The Finals best loadout for Light, Medium, and Heavy class
These are the best builds for each class in The Finals
What are the best loadouts for each class in The Finals? In Embark's hit new squad FPS, you must choose between three classes each match: Light, Medium, and Heavy. Each of these classes has a different hitbox size and health pool, but they also have access to a completely different set of weapons, gadgets, and specializations (abilities).
When you first start playing The Finals, you'll only have access to a couple of weapons, one specialization, and a small selection of gadgets per class. You can unlock more in the Equipment screen by spending a resource called VRs, which are earned by completing matches. But which should you unlock first in order to make the best possible loadout builds as early as possible? In this guide, we'll walk you through the best loadout in The Finals for Light, Medium, and Heavy characters, showing you exactly what to buy in order to make yourself as powerful as possible in the current meta.
What's the best loadout in The Finals?
There are three distinct classes in The Finals - Light, Medium, and Heavy - and each class brings something unique and necessary to a squad. So our guide has been split into three sections, each of which focuses on delivering you the best loadout build we've found for each class. It's also worth noting that you should always prioritise building a well-rounded team over playing as your favourite build. A team of three Lights may sound fun, but you'll be at a disadvantage compared to other teams that have split their squad across all three (or at least two) classes.
However, if I had to pick a single loadout that is dominating the meta in The Finals right now: the best loadout in The Finals is the Cloaking Device Light build using the V9S Pistol for quick and deadly hit-and-run attacks on enemy teams. Fights in The Finals are very fast-paced and momentum-based, and a good Light character using a Cloaking Device flourishes in this environment, using their ability to get in and out of the action quickly and safely to disrupt the enemy team, get quick kills, and prevent them from stealing or protecting a cashout. However, one could also easily argue that the Medium build showcased below is the most valuable build in The Finals right now thanks to its versatility and the sheer healing output that they can use to keep their team fighting together.
For more information on this and the other best loadouts in The Finals right now, keep reading!
The Finals best Light loadout
The best Light loadout you can use at the moment in The Finals is this Cloaking Device build using the V9S Pistol, and a combination of the Breach Charge, Stun Gun, and Glitch Grenade for your gadgets. Together this gives the Light class excellent evasive strength, while also giving them utility during teamfights and cashout assaults, and an extremely potent 1v1 two-step combo that can easily take down even a Heavy character in moments.
- Specialization: Cloaking Device
- Weapon: V9S
- Gadgets: Breach Charge, Stun Gun, Glitch Grenade
All of the Light class's Specializations are very powerful, but it's the Cloaking Device that has risen to the top of the meta and stayed there over the past months. While using it, you are entirely invisible while standing still, and still hard to spot (though partially visible) while on the move. It is honestly like playing the Light class on easy mode, because it makes getting into good positions for picking off enemy players trivial.
The V9S is probably the best and most versatile weapon right now for Light characters, and is probably due a nerf at some point. Despite its small stature, it hits hard, fires fast, and is accurate and easy to use. Precede your fights with a single accurate shot from the Stun Gun, and you've already won. It's an extremely powerful combination which can help you dispatch any enemy in any match as long as you hit your shots. You could also happily switch to the SH1900 Shotgun if you want to really get up close and personal and tear down enemies in a split second, although we find you'll have an easier time staying alive if you opt for the V9S.
As for your remaining Gadgets, the Breach Charge is useful not only for finding new entrances and exits during team fights so you can appear and escape from unexpected angles, but it's also always handy for some vault shenanigans, such as blowing out the floor under a vault to drop it unexpectedly. Finally, the Glitch Grenade is an excellent tool for disrupting entrenched enemy positions and turning the tide of battle by disabling gadgets and preventing enemies from using their abilities. Overall, this build gives you all the tools you need to survive and thrive as a Light character, and wreak utter havoc on the enemy teams.
