Challenging Zombie Loadouts to Try

Black Ops 6 Zombies can be a real challenge due to the fast pace of zombies, spawns, and those pesky Manglers. However, players can make it even more challenging by trying out certain weapons to aid the fight against the hordes in Terminus and Liberty Falls.

With so many weapons to choose from, the ones provided below will add a unique challenge in Black Ops 6 Zombies to further test the skills of the player, and they might even end up finding a powerful build that they enjoy – or a ridiculous one that shouldn’t work as well as it does.

7 Melee Aficionado

A Combat Knife and Melee Macchiato Make the Dream Team

• Weapon: Knife (Melee)
• Essential Perks: Melee Macchiato
• Field Upgrade: Frenzied Guard

If there’s any build that more frenzied players would enjoy, it’s a straight-up melee one. While it’s a tough battle between the Combat Knife and the Baseball Bat, this build works better with the Knife purely because it’s a tad slower and has a tighter reach that forces players to get up close and personal.

With the Knife, players will want to Pack-a-Punch it ASAP and get Melee Macchiato to further increase their melee power. What makes this build challenging is how dangerous it is to melee zombies, especially in the higher rounds, since one hit can cause quite the damage, and handling Elite Zombies like Amalgams and Abominations isn’t going to be easy.

6 Zombie Go Boom

The Cigma 2B and PhD Flopper Can Deal With Unrelenting Hordes

• Weapon: Cigma 2B (Launcher)
• Essential Perks: PhD Flopper
• Field Upgrade: Energy Mine

A dangerous and explosive build for both zombies and players, this loadout will focus purely on the controversial Cigma 2B. This rocket launcher doesn’t exactly boast a high damage output, and its lacking amount of ammo in the chamber makes for a hard time that might struggle to kill a horde, unless players know how to use their explosives.

PhD Flopper is essential for this build, as the explosive power of the rocket launcher is enough to knock the hordes down like pins in bowling, but also enough to break the armor and health of those who are dangerous enough to risk something like this.

5 The Scavenger

A Classic Call of the Dead Weapon Returns

• Weapon: LR 7.62 (Sniper Rifle)
• Essential Perks: PhD Flopper
• Field Upgrade: Aether Shroud

Anyone who has played the classic Zombies map of Call of the Dead, may be familiar with the Scavenger, a Wonder Weapon exclusive to that map which will make the most satisfying explosive sound upon detonation, and can easily eradicate George A. Romero with just a few shots. Players can recreate this weapon with the Pack-a-Punched LR 7.62.

The Pack-a-Punch version of the LR 7.62 provides a bolt-action sniper with explosive capabilities, allowing it to bite hordes of undead and use precision shots against Manglers and Abominations for varying effects. Paired with the Aether Shroud Field Upgrade, players have a sneaky way out of combat, and a stealth attack from within the Dark Aether.

4 World at War Throwback

The STG-44 is a One-of-a-Kind

• Weapon: Model L (Assault Rifle)
• Essential Perks: Speed Cola
• Field Upgrade: Healing Aura

The Model L might not seem like the most impressive weapon players can grab, but it is one that can see a further cool factor once players reach Prestige 2 – Level 50. At this level, players will be able to convert the Model L into the STG-44 Blueprint, which is a beloved weapon from Call of Duty: World at War.

The STG-44 has been gone for quite some time, and the complexity of its design may see it never come back, but forever immortalized in the gaming scene. Those who remember the catwalk in Der Riese and the STG-44 wall-buy might want to grab this beauty.

3 Spray and Pray

The XMG Boasts a High Ammo Capacity for Spraying and Praying

• Weapon: XMG (Light Machine Gun)
• Essential Perks: Speed Cola
• Field Upgrade: Healing Aura

Light Machine Guns always suffer from the fact that they are pretty slow-firing, hard to reload, and slow players down with their sprint speeds. However, unlock the inner “Tank” Dempsey by committing to a spray and pray by utilizing the XMG, which has a high ammo capacity to allow players to absolutely unload infinite lead into enemies.

The XMG may not be the best nor the fastest LMG, but it’s still one worth using thanks to its high ammo capacity. It’s a real challenge to see the XMG thrive on higher rounds, but activating Healing Aura to stay alive for a duration while unloading death to zombie hordes will prove a new strategy not for everyone.

2 John Black Ops

Become the Black Ops Guy with Dual GS45s

• Weapon: GS45 (Pistol)
• Essential Perks: PhD Flopper
• Field Upgrade: Frenzied Guard

There’s an absurd joke within the Call of Duty community that refers to the iconic “goes hard” picture of the sitting Black Ops menu character as John Black Ops. Players can not only recreate the pose with a specific emote in Black Ops 6, but they can bring forth the dual wield pistols of John Black Ops into Zombies with the GS45.

While players need to fully level up the GS45 to unlock dual wield, it’s most definitely worth it, because a Pack-a-Punch of the two will provide the Mustang & Sally variant named Sally & Forth. It’s explosive, fast-firing, and a true iconic beast.

1 Wonder Weapon Hoarder

Who Needs a Loadout When You Have a Ray Gun?

• Weapon: Ray Gun, Jet Gun/DRI-11 Beamsmasher
• Essential Perks: PhD Flopper
• Field Upgrade: Frenzied Guard

Everyone loves a Wonder Weapon, and without Mule Kick, players can’t exactly have them all and then bring in a spare weapon. That’s why the Wonder Weapon hoarder can steal every Wonder Weapon they can get their Operator mitts on, and try their luck at the Mystery Box and the free WW quests to get the Ray Gun and the map-exclusive Wonder Weapon.

The Ray Gun is absurdly powerful again, which Black Ops 6 desperately needed. Players can also try their luck with the Jet Gun and the DRI-11 Beamsmasher to make for the ultimate rare arsenal of weapons that will make any friend or fellow Operator jealous.