Fortnite’s Chapter 7 Season 1 has an incredibly balanced loot pool and almost every gun can put in work, but a few still stand out as the top-tier weapons to take into a match.
To help you on your next round on the island, read on for a ranking of every weapon and gun in Fortnite’s current meta, from those that are the best of the best to ones you can safely leave on the ground.
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 1 weapons tier list
S-Tier
Weapon | Stats | Reason for Ranking |
|---|---|---|
Deadeye Assault Rifle  | - DPS: 92.8 (Mythic), 88.8 (Legendary) - DMG: 116 (Mythic), 111 (Legendary) - Structure DMG: 60 (Mythic), 57 (Legendary) - Crit DMG: 210 (Mythic), 202 (Legendary) - FR: 0.8 MS: 26 RT: 2.12s (Mythic), 2.25s (Legendary) | Hitscan, zero recoil, and beams from any range. It dominates the season and shows up in almost every fight. |
Iron Pump Shotgun  | - DPS: 92.8 (Mythic), 88.8 (Legendary) - DMG: 116 (Mythic), 111 (Legendary) - Structure DMG: 60 (Mythic), 57 (Legendary) - Crit DMG: 210 (Mythic), 202 (Legendary) - FR: 0.8 - MS: 5 - RT: 4.34s (Mythic), 4.59s (Legendary) | The only shotgun this season that can one-shot headshot. The safest and most reliable close-range option.A and the |
Arc-Lightning Gun  | DPS: 120 DMG: 12 Structure DMG: 9 FR: 10 MS: ∞ CD: 3s | Chains damage through walls, bushes, cars, and cover. Forces players out of hiding and sets up free beams for Deadeye. |
A-Tier
Weapon | Stats | Reason for Ranking |
|---|---|---|
Twin Hammer Shotguns (Brutus)  | - DPS: 164.82 - DMG: 92 - Structure DMG: 41 - Crit DMG: 135 - FR: 2.01 - MS: 10 - RT: 2.35s | It functions like a faster TAC-style shotgun with huge sustained pressure. Plus, it holds 10 shots and fires endlessly, making it great in zero builds. Not as consistent as the Iron Pump, but strong enough to be a top-tier pick. |
Forsaken Vow Blade  | N/A | The best mobility tool this season. Acts like a faster kinetic blade with almost instant chaining and extremely low durability use per dash. Pure mobility value pushes it into A-tier even if its melee damage is weak. |
B-Tier
Weapon | Stats | Reason for Ranking |
|---|---|---|
Enforcer AR  | - DPS: 175.5 - DMG: 45 - Structure DMG: 43 - Crit DMG: 76.5 - FR: 3.9 - MS: 20 - RT: 2.93s | Hits hard in high rarities and feels accurate, but gets completely overshadowed by the Deadeye. I rarely pick it unless it drops in Legendary or Mythic. |
Dual Micro SMGs  | - DPS: 233.35 - DMG: 13 - Structure DMG: 12 - Crit DMG: 19.5 - FR: 17.95 - MS: 34 - RT: 1.75s | Best SMG this season, but that doesn’t say much. Great for very close-range duels and pairs well with pump shotguns, but the SMG meta is weak overall and it has no mid-range utility. |
C-Tier
Weapon | Stats | Reason for Ranking |
|---|---|---|
Vengeful Sniper Rifle | - DPS: 48.8 - DMG: 92 - Structure DMG: 92 - Crit DMG: 184 - FR: 0.53 - MS: 3 - RT: 3.15s | A bolt-action sniper that can’t one-shot headshot at any rarity. Damage is too low, rate of fire is slow, and it gets outclassed by every AR at range. |
D-Tier
Weapon | Stats | Reason for Ranking |
|---|---|---|
Tactical Pistol  | - DPS: 193.2 - DMG: 28 - Structure DMG: 28 - Crit DMG: 56 - FR: 6.9 - MS: 15 - RT: 1.35s | One of the weakest pistols this season. Only 15 bullets, heavy recoil, and overshadowed by more powerful exotic and mythic pistols introduced in previous seasons. |
Our tiers explained
- S: The best weapons in the game. They’re always worth carrying around regardless of your loadout.
- A: These weapons are useful and can be great alternatives
- B: Average weapons that might perform well in certain situations
- C: Fairly useless and should be avoided
This tier list takes into account every Fortnite weapon available in both the main Battle Royale and Zero Build modes.
It excludes Mythic weapons, grenades, and traps, focusing solely on the available guns and comparing their base stats.
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