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Space Marine 2: Heroic Weapon Tier List in Patch 11.0
A comprehensive overview of all heroic weapons in Space Marine 2, Patch 11.0, with a detailed Tier List highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and optimal uses.
1. ⚔️ Combi-Melta: Improvements and Weaknesses
- ✅ Significant damage improvements for Melta and Bolter components in Patch 10 and 11.0.
- ⚠️ Despite improvements, the Combi-Melta remains one of the weaker options.
- ❌ The accuracy of the Bolter variant is higher, and the Melta-Rifle is superior to the Combi-Melta.
- ✅ The Stagger effect of the Melta component is useful, e.g. to trigger fast healing.
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: C (possibly B).
00:00 - 01:19
1. ⚔️ Combi-Melta: Improvements and Weaknesses
- ✅ Significant damage improvements for Melta and Bolter components in Patch 10 and 11.0.
- ⚠️ Despite improvements, the Combi-Melta remains one of the weaker options.
- ❌ The accuracy of the Bolter variant is higher, and the Melta-Rifle is superior to the Combi-Melta.
- ✅ The Stagger effect of the Melta component is useful, e.g. to trigger fast healing.
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: C (possibly B).
01:20 - 02:11
2. ⚔️ Xenophase Blade: Bonus Damage and Improved Range
- ✅ Heroic Power Sword with 20% bonus damage for Power Rake attacks (heavy attacks).
- ✅ Better range/wider arc for the swing.
- ✅ Very effective against Neurothrope and Zoanthrope, as the angle of the Power Rake attack is changed.
- ❌ Balanced weapon, which is a disadvantage.
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: A.
02:12 - 03:03
3. ⚔️ Power Gladius: Enormous Buffs and Damage Potential
- ✅ Significant improvement in Patch 11.0.
- ✅ Agile Strike ability grants 120% bonus damage on the next attack after a perfect dodge (stackable up to 3x).
- ✅ The effect lasts 1 second after the first attack, allowing heavy attacks and Shadow Stabs.
- ✅ Increased Damage Cap in the game.
- ✅ Best knife option in the game.
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: S.
03:04 - 03:56
4. ⚔️ Heroic Relic Bolt Pistol: Potential Wasted
- ⚠️ Fallen compared to Patch 10.
- ❌ Lowest Gun-Strike damage of all Bolt Pistols.
- ✅ Useful for Snipers to trigger the "Pattern of Excellence" effect (extra Melta bombs).
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: C or B.
- ➡️ Recommendation: Base damage should be increased.
03:57 - 04:43
5. ⚔️ Relic Battle-Worn Heavy Plasma Incinerator: Automatic Plasma with High DPS
- ✅ Heroic heavy plasma weapon with fully automatic fire.
- ❌ No more charge shots, which removes the Stagger effect.
- ✅ Very high DPS.
- ✅ Can be cooled down quickly by repeatedly pressing the reload button.
- ⚠️ Very high ammo consumption.
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: A.
04:44 - 05:58
6. ⚔️ Choler's Teeth: Heroic Chainsword with Trampoline Stride
- ✅ Heroic chainsword with the perk effect "Fist Fight" (15% bonus damage on heavy attacks).
- ✅ Combo-Skip for heavy attacks (directly into Punch or Punch-Stomp).
- ✅ Trampoline Stride Perk fixed (Double-Stomps).
- ❌ Doesn't do anything that the Blockchain Sword can't do either.
- ❌ Balanced weapon.
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: B.
05:59 - 07:38
7. ⚔️ Wrapped Bolt Sniper Rifle: Controversial, but Powerful
- ✅ One of the strongest heroic weapons.
- ✅ Best Bolt Sniper Rifle in the game.
- ✅ Heroic Perk Effect "Replenishing Hit" (ammo directly into the magazine on headshots).
- ⚠️ Perk effects outside of the heroic perk no longer replenish ammo.
- ✅ Very strong against Tyranids.
- ❌ Less effective against Chaos, as headshots are more difficult to achieve.
- ⚠️ Low magazine capacity (3 shots).
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: S.
07:39 - 08:24
8. ⚔️ Wrapped Instigator Carbine: Favorite for Close to Mid-Range
- ✅ Strict upgrade to other Instigator variants.
- ✅ Better damage on headshots.
- ✅ Very good in close to mid-range.
- ✅ 5-shot burst.
- ✅ Excellent option for Vanguard and Sniper at short range.
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: S.
- ❌ Weakness at very long range.
08:25 - 09:10
9. ⚔️ Chains of Duty: Best Heavy Bolter Option
- ✅ Best heavy bolter in the game.
- ✅ Fencing Window.
- ✅ No charging for maximum rate of fire.
- ✅ 50% Bonus Parry Window.
- ✅ Reduces weapon cooldown from Gun Strikes to zero.
- ⚠️ Fencing Window is lost when switching to secondary weapon.
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: S.
09:11 - 10:25
10. ⚔️ Death's Grasp: Underrated Power Fist with Gun Strike Effect
- ✅ New heroic Power Fist.
- ✅ 200% bonus damage for light attacks.
- ❌ 50% damage reduction for heavy attacks.
- ✅ Additional heroic effect: Execute within 15 meters triggers a Gun Strike.
- ✅ Fencing Power Fist with 15 base strength.
- ✅ Safest weapon in the game.
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: A.
10:26 - 11:35
11. ⚔️ Storm's Dominion: Thunder Hammer with Shock Grenade Effect
- ✅ Heroic Thunder Hammer that creates shock grenade effects on Aftershock.
- ✅ Shock grenade effect on every Smash with Aftershock.
- ✅ No charging of Aftershock required.
- ✅ Assault Ground Pound also receives a shock grenade effect.
- ✅ Best Fencing Thunder Hammer in the game (statistically).
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: A (or S).
11:36 - 13:23
12. ⚔️ Retribution's Bequest: From the Worst to the Preferred Secondary Weapon
- ✅ Greatly improved compared to the PTS version.
- ✅ Highest Gun-Strike damage of all weapons in the game.
- ✅ Perk Effect "No Help Is Coming": Instantly kills an reinforcement-calling enemy with a headshot.
- ✅ Saves ammo as no more angry enemies have to be fought.
- ⚠️ Low ammo reserves.
- ✅ High base strength (12).
- ➡️ Tier List Rating: A.