Deep Rock Galactic Weapon Tier List (Season 4) 

For me the M1000 is definitelly S tier. It's true that it's not good for swarms, but it's not meant to be. It is a weapon made for maximum single target dmg, and it excels in that department. I love pairing it with armor-breaking Zukhovs to still be able to deal with swarms while focusing HVTs with the sniper

This tier list pains me. The m1000 in anywhere but S tier, the EPC in meh, the sludge pump being placed alongside the damn drak… hey man whatever you have fun with. Rock and stone, brother!

Man, Sludge Pump as a c is some massive clickbait. Lol

Try using EPC TCF on a group of bugs and tanky targets like Praetorians. It's not exclusively for mining as well, you can clear high walls to make space for the team which is very useful on top of the C4 and Drills that you already have.

Very different tier list from the one I would have

I totally respect your opinions but I really want to suggest some different perspectives as well, the Minigun is an extremely versatile weapon with things like Burning hell + Volatile Bullets Bulldog for some crazy ignition and super high damage with the bulldog itself. Along with that Lead Storm offers some of the highest sustained dps in the whole game, only time I'd put auto cannon above the minigun would be with NTP as that overclock is nuts. As for the rocket pods in my eyes the only really solid playstyle is minelayer but at that point if you have a good sticky fuel driller then it's not as relevant in other areas, it's true that Jet Fuel Homebrew slightly outdps Lead storm Lead storm however it's no where near as consistent. I'd suggest giving some builds like Burning hell + Volotile Bullets along with Lead Storm + Hellfire to make up for crowd clear while having crazy great dps. I could talk a lot more about many other weapons but as a gunner player for the most part I wanted to share my opinions, wonderful content but I do highly suggest giving a proper try to all the type of builds you can get your hands on and getting a solid sense of the player style with each overclock before making a tier list as you may not have as much insight into the unique and powerful builds gunners got. Cheers and have a wonderful day, keep making awesome content!

My personal rating for the Sludge Pump went up from C to A solely because I started treating it more like a shotgun this season. I keep CRSPR at S too though because its just too fun to burn everything down

I can literally feel myself becoming worse in the game while watching this vid. Putting autocannon into A-tier above boltshark, boomstick, bulldog and minigun is just nonsense. Zhukovs, epc and m1000 placement is also bruh.

Very cool list and you give a great vibe. Thanks for the video!

Persistent plasma on EPC is really fun, especially putting it on top of a sticky flames area or a bunch of sludge

Great video! My boys Shard Diffractor and Drak-25 Plamsa rifle each deserve to move up a tier though

The experimental plasma charger is really fun in combination with the cryo cannon. You freeze everything and then go bewbewbewbew and kill them all before they unfreeze

For me the cryo cannon really shines with the colette wave cooker, since you can get the frozen enemies to take three times the damage that they would normally take.

Plasma gun sucks until you get that overclock that gives you AOE damage on overheat,then you can wipe out half a swarm really really fast, but it's clear you don't play haz 5+ since m1000 bulldog and the mini gun aren't s tier. It hurts that theyre b tier.

I would put the cryo cannon in high A because of its synergy with Vampire and bezerker, you can freeze enemies and spam your pickaxe attack and use your drills and the impact axes to get HP back. Yes drills and Impact Axes count as melee. I have done many deep dives with that build. Pair it with something like EPC or Wave Cooker and you are set. It works for everything except elemination missions.

The brt is being heavily slept on by the whole community, i will stand by my lovely brt till the day i die yes bulldog has better burst damage, but the consistency of brt is unmatched. Revolver has heavy inaccuracy if used rapidly or while moving, so anything you don’t one shot will require more attention, which can be life or death in a high stakes environment. This is especially noticeable when using it to kill groups of mactera. Brt don’t care, you can run jump shoot and wank off while guaranteeing anything you look at will be shot. Can kill tanky targets and groups of long range ones consistently, and grabbing the stun mod makes killing pretorians a joke additionally bulldogs low fire rate and small mag means missing a shot is alot more punishing than the brt when the bulldog is at its strongest it heavily outclasses brt, but its also has its moments where its inaccuracy and low ammo pool makes it difficult to use when your backs to the wall and you can’t line up your shots. Brt never has a moment where it wont be useful. Stunning and melting pretorians, killing distant targets, all while not having to worry about aiming or standing still. Brt is my boy and i will protect him at all cost.

