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@@SavensWorld I always have one in my hotbar as am in-case weapon, you never know when ammo will run out and spears are also ranged and melee, I find that amazing, plus it's fun to throw them in the air and pretend to die when they come back down lol
I will say, the M60 when playing with friends rocks because if you stagger your reloads and shots, you can maintain a constant stream of death even when one person is reloading, it does chew up ammo though
Well dang .. maybe A20 we get sniper love. And I know it may be silly but a T6 steel fire axe can one shot a rad.. I end up running with that mostly only because it's universal
@@SavensWorld Agreed on range being an issue, but dont they also have a self heal book with every punch? Its a surprisingly effective weapon if every punch heals you for a point and kills a zombie.
I like the M60 for horde night, but I've been thinning down the hordes with a sniper rifle and molotovs on the way in. I also like the auto shotgun for horde night, and use the pump action as my heavy hitter for raiding POI's. I treat the Magnum as a small hunting rifle when I cannot get the Desert Vulture.
Cool video, must say I do agree with your picks for best weapons. The one thing that I might also add is that for early game play I think the stone spear tops the list for best weapon. The wooden club and primitive bow are all but useless as far as I'm concerned. I like having two spears, one for throwing and one for poking... LOL
When I started the game I only heard of the auto shotgun and I thought it would be like the M4 Combat Shotgun in KF2 so at first it was my favorite. Then I saw a video about it. My favorite immediately switched to the Pump Shotgun only because of its appearance. Admittedly I'm using the Auto Shotgun currently, I just wanted to try it out for a bit.
M60 is still the best weapon due to time of reload per bullet. This isnt the true ratings since I dont know the exact reload speed so take a grain of salt. Rating Higher is better TAR: 19.49 (54 Mag, 2.77 seconds) M60: 25 (150 Mag, 6 Seconds)
I use 2 x M60, load them on Sunday, shoot them all week. Nothing can shrug off 240 7.62 AP bullets. How often you get mobbed by 60 zombies? Never, not even in Dishong penthouse or Higashi penthouse. I am Str-INT specced, so steel club and 80% steel armor rocks. It simply boils down to if you want to go meta or not. Well explained, Saven!
My favorite weapon is the Club because there is no ammo requirement. When I get a swarm inside a difficult POI, I like using the Auto Shot Gun because it will clear a room of zombies really quickly. Playing a play thru right now and I'm currently using the MP5 or SMG with the Steel Club. Just played thru day 77. It depends on my mood though and what level POI I'm doing. Horde night I built a base similar to your intelligence base, but my maze starts in front of a sniper box in my building, so I can snipe them from behind which effectively neutralizes Demo. It connect to the building where there is two sledges knocking them down if they make it through. In the section that goes parallel to the building I have a 5x trigger plate that activate 4 Dart boxes that face each other at the end of the halls with 3 electric fences to slow them while they get peppered. The trick with the M60 is to use it along side the Assault Rifle. That way you can reload the M60 when you have a chance. I've actually been enjoying your video's. I've been playing this game on and off since Alpha 4. I just looked at my hours in Steam on the game. I've played 4,341 hours total since I started playing.
The m60 has SOOO MUCH MORE AMMO that you don't need to reload as often. That's the entire point. When you get swarmed by a horde, you don't NEED to reload at all for a ridiculous amount of time. Then when you do, the zombies are already gone. I think you may have just misunderstood the point of using the M60 over the Tac.
The m60 if bether then the assault rifle yeah, with a drum mag you will get like 125 rounds, a bit longer reload, but the reload can be decreased with skill points. The assault rifle might have some advantages when roaming and looking since you get a scope and stuff on it, but for taking out a horde of zombie, m60 all the way
Agree on all picks! Kinda thinking on shotgun messiah, it might be worth deliberately skipping book 6 (as long as you find a good auto shotgun or schematic for one). You won't be able to craft magazine tube mods, but the top tier shotgun doesn't use a tube. Or maybe book 4 (I don't generally use slugs, just buckshot or the breaching) That way you could avoid the POI mulching effect :P
What distance is considered "point blank range" on the SMG perk? There's a big difference between cuddling distance and spear melee distance :P (PS: a lot of my horde base designs, I put a pressure plate behind 'me', and wire it up to some "extra" dart traps. When i reload, I also step back onto the plate, and it keeps the zombies thinned out while I'm reloading, without stealing kill-XP the rest of the time)
Wow I didnt know that the steel club was so good. Although the Sledge hammers are the best no skill point weapons in the game they fall off really hard as far as I have seen. Also I totally agree with the auto shotgun being the best weapon in the game overall. It just shreds everything and the ammo efficiency is still good.
my favorite weapon is the stun baton. that thing can destroy everything and is godly and... I can't keep lying sorry. I meant pump shotgun strictly cause of the way is is and as 4 melee it's the spear. but spear doesn't really do as much. so I end up going full Negan and Lucile
theres something about the tactical assault rifle. when i try to use it, i can definitely tell its supposed to be better than the ak... but if i have a comparable ak, im sellin that tac. if we're talkin horde night, i agree with your counterpoint, m60. thing is tho... i think it really just depends which one youre more comfortable with. someone who doesn't like the m60, and likes the tac, use the tac. you will be much better with a weapon you use a lot. edit : one thing i will agree on.. steel club is the goat. love that clip of you just loppin off fifty-leven heads in a row with it.
