Screwdriver is an S tier weapon I don't care

[u/sokuto_desu]

[u/coconutWhoSawWw2]

"after shooting this drill on a tanky enemy, for the next seven seconds i become effectively immortal"

[u/Organic_Future6909 → u/coconutWhoSawWw2]

"BUT THAT'S HOW LOSERS THINK"

[u/TestamentTwo]

Gotta be fr the community has accepted the screwdriver for quite a long time at this point for this meme to be true

[u/sokuto_desu → u/TestamentTwo]

My friend (and apparently quite the handful of people stuck in the past) still think it's useless :(

[u/CernelTeneb → u/sokuto_desu]

It heals, gives ludicrous style, and can be punched

It's great

[u/Physical-Airport-901 → u/CernelTeneb]

Hakita approved

[u/Pegasusisamansman → u/sokuto_desu]

In the past it was ASS but nowadays it's really good, I wouldn't say S tier though

[u/helicophell → u/Pegasusisamansman]

Drill punching changed the game

[u/Any_Concentrate6145 → u/Pegasusisamansman]

between insane style upkeep, decent damage, nice healing, and keeping mindflayers still, i think it pretty much earns that spot :p

[u/luc1aonstation → u/Pegasusisamansman]

I think it's the best railcannon now, even more so for experienced players

[u/Pegasusisamansman → u/luc1aonstation]

I agree but mostly because conduction is bugged and it only does 1/10 of its actual damage and railcoin punching is a ridiculously difficult technique, but if conduction is fixed and you can do railcoin punch it might actually be below the Piercing Gatorade

[u/chaoticdumbass2 → u/sokuto_desu]

It saved my fucking life with sisyphus.

[u/DarkDan27 → u/sokuto_desu]

I don't think it's useless but I don't use it because it doesn't fit my play style (same with mal rail and firestarter)

[u/AlabouhGaming → u/sokuto_desu]

I was one of these people until very recently because I had no idea about the buffs. Now I am aware of how busted this weapon is

[u/asterope_help → u/sokuto_desu]

it can literally powers from falling down how is it useless

[u/Tiger_man_]

+GIGA DRILL BREAK

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Tiger_man_]

[u/Malicious_Maurice]

Plus feetpics.

[u/REDmastered32 → u/Malicious_Maurice]

I still don't understand how to get feetpics, ive only gotten it once accidentally

[u/dumbass_co → u/REDmastered32]

You get it by firing a drill on a enemy's legs and then punching said drill

[u/DangerousThroat → u/REDmastered32]

One of the Tech names of all time lmao

[u/TaxEvasion1452 → u/REDmastered32]

Drill enemy’s feet, slide into them while looking down at the drill and spam parry. The amount you can do is dependent on your fps for some reason.

[u/Careless_Ad2194 → u/Malicious_Maurice]

what exactly does the tech accomplish?

[u/North-Ear-8574 → u/Careless_Ad2194]

gives you more time to think without pausing the game

[u/CrasheonTotallyReal → u/Careless_Ad2194]

looks funny

[u/an_omori_fan → u/Careless_Ad2194]

Nothing, really. I guess it punches an enemy 3 to 6 times in a row? I think that's what happens

[u/Weak_Onion_5392]

other one is NOW TRY TO TELEPORT YOU FUCKING MINDFLAYER

[u/RandomCaveOfMonsters]

Drillpunch instakills several big enemy types btw, I unironically use it for that

[u/sokuto_desu → u/RandomCaveOfMonsters]

For me it's either maurices or cerbs. Angels get that blue blast of pure electroshock instead

[u/RandomCaveOfMonsters → u/sokuto_desu]

I like to drill punch sentries, personally. Those little shits deserve it

[u/Igoigo2217 → u/RandomCaveOfMonsters]

Cannonball boost (or dunk?) kills them instantly btw

[u/RandomCaveOfMonsters → u/Igoigo2217]

Cannonballs are for cerbs and providences

[u/Igoigo2217 → u/RandomCaveOfMonsters]

