]

I want to call Sahelantropus my favorite, but its "Rex head" stops me from really liking it; If it had a different head, it would really be my favorite metal gear.

[@heavygaming1167]

@@ShirakiAkarin well i mean, chronologically, this came first

[@sylveonchan8460]

Well, technically Excelsus isn't even a Metal Gear. It was called that so it could sell better. Sauce: Boris

[@ninc3d3m0n4]

It may be an anti-metal gear like mg ray was

[@MattSipka]

I think Doktor states the best thing it has going for it is ‘shock and awe’ but it’s such an impractical design that it’s size and slow speed would be an easy target for air attacks and artillery. Not to mention it can only attack targets from the front making easy to outflank.

[@ilikepigeons6101]

Great list. I was thinking the 4 legged "peacewalker" should also be on the list for its nuclear capabilities, unless if i missed something, as i havent played the game fully

[@metalgearstudy]

Thank you. Unfortunately it's not technically a 'Metal Gear' so I left it off, like Shagohod, Arsenal etc. Maybe I should do a non-Metal Gear mech list.

[@metalgearstudy]

It's not the 2 legged/4 legged thing. It's just not classed as a Metal Gear unit in the series. Although I agree it basically is a Metal Gear. I believe its due to it only being able to use a Nuke in retaliation (it has to be fed data to target against it).

[@dr.calamity2079]

​@@metalgearstudy Excelsius isn't a metal gear either. It just has that codename b/c it would sell more

[@sneakysnuck8481]

Can we all take a moment to question why some of the metal gears roar? Is it to scare their enemies I mean seriously why does It roar?! I've been questioning that for a long time, same with Rex's and (the one I can't spell)'s cock Cannons

[@priestofronaldalt]

Cannonicly, and, I kid you not, to trick weak minded people into sparing them

[@sneakysnuck8481]

@@priestofronaldalt ?_? That makes no sense but okay, I let the slide because Kojima is God I mustn't question God But what about the cock cannons?

[@slynthehedgehog8061]

@@sneakysnuck8481 Just a convenient place to put it. It's protected by the armor from aerial attacks, and is at the right angle to attack small target on ground like Snake.

[@StarHorder]

they use animalistic AI

[@heyguysiguessthatsit4610]

Because it looks awesome

[@ulric8445]

Sahelanthropus could’ve been Rex but better if it was able to fire a nuke from its railgun. Hell it even has two stances, it’s simple combat stance and it’s artillery stance which perfectly mimics Rex’s position

[@BenersantheBread]

You know what logical addition Rex needed? Viewports. The Radome is easily disabled with chaff (though in Metal Gear chaff basically works like EMP) leaving the pilot blind. Rather than having to open the entire cockpit which completely exposed the pilot, it needed bulletproof viewports, like every tank since before WW2 has had.

[@hailervin]

It's stated in game though that Otacon purposefully left it with that flaw as to prevent perfection and in case it got into the wrong hands.

[@Girard1020]

I would work on a way to make the Metal Gear unite into one: The Shagohod, RAXA, GW Pupa 5000, TJ Chrysalis 6000, TR Cocoon 7000, AL Basilisk 8000 aka Peace Walker, ZEKE, Sahelanthropus, REX, RAY (Modified), & EXCELSUS. Imagine it all merge into one Giant. I would want to be in the cockpit of a those Giants. With all that Weaponry packed into one Package, it be unstoppable.

[@metalgearstudy]

Power Rangers Zord-style!

[@Girard1020]

@@metalgearstudy No more like Transformers Combination style.

[@darktooth4576]

Metal Gear GRANIN, the Metal Gear to surpass all other Metal Gears, including all other weapons, named after the brain father of the mechs to give it the full circle treatment. The Perfect Weapon.

[@qwertyMrJINX]

You forgot to mention Rex's greatest strength, its CQC ability.

[@blunderingfool]

Very late but worth noting, as stated in game when rex fires a nuclear weapon there's no propellant trail from a rocket or missile, it can't be detected on radar either. A completely invisible nuclear weapon. Pretty terrifying to be honest which is probably why he's my favourite. (Aside from the whole dinosaur with a laser Johnson gag.)