Well i changed that little building with a tower to a amazing base but it was still at the lower level of material and power but the worst thing that the save is gone
The sledge is a horrible monster of aoe damage, killing all but the most powerful of zombies with a single swing. Knocking down entire swarms with a single strike. Its one and only downside is, its slower attack speed and increased stamina cost, means you cant miss. If you do, you are going to have a very bad time. The club is practically an automatic weapon with flurry of blows meaning you can make super fast power attacks without taking a single second to rest and it may not be AS powerful as the sledge, but its more than powerful enough to crush most zombies quickly. And its so much easier to use because the attack speed means you dont have to be precise with your timing to hit a zombie and not get nailed in return. Its like firing full auto, just spray those power attacks and pray because its going to hit something and will kill it shortly.
I think steel knuckles is better and stronger than steel club. Sure club base damage is higher and the refil stamina meter is nice. But beer changes the whole game to this debate. Beer are so easy to make or you can find them all over the map. It gives 300% bonus damage to brawling which makes the damage way superior to a steel club. Knuckles speed is twice as fast and less stamina, better perks from book. Something I want to mention is the perk 1hp per hit and 20% faster hit and 10% running speed when you get hit by zombies. I used to be a sledge guy then went to club, now knuckles.
Is that some type of "killing corridor" you're using to test out the guns? Do you have a video on how you built it? I know some things changed from A18 to A19 and some base methods from 18 might not work on 19 now so that's why I'm asking if the corridor you're using is effective and do you have a video on it
It is a hatch base design that I call "The Death Hole!" You can check out this video for more info on this base design: ruclips.net/video/3F7D8ccW7vs/видео.html
My bar on horde night is usually auto shotty, 2 m60s, what ever melee im using on that game (usually the spear) and some mollies or explosives of some sort for fun.
7dtd needs some sniper/archer love xD I like the shotgun but I can't use it because i hate the block damage. Lately I end up just going full on mellee and just using turrets/sledges/traps to thin the horde nights into a manageable mellee chokepoint. I use an axe because it's all purpose, and 7dtd has abysmal bag space!
other than t-rex i havn't put a point into weapons yet.. third week was pretty rough ran out of rifle ammo with the AK 9mm pistol ran out fast and the double barrel i got too slow . ended up finishing off with my steel sledge... time to start putting points into weapons. figure tac rifle since i looted a low quality somewhere and save my 9mm for turrets.
While your reasoning is solid, I think both Machine Gunner perk and Bandolier mod is enough to curb M60 reload length a respectable amount. Not seeing anywhere close to a 6 secs reload, more like 3 secs I think. Probably fast enough to reload before zombies get more than a swing at those hatches. But understandable reasoning there.
Real early game, I just fill my hotbar with as many blunderbuss's as I can. load them between engagements. they are surprisingly stealthy. and you can unload them pirate style real fast and devastate groups of zombies.
Disagree with your tactical rifle/m60 argument, respectfully of course. The m60 magazine being as large as it is, especially with drum mags, and perks to reduce reload time, You make up for those 6 seconds lost in reloading in your pure ability to hose down twice the amount of zombies before reloading, Twice the kills, Twice the reload, Seems pretty fair to me tbh.
You mentioned that zombies do higher damage in groups when discussing reload time on the m60. I didnt know that. I watched your video of things zombies and I dont recall that being mentioned. Is it just because more the merrier for more damage or is it amplified with a certain number of zombies attacking?
You are correct. Huge oversight on my part not including that fact in the zombie tutorial! I believe the damage boost starts at 3 zombies. I will need to do some testing and get back to you.
So sad my machete wasn't chosen as best melee weapon I LOVE the machete and would not use anything else same with SMG-5 never going back to any other primary EVER
M60 beats the Tactical assault rifle as far as I'm concerned the reload to magazine size are just to close. That slightly higher damage will result in more kills in the long run. Yes the long reload is painful but you should have been able to kill everything in the room with just it alone. If the reload is that big of a turn off well...then bring a second M60 with the Cripple um mod to knock down anything left moving the time it takes for them to get up is about the same as your reload. Plus the Bandolier takes a chunk out of it. The bigger the number the more beneficial a bonus percentage is!
I kill a lot more zombies during horde nights using M60's over any other weapon - regardless of the reload speed. The amount of ammo you can carry makes up for it. Carry three or four and reload them all at once. Toss some Molotov's while reloading. It takes roughly the same amount of time to reload once with M60 with a drum because you have to reload twice with the TAR. So that equates out to you firing at zombies longer with M60. You only have to stop once to reload.
I disagree. Giving the zombies 6 full seconds to pile up against your horde base and damage your structure is much worse. The more zombies are in the group, the higher the damage boost they get. The longer you take between being able to thin out the herd, the longer they have to pile up. It just leads to more damage being dealt to your structure and more time and resources you have to expend in order to fix that damage.
@@SavensWorld I don't have that problem of them jamming up against any of my base. They run down a short path, turn around to run down the path again. Usually I just run around on the ground. lol
@@SavensWorld My last game I had a long wall with iron bars along each side and I would jump up on it with mah parkour skills and run back and forth on it. Or I'd jump on to the ground and run around shooting them. You can really buff your character up into a zombie killin' God with these points. lol
@@SavensWorld I put sledge turrets around on my base and had one aimed at each corner before I could build the overhang to sit on up higher. That would keep them from running around to the other side where I couldn't see where they went to go kill them - and then what they do is they all start to pick on one specific block one at a time but they don't bunch up as bad doing that. Love that sledge turret - use it all the time on the path they take and it knocks them off on to a blade trap. choppychoppy lol
I haven't had the chance to use it yet, its actually what im working toward in my current playthrough, but did you consider the magnum's magazine size and the synergy between the third ( I think?) book in magnum enforcer that makes that last shot deal double damage, and the pistol passive which makes every 3 shots deal double damage? I imagine that combo could make short work of any demo men.
