Garena Free Fire is consistently gaining popularity among the online gaming community. With high graphics, multiple game modes, and regular events, it has become one of the most downloaded battle royale games in not only India but across the world. And every battle royale game gets competitive as you Climb up the ranking ladder. To help you out, we have categorized all Weapons Tier List available in a Garena Free Fire that can be used to get an advantage while playing any map and mode. Also, a point to remember for the players, the weapons discussed below fall under the following categories: Assault rifle, Marksman rifle, Machine gun, Smg, Shotgun, Sniper, Pistol, and Melee.
Free Fire Weapons Tier List
| Weapon Tiers | Firearms |
|---|---|
| Overpowered (S) | AK, Scar, Aug, UMP, MP40, M1014, Mag, Woodpecker, M82B, Desert Gun, Scythe, Pan |
| Good (A) | Famas, G36, Groza, M60, VSS, MP5, M1887, Kar98k, AWM, G18, Mini Uzi, Katana |
| Average (B) | M14, Kingfisher, M249, Thompson, MAC10, Spas12, M24, M1917, M1873, Parang, Bat |
| Poor (C) | Plasma, Parafal, SKS, Kord, CG15, Vector, Charge Buster, Treatment Sniper, M500, Ff knife |
Free Fire 2022 Weapons Tier List: Explanation for Classification of the Weapons
Overpowered Weapons
Assault Rifle
AK
This gun has a good fire rate and damage per bullet and is effective regardless of the distance between the user and the target. However, the other side of this gun is that it has significant recoil, making it difficult to control in some situations as if at close range.
Groza
The Groza is among the best assault rifles in Free Fire. It gives significant damage per hit and best in class fire rate. The weapon can also be used in mid-range and long-range combats in the game.
AUG
The AUG has pretty impressive stats, which makes it a good option. The magazine size of the gun is up to 35 bullets. This firearm is available in Classic Battle Royale and Clash Squad (both ranked and classic modes).
SMG
UMP
UMP is a Submachine Gun with SMG Ammo. UMP has a high accuracy which makes it a stable weapon. The weapon has a damage of 48 and a fast rate of fire and is best for Medium-range.
MP40
The MP40 provides a stable and high fire rate in Short Range, the weapon cannot use any attachments other than a magazine and a stock. This gun due to its high firing speed is the most preferred short-range SMG-based weapon in the free fire.
Shotgun
M1014
M1014 is a Shotgun with SGAmmo. M1014 has a damage of 94 and a good accuracy but the weapon has a slow rate of fire. The weapon is good for Short-range only. The Weapon doesn’t have any Attachable. This makes the gun useful in close-range combat.
MAG
Looking at this firearm’s status, it’s unlike most other shotguns in the game. The gun’s versatility is greater than most other shotguns. However, when the target is more than 5 meters away, it’s not very effective since the weapon is most vigorous over close ranges.
Marksman Rifle
Woodpecker
This weapon uses AR ammo, has high armour-piercing abilities, and is known to be “precise and deadly“. The gun has a good accuracy and fire rate and is used while fighting over a long range.
Sniper
M82B
This gun has one of the best snipers in the game and it has many special capabilities as well. Sniper rifles are typically damage loaded but this gun has a good mixture of accuracy and has a magazine of 8 bullets with it can give damage to enemies behind Gloo walls.
Pistol
Desert Gun
Desert Eagle is a hand pistol that uses HG ammo. The weapon has a damage of 90 at short-range and 53 over medium range, with an average rate of fire and high accuracy. The weapon is very useful for close range in Free Fire and is used in Cs mode only or Lone wolf mode.
Melee
Scythe
Scythe is one of the melee weapons in Free Fire that has the furthest striking range. If you compare it with other melee weapons, then you can see that the scythe is capable of killing the enemy from a longer distance. This is due to the length of the weapon itself.
Pan
Pan is a Melee Weapon without Ammo. The Pan can be used as a shield that protects the user from taking damage from behind. The pan has a damage of 62 and high accuracy but has also a slow rate of fire and a Melee-Range.
Good Weapons
Assault Rifle
SCAR
SCAR is an Assault Rifle with AR Ammo. The gun has decent damage and it has a medium range. It has also a medium accuracy and medium rate of fire which makes it a balanced weapon. SCAR is usually the most preferred weapon in a battle royale as it has a long-range and fixed scope.
Famas
FAMAS is an Assault Rifle with AR Ammo. It fires 3 bullets at a time with 53 damage for each and a fast rate of fire with medium accuracy. The weapon is good for Long but not so far range.
G36
The gun is quite good to choose from as it provides the users with a better advantage in long and mid-range combats because of its good range and fire rate.
Marksman Rifle
SVD
SVD (as of now) or Dragunov is a powerful sniper rifle that comes pre-equipped with a 4x scope. With quite strong damage and a higher fire rate makes this weapon a reliable choice.
Machine Gun
M60
M60 is an Assault Rifle with AR Ammo. M60 has decent damage and a good range. The weapon has low accuracy but a fast rate of fire. M60 is similar to Submachine Guns.
M249
M249 is a Machine Gun with AR Ammo. This weapon has high damage along with a long range. The weapon also has medium accuracy and a fast rate of fire. The weapon has a very high amount of magazine, that is 100 Ammo.
SMG
MP5
MP5 is categorized under Submachine Gun but with SMG Ammo. The weapon has a damage of 48 and a fast rate of fire as a Submachine Gun. The weapon has high accuracy and a Medium range.
VSS
VSS is a Submachine Gun with an SMG weapon but It’s mostly described as a Sniper Rifle because of its high range. The weapon has a damage of 50 along with good accuracy and a medium rate of fire. If attached with joint then it gives a continuous firing with damage.
