Dauntless Weapons Tier List [May 2024] - GamingScan (2024)

The Aether Strikers have a high skill cap to them, but what’s great about this is they’re also accessible to beginners. Maximizing the damage your aether strikers provide requires a lot of precise resource management and placement. However, players who don’t utilize this can also dish out serviceable damage. That’s how good this weapon is.

To sum up the aether strikers, they’re a clear S-tier as is, and can be elevated further with proper investment from the player.

As if that’s not devastating enough, the Hammer’sconcussive salvoability provides a ranged attack option that can also interrupt a charging enemy. In several cases, this will be the attack that forces an opening for you to go absolutely ham on a downed enemy.

All these great attributes come with a price. The Hammer arguably has the highest skill cap of any weapon in the game. Its slow, methodical, and precise play style requires technical mastery of the game’s mechanics, as well as stellar execution on the part of the player.

Putting the novelty aside, the Chain Blades are one of the best weapons in the game because of their excellence in all aspects. They have a fast attack speed, you gain a lot of mobility while wielding them, you can use them in varying ranges, and their damage potential can also go through the roof because of thereaper dance stacks.

One thing to note about this weapon is that it’s easy to fall into the habit of button mashing because of how fast you attack. To make the Chain Blades shine, you need to have good knowledge of the game’s mechanics such as severing parts, positioning, and interrupting enemies. Once you master these, you’ll have the easiest time cutting through enemies with this weapon.

This weapon excels at severing monster parts because of its slashing type of attack. Because of its fast attack speed and non-committal moves, the sword is a safe weapon to use – perfect if you’re looking to experiment with the game’s various mechanics.

Damage-wise the sword is sort of middle-of-the-pack, but that disappears once the player utilizes the right builds and playstyles. The one that revolves around the cyclone ability (AKAspin-to-win) is especially useful against the swaths of behemoths you’ll encounter

Overall, the sword is a solid weapon that only gets better the more experience the player has with it.

The pike’s repertoire is quite easy to nail down. Attack your enemy, gain charges, then blast them to stagger. While this is a decent strategy, the pike’s slow attacks and limited mobility prevent this from being executed flawlessly. Now if you had more evasive actions, or if the pike didn’t consume as much stamina as it does, then the pike would place higher on this list.

Repeaters are versatile weapons. They provide sustained damage from afar, elemental buffs that take advantage of enemy weaknesses, and decent mobility while using them. The problem is that the game goes out of its way to disincentivize the player from using the weapon’s niche use. For instance, repeaters suffer from damage loss if you shoot too far from the opponent. Additionally, theempowered reloadbuff can only be activated within a certain range from the enemy.

All these restrictions neuter the repeaters’ versatile use case. They are certainly viable for any challenge the game has to offer, but we feel like they could be a lot better.

Axes are also good because of theirresolveanddeterminationmechanics. These two traits cover the player both bolster the player offensively and defensively.Resolveincreases your resistance to staggering, whileDeterminationbuffs your damage through the roof.

Mastering both of these will lead to quick, yet safe encounters with behemoths throughout your playthrough. Despite the axe’s relatively simple move set, it’s still a good weapon.