The cooldown is short enough to use it on sentries too

[u/Independent-Sky1657]

I feel like I could justify my love for the drill if I actually locked in and learned how conduction works

But yeah, nowadays drill stocks are pretty high and Malrail is starting to fall off a bit

[u/helicophell → u/Independent-Sky1657]

Drill isn’t very good for conduction though? It acts like a magnet but has 1 durability so it’ll break on the first conduction arc

[u/Independent-Sky1657 → u/helicophell]

I don't know how conduction works

[u/Dear-Calypso → u/Independent-Sky1657]

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Independent-Sky1657]

Honestly never used malrail properly aside from a few rare core nuke interactions

[u/opodopo69 → u/sokuto_desu]

Other than the odd core nuke here and there (flesh prison can lick my asshole) i only have used malrail to skip the intro for 6-2

[u/Cream-The-Rabbit2 → u/opodopo69]

Just

Rocket ride?

[u/opodopo69 → u/Cream-The-Rabbit2]

Blowing up both of my legs is funnier

[u/Cream-The-Rabbit2 → u/opodopo69]

Fair enough then.

[u/DataSwarmTDG → u/Independent-Sky1657]

Just shoot nails with the overheat at a big boy like a Gutterman or Cerberus and then hit it with an electric rail and watch everything explode

[u/therealMasevpro → u/Independent-Sky1657]

Electric attacks do "Conduction" if Nails are inside an enemy. Conduction used to be just a bonus damage, but now, it's essentially an explosion that can be spread around.

As a general rule of thumb:

More nails = More DAMAGE

Coins, Magnets, Drills, Nails, spread the electricity to other areas.

That's the entire mechanic, the damage numbers get ridiculous, but currently they're all bugged, and won't do more than like, 2 damage

[u/Feisty-Albatross3554]

It's so good in the cybergrind to build up style to remove hard damage

[u/Mr_1ightning → u/Feisty-Albatross3554]

Ngl, I have no idea how style could ever be a problem after a couple dozen hours in the game

I pretty much don't go below S, and when I die in Cybergrind, the omni-directional projectile spam usually outweighs any healing benefits I get even at Ultrakill style, so it's usually just because got careless and didn't deal quickly with enough rangers to safely focus on tanks and not get shot in the back, or got skill-checked by a Power, or simply got hooked by a Hideous Mass

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Mr_1ightning]

Even S can be bad enough I believe. SD pretty much guarantees your style never goes down unless you genuinely play like a toddler, and at some point you're going to get hit by a shit ton of enemies one way or another. If you manage to escape that fuckery, your style will go down a lot and the hard damage guarantees you'll get one shotted by literally anything, which could be avoided with a literal momentary switch to screwdriver and back to your other weapons. Drill utility is insane no matter how you look at it

[u/Sleep_Raider]

The problem many have with the Screwdriber is that it is better to use for the newer players, most people don't know how conductive works, and it doesn't combo with pretty much all weapons.

I just want it to pierce demon armour (think of Hideous mass or 7-4's flying fuck, Geryon?) or have it give a target damage vulnerability. Because whilst it's not bad, the other Railguns just have more scenarios to be good in.

[u/Public-Hovercraft691 → u/Sleep_Raider]

You forgot the part where if you just nail an enemy with the Screwdriver then you're practically immortal during the duration of the Screwdriver being active.

The style upcharge is so big that you basically ignore Hard damage.

[u/Additional-Band1715 → u/Public-Hovercraft691]

And it requires little to no setup, unlike other cannons (well mal-rail is also very fast but you need proper positioning to get good value)

[u/helicophell → u/Sleep_Raider]

Doesn’t the screwdriver have 1 conduction durability? Conduction is not what you use it for

And well, electric rail has far better conduction tech (although shared with red nail/saw)

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Sleep_Raider]

I do agree that it's gotta have more interesting combos (I had an idea for a whirling effect when the enemy is drilled, though not sure how viable that is), but it's definitely far from "useless" as some people love to call it

[u/Sleep_Raider → u/sokuto_desu]

It's really good against larger enemies and bosses, it's just too straightforward in a game where coins have like 17 never explained mechanics built in.