[@matthewphilip2609]

If you think excelsus is week remember that it was RAIDEN that took it down not snake and the beam weapons seem pretty eficiente enough to take out air units so other misiles and guns would be rendered obsolete

[@slynthehedgehog8061]

It's still very much just a big ass mech that is technically not even a Metal Gear, they call it that only for marketing.

[@onyxfinger7431]

Not necessarily guns are more flexible, and so are missiles. Exelsus' main two plasma guns take a long time to rotate. Missiles can home and guns are very well suited to small targets, however cyborgs seemingly render guns useless in a battle (as shown by pretty much any cyborg using or having a sword, the fact that in revengeance Raiden barely takes damage from bullets and lastly, there is a cutscene where a bullet bounces of Raiden's armor. To compare, Raiden can get empaled by an HF sword very easily, as shown before the monsoon fight). And in fact, I'm pretty sure Exelsus doesn't have guns. It does store a lot of gekko though, which wasn't mentionned. Overall, it deserved a better spot in the tierlist : It was a design means for mass production, compared to the protypes/unfinished metal gears like TX-55.

[@markgallagher1790]

Excelsius is more likely to be some sort of siege weapon. That's my thoughts on why its designed like that

[@thebanditman5663]

Actually the MG Excelsius was made as a response to the prevalence of cyborg soldiers in the battlefield. It's an arms race thing. Ray's were made to kill Rexes, and early cyborgs were made to work around Rays in tighter urban environments, Gekkos were made to hunt them, but cyborg tech improved and they became good enough to kill Ray's and gekkos, so the Exelsius was designed to bulldoze urban urban landscapes literally levelling the playing field against cyborgs which forced them into the open, and made them open to attacks from the giant plasma blades cannons, and swarms of gekkos that could be rapidly deployed from inside. The only reason Raiden could fight it was because he was at the time probably the most advanced cyborg on the planet, and it was being piloted by... Well, a man who probably didn't know how to use it as well as it could have been used.

[@rdu239]

Sahel weakness: - cockpit was not designed to be manned by adults - it cannot go autopilot and be move with the use of an AI, because it was not perfected back then - It needed a "bizarre phenomena" for it move without a pilot, hence , a young Psycho Mantis controlling it - its general construction was not heavily fortified, with depleted uranium composing its armor material - It cannot launch a nuclear strike on a far away target, thus Sahel needs to self destruct in order to trigger a nuclear like explosion Zeke weakness: - A metal gear made from scraps and salvaged parts, for it to fully perform well salvaged parts from war loots are constantly needed to maintain and strengthen it. - It seems Zeke cannot turn on if its power is not 100% - its general construction was not heavily fortified, due to technology back then

[@enigmaticphantom8389]

Lol Huey is an idiot

[@KiiXii]

Technically excelsus isn’t a metal gear, however, it is technically still one.

[@_Eternos]

'No non-metal gear units' **proceeds to rank A NON-GEAR**

[@user-op9zt9qz6h]

Excelsus right?

[@jeffreymelton2200]

This is why I love YT. For no apparent reason whatsoever I randomly thought about metal gear, the thought to myself, "I bet metal gear Rex is the greatest metal gear" Then I looked for a video that ranked the metal gears. Thatis why i love YT. If I am likely to think it, there is a high probability that content exists. Superb video by the way

[@Lady_Maria-2007]

Sahalanthropus should definitely be higher considering the capabilities vs MGs who’s weaknesses are literally feet.

[@minecraftperson8412]

Just a little note, MG Excelsus and MG Ray can be equipped with a nuclear weapons, they just did have them whilst fighting Raiden which, in my opinion, places Excelsus in 7th and Ray in 2nd

[@hazelleaf8749]

And it's stated that Excelsus' model is not designed for nuclear armaments. It is mainly focused for digging (retractable blades) and it's (plasma cannons) are for destroying streets. Going well with Armstrong's War on Terror.

