The best weapons in Black Ops 6 Zombies

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 this year made the Zombies experience significantly more difficult. Tons of zombie variants, challenging scaling and small maps made this PvE activity a true test of skill in the higher rounds. If you want to survive, you will need a powerful weapon and as many upgrades as possible.

Fortunately, some of the weapons in this year's installment are absurdly powerful when Pack-A-Punched. In this list, we'll be looking at the top ten weapons you can use in CoD Zombies, taking into account the Pack-A-Punch features and difficulty scaling to decide which weapons outshine the others.

Model L

Traditional ballistic weapons tend to perform poorly once you get to the higher rounds, but the Model L performs much better than the rest of the AR and SMG list. This is partly due to the weapon's high damage value. While relatively slow firing for an assault rifle, the Model L has virtually no recoil and a high shot multiplier for its class. If you can keep your gun firmly on the target's head, it will work well.

Once you get past turn 20, you'll need to push the Model L's DPS with the Deadshot Daiquiri and triple Pack-A-Punch upgrades. Use Cryo Freeze ammo to freeze enemies in place and you should be fine for up to 30s. After that you'll need an explosive firearm or some kind of wonder weapon, but that's a criticism of virtually all ballistic weapons in BO6, not just the L model.

PP-919

The PP-919 may not be the most powerful weapon for the higher rounds, but if you're looking for a powerful 20-round match gun, this gun is definitely worth grabbing. It is a SMG with great mobility and a large 64 round base magazine. For some strange reason Pack-A-Punching this weapon quadruple its stack size, increasing it to 256.

Coupled with high mobility, the PP-919 is an excellent crowd control weapon. Unleash a barrage of bullets to cut down the horde, quickly reposition and repeat. Just don't expect this weapon to compete with miracle weapons in the higher rounds.

DM-10

The DM-10 may seem like a subpar gun at first glance, but it's when you wrap it up that it really shines. This weapon gains a binary trigger when upgraded and fires a round when you pull and release the trigger. This effectively doubles his rate of fire and substantially increases his DPS burst if you can keep the reticle in place. Throw in some recoil compensating attachments and you have a solid hard-hitting gun.

GS45

Mustang and Sally return in Black Ops 6 in the form of the GS45. When Pack-A-Punched, this gun fires explosive rounds that deal massive damage in a small area. Rate of fire and magazine size are greatly reduced, but the damage increase is off the charts. If you need a weapon for clearing hordes or crushing armor, the GS45 is a great choice. Just Pack-A-Punch it as soon as you can.

ASG-89

USAS-12 is in Black Ops 6 and it's nothing short of a threat. The weapon's Hipfire mode crushes fodder units, while ADS allows you to tighten up your bullet spread to land on larger enemies. The Pack-A-Punched version actually improves on this and substantially increases your pellet spread when ADS. When you aim, the ASG effectively turns into a slug shooter, so you can use the critical multipliers from Deadshot Daiquiri to melt Manglers and elite monsters.

If you need to cover an area with lead, you can shoot hipfire with this gun without any problems. It doesn't have the range of a typical assault rifle or SMG, but it won't survive anything that comes close to you.

SVD

For harder rounds where enemies start to get nervous, you can't go wrong with SVD. This weapon is probably the weakest sniper out of the box, but when Pack-A-Punched, this weapon fires in three-shot bursts that decimate zombies. Fire in hipfire to treat this weapon like a shotgun, or ADS for triple headshots with every trigger pull. It destroys Maulers if you aim for the head, and is a solid choice for fighting elites.

DRI-11 Beamsmasher

We couldn't make a list of the best weapons without talking about wonder weapons. The DRI-11 Beamsmasher is probably the weakest magic weapon of all, but that's mainly due to its low ammo capacity. As an actual weapon, it is nothing short of an S-tier. Alt-fire slows targets and greatly increases the accuracy of the damage they receive. After debuffing, hold the trigger to fire a concentrated beam of energy.

This weapon burns ammo like no other, but the alt-fire slow property is absurdly good for crowd control alone. The laser itself isn't particularly powerful compared to the more powerful weapons in the game, but it's useful for earlier rounds and against debuffed targets.

Ray Gun

Black Ops 6 has one of the more powerful variants of the original Ray Gun, an innocent-looking wonder weapon that fires explosive beams with every shot. It deals immense damage and covers a small AoE with each shot, making it ideal for clearing mobs and killing tougher enemies. The Ray Gun has so much base damage that it easily turns into high 30s and low 40s without much trouble.

Once the weapon stops dealing damage, it's excellent for crafting crawlers and stripping enemy armor.

LR 7.62

If you've ever used an anti-materiel rifle in Fallout: New Vegas and equipped with explosive rounds, this is effectively what the LR 7.62 turns into after upgrading. This flash sniper does massive damage on its own, but once Pack-A-Punched, each shot explodes in a massive explosion that can only be matched by specialized launchers.

A single bullet is enough to wipe out an entire pack of zombies. If you need to kill a Mauler, simply ADS and aim for the head. Throw in a PhD to use this weapon up close and you have an absurdly powerful weapon for virtually any situation. And unlike the GS45, this weapon is much more effective.

Jet Gun

In Black Ops 6 Zombies, you probably won't find a more powerful weapon than the Jet Gun. In this sequel, Treyarch merged the Black Ops 2 Jet Gun with the original Thunder Gun to create an absurdly powerful screen-clearing weapon with infinite ammo.

This weapon's primary fire sucks zombies towards you, turning them into mincemeat if hit by the Jet Gun. When swarming, hold target input to do an AoE explosion that's basically a screen wipe. Zombies up to turn 40 die instantly to it and don't break. Put it in the case, wait a few seconds, then repeat. Nothing even comes close to the power of this weapon.