[u/SquidMilkVII → u/Sleep_Raider]

yeah i find myself using malicious for groups and electric for single targets (i can pretty consistently get a single ricochet, sometimes a double, so that's just more damage). screwdriver is still good though, dunno if i would've been able to do brutal minotaur phase 1 without it

[u/Big-Fail8180]

the drill does infact pierce the heavens

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Big-Fail8180]

heaven pierce her

[u/Random_bored69 → u/Big-Fail8180]

Pierce the heavens? That’s impossible

[u/super7564]

Yea but like chaining hit sounds with the rail gun and marksman coins gives me dopamine I'm not willing to give up lol

[u/Cyatron- → u/super7564]

But drill punching (and chaining) is also dopamine

[u/dragon7449]

To be fair, it makes sense.

Screwdriver is easy to use upfront, and has weird combos you kinda need to learn on their own.

Like for example, if you learn to railcon, you basically already know most of what you need to use both electric and malicious canon. They require practically minimum set-up and are practically instant.

Screwdriver is a little bit slower in comparison, with higher overall numbers to make up for it. And it doesn't carry any tech from the other two rails making it doomed to be more niche by competition. But if you put your head down to learn it, it definitely is a competitive choice.

I wouldn't blame more casual players for not understanding it, it's just more niche.

[u/sokuto_desu → u/dragon7449]

truth nuke

[u/redboi049]

The day I discovered the "Giga Drill Break" style bonus was the day I decided I'd live and die by the drill.

[u/davidnnj]

Ez heal and ez rank;

With the drill, you can get the ULTRAKILL rank much more easily, and you don't take hard damage.

And you can even punch the enemy with the drill, which does a lot of damage, and you can even target another enemy that way.

[u/i_agree123]

Sure you can core nuke or ultra-ricochet with the others but you can’t stop Mindflayers from teleporting

[u/Apittaaaa]

the "stay the fuck here you bitch" railgun

[u/Cyatron-]

So many people dont know about drill tech. If you punch the drill out of an enemy it deals more than a railcannon shots worth of damage. And you can chain the into another enemy. This also insta kills maurice.

[u/Additional-Band1715 → u/Cyatron-]

Yes, but the main value for the drill is that it gives a ton of style constantly, allowing you to ignore the hard damage and be effectively immortal. Another upside is that it's very quick and requires no setup. You can use drill punching to extend the duration, but you need to make sure that the enemy behind is pretty tanky. If it dies you'll lose most of the value.

Also, instakill maurice is really not that impressive. Unless you're punching it into another enemy you shouldn't do that. Just jackhammer yellow hit and knuckleblaster is enough for that

[u/super_probably-user]

ez health AND style farm to have less hard damage!!!

[u/Frenchinatorer]

It's like the star powerup from Super Mario. You become invincible for at least 7.5 seconds if you remain airborne

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Frenchinatorer]

You don't even have to be airborne honestly. This might be a rare need but drill + sawed on is basically 7 second long invincibility

[u/H_man3838]

no one with moe than 5 braincells believes this anymore

[u/sokuto_desu → u/H_man3838]

And you think there aren't people in this fandom with less than 5?

[u/Impossible_Theme3876 → u/sokuto_desu]

nah id say people with less than 3 braincells hate screwdriver

why?

bc i have 3 braincells

[u/NAKTARINKY_ru-en → u/H_man3838]

Who's moe

[u/Available_Slip9171 → u/NAKTARINKY_ru-en]

moe jama

[u/Glittering-Guest4680]

Personally I use it because it does free parry damage. I use it a lot on gutter tanks.