[@minecraftperson8412]

@@hazelleaf8749 huh... I thought I heard somewhere that excelsus could be equipped with a nuke but you never really know do you

[@Wolficefang]

​@@minecraftperson8412/videos I mean, you could just strap REX's rail gun to it and BOOM, it's nuke-capable. In fact, that's what happened to Rex in the first place! Otacon thought he was just putting together a cool bipedal tank, not an undetectable nuclear launch platform.

[@minecraftperson8412]

@@Wolficefang Now I'm just imagining MG Ray with MG Rex's cannon and I'm not sure why

[@tetraxis3011]

@@WolficefangPretty sure you can fit a full on Iskander ICBM on the back of Excelsus.

[@guncatto2625]

I think the power of excelsus comes from its burrowing ability. It's burrowing is rather slow but it can easily destroy terrarian.

[@diavolo4451]

Didnt the sahelanthropus also have some kind of laser? Or was that the railgun

[@metalgearstudy]

Yes, it definitely has a rail gun.

[@variousnumber891]

Regarding "Weak Feet Syndrome" that makes sense for a Bipedal Tank. Unlike the main body, the Legs need to have some form of mechanism to make the thing more, as well as armour plating. The more plating, the more movement stuff. As well as compensating for the Body, weapons and other assorted things the MG has. Slight Tangent here, but the only MG that shouldn't be vulnerable to such is the RAY, at least in MGR. It's legs in that appear to be more like Cybernetic Muscles, as opposed to the other units that are purely mechanical (Discounting Sahelanthropus, but Phantom Pain's tech is fuckery at best). The legs being the weakest points makes perfect sense for those units, It's the same as the Tracks on a tank. Sure, if we're talking actually blowing it up it might not destroy it entirely, but mobility killing the mobile Nuke Machine is not a bad thing.

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

Agree , the parts that makes the machine move tend to be the weakest part of the vehicle , tank threads are way weaker than the armor and legs in a walking tank would also be a weak point , thought unlike tank threads you can put armor in the legs directly , but the problem still exist

[@WaveForReal]

I would love to see a video about the evolution of metal gear ray, ive never seen any on youtube and it would be so cool to see you make it, only if you want to ofc

[@Skleton2]

I think exelsus was anti-cyborg so that's why it has its weaknesses compared to the other metal gears

[@RustedBuddy5192]

Thats like buying a rifle or a shotgun to kill a wasp though.

[@biohazard724]

Thanks to the archea coating on its armor Sahelanthropus could REALLY take a beating

[@peterhiggins2948]

The shagahod was awesome too. Not a metal gear but what a concept

[@themagalanium9491]

out of all the Metal gears: Sahalanthropus was my favourite, with zeke being a close second.

[@ursaber]

1- Sahelanthropus 2- REX 3- RAY 4- ZEKE 5- Metal Gear D 6- Metal Gear TX-55

[@Maximus20778]

Why sahelanthropus ? That's a walking paper weight

[@ursaber]

@@Maximus20778 its... a... GUNDAM! (In all but name). Plus its Kojima's ULTIMATE METAL GEAR, and it is glorious).

[@SneedtheAlmighty]

​@@ursaber Sahelanthropus' design was heavily inspired by a giant, flying mech from a mecha hack-and-slash game Kojima made called Zone of the Enders. Just a fun fact.

[@ursaber]

@@SneedtheAlmighty ooh, that's awesome! i played ZOTE, that's very cool!

[@brenoruss1590]

fun fact: canonically metal gear excelsus isn't a metal gear, world marshal's pr team simply called it a metal gear to sell better.

[@oll-turny-llo8200]

Great video! I think on paper going head to head against each other Ray wins (providing snake and otacon are not operating the opposing metal gear) since it was designed as an anti metal gear. It has the maneuverability and firepower to win against any others. But if they are not going head to head, and you just objectively choose which one has the most destructive potential then i agree it is Rex, since ray doesnt have nuclear abilities.

[@metalgearstudy]

Would have to be a manned Ray. The AI versions got punked out by Raiden.