@@aladeen9031 Full auto mod, rad remover, and drum magazine for sure. Last slot can be filled by several different options depending on your play style.
i have a warrior difficulty save where ive only used knuckle weapons to attack zombies with. they are reall fun to use and im on day 20 on warrior diff with no deaths, so they deff can be effective
I prefer a bigger magazine. Double the magazine, a bit more DPS.. Not having to rely on a mod to get it full auto? No the M60 is king. Sorry. Especially now with Commando perks the M60 just absolutely annihilates the bloodmoon, if you know what you are doing. You can literally outrun the horde for the entire length of the bloodmoon or even fight them without a problem. Anytime they get too close to you, it is your own failure.
Crap. My sniper rifle sucks. Day 14 horde will be cake walk but guess I better keep an eye out for auto shotgun and desert vulture. Glad I save all the ammo I find
First of all, great info in the vid. Although it becomes tedious when you repeat yourself and over explain. Had to skip several times to get through it.
I thought the baseball bet was better than the steel club? Edit (My Logic): baseball bat is faster and cost less stamina, combined with a high chance to dismember the head with perks/books should kill even the toughest zombies with less than 10 hits
Ammo is currently bugged. Once 19.4 goes stable, it should fix that meaning HP ammo will be ineffective against armored zombies. Although, I'll need to do some more testing once ammo has been fixed.
i noticed you didnt mention any rifles or scoped weapons in the game.. are they not goood in this game? in fallout 4 im a sniper guy... even when i try playing other types of playthru like melee or machine guns etc i always end up going back to sniper rifles.. it suits my playstyle which is why i might not be the best at 7 days to die.. i dont have quick reactions. i dont like doom type games where you stand in the open and blast away at 500 enemies... and quick aiming and pvp jumping about like a loonatic... i like to scout out a base... snipe one or two guys when they dont know im there... retreat change position move in attack again.. run away.. using hit & run tactics.. like american revolutionaries did vs the british etc.. using the terrain to escape and not be hit.. shoot.. dive behind a rock, change position, snipe from a new location etc.. i dont know if any of these tactics are possible in 7 days to die.. so far ive mainly used a spear when not on horde night and a bow from a safe location on horde night.. often missing 9 out of 10 shots with the bow.. (im used to fallout 4 where what you aim at is what you hit - having to aim at a different place above them is new to me)
The thing with snipers is that on horde night( the most important night to stay alive on) they will be charging straight at you so the long range of snipers doesnt help at all and its slow to deal damage to multiple beings so its slow to taking out the hordes. It's why people favor fast weapons like Smgs or ARs
@@jonathannorthcutt4132 yeah im getting problems aiming even with the bow which is why people like to force the zombies into a nice line tunnel for an easy kill zone.. i guess im gonna be forced into doing that... ive done 2 types so far.. one high up where they take ages climbing up, and fall off and walk thru spikes to try to climb up again.. very effective, almost no damage to me or blocks but took up tons of time replaces spikes.. and i cant im at them easily.. my recent one was a small base on top of a bridge girder with a small railing walkway under it for shooting.. still finding it hard to shoot zombies... they move in an erratic fashion.. in fact i think this game cheats like fallout 4 does where enemies stand still when ur not aiming at them and then suddenly magically know ur aiming at them and start moving lots... they will stand still attacking a beam.. the moment i point my composite bow sight at them they magically start flying about all over the place... i feel this is very cheaty for devs to do this.. its virtually impossible to hits stuff while its moving in this game unless its already directly in front of you.. or fallen on the ground... my bridge base, they keep climbing the diagonal girders and jumping towards me but they hit my railing and fall down.. i can then shoot them while they lie on the ground... else i pretty much miss 9 out of every 10 shots.. i also notice stealth doesnt seem to work in horde night... i feel a bit cheated on that too... i spec'd in strength and agility.. why should i lose half my perks abilities when others still work on horde night? ie strength ones?
@@tigrecito48 yeah unfortunately stealth is not an option on horde night they auto know your location but thats ok you dont need too many perks anyway just a good weapon and some ammo
@@jonathannorthcutt4132 im trying to make a strength horde base now... with hatches and a small tunnel.. dunno if it is made in the right way... if i have too many hatches in front of e will they go somewhere else? attack the concrete instead? either will use mace or bow.. i went full strength and agility.. stealth is pretty useful against those poi rooms that are FULL of zombies like the end bits with the most loot etc... i just crouch and take them all out with ease one at a time
@@SavensWorld gotta go for the,head;) Haha i mostly only play on insane, i find other difficulties too easy. on normal or warrior you end up one hittin like every zombie with a baseball bat by day 7 and once you get even a set of scrap armor zombs only do like 3 damage which is sad lol, for me it takes the fear out of the game. the anxiety of, what if get a couple too many on me by going in too reckless and die? i also always play perma- death so i suppose i wnjoy the challenge more than most
They should make it where you have to get mags and load them, it would make it more Immersive and make the gun take more skill then just mag dumping 😂😂.
