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Phantom Forces Tier List 2026 — Best Weapons Ranked

By Money Lord — Founder & Editor | Updated: August 16, 2026 · 7 min read

Re-verified August 16, 2026 against the current Independence Day 2026 build of Phantom Forces — the newest change-log entry, sitting directly above v11.15.0 (Zarovia Weapons), logged July 5, 2026 and last re-published to Roblox on August 8, 2026. Every damage, RPM, velocity, magazine and unlock figure below comes from live weapon data.

Roblox API numbers, pulled August 16, 2026: 1,957 players in-server (3,028 peak in the previous 24 hours per Rolimon's), 1,790,945,803 lifetime visits, 5,978,417 favourites, and 2,460,421 likes to 250,417 dislikes — a 90.8% rating. For a top-ten shortlist rather than a full class board, see our best Phantom Forces guns ranking; for promos, the Phantom Forces codes page.

S Tier — Best Weapons in Phantom Forces

Four weapons clear the field. Credit prices use the buy-early formula: unlock rank × 140 + 700 CR at Rank 0, falling 140 CR per rank gained.

F90 MBR — Assault Rifle, Rank 39 (6,160 CR)

35 → 20 damage, falloff from 45 to 130 studs, 740 RPM, 30+1 rounds and 120 in reserve. Thirty-five is the magic number: a three-shot body kill inside 45 studs, which almost no 5.56 rifle manages. Its 3,200 studs/s muzzle velocity is the highest assault-rifle figure here, so long-range leads are minimal. The .224 Valkyrie conversion makes it a four-shot torso kill at all ranges for a 25-round magazine.

Intervention — Sniper Rifle, Rank 0 (free)

Still the best sniper in the game, and still a starter weapon. 90 → 80 damage across a 110 to 242 stud falloff, a 1.15× torso multiplier (103.5 to the chest — an outright kill at close and mid range) and a 5.00× headshot multiplier that kills at any distance. 40 RPM, 3,000 studs/s, 7+1 rounds. No other Rank 0 weapon offers this much body-shot forgiveness, which is why our Phantom Forces beginner guide starts there.

VECTOR 45 — PDW, Rank 100 (14,700 CR)

The fastest kill in Phantom Forces. 40 → 18 damage at 1,200 RPM is three rounds — roughly a tenth of a second — inside 30 studs. The costs are real: the .45 ACP round travels at only 960 studs/s (slowest here by far, so you must lead targets), and the 25+1 magazine empties in about 1.3 seconds. Indoors it is unbeatable; in the open, a liability.

KS-23M — Shotgun, Rank 56 (8,540 CR)

8 pellets at 37 damage each — 296 on a full connect inside 60 studs. The floor is what breaks it: past 150 studs, 8 × 14 is still 112, a one-shot kill if the whole spread lands. No other shotgun holds a theoretical one-shot at that range. 3+1 shells, 65 RPM, 1,500 studs/s, so a miss leaves you exposed.

S tier on the Independence Day 2026 build

A Tier — Excellent Weapons

Every gun here is a legitimate main, each giving up exactly one thing to S tier.

AK-12 — Assault Rifle, Rank 0 (free)

33 → 21 damage over an unusually generous 70 to 160 stud falloff, 700 RPM in auto and semi, 1,000 RPM in three-round burst, 2,950 studs/s, 30+1 rounds. Those 33 damage are the whole gap to S tier: a four-shot body kill where the F90 MBR needs three. As a free Rank 0 unlock with the best range profile of any starter rifle, nothing competes on value.

AN-94 — Assault Rifle, Rank 10 (2,100 CR)

The first two rounds leave the barrel at 1,800 RPM before it settles to 600 RPM, and that burst fires even in automatic mode. 30 → 23 damage, 50 to 120 stud falloff, 1.50× headshot, 2,950 studs/s, 30+1 rounds. Double-tap at mid range and it out-trades rifles with twice its sustained fire rate; hold the trigger and 600 RPM feels sluggish.

Model 700 — Sniper Rifle, Rank 12 (2,380 CR)

77 → 59 damage with a 1.35× torso multiplier (104 to the chest — a one-shot kill inside 65 studs) and a 3.00× headshot multiplier that kills at any range. 50 RPM is a full 25% faster bolt cycle than the Intervention, and 6+1 rounds with 48 in reserve is the best ammo economy in the class. Rank 12 makes it the aggressive quickscoper's rifle.

M16A4 — Assault Rifle, Rank 22 (3,780 CR)

34 → 23 damage in a 900 RPM three-round burst, 1.50× headshot, 3,100 studs/s — second only to the F90 MBR. The catch is a 40-stud max-damage window, shortest of any rifle here, so it drops to a four-shot kill fast. Burst recoil resets almost fully between pulls, which is why it holds angles better than anything at its rank.

