Best Weapons in Warhammer Survivors: Weapon Tier List

Astartes Chainsword and Tempest Axes are the best weapons for reliable crowd clearing in Warhammer Survivors, while Fidelis offers a powerful sustained-fire evolution path.

Your next pick should also solve a problem your current weapons cannot handle. A strong melee arc helps against nearby crowds, but restrained enemies, growing firing squads, and concentrated damage each offer a different reason to spend your upgrades.

How weapons are ranked

This list ranks base weapons and their upgrade paths, with starting performance carrying more weight than an evolution you still need to reach. The criteria are:

• Crowd control: How well the weapon clears groups, restrains enemies, or keeps your surroundings manageable.
• Damage coverage: Whether its attack pattern reaches the enemies threatening you.
• Reliability: How much its usefulness depends on movement, delayed attacks, random results, or another weapon.
• Tough-enemy value: Whether continued upgrades provide sustained damage or a useful evolution against larger threats.

S-tier weapons provide dependable foundations. A-tier choices offer strong upgrades or a specific job worth building around. B-tier weapons need more attention to positioning or combinations. C-tier means a lower priority for a consistency-focused build, not an unusable weapon.

Evolution potential can lift a weapon's placement, but this is a practical selection order, not a measured DPS leaderboard.

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Weapon rankings at a glance

Each row covers one base weapon. Evolved forms count toward its long-term value instead of competing against their own starting weapons.

Best weapons for clearing crowds

Astartes Chainsword is the safest recommendation when nearby enemies are your main problem. Its horizontal serrated attacks hit multiple targets, so you can focus on steering through the crowd without first assembling a combination of items. Position enemies inside the sweep instead of assuming a forward-facing weapon protects every side equally.

Tempest Axes suit a moving approach. Their whirling attack pattern provides recurring coverage as you navigate the horde. Choose them when you want an area-damage foundation that remains useful while you reposition, then plan their evolution through the Sabaton pairing.

Neave Blacktalon's Tempest Axes

Fyrestorm Greataxe asks for more deliberate movement. Its swing changes direction as you move, stops after dealing a set amount of damage, and deals less damage while you stand still. Keep moving to use its base form effectively. Its evolution, Zangrom-Thaz, summons Gotrek Gurnisson and swings continuously even while stationary, with faster attacks when charging into enemies.

Brazier Staff is the alternative if you prefer arcing magma projectiles to close-range swings. Its medium-range rhythm needs more attention to enemy distance, so it is a less forgiving first crowd-clear choice than either S-tier weapon.

Best weapons for tough enemies

Sustained fire and focused damage

Fidelis sprays bolter fire in an arc and has a chance to fire faster. Its evolution, Purgator Mirabilis, retains that spray while adding Paragon Missile Launcher salvos. Build toward it when you want an established firing pattern to gain another damage source, instead of replacing your entire approach late in a run.

Lasgun offers a different investment route: additional Cadian squadmates join as it levels. Concentrating upgrades here expands the firing line. Its Meltagun evolution provides a concentrated thermal beam suited to elite and boss damage, making this a useful path when your other weapons already handle ordinary crowds.

Kozlowski and the Cadian squad

Boltgun is the simpler ranged alternative. It evolves into Heavy Bolter, whose continuous fire can handle both large Tyranid swarms and bigger bioforms. Choose this route when you want your ranged investment to remain useful against groups as well as larger enemies.

Artillery and close-range support

Whirlwind Battery evolves into Orbital Bombardment, bringing barrages of voidship fire from above. It is a useful complement to a weapon whose attacks cover only a narrow area near your champion.

• Malum Caedo: Starts with Astartes Chainsword, making him the direct choice for a simple melee foundation.
• Neave Blacktalon: Starts with Tempest Axes, giving you the other S-tier crowd-clear option immediately.
• Trooper Kozlowski: Starts with Lasgun, a good choice if you prefer to invest steadily in a growing ranged squad.

Frag Grenade requires more adjustment because the throw rhythm and delay separate your decision from the explosion. Use it to support a dependable primary weapon while you learn where its blasts land.

Treat D6 Dice as situational. The dice fall onto enemies, bounce, and explode, and passives can increase how many fall. Extra dice provide more attacks, but they do not remove the weapon's variable damage result.

Which weapons work well together?

Dice Cube supports both the Boltgun and Fidelis routes, while Gauntlet supports Lasgun and Power Fists.

Choose complementary damage patterns

A balanced selection should cover nearby crowds, dangerous targets, and enemies outside your primary attack pattern. These pairings give each weapon a separate job:

• Astartes Chainsword and Lasgun: A melee sweep handles nearby groups while your investment in the firing squad develops.
• Tempest Axes and Rope and Grapnel: The axes provide recurring damage while the hooks restrain dangerous enemies. Rope and Grapnel's control is especially useful around rescue objectives.
• Boltgun and Whirlwind Battery: Direct gunfire pairs with artillery coverage, giving you two different ways to reach enemies.
• Nuln Oil and a weapon that applies Burning: Oiled slows enemies and makes them vulnerable to fire. Check for the Burning effect instead of choosing a weapon solely because its attacks look fiery.

Nuln Oil occupies a weapon role here. It is not interchangeable with an evolution passive. Likewise, D6 Dice is the falling-dice weapon, while Dice Cube is a passive used in several evolution recipes.

Match the evolution passive

Choose your intended evolution before filling your passive slots. The required passive remains in your build after the weapon evolves.

Shared requirements can simplify your choices. Secure the passive for your main damage path first, then choose additional weapons that fill a missing combat role.