I'm also tired of constantly dying in Vanguard
Vanguard’s new season is finally here. If you’ve been following Activision and Sledgehammer Games lately, you might know already that this season was delayed because of the massive bugs and problems Warzone was facing… but the wait is over. I’m not gonna lie and tell you everything is great, but at least we got new content, a few new maps, and what’s more important: new weapons. The following weapons aren’t just good in Vanguard, but also fun. That’s right. The next loadouts are actually cool as heck and might bring you and your homies some good games. I’ll talk exclusively about primary weapons by the way, because… you know, multiplayer doesn’t really need a secondary weapon so just use anything you like (I’d recommend using launchers if you’re still grinding the mastery camo).
10. SEASON 2
They did it again, another new weapon that is overpowered. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, it’s actually fun to see a new meta every now and then. This AR has very minimum recoil, a fast fire rate, and actually a pretty decent damage range. If you haven’t unlocked the diamond camo for assault rifles, then unlock this gun and you’ll probably get the gold camo in no time.
Loadout Details:
KG M40
- Muzzle: MX Silencer
- Helps with: Sound Suppression, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed
- Barrel: Dorf 720mm Shrouded
- Helps with: Recoil Control and Accuracy, Flinch Resistance, Reduced Scope Sway and Gun Bob, Bullet Velocity
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed, Movement Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed
- Underbarrel: M1941 Hand Stop
- Helps with: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Hip Fire Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Fabric Grip
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Recoil Recovery
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Optic: Slate Reflector
- Helps with: -
- Hurts your: -
- Stock: Reisdorf 365K
- Helps with: Aim Walking Movement Speed, Aim Walking Steadiness, Sprint to Fire Speed, Movement Speed
- Hurts your: Hip Fire Accuracy, Flinch Resistance, Accuracy and Recoil During Sustained Fire
- Magazine: .30-06 50 Round Drums
- Helps with: Bullet Velocity and Range, Damage, Bullet Penetration, Magazine Ammo Capacity
- Hurts your: Recoil Control and Accuracy, Movement Speed, Aim Down Sight Speed, Fire Rate
- Ammunition: Lengthened
- Helps with: Bullet Velocity
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 1: Brace
- Helps with: Initial Accuracy and Recoil
- Hurts your:
- Perk 2: Fully Loaded
- Helps with: Max Starting Ammo
- Hurts your:
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What’s great about this loadout:
- Steady
- Accurate
- Great Damage
- Good Bullet Velocity
9. Whitley
It might not shoot fast, but oh, man… This LMG is definitely broken. You can check any clip you want and I’m sure you’ll feel like I did: is this guy playing in hardcore mode (enemies die from one bullet), but nope… This gun is simply that good. Hits like a freaking truck, it is kinda slow though, so take your precautions.
Loadout Details:
Whitley
- Muzzle: MX Silencer
- Helps with: Sound Suppression, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed
- Barrel: 26” Gracey Rapid
- Helps with: Initial Accuracy and Recoil, Fire Rate
- Hurts your: Sprint to Fire Speed, Aim Down Sight Speed, Damage
- Underbarrel: M1941 Hand Stop
- Helps with: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Hip Fire Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Fabric Grip
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Recoil Recovery
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Optic: Slate Reflector
- Helps with: -
- Hurts your: -
- Stock: Cooper Adjustable
- Helps with: Sprint to Fire Speed, Movement Speed
- Hurts your: Initial Accuracy and Recoil
- Magazine: .30-06 120 Round Boxed
- Helps with: Magazine Ammo Capacity
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed, Reload Quickness, Movement Speed
- Ammunition: Lengthened
- Helps with: Bullet Velocity
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 1: Sleight of Hand
- Helps with: Reload Quickness
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 2: Fully Loaded
- Helps with: Max Starting Ammo
- Hurts your: -
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What’s great about this loadout:
- Consistent Fire Rate
- Controllable Recoil
- Great at long-range engagements
8. Cooper Carbine
Still cool, still fast, and still up there. The Cooper Carbine has been dominating CoD Vanguard for a while now. EXTREMELY fast fire rate, controllable recoil, and great mobility. This AR feels like a freaking SMG but still hits like a truck. Wanna get an easy win? This is your gun.
