Nobody want your ape opinion. Go away.

Many guns counter apes my dude... infact apes are the easiest players to play against, good shotgun users are not apes, don’t confuse the two

While you 3-tap an ape with your Last Word, they'll OHK you twice. The only good counters are the other OHK weapons, Recluse with Master of Arms active and Riskrunner with a perk active. That's it. Hand cannons are not useful, as you're unlikely to see an ape coming early enough.

Just from the top of my head, Contraverse Hold is an excellent way to counter Apes. It gives you enough damage absorption to survive the shotgun shot and then kill them with Handheld. I'm quite sure there are more ways, but as a warlock main that's my solution when I have a lot of apes in my lobby.