M416 — Assault Rifle, Rank 64 (9,660 CR)

Formerly the HK416. 31 → 22 damage at 850 RPM with an 80 to 150 stud falloff — the widest max-damage window on this board — plus 2,900 studs/s and 30+1 rounds. A four-shot kill almost everywhere, but a consistent one, and the .300 Blackout conversion trades fire rate for damage. The 9,660 CR price is steep; see our Phantom Forces free Robux guide for credit routes.

B Tier — Good Weapons

Solid and viable, and often the right pick for your rank.

MK16 SOCOM (ex-SCAR-L, AR, Rank 16 / 2,940 CR): 33 → 25, the highest minimum damage here, so it never drops below a four-shot kill — but 650 RPM is the slowest fire rate on the board. AWS (Sniper, Rank 41 / 6,440 CR): 69 RPM, far faster than any other bolt-action, and 80 damage on a 1.25× torso multiplier lands on exactly 100 — a one-shot chest kill inside 50 studs, heads only past that. M4A1 (Carbine, Rank 0 / free): matches the F90 MBR's 35 max damage at 780 RPM but collapses to 19 minimum. C25 (Carbine, Rank 0 / free), new in the Independence Day 2026 update: 32 → 19 at 800 RPM, 1.50× headshot, 70-stud max-damage window — the best free carbine at range. M60E6 (LMG, Rank 19 / 3,360 CR): 40 → 28, a three-shot kill inside 60 studs on a 100+1 belt, but 600 RPM and LMG handling mean you hold ground rather than take it.

A and B tier picks, verified August 16, 2026

C Tier — Average Weapons

These three read brilliantly on a stat sheet and disappoint in-game.

BFG 50 (Sniper, Rank 65 / 9,800 CR): 100 → 95 damage, 1.5× torso, 7.5× headshot — a one-shot kill on any hit inside 50 studs and on any torso hit at range. It also fires at 20 RPM from a single-round breech, and that is the whole problem. SMX-9K (ex-MP5K, PDW, Rank 0 / free): a fine first SMG at 34 → 17 and 900 RPM, but max damage ends at 20 studs and the 9mm travels at only 1,200 studs/s. MG3KWS (LMG, Rank 101 / 14,840 CR): 1,000 RPM and 38 → 23, yet max damage stops at 25 studs — the second-highest credit price here for a five-shot kill at the ranges LMGs should own.

Phantom Forces Tier List 2026 — Full Table

Every figure verified August 16, 2026 on the Independence Day 2026 build. Damage is max → min; falloff is the stud range over which it decays; velocity is muzzle velocity in studs/s; magazine includes the chambered round.

What the 2026 Renames Broke

If you have read another Phantom Forces tier list this year, it probably still recommends an "AUG A2" at Rank 42. That weapon does not exist. StyLiS renamed the AUG family to UAR, and in update 11.13.0 (Spring Season 2026) the UAR A2 was replaced outright by the F90 MBR at Rank 39, with existing loadouts auto-converted. The same patch moved the UAR A3 into the Carbines category.

Other names changed with it: the MP5K is now the SMX-9K, the SCAR-L the MK16 SOCOM, the HK416 the M416, the M60 the M60E6, and the Remington 700 simply the Model 700. Our May 2026 update write-up covers the Zarovia drop (v11.15.0) that followed, and we compare the shooter itself in Phantom Forces vs Arsenal and Phantom Forces vs Rivals.

How We Ranked These Weapons

Four factors, in order: time-to-kill (max damage against the 100 HP pool decides three-, four- or five-shot kill, multiplied by fire rate), max-damage window in studs (a 900 RPM rifle that falls off at 40 studs loses to a 700 RPM rifle holding to 70), handling cost (magazine, reload exposure, muzzle velocity), and access (a free Rank 0 unlock earns a nudge over a 14,840 CR grind). Stats were read from live weapon data on the Phantom Forces Wiki on August 16, 2026 and cross-checked against the change log; player counts came from the Roblox games API the same day.

More Phantom Forces

• Phantom Forces Hub — every guide in one place.
• Best Phantom Forces Guns — the top-ten shortlist.
• Phantom Forces Codes — what actually works.
• Phantom Forces Beginner Guide — rank up faster.
• Phantom Forces May 2026 Update — Zarovia weapons, v11.15.0.
• Phantom Forces Free Robux Guide — credits and unlocks.
• Phantom Forces vs Arsenal
• Phantom Forces vs Rivals

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