@@SavensWorld In my current world with my friends, Ive maxed out the Baton stat and got the special mod for it. Its fun to send zombies flying. but yeah its not much more than a novely.
6 ,8 ,9 and 12 should be the mag size on the 45 magnums but then again I'd much rather see more home made guns maybe a junk shooter that lets say maybe you could shoot rocks at zombies or you could always use human turds because idk about you guys but it's fun and funny to throw poop in there face and watch how confused they get
I feel like agility tree weapons are best personally can get long range and stealth with bows melee with knives powerful hand guns and a full auto gun without spreading points across other trees
The bad side is, the bows are not good at all, only for hunting, or stealth kills, knive are not one of the best melee weapons at all, the really good perks in that tree, are the parkour one, the faster attacks, and the gunslinger for smg and .44 vulture.
@@EmeritusIV616 bows are a great starting weapon and are very good for sneak kills witch is what you should be doing if you spec into a sneak weapon knifes are good enough in the start they will take one more hit to the head to kill vs other weapons and do it much faster and for less stamina and you will save a inventory slot late game you should use your guns to kill things on horde night and not your bow machete will do its job for when you need it they may not be the best at everything but you get so much utility from being invested into agility the game isn't hard enough for the actual best build to matter you could call the auto sledge turret the best build in the game potentially as it can solo horde nights worried about a demo drop it on a half block
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And here I am on day 56 without any points into clubs 😂. Sledge gang all the way
To each their own
The most satisfying kills for me are with the sledge. Something about smacking a zombie 5 yards back with a power attack 😎
@@youareafool6884 very satisfying indeed
Sledge is good if you have all the best buff. Otherwise the swing speed is way too slow and takes too much stamina.
@@CrayZJo3Davola Totally agree!
I've been playing with Spears - They seem pretty legitimate. Decent damage and the range is pretty sick.
I love spears! Especially early game. I'm not quite as sold on them at the later stages however.
I am Odin. My tier 6 steel spear is Gungnir
Machete is top or Hammer
@@SavensWorld I always have one in my hotbar as am in-case weapon, you never know when ammo will run out and spears are also ranged and melee, I find that amazing, plus it's fun to throw them in the air and pretend to die when they come back down lol
I will say, the M60 when playing with friends rocks because if you stagger your reloads and shots, you can maintain a constant stream of death even when one person is reloading, it does chew up ammo though
Well dang .. maybe A20 we get sniper love. And I know it may be silly but a T6 steel fire axe can one shot a rad.. I end up running with that mostly only because it's universal
When I first saw what the Steel Axe looks like in the game I got suprised at why is it still considered a tool.
It looks real menacing. 😁
Im running a sniper/shotgun combo, would love to see more snipers and shotgun. Also different calibers and guns like .45 or .338 .
but what about steel knucles? a beer, a grandpas moonshine and you re ready to slay all zombies one punch
and ready fast attack speed too
Steel Knuckles are also a great melee weapon, and also a whole lotta fun! The main drawback is the range of the weapon.
@@SavensWorld Agreed on range being an issue, but dont they also have a self heal book with every punch? Its a surprisingly effective weapon if every punch heals you for a point and kills a zombie.
Why reload? Just have 10 M60s on your keybinds.
Guess that's one way to do it
He out of line but not wrong hahahaha
lol Half the horde night is spent switching from gun to gun to keep the hail of bullets flying. The other half spent reloading them all. :p
@@chrishubbard64 so fkn true 🤣
I like the M60 for horde night, but I've been thinning down the hordes with a sniper rifle and molotovs on the way in. I also like the auto shotgun for horde night, and use the pump action as my heavy hitter for raiding POI's. I treat the Magnum as a small hunting rifle when I cannot get the Desert Vulture.
Cool video, must say I do agree with your picks for best weapons. The one thing that I might also add is that for early game play I think the stone spear tops the list for best weapon. The wooden club and primitive bow are all but useless as far as I'm concerned. I like having two spears, one for throwing and one for poking... LOL
Excellent point! Early game, the stone spear is awesome!
When I started the game I only heard of the auto shotgun and I thought it would be like the M4 Combat Shotgun in KF2 so at first it was my favorite. Then I saw a video about it. My favorite immediately switched to the Pump Shotgun only because of its appearance.
Admittedly I'm using the Auto Shotgun currently, I just wanted to try it out for a bit.
M60 is still the best weapon due to time of reload per bullet. This isnt the true ratings since I dont know the exact reload speed so take a grain of salt.
Rating Higher is better
TAR: 19.49 (54 Mag, 2.77 seconds)
M60: 25 (150 Mag, 6 Seconds)
I use 2 x M60, load them on Sunday, shoot them all week. Nothing can shrug off 240 7.62 AP bullets. How often you get mobbed by 60 zombies? Never, not even in Dishong penthouse or Higashi penthouse.
I am Str-INT specced, so steel club and 80% steel armor rocks.
It simply boils down to if you want to go meta or not.
Well explained, Saven!
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My favorite weapon is the Club because there is no ammo requirement.
When I get a swarm inside a difficult POI, I like using the Auto Shot Gun because it will clear a room of zombies really quickly.
Playing a play thru right now and I'm currently using the MP5 or SMG with the Steel Club.
Just played thru day 77.
It depends on my mood though and what level POI I'm doing.
Horde night
I built a base similar to your intelligence base, but my maze starts in front of a sniper box in my building, so I can snipe them from behind which effectively neutralizes Demo. It connect to the building where there is two sledges knocking them down if they make it through.
