Which guns is best to use? (Lethal/Non-Lethal)

[XsilverwaterX]

Playing for the 5th time as I am trying to get most of the stealth medals but could easily do that on easy. I wanna know the best loadout in terms of guns like the revolver or tranq-rifle. What enemies I can mercy and others I need to be put down so the other fupps won't wake them up and swarm me.

[Almaz]

so you didn't figure it out for a couple of playthroughs?

[XsilverwaterX]

On no I did. silenced pistol/assault rifle and tranq-rifle for cheese mode. but I'm say what the other guns say to you?

[Almaz]

well, that's pretty much the only weapons for best experience. I always use silenced pistol and tranq-rifle, but in addition to that I like to use revolver for bosses.

[Marksman Max]

AP Zenith literally kills like 98% of the enemies in the game with a single headshot, which is absolutely unreal. I'd say the explosive Diamondback is a close second; the only reason it's not the best firearm in the game is because of Missing Link. You get VERY few revolver rounds, but you can get 10mm ammo pretty much instantly.

The Zenith is also hilariously effective against Namir with AP rounds; you can literally kill Namir with like 8-12 shots to the head depending on difficulty.

As for non-lethal, I think the easiest way to prevent enemies from reviving their friends is literally just avoiding anyone you can (Cloak makes this trivial). Takedowns are the most reliable, the stun gun is an instakill on any non-boss/bot in the game, and the PEPS can be useful at Panchea if you get spotted sneaking around and don't feel like restarting.

Most of the other firearms in the game aren't particularly strong, apart from maybe the Combat Rifle and the Heavy Rifle if heavily modded. Shotguns are pointless since they suck against armored hostiles, the TMP is pointless since it sucks against armored hostiles, and the sniper rifles, while cool, are so useless compared to a modded Zenith its laughable. The Rocket Launcher is complete garbage (a single EMP grenade dose a better job and takes 1/24 of the space), the grenade launcher is a better rocket launcher, the Laser Rifle is so overpowered its ridiculous, and the Plasma Rifle just sort of exists.

The Plasma Rifle is actually pretty good at Panchea if you don't mind murdering innocents.