I kind of agree with Scouts primaries being my least favorite, rn I've been using the Drak with agressive venting and I actually quite enjoy it, it makes overheating (a thing I dont rly wanna have to worry too much about) into a good thing and the overheat duration doesnt even last long. Pair it with the speed buff upon overheating and it feels very fun to overheat and switch to zhukovs or boomstick and go to town.

great video. but maybe you should do tier list videos in a more orderly fashion like all scout weapons then all engineer weapons etc. but good job so far interesting opinions

Sludge Pump should be higher tbh, it is very ammo efficient. If bugs are close enough to together (which they usually are) one shot can hit multiple of them, doesn’t even need to be a charged shot. The DOT effect does a majority of your damage, plus it slows enemies down. And even if you miss, you still create puddles which do less damage than direct DOTs, but it slows down enemies way more. Plus the direct DOT and Puddle DOT effects stack, combine this with the slowdown mod and contagion transmitter on the Wave Cooker and you can turn every spider into a slug.

I'm still a new-ish player. Scout and Driller at level 11, and I just promoted my Engineer. The flamethrowr and the Breach Cutter have been my favorites, alongside the Smart Rifle. So I'm taking your advice. My neighbour has been exclusively playing the Gunner and didn't like the 2nd weapons. But I'm gonna tell him to try the thrid ones. Sounds like he's gonna enjoy them

Guide for making the EPC more fun: When you are facing bugs, mine the bugs like minerals. You have to aim kind of above the bugs and then detonate it, which makes it a different way of aiming, but it absolutely cleans house when you do. The damage of Thin Containment Field explosions is high enough that it'll instantly vaporize grunts and chunk praetorian/oppressor health all for the low cost of 9 ammo and some good aim.

for a guy who says plasma carbine is the best, quite a low ranking for it 😆

One thing about the boomstick that makes it quite overpowered depending on the terrain you can abuse the close range = high damage weakpoints and the grapple So let's say your going against a praetorian or an oppressor (basically anything with the weakpoint at the back) you can grapple behind them if you time it right you can get really really close to them whilst being directly behind them then quickly switch to the boomstick and do A LOT of damage (even more if the target is distracted by your teammates so it doesn't turn to you) This makes it so much easier to deal with them instead of playing ring around the rosies with a praetorian trying to get behind it

The Coilgun is S for me because of the utility of being able to embed the end of the rideable portion of the zipline in the wall.

I would put the hurricane in the B and Lead Storm in the S

My friend asked me which is driller’s best primary and secondary. And I had to go through the whole video before answering him. If the weapons could be introduced one role by another, could have been a lot less confusing for the greenbeards.

I'll respect your opinions, though give a few opinions of my own. Heavy Autocannon: I can totally understand the appeal, but it never quite clicked with me since the accuracy and the feeling like you HAVE to build it for AD clearing for me. Though maybe I'm just bad at the game. CRISPR: I'm just Mad about this thing. Knowing that the optimal strat with this thing is NOT to actually spew flames into enemy lines like a Goddamn Dragon, but instead to paint the ground with it using Sticky Flames Sticky Fuel. PGL: Honestly I wanna put this one into S tier just because I feel like Hyperpropellent is a Dopamine Factory. Hurricane: YES. S TIER. Also for me, Plasma Bursters. Leadstorm: It's definitely good for what it does, but I despise the fact that it uses 2 rounds per shot fired. If you give me 2400 ammunition I expect to be able to deal 2400 bullets worth of damage. And for the longest time I felt like the lead storm was comically weak because I was like "what do you mean I went through all these rounds already?" I want to actually shoot exactly as many bullets as it says I shoot. Corrosive Sludge Pump: a weapon that makes that "Trap-setting" playstyle I whined about the CRISPR having feel like it actually makes sense. Also the fact that it shreds Bosses and Swarms alike is wonderful. Like you put a puddle under a dreadnaught and it'll be eaten alive while it'll usually completely resist both Fire and Ice. Stubby: Honestly, you're not WRONG, though it's kinda become my most used engineer primary purely because its AOE damage makes up for me running Hyperprop. Though it does kinda just feel like mindless spray and pray. Warthog: I feel like C tier is a bit harsh for this one though I get your reasoning... I'm kinda just quietly waiting to get an actually decent OC for this thing. Zhukovs: Honestly, I have the same beef with this one that I do the lead storm. WHY DO THEY COST 2 AMMO PER BULLET. Though I'm not sure how to build it.