In the section that goes parallel to the building I have a 5x trigger plate that activate 4 Dart boxes that face each other at the end of the halls with 3 electric fences to slow them while they get peppered.
The trick with the M60 is to use it along side the Assault Rifle. That way you can reload the M60 when you have a chance.
I've actually been enjoying your video's. I've been playing this game on and off since Alpha 4.
I just looked at my hours in Steam on the game. I've played 4,341 hours total since I started playing.
I once got a SMG schematic very early in the game, and for a good 50 days it became my panic attack gun
The SMG is awesome!
The m60 has SOOO MUCH MORE AMMO that you don't need to reload as often. That's the entire point. When you get swarmed by a horde, you don't NEED to reload at all for a ridiculous amount of time. Then when you do, the zombies are already gone. I think you may have just misunderstood the point of using the M60 over the Tac.
The m60 if bether then the assault rifle yeah, with a drum mag you will get like 125 rounds, a bit longer reload, but the reload can be decreased with skill points. The assault rifle might have some advantages when roaming and looking since you get a scope and stuff on it, but for taking out a horde of zombie, m60 all the way
Agree on all picks!
Kinda thinking on shotgun messiah, it might be worth deliberately skipping book 6 (as long as you find a good auto shotgun or schematic for one). You won't be able to craft magazine tube mods, but the top tier shotgun doesn't use a tube. Or maybe book 4 (I don't generally use slugs, just buckshot or the breaching) That way you could avoid the POI mulching effect :P
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What distance is considered "point blank range" on the SMG perk?
There's a big difference between cuddling distance and spear melee distance :P
(PS: a lot of my horde base designs, I put a pressure plate behind 'me', and wire it up to some "extra" dart traps. When i reload, I also step back onto the plate, and it keeps the zombies thinned out while I'm reloading, without stealing kill-XP the rest of the time)
That is a great question! I'm not 100% sure what constitutes point blank range. Definitely need to test that.
I most like to have in my belt: Steel club, M60-(is the best weapon for me), Auto shotgun, Sniper rifle, Machete and Rocket Launcher just for sure :D
My favorite melee weapon is the steel axe, but on my next fresh game I’ll give the steel club a try.
The Steel Club is awesome! I think you'll love it!
just buy the potion to regain al perks
I'm 50 days into a playthrough and I've yet to find an SMG
I actually like the stun baton. It probably isn’t good late game, but the crowd control and being able to permastun zombies is so nice
Wow I didnt know that the steel club was so good. Although the Sledge hammers are the best no skill point weapons in the game they fall off really hard as far as I have seen. Also I totally agree with the auto shotgun being the best weapon in the game overall. It just shreds everything and the ammo efficiency is still good.
my favorite weapon is the stun baton. that thing can destroy everything and is godly and... I can't keep lying sorry. I meant pump shotgun strictly cause of the way is is and as 4 melee it's the spear. but spear doesn't really do as much. so I end up going full Negan and Lucile
Full Negan for the win!!!
my favorite whepons : SNIPER RIFLE + PUMP SHOTGUN + AK-46
theres something about the tactical assault rifle. when i try to use it, i can definitely tell its supposed to be better than the ak... but if i have a comparable ak, im sellin that tac. if we're talkin horde night, i agree with your counterpoint, m60. thing is tho... i think it really just depends which one youre more comfortable with. someone who doesn't like the m60, and likes the tac, use the tac. you will be much better with a weapon you use a lot.
edit : one thing i will agree on.. steel club is the goat. love that clip of you just loppin off fifty-leven heads in a row with it.
Very true. The phrase "Best Weapons" is very subjective. These are my picks, but others may pick something different.
Well i changed that little building with a tower to a amazing base but it was still at the lower level of material and power but the worst thing that the save is gone
I prefer the M60 machine gun for 7.62. With mods.. Its great. If you get multiples its better, you can time your reloads between waves
The sledge is a horrible monster of aoe damage, killing all but the most powerful of zombies with a single swing. Knocking down entire swarms with a single strike. Its one and only downside is, its slower attack speed and increased stamina cost, means you cant miss. If you do, you are going to have a very bad time. The club is practically an automatic weapon with flurry of blows meaning you can make super fast power attacks without taking a single second to rest and it may not be AS powerful as the sledge, but its more than powerful enough to crush most zombies quickly. And its so much easier to use because the attack speed means you dont have to be precise with your timing to hit a zombie and not get nailed in return. Its like firing full auto, just spray those power attacks and pray because its going to hit something and will kill it shortly.
Now you know why I love it so much! My accuracy with weapons is crap on a good day 😂
I ABSOLUTELY agree
I think steel knuckles is better and stronger than steel club.
Sure club base damage is higher and the refil stamina meter is nice.
But beer changes the whole game to this debate. Beer are so easy to make or you can find them all over the map. It gives 300% bonus damage to brawling which makes the damage way superior to a steel club. Knuckles speed is twice as fast and less stamina, better perks from book. Something I want to mention is the perk 1hp per hit and 20% faster hit and 10% running speed when you get hit by zombies. I used to be a sledge guy then went to club, now knuckles.
Knuckles are awesome and a hell of a lot of fun! I still prefer the club but to each their own.
Is that some type of "killing corridor" you're using to test out the guns? Do you have a video on how you built it? I know some things changed from A18 to A19 and some base methods from 18 might not work on 19 now so that's why I'm asking if the corridor you're using is effective and do you have a video on it
It is a hatch base design that I call "The Death Hole!" You can check out this video for more info on this base design: ruclips.net/video/3F7D8ccW7vs/видео.html
@@SavensWorld thanks!!!