ShotGun
M1887
M1887 is a Shotgun with SG ammo. The weapon has very high damage but a slow rate of fire. The weapon has the highest range among all shotguns but with a short range. However, the weapon has a very fast reload time. The disadvantage of this weapon is, that it carries only 2 bullets.
Sniper
AWM
This gun has the highest damage of any gun in the game of 150 and a medium accuracy but with a slow rate of fire. The weapon is good in Long-Range. It can be the most deadly if you best know the switch techniques.
Kar98K
The Kar98K sniper rifle is one of the most powerful weapons in Free Fire. It is capable of eliminating or killing an opponent in a single shot.
Melee
Mini Uzi
It is similar to the MP40 in a lot of aspects. The UZI has a high rate of fire but with lower damage, range, and accuracy.
Katana
Katana is a Melee Weapon without Ammo. Katana has a damage of 66 with high accuracy. The weapon has a decent Range but a slow rate of fire. The weapon can be used as a shield to protect the user.
G18
G18 is a Pistol with HG Ammo. G18 has low damage of 20 per bullet and is at a close range. However, the weapon also has high accuracy and a fast rate of fire. Mostly useful in Cs mode.
Average Weapons
Assault Rifle
M14
M14 is an Assault Rifle with AR ammo. M14 has high damage of 71 and high accuracy which makes it stable and has a medium rate of fire. The weapon is good for Long-range. If equipped with M14 Rage Core, increase the rate of fire by 25% and accuracy by 25%.
Kingfisher
Kingfisher Assault Rifle to the game. The weapon comes with a 2x scope already attached and accepts muzzle, scope, foregrip, and stock attachments. The weapon is a good choice in Clash Squad and Battle Royale modes.
Marksman Rifle
AC80
The AC80 gun is a Marksman Rifle, which means it is a weapon for mid-range to long-range combats. It has high penetration power with a low rate of fire. The damage of the AC80 is high enough to give a one-shot on the head, regardless of their helmet.
SMG
MAC10
This is a balanced gun as it has good range, and most importantly, good damage and rate of fire. However, this gun deals 132 damage in Headshot and 24 damage to the body by one shot, without vests or any armor.
Thompson
Thompson is a Submachine Gun with SMG Ammo. Thompson has a damage of 50, medium to close range. It also has an average accuracy along with a high rate of fire. The weapon also has a good magazine level.
Shotgun
SPAS12
SPAS12 is a shotgun with SGAmmo. As a shotgun, it has a very high damage of 97 but for a very short range. The gun also has high accuracy and a medium rate of fire.
Sniper
M24
The M24 is a light sniper rifle that has a base damage of 88 and a decent fire rate with the magazine being able to hold 15 bullets. Good choice in classic mode.
Pistol
M1917
A new pistol gun has been added to the Free Fire game similar to USP-2. The unique thing is that this pistol is available as a Double M1917 in the game. This pistol has high damage and a low magazine count.
M1873
M1873 is a Pistol With SGAmmo. This gun is mostly described as a Shotgun because of its Close-Range and slow rate of fire and high damage and accuracy.
Parang
Parang is not such a popular melee weapon in the Garena Free Fire though all Free Fire players prefer to use this parang when they don’t find a pan or katana because this melee weapon can be used as a sword or a shield that protects the wearer.
Bat
Bat is a Melee Weapon without Ammo. The bat has a damage of 63 and good accuracy but it also has a slow rate of fire and close range.
Poor Weapons
Assault Rifle
Plasma
A plasma gun doesn’t use any ammo to fire but it gets overheated very quickly, and since you can’t reload it, you will be stuck with a gun and no bullets.
Parafal
This gun has good damage and a decent accuracy over long-range and also high stopping power but the slow rate of Fire will give opponents opportunities to attack once you miss a few shots.
Marksman Rifle
SKS
The SKS is quite average when compared to other Marksman Rifles in Free Fire. It has an average damage of 82, and an average rate of fire of 35. The weapon comes with a pre-attach x4 scope, which cannot be replaced by other scopes.
Machine Gun
KORD
The KORD has a significantly greater firing rate, which does make up for the lower damage per shot. Beyond 30 meters, the damage is reduced, dealing only 77 damage to the head, 31 to the body, and 26 to the legs. This gun is usually not used in a match when a user finds another machine gun like the M60.
SMG
CG15
CG15 can be used as a normal Submachine Gun with a Medium Range. The weapon has a fast rate of fire and a high accuracy only when it is charged.
Vector
The Vector is the first Akimbo weapon in Free Fire, it has a short effective range, but devastating power in close range. The weapon can be useful in short-range combat but due to its high recoiling and average damage, it’s not preferable that much.
Shotgun
Charge Buster
The Charge Buster has a base damage of 15, and a decent rate of fire along with a three-unit magazine. This gun also requires charging to enhance its capabilities.
Sniper
Treatment Sniper
Treatment Sniper provides HP to the teammates and damages the enemies. It also works similar to a PLASMA gun as it fires while it’s charged and makes you wait until it’s overheated.
Melee
M500
M500 is a Pistol with HG Ammo. M500 has a damage of 47 and good accuracy with a medium rate of fire. The weapon is good for Long-range. The M500 is also the only piston with a scope but can only be useful if the player knows how to give one- shot on the head.
FF Knife
FF Knife is a weapon in the shape of a knife. This weapon is different from other Free Fire weapons as it is obtained with three knives attached and can be thrown one at a time. After all, is used, players need to find the other.
That’s the Free Fire Weapons Tier List, folks! Let us know in the comments if you have any suggestions on improving the Free Fire Weapons Tier List, feel free to send them our way!
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