Just came here from your video "The Leadstorm is the gunnners STRONGEST weapon" to find it here as a B tier gun.

I doubt you have to worry about making any enemies by putting the Stubby in Meh tier, it's just about how you described it: awkward, boring, and generally ineffective. However, the Sludge Pump has some incredible potential when used with overclocks like Sludge Blast, which makes it into a god-tier single target killer, or disperser compound, which gives it ridiculous crowd clear and area denial abilities. Otherwise, I would agree with a lot of the weapon placements in this chart. Good video!

Drak SBB 21212 with shield link is super fun on co-op with good CC and Damage

I know this is your list but how many hours do you have and what haz do you play on? This list is completely wrong. Unless you're going strickly on fun. But in terms of effectiveness, it's almost backwards.

I actually love the volt smg. It's so forgiving and versatile. It's a god teir pairing with the shard difractor as well. I also just love smgs in general so maybe I'm biased xD.

Lok-1 under the thunderhead, GL, and hurricane is wildddddd

Breach cutter been my favorite since season 1 its Jack of all trades good to have when joining random games😊👍

I don't particularly like the Crispr. I think that it isn't useful against bosses and the robot effectiveness is situational at best. I like guns that have variety and I think that the other guns have more variety. Crispr has 2 options, direct damage and sticky-flames. the cryo cannon has ice spear, snowball, freezing speed and direct damage. The sludge pump is a better sticky flames build, plus the other variety builds like goo bomber and sludge blast. sludge pump playstyle is more of my thing personally. the crispr + microwave I really enjoy but I will always end up back on sludge pump.

I just realized, the mouths of the glyphids are identical to the mouths on the mutant bread in TF2, I think it would be funny if TF2 Soldier teleported some bread to Hoxes, and after centuries, Dwarves from a not-earth planet come to Hoxes, and think that the descendants of the mutant bread are native to the planet

Only got 124.9 hours in the game, but I personally despise the rocket launcher. It is fun to shoot with, and to have the rockets follow your cursor, but in my experience it always fell flat in terms of DPS. Single target, Minigun does better. Horde clear, Autocannon's got it covered, and if you ask me, does a better job. If its overclocking that makes it good like I saw on a steam thread, then why would I use it at all until I get the perfect one?

Burst gun with electro minlets --> straight into god tier!

It is worth remembering that Engineer’s weapon design is a bit different from the other classes’, and the primary is a bit more like a personal defense weapon and the secondary is a bit more like a special. They do feel weak compared to gunner and driller primaries, but that’s because they fulfill a different role. Stubby is actually pretty good in the sense that you can use the electricity to help you cluster more enemies together to hit with your secondary instead of scoring kills on its own like the warthog and Loki. It also struggles if you’re not moving a lot, so the strategies that work for warthog (staying still and getting kills one by one) doesn’t work for it. Try playing fast and loose like with a scout primary. As for warthog on its own, I do agree that it’s very bog-standard. I kinda hope it gets a rework in s5 like the subata got from s4