If u play pc 7 days the rcoil isnt really that bad i love that gun
My bar on horde night is usually auto shotty, 2 m60s, what ever melee im using on that game (usually the spear) and some mollies or explosives of some sort for fun.
7dtd needs some sniper/archer love xD I like the shotgun but I can't use it because i hate the block damage. Lately I end up just going full on mellee and just using turrets/sledges/traps to thin the horde nights into a manageable mellee chokepoint. I use an axe because it's all purpose, and 7dtd has abysmal bag space!
other than t-rex i havn't put a point into weapons yet.. third week was pretty rough ran out of rifle ammo with the AK 9mm pistol ran out fast and the double barrel i got too slow . ended up finishing off with my steel sledge... time to start putting points into weapons. figure tac rifle since i looted a low quality somewhere and save my 9mm for turrets.
Yeah definitely don't neglect your weapon perks!
Say what u will but the spear was new to me as a previous console player I never had a spear and it was love at first stab ❤️
Well you earned my sub, i got into 7 days to die not long ago you give a lot of helpfull tips and game knowledge.
Thank you! I appreciate your support! You are going to love 7 Days. It is awesome!
The m60 sounds like it would be better if you had covering fire from your friends. I havent played the game yet mind you
While your reasoning is solid, I think both Machine Gunner perk and Bandolier mod is enough to curb M60 reload length a respectable amount. Not seeing anywhere close to a 6 secs reload, more like 3 secs I think. Probably fast enough to reload before zombies get more than a swing at those hatches. But understandable reasoning there.
Time it. You may be surprised.
@@SavensWorld Yeah 5 secs, maybe bandolier isn’t stacking with the perk. Fair enough.
Real early game, I just fill my hotbar with as many blunderbuss's as I can. load them between engagements. they are surprisingly stealthy. and you can unload them pirate style real fast and devastate groups of zombies.
Yeah the blunderbuss is an awesome weapon early game for sure
The smg reload animation bothers me so much
I mostly like the sience weapons, or whatever you call the stunbaton and the robotic turret
The Robotic weapons are pretty sweet!
Sniper rifle and Spear. Keep those jerks as far away as possible thank you.
Disagree with your tactical rifle/m60 argument, respectfully of course.
The m60 magazine being as large as it is, especially with drum mags, and perks to reduce reload time, You make up for those 6 seconds lost in reloading in your pure ability to hose down twice the amount of zombies before reloading, Twice the kills, Twice the reload, Seems pretty fair to me tbh.
2 people with m60's guarding the same tunnel is perfect. You just need to coördinate your reloads (just like irl).
That works
m60 cons is only for single player if you're playing with someone you can have your friend fire zeds while you're reloading
That is a good point
Thank you!! 💕
You're so welcome!
Thank you for this list man really i do mean thannk you
You're welcome!
My favorite word is zombie jerks
Me too 😁
You mentioned that zombies do higher damage in groups when discussing reload time on the m60. I didnt know that. I watched your video of things zombies and I dont recall that being mentioned. Is it just because more the merrier for more damage or is it amplified with a certain number of zombies attacking?
You are correct. Huge oversight on my part not including that fact in the zombie tutorial! I believe the damage boost starts at 3 zombies. I will need to do some testing and get back to you.
@@SavensWorld .
So sad my machete wasn't chosen as best melee weapon I LOVE the machete and would not use anything else same with SMG-5 never going back to any other primary EVER
i love the chete i hate how long it takes me to get a decent one tho lol. used to you couldnt craft them and when i found one i was ecstatic
M60 beats the Tactical assault rifle as far as I'm concerned the reload to magazine size are just to close. That slightly higher damage will result in more kills in the long run. Yes the long reload is painful but you should have been able to kill everything in the room with just it alone. If the reload is that big of a turn off well...then bring a second M60 with the Cripple um mod to knock down anything left moving the time it takes for them to get up is about the same as your reload. Plus the Bandolier takes a chunk out of it. The bigger the number the more beneficial a bonus percentage is!
I kill a lot more zombies during horde nights using M60's over any other weapon - regardless of the reload speed. The amount of ammo you can carry makes up for it. Carry three or four and reload them all at once. Toss some Molotov's while reloading. It takes roughly the same amount of time to reload once with M60 with a drum because you have to reload twice with the TAR. So that equates out to you firing at zombies longer with M60. You only have to stop once to reload.
You can actually do very well against a horde night with the 9mm. pistol properly modded - it reloads almost instantly.
I disagree. Giving the zombies 6 full seconds to pile up against your horde base and damage your structure is much worse. The more zombies are in the group, the higher the damage boost they get. The longer you take between being able to thin out the herd, the longer they have to pile up. It just leads to more damage being dealt to your structure and more time and resources you have to expend in order to fix that damage.
@@SavensWorld I don't have that problem of them jamming up against any of my base. They run down a short path, turn around to run down the path again.