[@oll-turny-llo8200]

@@metalgearstudy Yeah, I was going to bring that up but thought it would make the comment too long since it opens up many new topics haha. Raiden isn't a metal gear so it doesnt really mean anything in a metal gear vs metal gear debate. Rays main advantage against other metal gears is speed and maneuverability, and raiden has much more than any metal gear so Ray has lost his advantage straight away against Raiden. But it does open a debate on who is more powerful between Raiden and Grey fox. Because Raiden destroyed a Ray with relative ease, but Grey fox died taking on Rex. So, Is Grey fox underpowered compared to Raiden or is Rex just more effective in dealing with individual small targets? The laser Rex has stopped Grey fox in his tracks when he tried to close in, since unlike Rays mouth water cutter which takes time to charge it strikes instantly. Making it more effective against fast moving targets. And also in mgs2 pre cyborg Raiden took out multiple Rays (AI controlled granted) with ease by exploiting the water cutter weak point, where as Snake struggled against 1 rex in mgs so... AHHH!! there's sooo much to debate ahaha. Thats the great thing about metal gear lore though, so many ways to look at it all! Love what you are doing, keep up the good work!!

[@metalgearstudy]

So many good points there. Maybe I need to discuss the Ninjas in more detail. Thanks for the support.

[@genichiroashina1]

Good content buddy keep them coming!

[@PK-Radio]

Metal gears ranked (by my opinion): 1. Metal Gear Ray 2. Metal Gear Rex 3. TX-55 Metal Gear 4. Metal Gear Excelsus 5. Metal Gear Sahelanthropus 6. Metal Gear D 7. Metal Gear Raxa 8. Metal Gear Zeke

[@dorktales254]

How is Sahelanthropus so low? Ignoring the nuclear capabilities it is the most competent is direct combat

[@godzillakaijuboy]

I feel like the metal gear in mgsv not being able to work on its own without Psycho Mantis should put it automatically in last place.

[@metalgearstudy]

Is a fair point.

[@onyxfinger7431]

3:15 That is.. not very accurate Evidence : Sahelanthropus was an XOF weapon, which means there would be no reason for a child to pilot it, since there are no childs in XOF in the first place.

[@bah2vi]

it was never finished and was meant to accomodate an a.i pod. the head can house a child. Eli goes into it in chapter 2 ( i think ). And it was controlled by psycho mantis when he was a child

[@r3gret2079]

The definition of a Metal Gear is wild. Which weapon system falls into the category is debatable. Before the "war economy era" it meant a totally different thing than after. You could argue that Peace Walker was indeed a Metal Gear, but if you side with it not being one, then by that logic you also have to discount RAY from being one as well. REX is still the GOAT and you can't change my mind.

[@tigertank1819]

I find it funny that Excelcus is the worst Metal Gear, but, it could still destroy the others very easily with its plasma weapons and giant HF blades, or even just by stepping on them, and all the no nuclear Metal Gears such as Ray (not the modded one) would be rendered almost helpless against it

[@razorfett147]

To this day, after playing just about every MG game in the main saga...i still dont know why the metal gears were considered balance tipping weapons. As tactical, next age battletanks, units like the Rays (and Sahelanthropus if it had actually become functional) wouldve been cutting edge battlefield hardware. But as strategic platforms the way the series always portrayed them??...not so much. Any nuke launching capability they had could easily have been deployed on aircraft, naval vessels, or conventional ground craft.

[@metalgearstudy]

Looking back, I totally agree. But on the flip side we got giant nuclear robots!!!

[@razorfett147]

@@metalgearstudy oh, definitely, cool machines. You cant go wrong with battle mechs. I just wish Kojima hadnt tried to hang the gears' value around their strategic qualities....or, that he had built some technological rationale into his alternative world stage that made the metal gear platforms worthy of being considered such a threat to global peace

[@jakedoesyoutube]

#9 MG Gekko This is the lego figure version of Metal gear ray. It's an infantry unit. Barely at all a metal gear, just sort of robotic infantry. Bovine robotic infantry.

[@sethbideos2358]

Rex Looks like a tiny sahalanthropus (I had nightmares when I fighted Sahalanthropus)

[@kinlun124]

Sorry for my english but in excelsus its depends whos drives because Armstrong is a terrible driver for arrogant, if the Excelsus have a AI he would in a better top.