23:36 To make the EPC work there are a few things you can do. The are few weapons as versatile as the EPC. Although the EPC is widely known for it's mining capability with TCF, it has many other use cases. The normal shots don't deal quiet as much damage as a wavecooker temp shock build would, but this can be easily fixed by taking the "heavy hitter" OC. This OC amplifies your normal shot dmg by 1.6x which means T1A scales phenomenally. Heavy hitter combined with T1A can bring it's normal shot dmg up to 40 dmg, this is a 100% increase from it's base dmg. using this on frozen targets makes easy work of them. Even pretorians die in about 7-8 shots which is crazy. Something a lot of people seem to neglect or simply not know is the fact that the TCF explosion deals 240 dmg. This is enough to kill grunts, slashers and even deal 4/5th of a guard's (and septic's) HP and it even almost one-shots basic mactera's, leaving them on 27HP. The damage combined with it's massive massive 3m radius makes it phenomal for taking down Bet-c's, OMEN's and Hiveguard's protrusions. Taking TCF combined with Persistent plasma gives driller even more zone control through means other than his primaries. When it comes to Temp Shock builds, take T5A in combination with the cryo cannon to inflict high damage+temp shock. You'll miss out on TCF, which is painfull, but the damage is unreal. Overall the EPC is so incredibly versatile and it physically hurts me when someone calls it bad or meh. Even though the EPC arguably has the steepest learning curve out of any weapon in DRG it's by far driller's best secondary.

As a scout main, I wholeheartedly disagree with all of your placements for his primaries. The Drak feels like just a better GK2 to me, and while the m1000 is incredible for dealing with single targets, it also gets one of the best blowthrough upgrades in the game at +3 penetrations and can oneshot grunts with focus shots. The GK2, while I can't really say much bad about it except its accuracy, suffers from being a jack of all trades and master of none. Any role you want from it you can have, it just won't do it any better than another option.

Seeing the Stubby in the meh tier makes me sad. I love the Stubby with the Shard diffractor, might just be me though...

I have currently 800 hours on steam drg and i can clearly say you are miss represnting the cryo cannon, the cryo is used in conjunction with your drills,throwing axe and charge axe to do some big BURST damage to any enemy. Also where the cryo can be pushed to its limits is also by having the wave cooker with Exothermic Reactor to 'PoP' And Chain nearby enemies to solidify an intense ground game which turns you into a zoning machine. Also learning to machine gun cancel the axe on frozen targets helps burst anything as big as a bulk. Also Cold Radiance has a protective circle around you that can Snap freeze 🥶 anything u dont see coming... Or run straight up to a oppressor and you'll freeze him way quicker and use lesser ammo.. also the cryo + wave cooker setup uses minimal ammo to get the job done. And for perks take Vampire 🦇 to gain Health per kill.. And for style of play you need to play Aggressive to get the best outcome utilising everything in you arsenal youll become a self healing Self Sufficient Wolverine!! Its a no brainer. There is definitely a huge skill ceiling from someone just holding m1 - to someone using the drillers ENTIRE KIT.

I like running a support cryo cannon build. The idea is to use cryo cannon mainly to freeze smaller/medium targets so you can prep them for drilling to get HP with vampire And freeze larger targets before switching to a damage and weakpoint specced subatta w/throwing axes to burst down larger targets.

EPC and stubby being in meh makes me sad lol. EPC especially. The rest I can live with. I think you give Zhukov too much credit as well. I appreciate your opinion and viewpoint though! R+S

