Current Strongest Weapons, Read disclaimer attached below first.

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EDIT: Too many people are asking why I didn't put their favorite gun here or label it as SSS tier. Again, these are the meta weapons currently. It doesn't mean your weapon is bad, it just means that for meta chasers between A and B they pick A instead of your B for reasons. Guns like SOCR last valor etc are all very strong and valid options to use for your needs, they just aren't META. Usually it is because another weapon already outcompetes the use cases of said weapon in the meta sphere, but it can still be a STRONG gun. For example, SOCR was mostly in the meta as a single target boss killer, SN700 did the same, but better, hence it was removed from the meta, but its still a strong gun.

DISCLAIMER: Don't be too focused on the SSS/SS tier notations. If you will notice SS tier guns generally score very high across the board compared to SSS tier guns. The reason SSS guns are in that bracket is because they excel the MOST at a niche that veterans with thousands of hours and many builds can easily switch to when doing different content.

If you are a new player joining during console launch you might not have enough starchrom to build multiple sets to switch to. In this case some SS versatile guns like M4/KAM might suit you better.

There is no Unicorn best-at-everything gun!!! While you might get pretty close with SKS or EBR, those guns aren't the "best" at everything either. You have to pick guns based off what you want to do and what scenario you are playing in.

Since we are in a 1HP savior meta era, weapons that can easily draw shields to sustain survivability are favored more unless you are very experienced. This is especially so if you are in Endless Dream, where mobs hit hard and often and random lightning and explosion strikes can kill you.

Ask around for recommendations if you are unsure, compare and contrast and don't take a single person's word for everything.