7 Most Powerful Weapons in The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners
Here is a List of 7 of the Most Powerful Weapons in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners Tourist Edition. There are a ton of weapons to be had in The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, but from firearms to fire axes these 7 take the cake as the most devastating and effective.
Cleavers
As far as one handed melee weapons in The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners there is none that is more durable and as effective than the Cleaver. There’s no need to stab a pointy thing through a walker’s brain with these, that’s too hard, and needs you to be so precise. Instead just swing wildly at their neck or skull for easy disposal! Cutting straight through skull into brain is so straightforward with the Cleaver.
You can acquire the basic Cleaver by upgrading the Survival Bench to level 7. There is also a better version of it called the 4th and Pain. You can get the recipe for it by going to the Nurse’s office in Rampart High School, which is on the 1st floor of the West Wing in the southernmost room.
Cleavers are sharper and last way longer than other one handed melee weapons. Not to mention they also knock down wooden barricades pretty easily. Once you get the hang of it decapitations become second nature, just time it right and aim for the neck. The only downside is that they are hard to throw, but that’s what guns are for!
Nova 1014
There is no zombie killing weapon more iconic than a good old pump action shotgun. Well the Nova 1014 delivers here in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. It has a perfect match of spread and accuracy, holds up to 9 shells (including the chamber) and is the #1 easiest way to get headshots on walkers whether they are alone or in a crowd.
You simply cannot beat the Nova 1014 when it comes to an all around damage dealer from afar. Even your old grandma could use one of these, you hardly even need to aim, so it doesn’t matter if she has cataracts. Just work the pump each time you fire and aim high. You can mow through an entire crowd of walkers with a fully loaded Nova.
AR-416
Ah the AR 416. There’s really nothing to compare it to, it exists on a level of its own. It is the only fully automatic weapon in the game. In terms of getting more bullets down range it is unmatched, unbeatable. It is also accurate, and able to take down enemies at longer ranges than the Nova 1014.
The downside when fighting against walkers with the AR-416 is that you still need to take your time and place shots in order to get that perfect headshot. Of course against other humans with guns that doesn’t matter. Against people there is no firearm more capable than the AR as even the most heavily armored enemies go down in a burst or two from this powerful weapon.
Grass Cutter Katana
There’s just something special about a Katana slicing through a zombie’s neck. It’s just so… visceral and satisfying at the same time. There is no better way to experience that than by using the Grass Cutter Katana in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. The exquisite melee combat system and the shiiing noise the blade makes when chopping through a walker’s neck cannot be beaten. Watching the head fly off is an added bonus.
As far as Two Handed Melee weapons the Katana is unbeaten. Other two handed melee weapons tend to break apart quickly and be very unwieldly. Spike bats and Fire Axes are all heavy, making them not only slow to swing but very draining on your Stamina.
The Grass Cutter is the perfect solution to all of this. Razor sharp and durable, it can take a walker’s head clean off or chop right through their skull. It is fast to swing and does not drain a ton of stamina, hopping from walker skull to walker skull and slicing through them has never been easier with this blade. You’ll feel like an anime swordsman cutting through a crowd of enemies.
Oh, and those with the Tourist Edition of the game can get the Absolution, a replica of Michonne’s Katana from the The Walking Dead TV show. It’s just as good, and looks like an authentic sword all the way from Japan!
Nail Bomb
Admittedly there are some drawbacks to explosives. They’re loud, which can attract walkers and hostile humans alike. They’re also dangerous, and used improperly they can blow you up just as easily as they can blow up your enemies.
But the Nail Bomb also makes a big explosion that can take out a crowd of walkers or guards in an instant. What’s more powerful than an explosion? This is a list of powerful weapons, not quiet ones.
The Nail Bomb makes limbs fly off and causes instant death to anything living or unliving in a respectably large radius. If you’re here looking for power than that is definitely power. It’s easy to use, just chuck The Nail Bomb far away, and wherever it hits the ground, boom.
FS92M 9MM
There are a few handguns in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, but none can possibly beat the FS92M, because all of the alternatives are six shooter revolvers. This isn’t the wild wild west, this is the walker infested ruins of New Orleans, and six bullets just doesn’t cut it compared to 16 in the clip and 1 in the chamber.
The FS92M nine millimeter pistol is semi-automatic, has low recoil, and carries by far the most ammunition out of all handguns. If you want power in your weapons then you want more bullets put into your enemies in less time. That is what the 9mm pistol delivers. Sure the .45 revolver does a little bit more damage, but once you’ve hit someone twice with that cannon the 9mm has already pumped half a magazine into them.
Timed Noisemaker Explosives and Sticky Bombs
Alright so you’ve already heard about explosives here with the Nail Bomb, so why another entry on this list for the other explosive weapons available? Well because nothing there is more powerful than an explosive. A cool sword isn’t, a stream of bullets isn’t. Nothing destroys more completely in The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners than a big explosion. Especially when that explosion is in the right place at the right time.
Let’s say a patrol of Tower Elite Troops is coming down the road toward you, armed to the teeth. You can ready your gun or charge them with your melee weapon of choice… or you can just throw a sticky bomb into their path and wait. The lead Tower grunt walks into the bomb and boom, half of the patrol is turned into body parts.
Now let’s say a huge group of walkers is right on your tail. Your Cleaver just broke apart in your hands and your shotgun is out of bullets. You could keep running until you’re exhausted, hoping to escape or hide before they pull you apart… or you could pull out an Explosive Egg Timer, set it to 5 seconds and toss it behind you as you run. The walkers will be distracted by the noise and crowd around it before… boom!
There’s nothing more powerful than blowing your enemies to bits. The Sticky Bomb Schematic drops from human enemies around the mid game, and the Explosive Egg Timer recipe is in the Rampart Gym beside a dead body behind the locked double doors (you can get in by climbing over the bleachers). Unless a rocket launcher is added later on, it doesn’t get more dangerous than that.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is available on Steam for 39.99$. It is also available on the Oculus Store for 39.99$. This is one of the best Virtual Reality experiences out there right now, with extremely polished survival gameplay and a compelling story. Not to mention an unmatched melee combat system, focusing on piercing the skull of course, because zombies. If you like zombie games then this is one you should not miss. Even if you aren’t a huge zombie culture fan, this is a game that is well worth its price tag for even a single playthrough. There’s even an Arena Survival Mode, and more free updates.