Thunderhead cannon is fun.. pretty good at area damage, but think its more B tier. 13:20 Yah, you are wrong :P (its ok, i know at this point you're relatively new to the game) If you've been using it, like you were showing in the video, then yeah, it would eat though ammo. Because really, that isnt the best use of it. You dont use the Cyro Cannon to Kill bugs. You use it to Set you (or others) up to kill bugs with other weapons. I use the Cryo with Supercooling Mixture & Cold Radiance w/ the Flow Rate Expansion overclock. This pairs VERY well with the Wave Cooker w/ Exothermic Reactor to trigger thermal shock that will quickly decimate bugs. This also pairs well with Gunners Lead Storm w/ Hot Bullets & Burning hell or Scouts Boomstick /w White Phosphorous Shells. How *I* use it, is in a Melee build. Freeze targets, then melee (pickaxe) them down and gain health with Vampire or toss an Impact Axe (for large groups or bigger targets, and vampire still works) or use the Wavecooker to spread the cold out more and cause massive thermal shock damage (this is my #1 go to loadout). Its a super effective build when you know how to play it (as you said with the Plasma Carbine.. good if you know how to use it). Only time i switch it up is when im going to the Glacial Strata (bugs are more resistant to cold there, dua), which ill swap to the flamethorwer or the sludge pump.. which ever im in the mood for. But yea, I reeally enjoy my Cryo build (i hope GSG doesnt nerf it). 19:55 LOK-1 is S tier, no question. Its my default engie primary. Great for hitting distant targets, and especially good for finding hidden targets (cave leaches). 21:40 Yeah, M1000 is A tier at least (i dont main a Scout). Scout isnt *really* the best at dealing with swarms to begin with, but you dont want him to. You want the other three to be dealing with the lower HP "trash" mobs. You want your scout to be picking off the higher value targets and the distant threats (spitballers, cave leaches, dreadnoughts, praetorian's, menace's, mactera grabbers, ect.) while the other three keep the lower level mobs off your ass (not that they cant do good damage to high HP targets too). 24:00 Plasma charger. Eeeh.. yeah i dono. Im not a fan of this gun either. Its "neat", but doesnt (from what can tell) *really* synergize very well with any of the drillers main weapons. I *could* be used with Burning Nightmare and the Cryo cannon for thermal shock... but the Wave cooker is better for that (and faster). So yeah, i agree this weapon is pretty lackluster and hope GSG does something to fix it. 25:45 Bulldog is a great compliment to the gunners more *aoe-centric* mains. Its good for picking off targets quickly... so long as you are good at hitting weak spots. I use it with Six Shooter & Dead-Eye, Perfect Weight Balance, Increased Caliber Rounds & Hollow-Point Bullets. Works very well and without all the sacrifices of Elephant Rounds. But you do have to be good at hitting weak spots with it. 27:35 Yes, the Shard Diffractor does have a learning curve to it. But once you do learn it, it can be quite powerful. Its my engies Dreadnought build secondary. It also has the added benefit of being able to turn your Plascrete into Bombs with 'Plastcrete Catalyst' :) 28:40 Yeeah.. The Sludge Pump *does* in fact do things super well. Great for crowd control, can do a lot of single target damage (over time, not on hit) but its especially good for slowing them down (which works on dreadnoughts) making them much easier for everyone else (and you with secondaries) to hit with something like your Subata 120 /w Neuro-Corrosive Toxic Catalyst or Wave Cooker w/ Contagion Transmitter. I use it with Protein Disruption Mix & Hydrogen Ion Additive on dreadnoughts to really slow them down, which not only lets it eat away their armor, but makes it easier for everyone else to hit (and use grenades on if they wanted). Its probably the best driller weapon for dreadnoughts (seriously, it chews through their armor). 29:17 The Stubby is very good when used correctly. I've got mine setup to do alot of electric damage (and yes, with Turret Arc OC) with Electric Arc, Conductive Bullets & Upgraded Capacitors. Slows bugs down aLOT and damages them. Pair that with the Shard Defractor w/ Hydrogen Rupturing, or dont. Just them being slowed and taking DoT damage opens up other opportunities to kill. For the turret shock, you just have to set yourself up to take advantage of it. Turrets no more than 10m apart, and set them up in choke points to force bugs to walk though them. 30:50 Subata 120 used to be a pretty poor weapon, but with Volatile Bullets & Neuro-Corrosive Toxic Catalyst, its become a decent sidearm for the flamethrower & sludge pump (respectively). Ive switched to using this with Neuro-Corrosive Toxic Catalyst & Hollow-Point Bullets (away from the wave cooker) with my Sludge pump for my Dreadnought build. Still toying with overclocks with it but currently using Chain Hit (specifically for the Hiveguard). All that said, yeah, the more experience you get with the game, and all the weapons, you're opinions will change. Many of us had the fortune of getting good with the base weapons (back when there was only 2 primary & secondaries) so when the 3rds got added, we could quickly figure out each of the strengths and weaknesses .Also, most of us likely used those new 3rd weapons exclusively for a while to see what they could do. And thats really what it takes. Picking weapons, and running them for a while, to see what you can do with them. Switching up the mods & overclocks, finding the synergies.

