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There's about 40 weapons in dead rails with loads of useless melees,
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There's about 40 weapons in dead rails with loads of useless melees,
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awful explosive weapons, and even a literal lightning cannon.
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But which ones are worth using and which ones aren't even worth a second thought?
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That's where we're going to find out in today's video where we're going to be using every single weapon,
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placing them on a tier list,
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and figuring out which ones you need to use right now.
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Make sure you stick until the end because there's going to be some weapons
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that you may not have even known are in the game.
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And of course, hit that subscribe button so you can keep up with all of the latest videos.
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Let's start off simple, the melees.
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I know there's a lot of different ones in the game with unique stats,
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but let's be real, they're all basically the same,
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other than a couple that we'll cover separately.
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The melees overall, though, are like the shovels,
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pickaxes, cavalry sword, are basically all the same and deserve no higher than a C tier,
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in my opinion.
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They work if you have literally no other weapon,
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but otherwise, zero point in using them.
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The Excalibur, while a melee on its own, is absolutely ridiculous.
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It basically just sprays lightning down at whatever you do a charged hit on,
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and there's almost nothing to say about it other than the fact that it's super OP.
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It's one of the few melees that I'd be proud to wield,
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and I'd give it an S tier all day, any day.
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The Vampire Knife needs little to no introduction.
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It heals on doing damage,
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and is the default weapon for the Vampire class.
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It makes you basically invincible whenever you're playing that class,
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but for anything else, it's honestly kind of buns,
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other than doing charge shots.
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But other than being a general upgrade over most other melees,
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it's just generally as impractical as any other.
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Definitely B tier.
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Unless you're playing Vampire, then it's goaded.
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The Spear of Longius? just Longinus?
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Whatever you call this thing,
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it is extremely rare, and it's one of the newest weapons in the game.
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It's got a cool model,
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and while a pretty rare find from just evil churches,
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it basically covers anyone you hit in holy water,
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causing them to get struck by lightning.
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Kinda overall similar to the Excalibur in a sense,
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though whenever I found it,
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it was broken and I wasn't able to buy it.
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I also couldn't find it again,
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but if it does work how I think it does,
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it is a solid S-tier weapon.
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The revolver was always a super solid starter gun,
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and while it still is, there are some issues.
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While reloading, it only reloads one bullet at a time,
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which luckily it can be interrupted.
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Damage is kind of exactly what you'd expect,
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where it's pretty solid and it sounds really nice too,
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though sometimes it doesn't have a gunshot sound.
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No idea why, but it is really nice though for early game and a really nice B tier.
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The Mauser is more of the same with the revolver,
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but generally it is a little bit better.
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While it does appear to do about the same damage,
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it has a magazine which reloads really fast,
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and for sure one of the best secondaries in the entire game.
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Another solid B tier.
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I used to really hate the navy revolver because it was slow
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and didn't do that much damage to compensate
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But now it fires as fast as you can fire it
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and reloads all six rounds in a matter of like two seconds The best part?
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It does insane damage for what it is
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and it's also really easy to get now I don't think anyone has an issue with A tier on this.
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The Flintlock.
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This thing is also a pretty new weapon,
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and for sure one of the most unique as far as ranged weapons go.
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It's not super rare being found in most places that other weapons can be,
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and it does a ton of damage.
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Sadly, the reload time is a little bit longer than desired,
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but it is pretty good if you're dealing mostly with smaller enemies or one-on-one engagements.
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If you're fighting a ton of werewolves, though, you're absolutely cooked.
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B tier seems pretty fair,
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but let me know if you think otherwise.
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The Thompson.
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This was originally an admin-only weapon,
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but not too long ago got added as a game pass,
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and is now honestly one of those things that I would say is a must-have.
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Lore-wise, it is considered a futuristic weapon,
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and while not doing a ton of damage,
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it is a ton of fun,
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but sadly though, it does chew through ammo pretty quick.
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It's good for those enemies that just tank loads of shots,
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since your magazine feels like it just goes on forever,
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but in general, I would just give it an S tier,
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just for the fun factor alone.
