Best weapons in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1 – Ultimate guns tier list

Choosing the best Fortnite weapons and guns can be quite tricky. Epic Games has released various weapons, allowing players with different playstyles to take advantage of them. Due to this, nearly every weapon in the game can be used effectively. However, some Fortnite guns are so amazing that everyone uses them, from beginners to professionals. We have prepared a list of the best weapons in Fortnite you can use in Chapter 6 Season 1. Many new weapons have come with the new chapter, both melee and ranged, and here are the best ones.

Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1 weapons tier list

This Fortnite season is mostly filled out with mid-range weapons, many of which are based on the ongoing Japanese season and with hitscan enabled. Let’s take a look at what are the current best guns to use in the game.

Tier	Weapons
S-Tier	Holo Twister Assault Rifle, Veiled Precision SMG
A-Tier	Typhoon Blade, Sentinel Pump Shotgun, Fury Assault Rifle
B-Tier	Fire Oni Mask, Twinfire Auto Shotgun, Hunting Rifle, Surgefire SMG
C-Tier	Suppressed Pistol, Oni Shotgun

✓ pro tip

If you’re more comfortable with a gun from a lower tier, that shouldn’t stop you from using it. Practice and experience with a weapon can often trump most other advantages. In fact, you should always experiment with different weapons until you land on your favourites.

Best Fortnite weapons explained

These are the most powerful weapons currently in the game. If you manage to loot them, they can certainly play a major role in helping you win the Victory Royale. Getting your hands on these will be a major boon in any match.

Holo Twister Assault Rifle

Weapon Stats

• Rarity: Common/Uncommon/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Mythic
• DPS: 149.85/160.95/166.5/177.6/183.15/199.8
• Damage: 27/29/30/32/33/36
• Fire rate: 5.55
• Magazine size: 25
• Reload time: 2.80/2.67/2.55/2.42/2.29/2.17

Pros

• Has a 1.3x Scope
• Has Weapon Canting enabled
• First Shot Accuracy

Cons

• Significant Damage Falloff

Holo Twister AR is a hitscan weapon and is quite similar to the OG Assault Rifle due to its rate of fire and usage when canting is enabled. The weapon is extremely effective in medium to long-range fights where you need to be accurate with your shots, as first-shot accuracy really damages your enemies significantly. However, when it comes to close-range combat, you may want to avoid this due to its slower rate of fire than the other AR this season. Still, the weapon reigns supreme this season and is the preferred Assault Rifle, and you can even get a mythic version of the gun by hacking a train chest!

Veiled Precision SMG

Weapon Stats

• Rarity: Common/Uncommon/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Mythic
• DPS: 154.5/164.8/175.1/185.4/195.7/206
• Damage: 15/16/17/18/19/20
• Fire rate: 10.3
• Magazine size: 21
• Reload time: 2.37/2.26/2.15/2.04/1.93/1.83

Pros

• Precise, with low recoil
• High damage output

Cons

• Isn’t effective with canting enabled

Veiled Precision SMG is the second-best gun in the game, thanks to its 1.15x Red Eye Sight modded on top of the gun. The weapon excels at medium-range fights where you need more stability with your shots and pinpoint accuracy. This is one of the best SMGs introduced in the game. It is far more effective in long-range shots than usual SMGs. However, with canting enabled, it performs quite similarly to its counterpart, the Suppressed SMG. You can also grab the mythic version by defeating the Night Rose boss at Demon’s Dojo and thanks to the Fire Boon, you can have much quicker reloads to truly embrace a hitscan pray and spray meta in the game.

Typhoon Blade

Weapon Stats

• Rarity: Epic/Mythic
• DPS: 48
• Damage: 30 (Slash), 70 (Slam), 90 (Cyclone Slash)
• Structure damage: 16 bullets / 80 rockets
• Fire rate: 1.6
• Durability: 100
• Cooldown: 7 seconds

Pros

• Very quick, fast-paced melee weapon
• Has traversal abilities
• Falling Strike has good AoE damage

Cons

• Ineffective against players with higher rarity shotguns

Typhoon Blade is the sole melee weapon in Chapter 6 Season 1 and is one of the quickest Fortnite weapons. It truly lets you become a Ronin as you can move swiftly around enemies and land some devastating strikes on them. However, only use it if you want to disrupt an enemy team’s attack while your teammates fire at them to finish them off. Still, Typhoon Blade works great to traverse around the map with its Air Dash abilities and with the Wind Leap you become as swift as the wind in Fortnite.

Sentinel Pump Shotgun

Weapon Stats

• Rarity: Common/Uncommon/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Mythic
• DPS: 78.2/83.3/87.55/91.8/96.9/101.15
• Damage: 92/98/103/108/114/119
• Fire rate: 0.85
• Magazine size: 4
• Reload time: 5.39/5.14/4.9/4.66/4.41/4.16

Pros

• Gives the vanilla Pump Shotgun experience
• Hard hitting headshot damage
• Tighter spread and accurate

Cons

• Slow fire rate
• Long reload time

Sentinel Pump Shotgun is your vanilla Pump Action Shotgun experience in Fortnite, which is a slow-firing hard-hitting weapon where aiming for the enemy’s head is your best course of action. Thanks to the return of hitscan, players need to aim more accurately since it comes with a tighter spread and crosshair. But if you’re facing off an enemy with a Twinfire Auto Shotgun or an SMG, it becomes quite challenging to match their rate of fire, hence your OG shotgun skill of being precise with only a few shots comes in extremely useful. You can also get the mythic variant of this weapon by defeating the Shogun X boss on the Rift Island since it brings you closer to that 200-pump damage you’re looking for in a shotgun.

Fury Assault Rifle

Weapon Stats

• Rarity: Common/Uncommon/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Mythic
• DPS: 163.9/171.35/178.8/186.25/193.7/208.6
• Damage: 22/23/24/25/26/28
• Fire rate: 7.45
• Magazine size: 28
• Reload time: 2.91/2.78/2.65/2.52/2.38/2.25

Pros

• Quick rate of fire
• High damage output
• Quick reload time

Cons

• High recoil
• Ineffective for long range shots

Fury Assault Rifle is similar to the Hammer AR from Reload game mode. It’s a fast-firing weapon and inflicts some heavy damage to enemies. While it does not come with a scope, the speed grip modded on the weapon enables you to go quickly in and out of ADS and has a shorter reload time than most guns in the game. However, it’s difficult to control if you’re engaged in long-range fights which may spoil the fun you’re having damaging enemies that are closer with this gun.

Besides using the best weapons to win fights, you should also look into getting more XP for your time – that’s where the best XP maps in Fortnite come into play.