He obviusly didnt played other classes enought.

I think a lot of people don't realise that the Brrt has a shit ton of ammo

I've not played the game much so far, but I 100% agree with the engy shotgun. I feel like I'm shooting nerf darts.

You saying cowboy weapon makes me REALLY want a lever action.

I swear he did this for the controversy...

Bro, some people just go mad because they don't see some weapon in S or bla, bla, bla, he say "in my experience" several times... calm down.

Boomstick and Boltshark in the same tier? Are you insane?

Although this is your "personal opinion" - this is one of the rare cases where you are just wrong. Period. EPC and M1000 highly undervalued, Sludge Pump is an S tier weapon with Dispersion Compound for solo play as well. If you play some solo Haz 6x2 maybe you will learn some more of the game. Best of luck - rock and stone!

I despise drillers that mine using the EPC. Most of the time they just shoot and expect others to collect the shards strewn everywhere while they move on to look for another veins to shoot.

The crossbow is fucking awesome and if u just build it for the mission u can never have a game whitout value/fun

I wonder if the choices here are meant to be controversial to generate discussion and more views. Anyway…as someone who plays regularly on Hazard 5 with all classes I do strongly disagree with a lot of the ratings here. Flamethrower is an S tier weapon in terms of effectiveness. But it’s too darn effective and trivializes a lot of missions/swarms. I find it gets boring with how powerful it is. Drak Plasma rifle is one of Scouts few reliable AoE options with Impact Deflection/Bouncy overclock. It lets him occasionally carry and scale even in Haz 5 games. Hands down an S tier weapon for me in every dimension. M1000 I think is one of the worst weapons. It requires a lot of “skill” and the amount of effort to master it does not match the reward for using it. It’s unfriendly for people playing with a gamepad and not a mouse. And perhaps the least ergonomic of all of the weapons. I’m not a fan of weapons that favor players based on using mouse or gamepad. And even if this thing had infinite ammo, it’s just too ineffective to scale at higher Hazard 5 games.

Lok-1 is is S tier

anyone else tired of rockpox and remember when it was fun before the devs said this "so you want to get in close to hit the blisters but since of the drills being op instead of the gas coming out of blisters just for melee it goes out no mater what so stay far away" also I was able to kill Harold in 15 seconds so yay

I made a drg tier list in tiermaker

Thunderhead s

Lok is S Tier...

I need a melee class

I have a question.🙂 Will there be a new update for "Deep Rock Galactic" in a year of 2024 or a year after that that’ll include new weapons, including a cosmic futuristic scoped alien tech infinite range laser deadeye sniper rifle with a cosmic futuristic alien tech infinite range laser deadeye sniper scope permanently beyond 💯% attached to it all, because that would be the infinitely hypersweetest if so!🙂

Hyperpropellent?

This is so helpful to watch as a greenbeard, I’m about 4 hours into the game. I’m playing co-op with my brothers and the quick breakdowns give me a general idea of what to look forward to.. even the lower tiers 😁

Imma be honest 3 minutes in and i dont agree at all, yeah lets use brt to aoe , Dreads dont light on fire???????????????

Bro is papucho

The right loadouts will change your mind drastically and will make certain weapons busted. For example M1000 (Hipster overclock) in combination with with the zhukov (cryo minelets) will shredd through hoards. Thank me later. My personal s tier loadout and i know its s tier cus i use that on Elite Deep Dives and i take out more enemies than my teammates using driller or gunner (higher fire power)

simply outrageous. No effin way you're shitting on stubby, which shredds non-explosove chemichal rounds loki in terms of efficency. Also EPC is superior to subata in every single way. You have 10000 promotions and still cant accept it instead of subata.

So weird to see Stubby so low down there, especially compared to LOK. LOK is fun from time to time but whenever I play it I always just think how much better I would do with Stubby. Overall these weapon tier lists are basically worthless and may give new players the feeling that some weapons are not even worth trying. Because overall weapon balance itself is pretty good and it mostly comes down to what youre good at. So, if any new player might read this; find whats fun for you and ignore these tier lists.

I came

Lok is S Tier...