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I have such a love-hate relationship with the sawed-off because on one hand,
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it is a load of fun It's super common and can do a ton of damage Keyword,
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can Because on the other hand,
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half of the time that I use it,
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it either does very little
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or zero damage This has been an issue since the weapon was added
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and I'm honestly shocked that they never fixed it When it does work,
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it is great, but half of the time that it doesn't So sadly,
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I have to leave it with probably a C tier at the moment When it works though,
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absolute A tier
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The shotgun honestly always has been a favorite what's not to love It's got insane damage fast interruptible reload
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and honestly it just looks great Sadly though It does have the same issue
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that the sawed off has making it really inconsistent
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And in a game where you need really consistent damage You can just lose an entire run
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because it decides not to do any damage I really do love it
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and i'm sure that most people do as well
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But it does need to be fixed for the moment b
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tier Most of us are gonna know about the blunderbuss It's not super common,
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but you can find it decently often in general stores,
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and it's easy enough to find at the prison.
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It just shreds through anything.
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Sure, reload times are long,
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but that's literally the only downside beyond it just not having a new animation yet.
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Nothing less than 8s here is acceptable for this thing.
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It's really good.
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The Springfield is a single-shot,
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long-reload, high-damage weapon that performs very similar to,
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like, a long version of the Flintlock mentioned earlier.
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They're pretty rare, and I only ever saw one in the course of multiple hours in matches,
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But when I did find it, I was super hyped.
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There's not really a ton to say, it's basically just good.
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Good, but super slow.
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I think for the moment,
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B tier suits it well.
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The elephant rifle is an absolute beast.
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It's basically just a double-barreled shotgun that fires slugs and does a butt-ton of damage.
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The reload isn't super long for it too,
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meaning that you have an amazing option for whenever you just need to do a ton of damage really fast.
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I'd say it is a solid S tier find.
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The basic rifle, or lever action rifle,
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was at one time the general just best weapon in the game.
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But after so many weapons being added,
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new animation overhauls, and just generally more options to play with,
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uh, yeah, it's still great.
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The only downside now is that you can't spam,
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fire, and reload at the same time,
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kind of like how you used to be able to do with the shotgun,
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but it does have an interruptible reload,
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and still some great damage and aesthetics.
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So I think A-tier definitely works well.
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The bolt action rifle is basically the same thing as the lever action At least it used to be
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Because now it has its own set of animations A new reload,
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new damage numbers, and frankly just clean gameplay It's amazing on its own,
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but you won't be melting crowds with it For smaller groups of enemies
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or just single heavy enemies It definitely holds its own very well
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And with having a pretty quick reload I'm more than happy to give it an A tier
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The revolving rifle is one of the newest weapons in Dead
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Rails Being one of the few remaining weapons to not have gotten an animation overhaul that it so,
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so desperately needs.
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It performs really similar to both the rifle and the bolt action,
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but it's a little bit closer to the bolt action in the way that it reloads,
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and generally it's just a fantastic choice to take into battle against most enemies in the game.
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It did take me several hours and like three total matches to find it,
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but if you do come across it,
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it's more than a worthy pickup,
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and again, an easy A tier.
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If you haven't used the crossbow, just don't.
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Don't, don't ever.
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There's nothing to say.
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F tier.
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Next.
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The Firework Gun was added during the 4th of July update,
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and I thought that it would be gone after that,
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but luckily, it does persist.
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It's actually a fairly common find alongside the ammo itself,
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and it's really similar to the Electrocutioner in the sense that it does a ton of AoE damage per hit.
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It makes for a great panic weapon,
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especially if you're playing classes like Werewolf or Survivalist that get big damage buffs,
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and though some may disagree,
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I'm definitely going with S tier on this.
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One of the icons of Deadrails is going to be the Electrocutioner.
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This weapon right here.
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The reason you aren't seeing gameplay of it,
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though, is because the whole Tesla lab is just disabled,
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since there's two brain jars,
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and every piece of Nikola Tesla was named Template.