Loadout Details:
Cooper Carbine
- Muzzle: F8 Stabilizer
- Helps with: Damage Range, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Barrel: 14” Gracey Rapid
- Helps with: Fire Rate, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Hurts your: Accuracy, Aim Down Sight Speed
- Underbarrel: M1941 Hand Stop
- Helps with: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Hip Fire Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Stippled Grip
- Helps with: Recoil Recovery, Initial Accuracy, and Recoil
- Hurts your: -
- Optic: Slate Reflector
- Helps with: -
- Hurts your: -
- Stock: Cooper 45RS
- Helps with: Initial Accuracy and Recoil, Aim Down Sight Speed, Recoil Recovery
- Hurts your: Hip Fire Accuracy, Accuracy and Recoil During Sustained Fire
- Magazine: .30 Carbine 45 Round Mags
- Helps with: Bullet Velocity, Damage, Bullet Penetration, Magazine Ammo Capacity
- Hurts your: Recoil Control and Accuracy, Aim Down Sight Speed, Fire Rate, Movement Speed
- Ammunition: Compressed Rounds
- Helps with: Fire Rate
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Perk 1: Brace
- Helps with: Initial Accuracy and Recoil
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 2: Fully Loaded
- Helps with: Max Starting Ammo
- Hurts your:
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What’s great about this loadout:
- Easy to control
- Super Fast Fire Rate
- Insane Bullet Velocity
- Smooth mobility
7. BAR
You can love it, you can hate it… it doesn’t really matter, cause at the end of the day, the BAR still melts. We all know this guy: slow fire rate, incredible damage, and controllable recoil, but man… I’ve been killed by it a lot this season. For sure one of the best options right now.
Loadout Details:
BAR
- Muzzle: Recoil Booster
- Helps with: Fire Rate
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Barrel: CGC 27” 2B
- Helps with: Highly Accurate and Controllable, Reduced Scope Sway and Gun Bob, Damage Range
- Hurts your: Sprint to Fire Speed, Aim Walking Movement Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Underbarrel: M1941 Hand Stop
- Helps with: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Hip Fire Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Fabric Grip
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Recoil Recovery
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Optic: Slate Reflector
- Helps with: -
- Hurts your: -
- Stock: Pistol Grip Custom
- Helps with: Horizontal Recoil Control, Aim Down Sight Speed
- Hurts your: Movement Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Magazine: .50 BMG 30 Round Mag
- Helps with: Bullet Velocity and Range, Damage, Bullet Penetration, Magazine Ammo Capacity
- Hurts your: Recoil Control and Accuracy, Movement Speed, Aim Down Sight Speed, Fire Rate
- Ammunition: Hollow Point
- Helps with: Increases Limb Damage
- Hurts your: Damage Range
- Perk 1: Tight Grip
- Helps with: Accuracy and Recoil During Sustained Fire
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 2: Fully Loaded
- Helps with: Max Starting Ammo
- Hurts your:
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What’s great about this loadout:
- Effective at long, medium, and short-range
- Slow Fire Rate but great damage
- You can wall bang plenty of enemies
6. MP-40
Honestly, I don’t even know what to say about the MP-40. Maybe a simple “it’s still OP” would be enough, but I’m here to tell you that it still has one of the fastest TTK in Vanguard. Besides that, the pros love it, because of its smooth, nice, and clean mobility and fire rate. Just throw some incendiary bullets into the mix and enemies will probably leave the game when they bump into you.