[@felphero]

I'm sorry but Sahalantropous bizarely just made any Metal Gear that came after it seem like ancient obsolete junk, mostly because Kojima just said "f*ck it, let's add Zone of the Enders' mechs in the game" The thing has actual arms ffs

[@metalgearstudy]

I loved how they went low tech with Snake Eater. They did sort of ruin it with Sahelanthropus. Fun fight though.

[@mailmanwilly]

On one hand, that's the result of Diamond Dogs getting rid of their best engineer. On the other hand, fuck Huey.

[@omegon2540]

I assume the 0 rank is the metal gear monster Hunter crossover monster

[@hg8843]

Cant believe this channel hasnt blown up yet

[@metalgearstudy]

Thanks for the kind words. Maybe the next video will do it :)

[@hg8843]

@@metalgearstudy yeh man. As long as you're enjoying its the main thing. That will always come across anyways

[@NecroK47]

Sahelanthropus in second place and metal gear rex in first place.

[@allenplant1702]

I'm surprised that you slotted Sahelanthropous in 5th place, that thing was wild!

[@metalgearstudy]

True. As a nuclear weapon though it was seriously flawed.

[@FeeIRG]

Rex number 1 obv but Sahelantrophus should be number 2 imo its just so damn cool

[@Srt_resium]

What I find interesting is that Raider beats a ray metal gear at the start and that fake metal gear at the end

[@metalgearstudy]

Yeah, the developers were definitely taking the piss with that. Intentionally so. Can they go one further, beat REX in the sequel using only hand to hand combat.

[@DitzyClouds]

technicly rays waterjet was only in the prototype. the production model "only" had a laser

[@user-op9zt9qz6h]

Excelsus ain’t even a mg in lore it’s straight up called that for marketing purposes

[@erickrafaelfloreslara8501]

I would ve put Sahelanthropus higher on the list, purely because of the spectacle that it gives by wiping out Xof s forces before the fight with Venom.

[@jackofalltrades417]

I use to think Metal Gear was a giant sentient robot. Well, I got two of those right.

[@TypeKK]

I just found out MG Kodoque exist in Metal Gear Acid It have a charging beam rather than a rail gun which need the MG to duck in order to shot the beam. Also it have a shield that also acts as a missile launcher

[@metalgearstudy]

I just remember it as an awful fight cos of hoping to have the right cards. Its just a bullet sponge.

[@GyrollMachVenturi]

I heard that the metal gears' designer designed some new mechas for my favourite franchise

[@MidoriNatsume]

We all know the strongest Metal Gear is Raiden. 😅

[@mizan6969]

I was waiting for metal gear mk 2 in mgs4 I just love that Lil boy

[@koleszgdanska7149]

I think Excelsus deserves more credit

[@justaracolski]

Metal Gear Excelsus looks more like a mining machine. I mean, why would you have that much machinery just to fight something if it’s so slow? It would make sense if you used it alongside another metal gear, or just to excavate large areas.

[@Chaoswalker.]

Sahalantaphous is combay type more agile nore fast his rail gun can kill anything in one blow his sword can even cut raiden from meatl gear if it hit raiden perfectly

[@Nigga-zw2es]

nope kojima himself stated that the game follows a linear power level in which the technology and characters grow stronger with each game in chronological order (venom snake himself even called the tx-55, the ultimate weapon)

[@jameshinde7207]

Arsenal is clearly the most OP :p several nuclear missiles, control over the nations armed forces and control over the context of all digital information….. or just ya know “nothing more than a gigantic coffin”

[@djcuda]

Rex For Lyfe

[@rishanochannai5103]

What must have raiden thought when ray came back in revengeance? Oh wait *he forgot him*

[@metalgearstudy]

Beat it pretty damn easy though!

[@therandombats2579]

I know this wasn't cannon, but out of curiosity, where would Metal Gear Gander rank, as it has 2 railguns, a valcun cannon, a flamethrower, rocket launchers, and flying turrets?

[@metalgearstudy]

I mean it was originally designed as a version of REX before they landed on the design we got. I'd say second to REX as it can't launch a stealth missile (if I'm remembering correctly) and nearly got taken out by lack of power from the power plant.

