Best weapon in ME 3

[Tuz]

Without a question of a doubt it is the M7 Lancer.

Why?

The M7 Lancer is similar in appearance to the default M8 Avenger, but is different in all other remarks. First and foremost, it has unlimited ammunition. You will find, especially on Insanity difficulty in Mass Effect 3, that there is a deficit of ammunition dropped by enemies. You will mostly have to rely on stashes, which are not always readily available.

I typically find myself modifying the weapon with clip capacity (mandatory) and either stability to completely remove the upward recoil or the extra armor penetration for armored enemies.

At max rank the M7 Lancer has 85 rounds in its clip and quickly recharges after you pause shooting. It's a light weapon capable of retaining the 200% power recharge rate if used as the only weapon without having to use ultralight mods.

The ability to spray and pray makes it effective with ammunition powers, which proc effects repeatedly. It does a great job bursting down shields and barriers. It can be used on any class effectively without sacrificing any class advantages.

The amount of control this weapon provides to stay on target, with the fact that it never runs dry on ammunition, the light weight of the weapon which does not hinder power usage, and great sustained DPS surely make this the best, most efficient weapon of Mass Effect 3.

As a bonus, this weapon is not instrumental in the hands of your companions. Due to their extra damage buffs and seeming immunity to recoil/dispersion, other weapons are better in their hands such as the N7 Typhoon, which is unwieldy in your hands but insane in your squads setup.

[Dwane Dibbley]

Originally posted by barzai:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

The Pistol from Citadel will oneshot most enemies.

It's waaay heavy though. I have used it and find it less than satisfactory, especially since it's hard to pick off targets at range.

If you're going to accept that much of a weight penalty, consider the Geth shotgun instead. That thing can one-shot almost anything if you pump it up! :-)

With right ammo it has insane DPS, trivializing any big enemy even on insane difficulty.

So yeh, its one of the best weapons once you slap scope on it (oneshoting many enemies to head from distant, 2shoting thru shieldgate).
Another top weapon is Valiant.
Saber is insane rifle if you can aim.
And Particle rifle with fire ammo is insane for squad members.

[FEZ. TF7]

Imo the Geth Shotgun is the best, it's the only weapon that I could solo every multiplayer map on Gold

[Ayrie]

blood pack punisher does so much freaking damage despite weighing so little. you can keep your +100% cooldown (if you use the weight reduction mod) AND still do absurd close range damage. it's making insanity feel not so insane, lmao.

also shout out to N7 typhoon, give it to garrus and he will ascend to godhood (im sure you've all seen that video by now)

[Codo]

Originally posted by Ayrie:

blood pack punisher does so much freaking damage despite weighing so little. you can keep your +100% cooldown (if you use the weight reduction mod) AND still do absurd close range damage. it's making insanity feel not so insane, lmao.

also shout out to N7 typhoon, give it to garrus and he will ascend to godhood (im sure you've all seen that video by now)

Let garrus ascend from mortality and become a God of war and death

... or something like that :P

[sick duck]

The best weapon is the Vanguard with biotic charge and nova. I had to stop spamming those abilities because it got boring. I'd run around with that SMG I can't remember the name of, the one that fires in 5 round bursts. It wasn't a good gun, but each burt was enough to ignite enemies which is all that I was looking for to get a detonation.

[Dwane Dibbley]

Originally posted by sick duck:

The best weapon is the Vanguard with biotic charge and nova. I had to stop spamming those abilities because it got boring. I'd run around with that SMG I can't remember the name of, the one that fires in 5 round bursts. It wasn't a good gun, but each burt was enough to ignite enemies which is all that I was looking for to get a detonation.

Vanguard is all fun and games untill you meet stronger units on insanity. And ye, it gets boring very fast and amount of deaths is just too high compared to other classes.

[sick duck]

I don't know what you mean.