Weapon tier list: Small-scale

How we choose

Each weapon goes in a tier by its position in the win rate corrected for gear level (50% is expected): S the best 10%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the next 25% and D the last 15%. Under each letter is that tier's win rate range. Only weapons with at least 500 fights are listed, so the number is reliable (128 weapons in this list). Tiers are relative to the other weapons in this list; it is a list of results, not an opinion: a low-tier weapon can work well in your hands.

We use a sample of kills and battles between players, collected several times a day. Each kill is worth one win, split among the builds that took part according to each one's damage and healing (so healers count too), and one loss for the build that died. The average across all builds is therefore 50%. Rankings use a smoothed win rate: builds with few fights are pulled towards 50% so they do not top the list by luck. We correct for gear level: players with better gear win more fights whatever the weapon. So each weapon, build and piece is compared with the others that had gear of the same level, and the win rate shown tells how much it wins above or below what is expected for that level (50% = as expected). We never use or store player or guild names, and kills are discarded once counted.