[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

Excellcius is technically only a metal gear in name just so they could get sales but it’s not a real metal gear as it has no nuclear capability but that’s just a technicality

[@ivancaraig1715]

Peace Walker is kinda sad. Ghost in a machine

[@TREXHUNTERJOHN]

Metal gear REX is my favorite of the bunch . The design is amazing

[@ZetsabreJuno]

Awww, no love for Metal Gear Gander.

[@metalgearstudy]

Main games only for this list.

[@rossmelnyk1900]

But I want someone to cover Shagohod as a unit...😢

[@metalgearstudy]

All non Metal Gear mechs?

[@ForgetfulWanderer]

Excelsus has left the chat

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

I just realised how much V ripped off from portable ops, and Raxa has the same arms and rockets as Ray

[@Puff_Chady]

Good points all around. Rex is my favorite too lol

[@djcuda]

Lol somebody Gonna say the shagohaad 🙄😂😂😂💀

[@EkuEdu]

What about Gander?

[@metalgearstudy]

Fair point. Not fully played Ghost Babel yet so I can't comment. Maybe I'll mention that when I do my review of it.

[@LOVEPHOENIXDANCER]

i think rex is the best becuse of its simplicity yes a lot of other metal gears surpassed it in a lot of catacorgys but it made heavy use of its main selling point ( not the rail gun) its armor if it wasn't given its character flaw it would be highly hard to beat in the field sersly there's codic call after codic call about its armor and it took what 10 20 years of weapon advancement ( their timeline) to even beat a heavy damaged version?

[@labbit35]

Sahalanporous could be 1st if Huey made it compatible for adults

[@sms9070]

i think sahlantropus should be higher on the list because of the ability do disintegrate every enemy vehicle nearby

[@metalgearstudy]

A lot of it was to do with its nuclear capability and lack of ability once Mantis was removed. Cant be used like the majority of Metal Gears. Maybe I'll revisit the Ranking later in the year with viewer's guidance.

[@sms9070]

@@metalgearstudy also why wasn't peace walker on the list ?

[@metalgearstudy]

I didn't put any non-Metal Gears on the list. So no PW mechs or Shagohod.

[@justsomeguyontheinternet3071]

Fun fact: metal gear excelsus isnt a metal gear The game it self told it isnt a metal gear

[@forgetyousawthis2255]

Isn’t excelsus technically not a metal gear

[@apreturns]

You forgot Rey from revengeance

[@winder_1910]

D looks cool 😂😂😎 😂

[@pur1fy531]

I love the video. but peace walker's metal gears are metal gears, especially the "peacewalker basilisk"

[@metalgearstudy]

According to the info I could find they weren't classified as Metal Gear units. I do want to do a similar video about the Non Metal Gear mechs though.

[@MetalGearChris1]

Zeke and Sahelantroupus' existence is a total stupidity by Kojima for what will come after like the TX and D

[@metalgearstudy]

Agreed. Especially after introducing the Shagohod in MGS 3. Much more basic but still a good boss fight. What might have been I guess.

[@MetalGearChris1]

@@metalgearstudy exactly. shagohod was perfect as the first. it would had been more accurate from that to go with the walker gear types like MGSV and then closing the gap with the TX

[@metalgearstudy]

Yep, totally agree. Still having issues with AI now. But AI robots in 1974? Erm...

[@MetalGearChris1]

@@metalgearstudy haha well they did try to cover that when zero told skullface that AI is better for information control xD

[@Nigga-zw2es]

zeke and sahelantroupus is weaker than the tx and d

[@HalfCracker4life]

Long live REX!!✊

[@desolatortrooper7196]