Usually I just run around on the ground. lol
@@SavensWorld My last game I had a long wall with iron bars along each side and I would jump up on it with mah parkour skills and run back and forth on it. Or I'd jump on to the ground and run around shooting them. You can really buff your character up into a zombie killin' God with these points. lol
@@SavensWorld I put sledge turrets around on my base and had one aimed at each corner before I could build the overhang to sit on up higher. That would keep them from running around to the other side where I couldn't see where they went to go kill them - and then what they do is they all start to pick on one specific block one at a time but they don't bunch up as bad doing that. Love that sledge turret - use it all the time on the path they take and it knocks them off on to a blade trap. choppychoppy lol
I haven't had the chance to use it yet, its actually what im working toward in my current playthrough, but did you consider the magnum's magazine size and the synergy between the third ( I think?) book in magnum enforcer that makes that last shot deal double damage, and the pistol passive which makes every 3 shots deal double damage? I imagine that combo could make short work of any demo men.
Not sure why but video is very friendly towards my RUclips recommended analytics, and I appreciate that. Cheers :)
(I post ps4 pvp 7dtd vids)
I love how this guy says Zombie Jerk. That needs to be made into a zombie with a lertterman jacket holding a football or something.
I took a shot of vodka every time he said the word "insane" lol
Oh man! You must be hammered!!!
Is this video still accurate? :)
It is until A20 drops. Then, things may change.
@@SavensWorld Many thanks! Also what are in your opinion the best mods for Tactocil Assault Rifle?
@@aladeen9031 Full auto mod, rad remover, and drum magazine for sure. Last slot can be filled by several different options depending on your play style.
Are the punching weapons any good at all, I feel like they'd be much more loved if you could upper cut zombies off the roof of a POI
The knuckle weapons can be very effective and a whole lot of fun! But I agree, different punching styles or strikes would be cool.
i have a warrior difficulty save where ive only used knuckle weapons to attack zombies with. they are reall fun to use and im on day 20 on warrior diff with no deaths, so they deff can be effective
i think that the amount of ammo in the m60 fully makes up for the reload speed.
I prefer a bigger magazine. Double the magazine, a bit more DPS.. Not having to rely on a mod to get it full auto?
No the M60 is king. Sorry.
Especially now with Commando perks the M60 just absolutely annihilates the bloodmoon, if you know what you are doing. You can literally outrun the horde for the entire length of the bloodmoon or even fight them without a problem.
Anytime they get too close to you, it is your own failure.
just carry a smg5 with the m60 just like you would if ammo is a concern with the tac ar.
Crap. My sniper rifle sucks. Day 14 horde will be cake walk but guess I better keep an eye out for auto shotgun and desert vulture. Glad I save all the ammo I find
First of all, great info in the vid. Although it becomes tedious when you repeat yourself and over explain. Had to skip several times to get through it.
Noted! Thanks for watching!
Hiw do I get the auto shotgun schematic I have broomstick maxed out
Your best bet is to loot the schematic in bookshelves, mailboxes, crack-a-book crates, filing cabinets, etc.
I thought the baseball bet was better than the steel club?
Edit (My Logic): baseball bat is faster and cost less stamina, combined with a high chance to dismember the head with perks/books should kill even the toughest zombies with less than 10 hits
I used steel spear and pistil personnally and so far it works fine
If the SMG can ignore armor, does that make HP rounds effective against armored enemies?
Ammo is currently bugged. Once 19.4 goes stable, it should fix that meaning HP ammo will be ineffective against armored zombies. Although, I'll need to do some more testing once ammo has been fixed.
Do weapons have their own base damage on-top of the ammo damage?
Yes, final output damage is WeaponDamage + BulletDamage
i will say i like firemans axe for melee it has a great swing XD
The best weapon in the game... now now... grandpa's moonshine...., or recog, now that is some broken dandies....
i noticed you didnt mention any rifles or scoped weapons in the game.. are they not goood in this game? in fallout 4 im a sniper guy... even when i try playing other types of playthru like melee or machine guns etc i always end up going back to sniper rifles.. it suits my playstyle which is why i might not be the best at 7 days to die.. i dont have quick reactions. i dont like doom type games where you stand in the open and blast away at 500 enemies... and quick aiming and pvp jumping about like a loonatic... i like to scout out a base... snipe one or two guys when they dont know im there... retreat change position move in attack again.. run away.. using hit & run tactics.. like american revolutionaries did vs the british etc.. using the terrain to escape and not be hit.. shoot.. dive behind a rock, change position, snipe from a new location etc.. i dont know if any of these tactics are possible in 7 days to die.. so far ive mainly used a spear when not on horde night and a bow from a safe location on horde night.. often missing 9 out of 10 shots with the bow.. (im used to fallout 4 where what you aim at is what you hit - having to aim at a different place above them is new to me)
The thing with snipers is that on horde night( the most important night to stay alive on) they will be charging straight at you so the long range of snipers doesnt help at all and its slow to deal damage to multiple beings so its slow to taking out the hordes. It's why people favor fast weapons like Smgs or ARs
@@jonathannorthcutt4132 yeah im getting problems aiming even with the bow which is why people like to force the zombies into a nice line tunnel for an easy kill zone.. i guess im gonna be forced into doing that... ive done 2 types so far.. one high up where they take ages climbing up, and fall off and walk thru spikes to try to climb up again.. very effective, almost no damage to me or blocks but took up tons of time replaces spikes.. and i cant im at them easily.. my recent one was a small base on top of a bridge girder with a small railing walkway under it for shooting.. still finding it hard to shoot zombies... they move in an erratic fashion.. in fact i think this game cheats like fallout 4 does where enemies stand still when ur not aiming at them and then suddenly magically know ur aiming at them and start moving lots... they will stand still attacking a beam.. the moment i point my composite bow sight at them they magically start flying about all over the place... i feel this is very cheaty for devs to do this.. its virtually impossible to hits stuff while its moving in this game unless its already directly in front of you.. or fallen on the ground... my bridge base, they keep climbing the diagonal girders and jumping towards me but they hit my railing and fall down.. i can then shoot them while they lie on the ground... else i pretty much miss 9 out of every 10 shots.. i also notice stealth doesnt seem to work in horde night... i feel a bit cheated on that too... i spec'd in strength and agility.. why should i lose half my perks abilities when others still work on horde night? ie strength ones?