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She just couldn't be built.
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So apparently there's no way to actually use it right now,
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but we all know what the Electrocutioner is.
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S-tier, all the way, anything less than that is a sin.
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The Maxim Gun is basically as old as the game itself,
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being the first, and for the moment,
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the only mountable automatic turret-type weapon in the game.
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It's commonly found out in the wild and can be bought at gun stores.
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It's pretty fun to use,
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but sadly, playing solo doesn't give it much of a use.
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Though if I'm to rate it fairly on just the weapon itself and how it performs,
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I'd definitely say it's a B tier.
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Damage does seem to have been buffed from the last time that I used to be super into this game,
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but it definitely can help out if you've got a team with you,
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since you can just literally mount them anywhere on the train.
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The Ballista is an insane sniper and great for quickscoping.
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Oh wait, wrong game.
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The Ballista is a mountable giant crossbow,
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and similarly to the Maxim Gun,
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it's not super useful in solo games,
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and generally it's quite a bit worse.
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It does do a decent amount of damage,
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and the ammo type isn't particularly rare,
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but it's very situational given its very poor accuracy,
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horrendous range, slow reload time,
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and uh, yeah, that's pretty much it.
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It's not super bad or anything,
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it's just not really that crazy,
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and I think it's worthy of C tier on the list at this time.
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The Cannon, much like the last two,
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is a mountable weapon that is decently rare,
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having I believe only one location that it can be found,
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and an explosive ammo type that more than makes up for its rarity and damage.
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I mean, it's a literal cannon.
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What more do you want?
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This one is decently useful in solo,
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especially against like massive hordes of enemies,
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and in general, I have few if any bad things to say about it.
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Though, one of the good things I can say is it gets a nice spot right at A tier.
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For explosives, I'm gonna dump them all into kind of the same tier.
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That includes mines, dynamite, explosive barrels, all of it.
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I don't really ever find them useful as far as damage dealers goes,
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given how otherwise dangerous they are to you and your teammates.
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And while dynamite used to be great for breaking into banks,
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no one really does that anymore.
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What more can I say other than of course,
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I believe they are the epitome of what D tier weapons are.
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In kind of keeping things grouped together,
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throwables and touchables is what this segment is going to be called.
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That's going to be things like molotovs,
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holy water, bear traps, crucifixes, that kind of thing.
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These all generally do feel decently useful,
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especially because they pose a lot less risk than some of the explosive weapons do,
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but they're all generally kind of mid in their own right,
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be it because of their rarity,
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being extremely expensive to buy,
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or their effectiveness just generally being kind of buggy.
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For that, I'm gonna have to go with probably about a C tier overall.
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I don't hate any of them in particular,
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just generally I'd rather sell some of these to get some cash,
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and I don't feel like they've ever been flushed out as well as they could have been.
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Lastly, the Tesla Cannon, and the second case for the Electrocutioner.
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This thing is an absolute monster,
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costing an insane amount of money,
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and just overall taking up way too much space.
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This single-shot weapon is basically the cannon combined with the Electrocutioner.
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It gets a single shot that can only be reloaded by hitting it three times with lightning,
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and it can be bought only at evil churches.
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I mean, it's just gotta be S-tier.
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This thing is ridiculous, though I couldn't actually find one,
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so they're probably pretty rare,
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but generally, the one time I've used it, it was pretty crazy.
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Well, boys, we have done it.
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We've made it to the end,
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and we've basically made a pretty sizable tier list here.
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I know I combined some things together,
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but come on, do you really want to hear me explain the differences between the pickaxe and the shovel?
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What do you think of the list overall, though?
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Was I right about everything, as usual?
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Or do you want to rip the head off my shoulders?
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In-game, of course.
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Let me know your guys' thoughts in the comment section below,
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and of course, make sure to subscribe,
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and let me know your favorite deadrails weapon in the comment section below.
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With that said, thank you so much for watching,
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and I'll see you guys in the next video.
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Peace, dudes.
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