How To Get Better At Multiplayer In COD: Black Ops 6

Key Takeaways

• Learn the game’s speed to keep up with fellow players and anticipate enemy moves.
• Understand weapon recoil to maximize accuracy and win fights.
• Use map knowledge to flank enemies and strategically position yourself for an advantage.

With any new game in the Call of Duty series, there is a certain learning curve one has to overcome. Whether it’s the new weapons, new maps, or maybe even some new gameplay entirely, there is always something that separates the new players from the masters, and Black Ops 6 is no different.

With FPS games as competitive as CoD, it’s best to make sure you have as much of an edge against your opponents as possible. Thankfully, there are some tips that will help increase your scores, and hopefully keep you in the winner’s circle at the end of the round.

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Learn The Speed

The Need

Black Ops games feel a bit different from the Modern Warfare sub-series of the Call of Duty games. One reason for that is how Black Ops games seem to move a bit faster, from the combat all the way to simply how fast your characters can move around the map.

Learning this ‘Call of Duty timing’ is one of the first steps in getting better at the game. The best way to do this is to understand the timeframe that respawns happen in gamemodes and where the usual spots for respawns are. The game is going to spawn players in the safest possible place; from there, you can get a sense of how long your enemies will take to get to you, and which avenues they will do so with.

7

Understand Your Range And Recoil

The Patterns Mason, What Do They Mean?

Each weapon in the game has its own pros and cons, and one of the main ones is the weapon’s recoil at different ranges. Whether it’s a single-shot, pump-shotgun, or a light-machinegun with a huge magazine, recoil can make or break a fight.

Obviously, each kind of weapon has a go-to range, but some weapons may surprise you when it comes to recoil stability. The Tanto for instance, is a great SMG, with a scope and some other mods, that can be used at medium ranges for headshots as well. Finding these weapons with varying range capabilities, thanks to recoil control, can make you a far more universal fighter in matches.

The DM-10 is another good example of a weapon that, despite being made for long range, has a fast enough fire-rate and damage output that it can be modified to work well at close range too.

6

Learn The Secrets Of The Maps

Alleyways And Avenues

The creators of Black Ops 6 have learned from the previous games, bringing all new maps and some series-standard maps back to this game as well. Each one has plenty of things for you to learn as you explore them, such as different avenues of approach, hiding spots, and deadly angles. Knowing about these is a great way to get the drop on the enemy team, at least before they do it to you.

A great example is the fireplace in the Payback map, which allows you to cut diagonally through the map’s avenues. A perfectly timed slide or omnimovement leap can flank your enemies and really get the drop on them. Especially in the Control game mode.

5

Flank

Hit ‘Em Hard

Along with learning the maps, comes using that info to your advantage. One of the best ways to do that is by flanking your enemies. This is done by getting behind them, or attacking from the side without them realizing it.

This can be harder as the match goes on and spawn points begin to rotate, but once you get a sense of where the enemy is coming from, you can usually find ways to slip behind them, and maybe even take out a handful at once.

Combining this with a well-timed explosive or scorestreak can turn the tide of a match.

4

Don’t Forget Your Sidearm

Keep Your Holster Ready

A wise Call of Duty character once said switching to your sidearm is faster than reloading, and more often than not he is correct. Even the guns with the largest magazines run dry at some point, and reloads are a dangerous thing to time.

In the heat of a fight, it can be beneficial to switch to your secondary weapon to finish off an enemy, or at least put up a fighting chance. Be it a knife, pistol, or something else entirely, they can save you from a long respawn.

3

Use Your Equipment

Boom, Bang, Pow

You aren’t just equipped with your main weapon and sidearm. You also have your tactical and explosive equipment that you can usually end up chucking at the enemy. These are often the forgotten part of a loadout.

Molotovs are great for area denial, especially in domination and hardpoint game modes. While smoke grenades and flashbangs are better for confusing the enemy in search and destroy. Knowing the strengths of each of these pieces of equipment makes sure you know when the prime opportunities to use them are.

More and more players are using the spy cam to good effect, which lets you scout out your enemies’ locations, allowing your whole team to see them. A quick peak in a room is all you need to reveal an entire team of players.

2

Master Omnimovement

Slide Into Home

Omnimovement is a series of movement changes that allows you to sprint, slide, and dive in multiple directions (even shooting as you do so). It’s a drastic change that frees up movement quite a lot.

Learning how to master this can really be used to keep your enemies guessing. Everyone expects to find a standing human shape when they turn a corner, not so much a horizontal enemy flying through the air.

The multiplayer tutorial map is a great place to practice omnimovement. Knowing how far a leap takes you, how to aim when you are leaping, and when to time one are all key variables. A well-timed leap in omnimovement can take you through windows and small gaps in walls where doorways are contested.

This is doubly so when entering buildings or new rooms. Combining it with your spy cam can quickly let you reveal a team’s position, and maybe allow you to kill one or two before they can get you in their sights.

1

Tweak Your Loadouts

Armor Up

Tweaking your loadouts is easily done. But tweaking them for what? Depending on what you like to play, it’s recommended to have a loadout for each range, and a go-to loadout for certain game modes as well.

A shotgun loadout with perks like Flak Jacket and Quartermaster will make you a powerful force when defending a location in modes like Hardpoint. But, an SMG and knife loadout combined with some flashbangs and Double Time can make you a fast assassin in the Kill Order game mode.