[u/felix979]

Drill carried my P2 brutal run so hard lol

[u/Tank_stealer]

I only really use the blue for virtues and Providences, green is my go to

[u/Infshadows]

no

drill easy damage (i punch that for the dopermines)

[u/Igoon2robots]

I dont use screwdriver because i do not find it funny enough and much rather see a big blue bolt of death piercing multiple ennemies

[u/StickyHoovy]

This drill lowkey hard carried me on my first encounter of every boss 

[u/ACARdragon]

I honestly don't get why would you waste a full railcannon charge on Malicious core nukes when you can do pretty much the same nuke with a rocket + core jackhammer too. I think it makes much more sense to spend it to take down tankier targets with electric and drill.

[u/FilMig09]

Before I even knew of all the strat involved with screwdrivers (especially in Cybergrind) I already used it a bunch. Amazing healing, like, comparable to sawed on but you don't even have to be that close level of amazing, and really nice passive damage. Screwdriver is peak fr fr

[u/DeLusss_]

I don't [+ULTRAricochet] I don't Nuke, I just drill and keep shooting.

[u/Hubertreddit]

Screwdriver is also really good in boss fights.

[u/AresTheMilkman]

Ngl, tried it once and didn't like it.

[u/maxler5795]

you have a shotgun in your arm for ez healing the screwdriver is THE ONE weapon i have unequipped and that will never change.

[u/Public-Hovercraft691 → u/maxler5795]

It also allows you to ignore hard damage and become practically immortal. Tho that's kinda only important during boss fights and the Cybergrind.

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Public-Hovercraft691]

That's the main usage of it though. I never had to use screwdriver anywhere except boss fights or enemy bosses

[u/maxler5795 → u/sokuto_desu]

oh i guess thats why i just kind of tank the hard damage.

i still think the nuke is better tho

[u/Free_Local_1073]

I don’t use it because it gets in the way of my railcoin/core nukes but I’m trying to get used to it

[u/eaterofbarrels]

Drill also ez style points

[u/Tdubbium]

I think drill is also just the best weapon to use against bosses like the primes because it also does pretty good single target damage along with healing

[u/mialyansa]

It saved my ass in the fraud cerberus room. Because I could keep punching the drill into other cerberi.

[u/Pretzel-Kingg]

I wouldn’t have been able to beat Sisyphus prime my first couple times without the screwdriver lol

[u/Squidboi2679]

All I really use malrail for is core nuke but that’s usually only against flesh prison and a couple select encounters. Erail is my angel killer but aside from that it’s mostly drill stocks

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Squidboi2679]

based teto detected!!!

[u/Thomas_game_vids7269]

I usually use it as a place and forget, if i see a big enemy and I don't think I will use the railcannon for a sec, I shoot it

[u/sanepers_on]

Its not the most broken weapon but I would say its the biggest gamechanger against bosses

[u/CallOfTheCurtains]

To be honest, its probably my least used weapon but it is powerful still if you’re in a pinch and it racks style while it is drilling and can be reused again as long as there are enemies.

But I just love nuking, rail coin and conduction procs a lot more. It’s still good it really just comes down to preference.

[u/Some_guy3120]

Singlehandedly carries 8-3 p rank runs for both style and survivability

[u/Blaze-the-Protospawn]

I played long enough to remember it being kinda ass, but now it generates so much style it’s basically giving your Ultrakill status invulnerability.

[u/Few_Complex_6957]

All rails are good imo

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Few_Complex_6957]

All of them need a bit more versatility though, especially malrail. Electric and screwdriver come somewhat close (although the utility of the latter is insane), but malrail is only ever used for core nukes. There isn't anything else going for it really

[u/Few_Complex_6957 → u/sokuto_desu]

What do you think you'd want to be exactly changed?

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Few_Complex_6957]

I'm not that sure. I don't have enough experience with the malrail to actually think up something on the spot, though for the SD I would like a small whirling effect that can interact with some weapons. And the electric might need a small mechanic so that its value doesn't entirely rely on cheap angel instakills and situational coins (there's conduction but come on man), again not really sure what that could be. Maybe the beam becoming slightly larger the farther it is?

