Best weapons in Marathon

Marathon is an extraction shooter, so you won't be able to pick up every gun you find and can lose them in an instant. You'll want to prioritise collecting and using the best weapons to better defend yourself while picking Tau Ceti clean. There are a whopping 28 guns in Marathon, ranging from pistols and SMGs to railguns, so there's a lot to pick from.

Completing map events during a match, like Lockdown or Priority Targets, can drop high-end weapons with attachments, alongside shields, Cores, Implants, and so on. The current meta is to use a shotgun for close-quarters and a sniper to pick enemies off from afar; that loadout is powerful and versatile, though rare and expensive to maintain, forcing you to fall back on other weapons, especially earlier on.

The WSTR double-barreled shotgun only has two shots before a reload but is absolutely lethal and incredibly stylish, and it pairs well with the Assassin Runner shell to sneak up and blast enemies in the back.

marathon, extraction shooter, shotgun, sniper, wstr, assassin runner, smgs, railguns, tau ceti, loadout