So you’ve just started playing Faster Than Light and aren’t sure which characters are good? Well, you’re in luck, as that’s exactly what our Faster Than Light weapons tier list is here to help with. In this very guide, we rank …
So you’ve just started playing Faster Than Light and aren’t sure which characters are good? Well, you’re in luck, as that’s exactly what our Faster Than Light weapons tier list is here to help with. In this very guide, we rank all of the characters from S tier to D tier, with S being best and D being worst. That way, you can focus on filling out your party with S and A tiers to ensure that you perform well, skipping the B-D tiers. We’ll also include a description of the tiers so you know what they actually mean.
Faster Than Light is a classic roguelike game that was originally released back in 2012! You play as a member of a spaceship crew, and it’s your job to protect the galaxy! Similarly to other roguelike games, you need to overcome every obstacle possible to progress further into the game. Use strategic combat to battle against evil and take part in text-based scenarios that depend heavily on your choices.
You can learn more about it on the official site. We also recommend checking out our Survivor.io tier list, Destiny 2 weapon tier list, and our Diablo 4 tier list.
Before we move onto the tier list proper, here’s a description of how our tiering system works so that you can make sense of it.
Here’s a brief explanation of each of our tiers:
God tier weapons.
Solid weapons that are great for filling gaps when you don’t have enough S tiers.
These weapons start strong but fade later on. Don’t be ashamed to use them, but do swap them out as you obtain S and A tiers.
In certain game modes, or at the beginning, weapons in this tier can excel. Mostly, they’re useless though.
Never use D tiers unless you can’t avoid it. They’re awful at all game modes, and at all phases of the game.
Still unsure about our tier list? Got questions about Faster Than Light in general? Hopefully our tier list can help!
We should probably have answered this question at the beginning, eh? A tier list is, quite simply, a list of all of the weapons in a specific game ranked from best to worst. In our case, S is the best characters with D being the worst, and A, B, and C filling the gaps.
The purpose of a tier list is to help you determine which weapons to use at all stages of the game. We try and make our tier list as useful as possible by explaining our tier system.
For example, there are instances where certain weapons are excellent during the beginning of a game, but fade later on. Or, they could be good at a certain game mode. We’ll always try and make this clear.
We used a number of different sources when selecting our Faster Than Light weapons tier list, but, primarily, we judge based on our personal experience with the game. As a result, it is bound to be quite a subjective list, but there’s no getting around that.
To determine the rankings, we both experiment with the weapons in the game (if unlocked), as well as theory-craft based on skill descriptions and raw statistics. That’s why you’ll see our tier list change so much when a game first launches, as we’re in the testing phase.
It’s also worth noting that we do scour communities, like Reddit, for community feedback. If the general consensus is that a specific weapon is strong or weak, we will reflect that in our tier list. That way, it’s got a certain degree of objectivity.
We’ll wrap this section up by reminding you that tier lists are subjective by nature. Your experience may vary completely to ours, so take it with a pinch of salt.
You can expect to see an update to our Faster Than Light weapons tier list whenever a new weapon is introduced. It might take us a while to test the weapon for ourselves though, so expect a brief delay.
We also update the list whenever a big balance patch hits, as this will throw the meta out the window. Again, there may be a brief delay as we experiment with the changes and update our rankings.