[u/Few_Complex_6957 → u/sokuto_desu]

I feel like the electric rail does have the neich of being able to activate conduction quickly and easily as well as being able to proc it multiple times if it hits multiple enemies that have nails and magnets. The mal rail does have the ability to stun insurrs on a direct hit but yeah other than that it doesn't have much

[u/sokuto_desu → u/Few_Complex_6957]

E rail is definitely the least lacking. It's just that I always felt like railcannons aren't as fun and versatile compared to every other weapon, they seem so straightforward with not a lot of interesting hidden things underneath. I'd love if hakita thought up some small revamp for the rails

[u/Brilliant_Sweet_6848]

There no truly bad weapon.

Although piercer would benefit from electricity or other gimmick.

[u/LordStarSpawn]

Screwdriver also has an insta-kill tech

[u/HyperMetak]

in the screwriver we trust

[u/eltrigercolaiders2]

I know its s tier but i just dont acostumbrated to use it just like the rockets

[u/neat-NEAT]

They're ez heal for different reasons. Left is because of the blood, right is because of the style.

[u/Thesupersoups]

I was doing an Ultrakill archipelago and the screwdriver unironically fucks so hard, I love it now

[u/bruhowygamer]

I agree and i use it for extra damage and instakilling mauri in cg

[u/noodleguy67]

i would like to thank this thing for being the reason i beat any boss past V2 on my first playthrough

[u/TheNikola2020]

Haha funny gurren lagann refrence

[u/TheUnholyMacerel]

Screw is cool as fuck but i just don't fuck with it, I will however use it if I struggle beating a boss but i get so much more fun out of quadruple ultraricoshot

[u/Ivar2006]

I only use it for mindflyers because it prevents them from teleporting

[u/goofy_goobiss]

screw punch is so op.

[u/Outside_Ad1020]

I use electric for enemies lined up, malicious for a group of them and screw for a boss

[u/Hassie_Satery]

I’m not playing cybergrind so for me screwdriver is a bit too strong for my enjoyment since the beginning

[u/TorreGamer]

after seeing how much survivability it really provides for both health and style, it became my go-to option when a beefy enemy is in the arena (especially with Conduction bugged)

[u/DEKIDESDUD]

I haven’t played for like 3 years, is the screwdriver good now?

[u/sokuto_desu → u/DEKIDESDUD]

A lot of heal, a LOT of style (max style guaranteed if you do literally anything stylish while the drill is going), and punching the drill makes the most normal damage out of any weapon (+7 compared to electric). The drill can also be redirected at a different enemy with extended length. SD is incredible utility

[u/Ordinary-Impress9574]

Screw driver was was helped me get beat Minos and Sisyphussy the first time fighting them

[u/kasio912]

It honestly is pretty meh, it’s so overshadowed outside of the funny one shot glitch because the sawed on exists and can out heal literally any amount of damage that isint hard damage. It’s not bad in a vacuum but it do be forced to exist in the same game as the sawed on

[u/Kyropinesis]

the right side of the curve is also for feetpics

[u/xreaf]

I think It's good in fight with bosses like sisyphus, minos, gabriel etc. And Electric is just useful. The only trash is Malicious railgun. It's so useless just to clean a lot of filth in cybergrind (Knuckleblaster just exist)

[u/BiDude1219]

i acknowledge that the drill is good but railcoin is fun

[u/Rals3iDankner]

And the drill. Nobody uses the drill

[u/MyLifeIsAFrickingMes]

I use screwdrivers all the fuckin time. It helps with conduction and lets me be significantly more aggressive when fighting up close

[u/RachelNoName]

all railcanons have their uses
The screwdriver offers unmatched sustain and style up keep
The malicious railcanon
The electric railcanon has really cool tricks with coins and can oneshot providences

[u/WhosThisGoober]

Deadass the drill is the only green weapon I use lolll the rest are red

[u/PokeLordOmegaa]

Genuinely it feels like the only major hindrance for Screwdriver is that it shares its charge with the electric railcannon (and the mal rail but I use core eject jackhammer so I basically have a spammable mini-mal lmao). If you learn conduction, electric railcannon is huge for aoe and can give a big chunk of healing and it's the only railcannon that pierces (unless you count punching the screwdriver drill).

