Choosing a weapon in WolfTeam Legacy is not a one-time decision. Your account carries four equipment sets at once, and when the action starts the game asks you to choose the equipment set for that round. This guide walks through all seven weapon classes in the shop, explains how the loadout slots fit together, and gives new recruits a simple routine for building sets that hold up in real matches on Wolfory.

The seven weapon classes in the shop

The shop and the inventory sort every gun into one of seven class tabs: Pistol, Assault Rifle, Submachine Gun, Sniper Rifle, Shotgun, Machine Gun and Special Weapon. Knowing what each class is for matters more than any individual price tag.

Pistols are your guaranteed fallback. Every set carries one, and you cannot drop it mid-match, so it is worth owning a pistol you actually like. Classics such as the EM-92 FS and the hard-hitting DE-50 cover both ends of the speed-versus-damage trade.

Assault rifles are the all-round backbone of WolfTeam. Rifles like the C-95, the EM-16A2 and the AKEI-47 CLASSIC work at almost every range, reload quickly and forgive missed shots. If you are new, this is the class to spend your first Gold on — the welcome package already gives you a C-95 SL for seven days, so learn its recoil pattern before you buy anything.

Submachine guns such as the EMP-5, the TOMMY-45 and the PI-90 trade reach for speed. They shred in tight corridors and interiors, which makes them a natural second set for close-quarters maps like the rooms and galleries of Wolfory Mansion.

Sniper rifles — the Kar 98K, the Zaitsev CF, the ETSR-1 — reward positioning and calm hands more than raw reflexes. One well-placed shot drops a target, but the slow handling punishes being caught at close range, so snipers live and die by their route choice.

Shotguns like the SUPAS and the EXM-26, and machine guns like the EM249 Minimi and the EMG-42, sit at the extremes. A shotgun wins the doorway fight and loses everything else; a machine gun wins long suppressive holds but slows you down. Both shine in organized Destruction or Conquest play more than in open deathmatch.

Special weapons are your grenades: the MK-5 G frag, the Smoke Grenade and the Mass Grenade. Grenades do not take a weapon slot away from your guns — they ride along in every set, and they are the cheapest power spike a new account can buy.

Primary, secondary and the slots between

Each equipment set holds a primary weapon slot (rifles, submachine guns, snipers, shotguns, machine guns), a secondary weapon slot (pistols) and a special weapon slot (grenades), plus your melee knife, which is always with you. The rules are simple: the game only accepts a set that has both a primary and a secondary weapon, and the primary slot can be exchanged but never left empty. Your secondary pistol and your grenades cannot be discarded during a match, so pick ones you can live with for a whole round.

Four sets, one choice every round

Your account keeps up to four equipment sets at the same time. When the round begins, the game shows the selector and asks you to choose the set for that round. This is the most underused feature among new players. Instead of building one do-everything set, build four focused ones:

A rifle set for general-purpose maps. A close-quarters set with a submachine gun or shotgun for interiors and tight routes. A sniper set for open sightlines and patient rounds. And a situational set — a machine gun for objective holds, or whatever weapon you are practicing this week.

Give each set a role in your head and switch between the roles at the selector, instead of paying Gold to reshuffle your inventory after every match. If four sets are not enough for your collection, the shop sells an extra weapon set slot item that increases how many presets you can keep.

Rank, licenses and heavy weapons

Some of the stronger weapons in the shop cannot be bought on day one: their shop entries list a minimum rank, and certain weapons additionally require a license. That is normal progression — keep earning GP in eligible matches and the locked shelves open up. Separately, launchers such as the EM-72A5 LAW and machine guns count as heavy weapons, and rooms created with the No Heavy Weapon rule refuse them at the door. If the room warns you, switch your set at the selector or find another room; the rule exists to keep lobbies fair for everyone.

Handling your gun in a match

Once you spawn, switching is instant: keys 1, 2, 3 and 4 (or the mouse wheel) jump between your primary, secondary, grenades and knife, Q steps back to the previous weapon, R reloads, and G throws your current weapon away or picks up a dropped one. Remember that your pistol and grenades refuse to be dropped — the G toss only works on your primary and on weapons lying on the ground. If these keys feel wrong in your hands, our controls and settings guide shows where to remap them.

A simple routine for new recruits

Start with what you already own: the welcome C-95 SL and the default pistol are genuinely serviceable. Play a few AI Deathmatch rounds on Arrival, Wolfory Foundry or Wolfory Mansion to learn recoil without risking Gold — training matches award no rewards, which also means no risk. Then follow the same spending order as our shop guide: one permanent primary rifle first, grenades next, and only then class toys. Buy one weapon, play ten matches with it, and only then judge it — a gun you know beats a gun that is merely expensive.

Master one class per week and your four sets will slowly turn into a complete toolkit: something for every map, every mode and every mood on Wolfory.

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