Best Valorant Weapons Tier List - Episode 10

In Valorant, no matter what role you are playing - be it an entry fragger, supporter or lurker, your choice of weapon is the most critical thing to win your rounds. A good choice of weaponry will always give you the tactical edge over your opponents in a strategic game like Valorant. And with the release of the new Episode 10 patch, the weaponry meta has shifted quite a lot alongside the adjustments in maps, agents, and the system. 

If you want to keep those win streaks going and have a smooth experience with the gun picks, you need to be updated with the meta and adjust to it. To make your life easier, let’s follow LDShop for a full tier list of all the guns you can use to dominate the Valorant meta.

Tier-List

The tier list of the weapons is based on their overall effectiveness and flexibility in the current meta. These weapons are also based on their popularity and their high-damage output capability. But apart from this, choosing the best weapon for oneself, also depends on the individual’s playstyle and comfort pick. So, let’s have a look at the tier list of best weapons in Valorant.

S-tier

This tier represents the best weapons that dominate the meta with their anti-situational pick and have the most damage output in the game. 

Vandal

This gun still remains as one of the most lethal weapons in the game even on the professional levels. One shot on the head and your enemy is dead. Be it mid or long range it is the most effective despite its slow rate of fire.

Phantom

Phantom, the best Automatic Rifle of this game. It has a magazine size advantage over Vandal and excels in close to mid-range combats. Due to its low recoil and suppressive bullets, it is most suitable for shooting through smoke walls.

Operator

The Operator is the best sniper in the game. The fact that you only get to fire one shot at a time but that shot is the most lethal shot that can be fired in the game, makes it the gun suitable for those who excel in accuracy and long-range fights.

A-tier

This tier represents the weapons that are good but they only become the best based on the combat situation they are used in.

Spectre

Spectre is a high versatility SMG weapon that has a great balance of fire rate, and accuracy and it's hard to trace the bullet firing which makes it a solid A-tier pick.

Judge

Judge becomes a fan favorite shotgun with its low cost and high damage potential shots when fired in short range. But despite its high mobility and effectiveness, it becomes a situational pick sometimes.

Ghost

Ghost is a popular pick. This pistol offers you with high precision, accuracy, and decent damage-output. It is most picked during the eco rounds and can provide you with high value because of how balanced it is.

 

B-tier

This tier contains those guns that are balanced but can be effective situationally and depending on agents you can buy quickly using Valorant Points top up. The best platform to make the top-up is LDShop, it lets players top up for less and it is a great way to save money.

Odin

Odin is a machine gun that comes with a huge magazine capacity of 100/200. It is best for some maps like lotus and good for wall-banging but due to its high price and less rewarding feature, it becomes an unwanted pick.

Guardian

Guardian is a Semi-automatic rifle. This gun is easy to master and offers you a high damage output and precision. It is in the B-tier because of its less flexible plays and low rate of fire and its small magazine.

Bulldog

Bulldog is a capable gun only in the right hands. It has a low pricing and offers high versatility in the mid-range but gets outclassed by the renowned rifles in the game.

Sheriff

Sheriff is a pistol that resembles the playstyle of Operator. Being the pistol with the highest damage, it can one-shot enemies at close range. But it has a high recoil and the fact that it is a high risk - high reward pistol, one miss can cost you your life.

C-tier

This tier represents those guns that are just decent and can get you a kill or two if used properly. But it falls behind in terms of damage and difficulty in comparison to the higher-tier weapons.

Marshal

Marshal is a low-cost sniper that can deal a death blow to the enemy if it hits the upper body. It is a situational pick often used in the Eco-rounds, but its lack of scope as a sniper and low damage keep it in the C-tier.

Ares

Ares is also a machine gun which is the cheaper version of Odin that offers a high firing rate and a big magazine but due to its high recoil and less effectiveness, it is no better than a C-tier weapon.

Classic

Classic is the default weapon you get for free in Valo. This weapon comes for free, has decent close range burst damage, and can be useful sometimes. 

D-tier

This tier of weaponry is mostly useless and lies at the bottom of the tier list with no good use case. 

Frenzy

Frenzy is an automatic pistol that is most accurately useless in long-range and can only be useful when you are planning on camping for your kill.

Stinger

Despite it being a low-cost SMG, Stinger has a high recoil, less range effectiveness, and lacks versatility. Most of the weapons outclass this SMG.

Tactical Knife

This is a melee weapon that is used only in the worst conditions such as out of ammo situations. Like what can you even expect when you bring a melee weapon against range weapons in a gunfight?

Conclusion

This tier list shows you which weapon in Valorant is the best suited in this meta due to their effectiveness and damage. But choose what suits you the most and guns that make you feel confident and comfortable. Your skill set, playstyle and situational roles are the major factors that affect your choice of weaponry.