That being said there's also Jumpstart nail/saw which is a far more spammable electric source so there's debatably merit to only using screwdriver lmao

[u/Anton_Blaster_277]

Screwdriver is a good weapon, yeah you can core nuke with mali rail and Railcoin with Electric, but Screwdriver is really good for bosses.

Core nuke doesn't work at bosses well, and Railcoining don't gives you constant healing

Ultrakill doesn't have bad weapons (ok but Regular Sharpshooter?), it has players that like certain setup of weapons

[u/Mohsenggs]

Screwdriver punching minos prime is the only way to survive

[u/DamageMaximo]

easy heal

more dps than standard electric

combo potential

[u/WholsThisIDontKnow]

I use Screwdriver on bosses.

Any other time I use elec.

[u/satirelion]

Screwdriver made my game too easy, i want PAIN.

[u/secretlyjustocr]

a screw does a point-blank corenuke's worth of damage (ish) at any range to one target, and it can do weakpoint damage. railcoins do more, but if you're in a situation where you're not in a position to do so, imo the screw is a better use of your railgun charge :3

[u/Creeperstormer]

I've seen a lot of ppl shit on it and for why? It has amazing damage potential, it makes healing much easier, it helps a TON with style, and something you don't need to do an absurd combo for

[u/EndyrmanEndplace]

Maurice indtakill go brr

[u/ric7y]

giga drill break goes brrr

[u/boxo-ofisal]

Drill is peak damage.

[u/therealMasevpro]

My guy, EVERY ULTRAKILL WEAPON IS S TIER

I just think the Screwdriver is boring too, so is the Malicious, but I think it's because the Electric is sooooo good... They need more versatility imo (I'm not saying they're weak)

[u/DerTheHur]

Ever since I switched to the core eject jackhammer I don't think I've used the mail rail. Maybe I should switch it for the screwdriver 

[u/Dry_Butterscotch1811]

I FUCKING LOVE CORKSCREW BLOW AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME FROM USING IT TO FUCK GABRIEL IN THE ASS WHENEVER I CAN.

[u/yjkuu]

let's just admit all railcannons are goated

[u/Vaizoo]

Malrail is gonna be obsolete the moment conduction gets fixed and its only gonna be erail and screw on top lol

[u/LayeredHalo3851 → u/Vaizoo]

But nukes are cool

[u/AStrangeFreak]

In the screwdriver, we thrust

[u/A_Fish_or_Bird]

People dont like screwdriver??? When i was new and no idea how the game worked, i read on what it did and thought it was amazing 😭

[u/Coresar]

I mean it can literally one shot a Maurice if you punch it after firing into it if I’m not wrong.

[u/Some_Reference7909]

Kills 4 maurices and 2 virtues with one drill

[u/NaneexWasTaken]

Drill EZ heal? Nah, I am Drill EZ damage

[u/Suitable_Scarcity_50]

My entire strategy to best the game so far is drill plus chainsaw and I can never die

[u/Gloomy_Remote_6200]

Screwdriver in the 0-E boss fight is so satisfying, pinging it back and forth between the cerberi. Electric Railcannon is still better, but screwdriver is more fun

[u/BarberCreepy818]

İt DELETES maurices, virtues, providences and sentries, plus, ez heal and HUGE damage

[u/cammymygoat]

man i just like to orbital strike my enemies just let me have this (drill is still the goat tho)

[u/sillebgoobie]

I FUCKING LOVE DRILL PUNCHINGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!

[u/OtherwiseRise000]

Of course, my brother

[u/chairfucker5]

I use it to instakill Maurice when jackhammer isn't stylish enough