How to counter Sleeper Agent in Black Ops 6

The Sleeper Agent ability has been dominating Black Ops 6’s beta, but luckily, there are a few ways to counter this powerful Field Upgrade.

Sleeper Agent will completely disguise you as a member of the enemy team. Not only will your nameplate appear as friendly, but you’ll also take on the appearance of a member of the enemy team. In the chaos of maps like Babylon, you can go on some high killstreaks as unaware players run straight past you.

If you’re fed up with being taken down by enemies in disguise, here are some ways to counter Sleeper Agent.

Sleeper Agent counters in BO6

Use Vigilance Perk

The direct counter to Sleeper Agent is the Vigilance Perk from the third slot. With this Perk Equipped, you’ll be entirely immune to its effects, and anyone using it will just appear as a regular enemy.

This Perk is quite situational so if you’d rather have another equipped, here are a few more ways to counter Sleeper Agents.

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Keep an eye on the minimap

While enemy Sleeper Agents will be disguised as a member of your team, they won’t appear on your minimap as a friendly. If you see a friendly in front of you but they’re not on the minimap, they’re probably an enemy using the Field Upgrade so take your shot.

They’ll also get pinged by UAVs or when firing unsuppressed weapons, so keep an eye out for that too.

Watch for aim assist

Sleeper Agent doesn’t actually disable aim assist so if a disguised enemy crosses your path, you’ll feel your aim slow down. I caught several Sleeper Agents this way, gunning them down before either of us knew what was happening.

There’s a major caveat here though: mouse and keyboard players don’t get aim assist and can’t take advantage of this counter.

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Play in a party

While I wouldn’t suggest partying up with the sole purpose of countering Sleeper Agent, if you are in a party, you can have a big advantage over those using the Field Upgrade. Players in your party will be a different color than those who aren’t, so if you’re with two or three friends, they’re ‘safe’ players who can’t be the Sleeper Agent.

If you’re playing as a full stack, then you’ll have rendered the Sleeper Agent ability useless as they’ll look different from all your other squadmates.

You can also lock in the best controller, audio, and PC settings to get a major advantage over the competition.