@@tigrecito48 yeah unfortunately stealth is not an option on horde night they auto know your location but thats ok you dont need too many perks anyway just a good weapon and some ammo
@@jonathannorthcutt4132 im trying to make a strength horde base now... with hatches and a small tunnel.. dunno if it is made in the right way... if i have too many hatches in front of e will they go somewhere else? attack the concrete instead? either will use mace or bow.. i went full strength and agility.. stealth is pretty useful against those poi rooms that are FULL of zombies like the end bits with the most loot etc... i just crouch and take them all out with ease one at a time
*INSANE*
I noticed that you didn't mention the sniper rifle.
I didn't mention a lot of weapons
@@SavensWorld I guess that means it's not that good.
Thoughts on chainsaw as a weapon?
I wish it was a viable option in 7 Days. Unfortunately, it just doesn't deal enough damage to the zombie jerks imho.
AwEsum, juUUgde, Insahne!
You play on Insane?
Typically, no. I feel it turns the zombie jerks into bullet sponges, and I don't find that fun.
Gud answa, thamks.
Hev a neis deh, due!
@@SavensWorld gotta go for the,head;) Haha i mostly only play on insane, i find other difficulties too easy. on normal or warrior you end up one hittin like every zombie with a baseball bat by day 7 and once you get even a set of scrap armor zombs only do like 3 damage which is sad lol, for me it takes the fear out of the game. the anxiety of, what if get a couple too many on me by going in too reckless and die? i also always play perma- death so i suppose i wnjoy the challenge more than most
@@brandoneller5359 That's awesome! Like I always say, you play your game your way. As long as you're having fun, it is all good!
@@brandoneller5359 How do you set permadeath? Or permadeath means that if you die, you manually delete your world?
The double barrel shotgun has the highest RPM in the game. This is such a scam.
It's a fact
Drink every time he says insane or zombie jerks. If he says it's the same zombie jerks chug a six pack
I cannot endorse this game for the safety and well being of the viewers 😂
They should make it where you have to get mags and load them, it would make it more Immersive and make the gun take more skill then just mag dumping 😂😂.
You do it when you're pooping. It's off screen
What do you think about the Stun Baton?
Not a fan. It needs some serious rebalancing.
@@SavensWorld In my current world with my friends, Ive maxed out the Baton stat and got the special mod for it. Its fun to send zombies flying. but yeah its not much more than a novely.
@@eckostate94 Oh yeah the Stun Baton can be a lot of fun for sure! I really hope TFP tweak it a bit so it is a more viable primary weapon.
6 ,8 ,9 and 12 should be the mag size on the 45 magnums but then again I'd much rather see more home made guns maybe a junk shooter that lets say maybe you could shoot rocks at zombies or you could always use human turds because idk about you guys but it's fun and funny to throw poop in there face and watch how confused they get
I feel like agility tree weapons are best personally can get long range and stealth with bows melee with knives powerful hand guns and a full auto gun without spreading points across other trees
I do love the Agility attribute! The Stealth Build is awesome!
The bad side is, the bows are not good at all, only for hunting, or stealth kills, knive are not one of the best melee weapons at all, the really good perks in that tree, are the parkour one, the faster attacks, and the gunslinger for smg and .44 vulture.
@@EmeritusIV616 bows are a great starting weapon and are very good for sneak kills witch is what you should be doing if you spec into a sneak weapon knifes are good enough in the start they will take one more hit to the head to kill vs other weapons and do it much faster and for less stamina and you will save a inventory slot late game you should use your guns to kill things on horde night and not your bow machete will do its job for when you need it they may not be the best at everything but you get so much utility from being invested into agility the game isn't hard enough for the actual best build to matter you could call the auto sledge turret the best build in the game potentially as it can solo horde nights worried about a demo drop it on a half block
Will console ever receive the update it so desperately needs??
Check out this video for more info on the console update: ruclips.net/video/D1XqtfbDlCE/видео.html
Can you say "Insane" one more time?
Insane
I’ll stick to my level 6 magnum
Not the Desert Vulture?
@@SavensWorld I use a .44 magnum revolver
@@Jayce762 Cool! The Magnum was my favorite weapon on console!
If you get trapped in a house that shotgun would be useful for blowing out an outerwear to get yourself out lol
Very true!
No machate?
The Machete is pretty sweet, but the Steel Club is better, imho. I do have a video highlighting the Machete on the way, though.
only if weapons are more realistic
Ando nobody carnes about snipers
No 5.56 or .45 weapons is stupid. 3 rifles using 7.62... sigh
Nice review but, yes, just say zombie.
No.
Why am I watching this I play on ps4
the game has like 5 weapons lol
ps4 has alpha 19
downvoted cause he called them zombie jerks every seconds
Sniper rifles anyone?
I love the Sniper Rifle! Awesome weapon!
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Sweet! Thanks!
No bow love
Plenty of bow love coming in the not too distant future! Stay tuned 😉