MP-40
- Muzzle: Recoil Booster
- Helps with: Fire Rate
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Barrel: VDD 285mm Shrouded
- Helps with: No Enemy Skulls, Firing visibility to enemies
- Hurts your: Damage Range
- Underbarrel: SMLE Pistol Grip
- Helps with: Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Hurts your: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Fabric Grip
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Recoil Recovery
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Stock: VDD 34M
- Helps with: Horizontal Recoil Control, Aim Down Sight Speed
- Hurts your: Movement Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Magazine: 9mm 64 Round Drums
- Helps with: Magazine Ammo Capacity
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed, Reload Quickness, Movement Speed
- Ammunition: Incendiary
- Helps with: Incendiary Damage
- Hurts your: Bullet Velocity, Damage Range
- Perk 1: Brace
- Helps with: Initial Accuracy and Recoil
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 2: Quick
- Helps with: Sprint Speed
- Hurts your: -
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What’s great about this loadout:
- Great mobility
- Fast ADS speed
- Fast TTK
5. Combat Shotgun
Now… I’ll get serious here. If you use this shotgun just to have some fun, we all probably hate you already because… this gun is ridiculous. Great hip-fire accuracy and impressive damage make the Combat Shotgun annoyingly good. I’ll leave the best class here, but please use it only if you’re trying to get it gold… please.
Loadout Details:
Combat Shotgun
- Muzzle: SUH 16 Brake
- Helps with: Accuracy
- Hurts your: -
- Barrel: Sawed-Off
- Helps with: Wider Pellet Spread, Movement Speed, Damage
- Hurts your: Recoil Control and Accuracy, Damage Range
- Underbarrel: SMLE Pistol Grip
- Helps with: Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Hurts your: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Fabric Grip
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Recoil Recovery
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Stock: Framble Big Game
- Helps with: Aim Walking Movement Speed, Aim Walking Steadiness, Initial Accuracy, and Recoil
- Hurts your: Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Magazine: 16 Gauge 10 Round Drums
- Helps with: Magazine Ammo Capacity
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed, Reload Quickness, Movement Speed
- Ammunition: Incendiary
- Helps with: Incendiary Damage
- Hurts your: Bullet Velocity, Damage Range
- Perk 1: Vital
- Helps with: Increased Area for Critical Hits
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 2: Quick
- Helps with: Sprint Speed
- Hurts your: -
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What’s great about this loadout:
- Effective Range
- Insane Damage
- Greatly Accurate when Hip Firing
- Decent Mobility
4. Owen Gun
I love this SMG and so do some Warzone players. However, the Owen Gun is actually even better in Vanguard. It doesn’t have a fast fire rate (or at least not as fast as the MP-40’s), but it does have good damage range, controllable recoil and allows you to freaking fly around the map. This gun feels just like a new toy: you have a lot of fun with it and even if you get bored after a while, you’ll probably have fun with it tomorrow and the day after and so on. Also… try it out on Warzone too…
Loadout Details:
Owen Gun
- Muzzle: M1929 Silencer
- Helps with: Sound Suppression, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed
- Barrel: Hockenson 142mm Rapid
- Helps with: Fire Rate, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Hurts your: Accuracy, Sprint to Fire Speed, Aim Down Sight Speed
- Underbarrel: SMLE Pistol Grip
- Helps with: Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Hurts your: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Fabric Grip
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Recoil Recovery
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Stock: Removed Stock
- Helps with: Movement Speed, Aim Down Sight Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Aim Walking Movement Speed
- Hurts your: Accuracy, Recoil Control, Aim Walking Steadiness
- Optic: Slate Reflector
- Helps with: -
- Hurts your: -
- Magazine: 8mm Kurz 60 Round Drums
- Helps with: Bullet Velocity, Damage, Bullet Penetration, Magazine Ammo Capacity
- Hurts your: Recoil Control and Accuracy, Aim Down Sight Speed, Movement Speed, Fire Rate
- Ammunition: Lengthened
- Helps with: Bullet Velocity
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 1: Fleet
- Helps with: Weapon Swap Quickness, Movement Speed
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 2: Quick
- Helps with: Sprint Speed
- Hurts your: -
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What's great about this loadout
- Accurate
- Controllable
- High caliber = fast TTK
3. Kar98k
Four words: the best sniper rifle. I’m not saying the other sniper rifles are trash but… they do feel like trash compared to the Kar. Fast, snappy, good bullet velocity, and godly mobility. I personally don’t love sniper rifles, but I must admit I had a lot of fun when I used the Kar. It is also very player-friendly. A great option if you wanna have fun or play as sweaty as possible.
