BO7 Weapon Tier List: Every Meta Gun in Season 4 Ranked

Activision shadow-dropped the Black Ops 1 PS4 PS5 port this month, straight from 2010, no rebalance, no remaster, no mercy. So here's the Black Ops 1 weapon tier list you actually need: the same meta that's been settled for over a decade, now running on hardware that didn't exist when the game came out. Treyarch didn't touch the numbers. Neither will we pretend the M16 got better with age.

One housekeeping note before the crying starts: this is a pure port, not a remake. Every weapon behaves exactly as it did on the Xbox 360 and PS3 originals. If a gun was garbage in 2010, it is still garbage now, just rendered slightly less blurry.

S-Tier: The Guns That Made Everyone Hate You

These are the BO1 best guns, full stop. If you were spawn-trapped by any of these in 2010, you already know the pain, and now you get to relive it in higher resolution.

The BO1 SMG tier list doesn't end at the AK-74u, and the assault rifle conversation has room for more than one villain. These weapons won't make people rage-quit, but they'll make people annoyed.

• Commando: Assault Rifle. High rate of fire, forgiving recoil, and the gun equivalent of a reliable coworker nobody thanks.

• AUG. Assault Rifle. Fast handling makes up for recoil that has aged like milk.

• PM63: SMG. Absurd fire rate for players who think aiming is optional.

• RPK: LMG. The rare light machine gun that doesn't feel like carrying furniture into a gunfight.

• WA2000: Sniper Rifle. Faster follow-up shots than the L96A1, for players who miss on purpose to feel something.

B-Tier: Fine, Whatever, Go Ahead

Part of the Black Ops 1 multiplayer meta that nobody bans and nobody worships. Serviceable weapons for people with no personality preferences whatsoever.

C-Tier: The Guns You Unlock By Accident

The starting weapons exist to remind you that progression systems are, technically, a form of punishment.

• M16: Assault Rifle. Worst rate of fire in its class, and the game's way of building character.

• Uzi: SMG. Fires a lot of bullets in the general direction of nothing.

• Makarov: Pistol. A backup for your backup plan.

The Shotgun Nobody's Allowed to Talk About

The Stakeout, an automatic shotgun with a magazine that should be illegal, briefly turned every close-quarters map into a slaughterhouse before getting toned down. It's still in the port, still obnoxious, still the reason people avoid tight corners on Nuketown.

Best Loadouts for the Classic Meta

Building BO1 loadouts in 2026 works exactly like it did in 2010, because nothing changed. Pair an SMG or AR from S-tier with Steady Aim or Sleight of Hand and you're playing the exact meta that dominated ranked lobbies before ranked lobbies were even a concept in this franchise.

Zombies Gets Its Own Rules

Black Ops 1 zombies weapons follow a completely different logic once Pack-a-Punch enters the picture. The Ray Gun sits above the normal tier system entirely : comparing it to conventional guns is like comparing a flamethrower to a strongly worded letter. Among standard weapons, the Thompson and the M14 hold up well into the double-digit rounds, mostly because ammo economy matters more than your ego once the horde starts sprinting.

What Actually Changed in the Port

Nothing about the weapons. The classic Call of Duty weapon tier list you're reading is the same one that's existed since 2010, because Treyarch shipped a straight port, not a remaster. What did change: no theater mode, no wager matches, no League Play, and PS4/PS5 players are stuck in their own separate matchmaking pool. The guns, mercifully, are untouched.