Ah, GTA: Online. Is there any better argument for entropy in existence? Whenever I've jumped online and into free roam, it is utter chaos. People driving around like lunatics, firing off guns like they're Texan oil barons, and countless savage acts of criminality. What you don't get on there is a friendly group of people who are happy to help you out, no. You get a bunch of people flailing around with automatic weapons like you stepped into a Mad Max movie. It's brutal. As such, you need to be pre♔pared for  anything in the mean streets of Los Santos and the dusไty desert trails of its surroundings.

GTA: Online has a ton of weapons. It can seem a little overwhelming when you first take a look at them. Which of the many shotguns do I take? Which pistol? Are any of the heavy weapons truly worth it? This article contains answers to all of the above. If you truly want to get a competitive edge, this guide will show you exactly what kind of heat you should be packing, and what stuff you should leave behind. If you want to be king of the hill, top of the heap, the absolute baddest person to have ever walked your GTA: Online serv🌺er, then you need to get armed with our recommendations, which will see you taking out opposition like it ain't no thing. Think that we missed🔜 something out, or got something wrong? Let us know!

29 Overpowered: A✱P Pistol

One of only two full-auto weapons that can be fired from vehicles, this is the one that you want to be carrying. Take that Micro SMG out of your inventory and get an MG instead! The AP is super useful whether you🐠’re caught in a firefight or are ambushing a foe. Put extended mags on it for 36 rounds of hurt! It's ridiculously accurate, and has a very low recoil, which can be lightened even further by equipping a suppressor. Grab one, an💫d have fun!

28 ಞ Overpowere🌄d: Combat MG Mk II

Added as part of the Gunrunning update, the Combat MG Mk II is a brutally effective piece of kit. Yes, it costs an absolute fortune at nearly $120,000, but you will make that back in no time with this thing backing you 🐻up. It does a silly amount of damage, and with extended mags, can fire 200 times before you need to reload. For extra damage, try putting incendiary rounds in it, or AP rounds, and you will tear through people and vehicles like a machine gun through hot butter.

27 ꦉ Shouldn't Exist: Flare Gun

Brought in with the Heists update, this is a weapon that I've never quite understood the purpose of. Yes, it's cheap, yes it can set people on fire, but only if you score a direct hit. It's single shot, meaning the rate of fire is pitiful, and if you miss, then you're boned. It's more something for fun than serious play. About the only thing it's useful for at all is that it can be used to throw off missile lock-ons𓄧, but that cannot redeem it.

26 Overpowered: Assault Shotꦺgun

Nothing says “I want to knock you out of the game” better than 36 shells of buckshot being fired faster than sound in your direction. You barely even have to aim this thing. Truly monstrous up close, you can fire 240 rounds per minute without even thinking about it. Don't bother with a suppressor, as it lessens damage, but do put 32 round magazines on it. If you thought that the AA12 from Spec Ops: The Line was beefy, wait til you try this.

25 Overpowered: Compact Grenade L🉐auncher ♑

The grenade launcher is better than the RPG. You unlock it at a lower rank, and it is single shot, like the RPG, and also does less damage. So what are its advantages? The main one is that it can be used from a vehicle, the only heavy weapon that can be. If you're pursuing someone on a mot🥀orbike, and want to take them out of the game, then fire one of these at their vehicle and make sure that you're clear.

24 ꦏ Shouldn't Exist: SNS Piꦑstol

Okay, the SNS pistol is one of the best looking weapons in the game, that I will admit. If you want to be truly styling, then carry one of these, but if you want to win, don't. It's kind of powerful, but trying to actually hit something with it is an exercise in frustration. It's got the shortest r☂ange of any of the weapons in the game bar shotguns. It also only 𝓡packs six rounds by default, and a player can survive six direct shots from this weapon. Pointless.

23 Overpowered: M🃏inigun

Ah. If you want to recreate that scene from Terminator 2, you need this weapon. Easily the most powerful gun in the game, the minigun can tear through just about anything with consummate ease. You’ll know you’ve been hit with it when you immediately despawn and you’re not s🐻ure why. It takes a lot of hard work to be able to unlock one of these, requiring you to be rank 120 before you can get one, but it's worth the wait. It has almost 100 pe♕rcent accuracy, does a ton of damage, and has almost no recoil.

22 ꧑Overpowered: Sawed-Off Shotgun 🌼

This weapon may fire slowly, but it has the best damage in the game of any shotgun, bar none. To get it, all you have to do is sign up for social club. Easy enough, eh? Not only does this weapon do the most damage of any shotgun in the game, but it can also be fired from vehicles. Range is lower, but it can very easily score a one-hit knockout if you hit your tarಞget with every pellet from one of the shells. A superb, cheap weapon.

21 Shouldn't Exist: SMG 🐟

In most games, the MP5 is a fearsome piece of kit, but not so in GTA: Online. It can't be fired from cars, for a start. It has poor accuracy at anything above close range. The only real advantage it has over the Micro SMG is 🦩its larger clip size, but that can't make up for its other flaws. It's not even good in any particular area you would care to mention, just average. I wouldn't waste your money on this gun if I were you.

20 🔯 💜 Overpowered: Heavy Sniper Mk II

Though this weapon isn't available until you hit a high rank, it's a brutally effective weapon. The heavy sniper is easily the most powerful sniper rifle in the game, and fit it with explosive rounds, and you'll be able to take out just about anything in one hit. It's also incredibly strong against aircrafts, and will take out somebody whether they're wearing body armor or not. For increased accuracy, add a thermal scope – you'll see people a mile off, and can take them d﷽own with ease.