My number 1 is Ray. Okay he is crushed in all his apparition but hey! MGS2 Raiden was already a very good fighter because he beat/survive Dead Cell (even Snake struggled against Fortune and Vamp). Solidus is literally a cybernetic Big Boss (the exoskeletton give cyborg like abilities just like Sam). MGS4 well Rex is piloted by Snake (someone who can destroy a Metal Gear with only a rocket launcher so of course if you give him better weapons he will crush Metal Gear faster) and had access to surprise CQC move. But i think part thank to fan service because basic MGS fan back then was : MGS1 and 3 good. MGS2 bad. And during MGR Sam is just like Solidus (a skilled man with expended abilities throught exoskeletton and probably nanomachines. Also Murasama is an OP sword). Meanwhile Raiden is could stop Outer Haven so Ray ain't gonna do shit to him. And between us. Sincerely do the others Metal Gear did better? Shagohod : destroyed by a man with a RPG on a motorcycle. Raxxa (from portable ops) and those from Peace Walkers (didn't know much about those games) where destroyed (even if one commited suicide i believe) Sahelanthropus : literally prototype whose full potential can only acheived throught the power of a kid acttracted by negative emotions. It would be a shame should someone very angry and want to destroy us happens to pass by. The Metal Gears from the 2 first game didn't do much either ( the one in MG1 couldn't even move). Rex : millions of dollars worth. Results used to kill a wounded Gray Fox. Get destroyed. Destroy a Ray later but sincerely it could have destroyed by Snake and Raiden themselves. Excelsus : technically the best Metal Gear to date. Designed to crush cyborgs and UGs. Meanwhile : Armstrong : You cannot literally use CQC to stop a Metal Gear, it's will ruin my plan! Raiden (in Ripper mode) : HAHAHA! Excelsus goes bonk bonk! In the end the best "Metal Gear" are the cheap, mass produced one who probably killed more off screen than the super war machines (like Geckos or GRADs). Hence why i think Ray is the best. (Also the fact his design allow 'facial expression' is quite cut. I like how in MGR he kinda look us when we try to squatch a very troublesome bug.) I also came to the conclusion that a giant walking tank is strong but not strong enought to beat a soldier whose codename is Snake (Naked/Big Boss, Venom, Solid, Liquid, Solidus and Raiden). Thought Sam seem to prove an another theory. It has nothing to do with the codename snake but more about being dummy T H I C C. All the person from the list above are dummy T H I C C and were know for messing with Metal Gear.

[@UnboludoCualquira]

I knew rexi whas going to be numba 1

[@ninc3d3m0n4]

"the unenlightened masses"

[@guilhermecaiado5384]

The rail gun doesn't shoot missiles.

[@metalgearstudy]

Nuclear warhead, then.

[@ChiGyu620]

Mostly agree, but I would swap Ray with Sahelanthropus in the rankings.

[@boogaloo_weed]

Shagohod is up for debate but how is peace walker not a metal gear? It’s a walker and has nuclear launch capability Meanwhile excelcius doesn’t even have nuclear capability so it’s not a real metal gear

[@emanuelgendusa3181]

I loosely follow the series, in fact I've only rly finished MGS3 So why isn't Shagohod a MG?

[@metalgearstudy]

It pre dates the Metal Gear units, concepts first designed by Granin. Whereas the Shagohod was designed and developed by a rival scientist Sokolov.

[@emanuelgendusa3181]

@@metalgearstudy interesting I remember there was that guy saying the link between man & machine was a bipedal design, not Sokolov

[@metalgearstudy]

Yeah, that was Granin.

[@emanuelgendusa3181]

@@metalgearstudy yea thought so & then he gets got by Volgin & that chip thing Eva put in his shoe heel gets found

[@_im_stupid_]

Excelsus might not be the best but damn its music rocks

[@artemisarrow179]

Man now I gotta dust off the ps2

[@the_real_kevin8996]

METAL GEAR EXCELSUS??

[@cloudedarctrooper]

God, I can't help but imagine if metal gear got a soft reboot, evergreen style, where they did something new with it using similar story arcs. I doubt it'd happen, but it'd be interesting to get a new metal gear storyline from the ground up like that I think.

[@eddiemonkeybutt]

technically MG excelsus isnt a metal gear due to a non-nuclear capability, but im glad you included it anyways!

[@yunalesca_night_sky8998]

What about the Mk2! Otacon is very disappointed!

[@metalgearstudy]

Obviously the MkII and MkIII win hands down overall, they turn invisible and are controlled by a PS3 controller. Enough said.

[@exxoticbutters4237]

Haha giant ant go brrrrr