With the boom in technology, it's no surprise that video games have evolved drastically throughout the years. Where controllers shrunk, televisions grew in size. Story arcs grew more elaborate, and characters developed. But the variation in weaponry has remained expan✨sive and thrillingly unpredictable.

Typically, every game has a balance or equilibrium to control the progress of iജts players. That said, this doesn't eliminate the existence o💟f terrible or over-powered (OP) weapons.

Now OP weapons are not necessarily almighty and conquering. No, they're weapons that are ✨simply excessively powerful for the level or setting of the game provided. Sometimes compared to glitches in the system, they're weapons that break the simulation, ruin friendships, and hurt feelings through upsets. But you do have to respect the atrociously terrible weapons. Weapons that don't discriminate against its players, and that knock the elite down several pegs.

While a source of tranquility for some, the world of gaming is relatively an aggressive and pride driven sphere. My dad used to say "a fair is a place where pigs go to win medals," and since I'm not a p𝕴ig I need to learn how to take advantage of life's unfairness. The existence of OP and unfortunately weak weapons creates this unfairness in all games. It's up to the gamer to take that unfairness and weaponize it.

Here's an ode to the OP and the weak. A list dedicated to weapons who br𝓰eak the game, and flip the odds.

30 🌃 Weakest: Rolling Block Rifle (Red Dead Redemption 2)

You might as well lie down and roll over if you select t๊h𝕴is rifle in combat.

The Rolling Block is a hot tease, with its long range scope, various zoom levels, high damage, and extreme accuracy. While it is a single shot weapon, the gun is one of Red Dead Redemption 2's strongest long range weapons.

But in terms of close combat, the gun will get you absolutely smacked by your opponents. The Rolling Block Rifle just takes too long to reload, and the recoil makes it impossible to use its boos♊ted accuracy when you're betting brutalized by enemy fire.

29 💎 OP: Kung Lao’s Razor Rimmed Hat (Mortal Kombat)

Kung Lao’s Razor Rimmed Hat is feared and revered in the Mortal Kombat community. Whether used to decapitate opponents or slice꧂ them in half, Lao’s Hat violently brutalized countless friendships between game players.

The Hat was also used in various power plays outside of Lao’s famous fat🐽alities, such as for boomerang and ricochet type retrieval weapons.

However, just as Kung Lao’s hat is a trademarked for its cutting edge assaults, it is also known for its stainless appearance afterꦓ a bloody attack.

28 𝔍 💃 Weakest: Bowcaster (Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy)

May the force be with you if you have to use the Wookie Cros♔sbow.

The weapon showers your en𒈔emy in practically harmless green ammunition. Of course, if you spend the extra time charging up, you'll be let down again by shooting several bolts of even more harmless green light instead of just one. While shooting a single repetitive bolt at your enemy does have some effect, it's more of an annoyance than threat. And when firing the charged bullets, you're more likely to miss your enemy with its increasingly bad accuracy.

27 ༺ OP: UMP 45 (Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)

The UMP45 is a player stable weapon.

While little skill is needed to operate the common submachine gun, it is still a notably well rounded weapon. With only a damage difference of five between the maximum and minimum settings, the gun has a remarkably low damage drop-off. Furthermore, the weapon dispels high damage, with profiles of three-hit, and sometimes two-hit,൲ defeats.

With its impressive accuracy and ammunition management, the UMP45 is one of the more popular weapons of choice in Modern Warfare 2.

26 ꦚ Weakest: Needler (Halo)

Use this weapon,🧜 and get hit before your ammo eve🔜n reaches your opponent.

The needler simply takes too long to fire. With a pretty self explanatory name, the gun launched needles at its o๊pponent. The needles seek its target before impaling them and detonating seconds later. While an interesting concept, it lacks efficiency as a single needle detonation only causes low damage assaults.

The Needler simply takes too long and does too little, leaving yourself wide open to 🉐the opposition.

25 ꦯ OP: DK Hammer (Super S🍒mash Bros.)

All Super Smash Bros.꧋ players are familiar with the efficiency of the DK Hammer.

Turning any character into a fearso༺me machine, the weapon is a close range combat tool. When retrieved, the Hammer sends the player into a dangerous swinging frenzy. The weapon delivers high damage blows per contact, with high vertical knock-back.

There is a possibility of the Hammer’s head falling off during the frenzy, but landing a hit is such a great way of dealing dama𝔉ge that it's always worth rushing straight towards the Hammer whenever it drops.

24 ꦯ Weakest: Grey Pistol (Fortnite)

Worth noting that this is the ONLY Fortnite weapon included on the list. No disrespect to its players,♑ but I wanted to explore the open perimete💙rs of weapons in all of gaming.

So without further ado:

The pistol does no damage, has a lackluster fire rate, unreadable coil, and is overall just a bad gun. After you land and sc🐻atter to find a weapon, pray to the higher powers if the grey pistol is all you ca✅n find. Truly, the pistol inspires the most vulgar of language.

23 OP: Bullet Bill (Mario Kart☂) ❀

Bullet Bill 🌱is more lethal than the Blue Shell. I said what I said, and I’m sticking to it.

In regard to strategic practices, both bullet and shell, are typically gifted to players in the lowest ranks of the ไrace. However, while the shell is escapable, no one can dod♏ge the bullet.

To the average player who participates in Mario Kart races for recreation, the Bullet Bill is a heaven-sent recovery item. A lucky draw, that might take the racer from the bottom three places to the top five. To the experienced driver, when used strategically, Bullet Bill is a secured first place victor♉y.

22 Weakest: Banana 🥂(M😼ario Kart)

To most, a banana peel is useless, but it really is a gift of honor. Given consistently to top tier racers, the peel acts as a brief diversion when thrown accurately or strategically. Although a stationary item, plant enough in your route and ☂your competitors won't be able to🍃 touch you.

So don't be too disappoint💝ed if you keep receiving bananas. Think of it as trying to find a gift for a billionaire. Rocking out in first place, what else could the game give you that won't insult your dominance?

21 OP: Pac-Man Energizer ꦐ 🍸

Oh how quickly the tables turned when Pac-Man got his jaws around an energizer. Chomping down on the pᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚower pellet, the ghoulish villains turned blue, becoming vulnerable to Pac-Man’s digestive system.

While the ghosts don't remain deceased, returni💫ng to the center panel to rejuvenate, the pellets give Pac-Man a brief respite from the constant pursu𒅌it in order to scavenge for the rest of the dots. The Energizer Pellets are a strategic weapon of quick self-defense when on the run, and a greater offense when on the hunt.