The Finals best Medium loadout
If you want the best, most useful Medium build in The Finals, you have to pick this Healing Beam build with the all-important Defibrillator, along with the Zipline and Gas Mine for extra mobility and zoning strength. All of the Medium's weapons are great in the right hands, but we think the FCAR gives you the easiest time dealing with enemies.
- Specialization: Healing Beam
- Weapon: FCAR
- Gadgets: Defibrillator, Gas Mine, Zipline
If you want to be most effective as a Medium class character, you simply need to use the Healing Beam. It's arguably the single most useful tool in all of The Finals, and with good positioning and communication, a team with a Healing Beam will always handily beat an evenly matched enemy team without a Healing Beam. Similarly, the Defibrillator is such an astonishingly fast-acting revive, it is all but essential for any Medium loadout in the game at the moment.
The other choices are more open to preference, but we recommend using the FCAR for your primary weapon thanks to its high damage, good accuracy, and clean sights. You do have to be wary of its lower magazine sizes than the AKM you might be used to using. We'd also very happily recommend the R.357 Revolver for players who can hit their shots in panicked situations. Overall the Revolver might actually be a little more potent, but the FCAR definitely gives you the easiest time killing enemies.
With your remaining Gadget slots, we recommend a combination of the Zipline and the Gas Mine. The Zipline is a very potent mobility tool that allows your entire team to quickly scale buildings while sticking together - which is how you win fights in The Finals. It's more versatile than the Jump Pad, and easier to control your destination, which is why we prefer it to the Jump Pad. And the Gas Mine is great for both offensive and defensive plays, forcing enemy players to disperse an area or take huge amounts of damage in a short time. We've played around a lot with different combinations particularly for the Medium class, and we're fairly confident that this particular Medium loadout can't be beat right now for versatility.
The Finals best Heavy loadout
While it may be tempting to smash your way through every last wall as a Heavy character, the best loadout right now for the Heavy class in The Finals is this Mesh and Dome Shield build, which utilises a combination of protective shielding and enormous firepower to keep your teammates alive and outgun your opponents. Here are the details of this powerful Heavy build.
- Specialization: Mesh Shield
- Weapon: SA1216
- Gadgets: C4, Dome Shield, RPG-7
The backbone of this Heavy loadout build is the double-whammy of the Mesh Shield and Dome Shield. Both these abilities provide the entire team with much-needed cover at vital moments, and having both of them minimises the chances of you being caught without a shield at hand. These abilities encourage a team approach and force you to stick together, which is generally a very good thing in The Finals.
When it comes to offensive capabilities, this build doesn't come up short there either. Our pick for the best primary weapon on a Heavy is the SA1216 Shotgun; it's easy to use, has a fantastic magazine size for a shotgun, and outputs a huge amount of damage in a short space of time. Even other Heavy characters will crumble quickly under the power of the SA1216 - which is why you need to watch out for enemies using it too. The downside of course is that you have no real power at mid or long-range, so you may wish to keep the punchy Lewis Gun in reserve for those situations. But overall, the SA1216 is taking the Heavy meta by storm right now, and once you've tried it, you'll see why.
If you're caught reloading, you can switch to one of your two explosive gadgets - the RPG-7 and C4. Having some explosive power in your pocket is never a bad thing in a game with such destructible environments, and it only makes sense to have such gadgets to make up for our deficit since we've opted for the Mesh Shield instead of the Charge 'N' Slam Specialization. And of course, C4 is an important part of the most powerful and cheesy strategy in The Finals right now - the so-called "Nuke", where you attach two C4 to a canister and throw it at an enemy for huge explosive damage.
After much testing, we think the best way to play the Heavy class overall is with a focus on defending your teammates with well-placed shields. That's why we think this particular loadout is the best of the bunch when it comes to playing as a Heavy in The Finals.
That wraps up this primer on the best builds in The Finals right now. If you're a new player who wants to get stuck into the action with all this newfound knowledge, check out our guide on how to invite friends in The Finals to make sure you have a full team behind you for your first match!