Kar98k
- Muzzle: L Brake
- Helps with: Accuracy
- Hurts your: -
- Barrel: Krausnick 560mm LWS03K
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed
- Hurts your: Bullet Velocity
- Underbarrel: SMLE Pistol Grip
- Helps with: Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Hurts your: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Leather Grip
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed
- Hurts your: -
- Stock: Short Stock
- Helps with: Movement Speed, Aim Down Sight Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Aim Walking Movement Spee
- Hurts your: Movement Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Ammunition: FMJ Rounds
- Helps with: Bullet Penetration
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 1: Quickscope
- Helps with: Accuracy Immediately After ADS
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 2: Fully Loaded
- Helps with: Max Starting Ammo
- Hurts your:
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What's great about this loadout
- Lethal to torso and head
- Snappy and fast
- Controllable
- Smooth mobility
2. Volkssturmgewehr
This gun frustrates me… I got it gold right before this season dropped and now it just feels…better? Like, it allows you to move nicer and its fire rate feels like it was improved. I’m not gonna lie and tell you I love it, but it’s just different. I will say it runs better as an SMG than an AR. Doesn’t really have that much recoil and its damage range is pretty decent. It was really fun using it though because it is challenging but not impossible to get a nice killstreak with it. Try it out and see it for yourself.
Volkssturmgewehr
- Muzzle: Mercury Silencer
- Helps with: Sound Suppression, Recoil Control
- Hurts your: Damage Range
- Barrel: VDD 287mm
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed, Aim Walking Movement Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed
- Hurts your: Bullet Velocity, Recoil Control, and Accuracy
- Underbarrel: SMLE Pistol Grip
- Helps with: Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Accuracy
- Hurts your: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Fabric Grip
- Helps with: Aim Down Sight Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Recoil Recovery
- Hurts your: Accuracy
- Optic: Slate Reflector
- Helps with: -
- Hurts your: -
- Stock: Krausnick S10V Short
- Helps with: Hip Fire Accuracy, Movement Speed
- Hurts your: Accuracy, Recoil Control
- Magazine: 8mm Kurz 60 Round Drums
- Helps with: Magazine Ammo Capacity
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed, Reload Quickness, Movement Speed
- Ammunition: Lengthened
- Helps with: Bullet Velocity
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 1: Fleet
- Helps with: Weapon Swap Quickness, Movement Speed
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 2: Surplus
- Helps with: Kill XP
- Hurts your:
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What’s great about this loadout:
- Quick AR
- Great for pushing spawns
- Lethal at close-range
- Controllable recoil
1. Welgun
It wasn’t really nerfed… like, of course, they did nerf some things, but one doesn’t really notice them. It still obliterates enemies in no time, has super-smooth movement, and has an absurdly fast fire rate… The Welgun still feels like a king and it probably will be for a long time. Give it a try if you haven't already, cause it’s actually a super fun gun to use.
Welgun
- Muzzle: M1929 Silencer
- Helps with: Sound Suppression, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed
- Barrel: 300mm Wilkie Custom
- Helps with: Hip Fire Accuracy, Sprint to Fire Speed, Hip Fire Recoil Recovery
- Hurts your: Recoil Control, Aim Walking Movement Speed
- Underbarrel: M1941 Hand Stop
- Helps with: Recoil Control, Accuracy
- Hurts your: Hip Fire Accuracy
- Rear Grip: Stippled Grip
- Helps with: Recoil Recovery, Initial Accuracy and Recoil
- Hurts your: -
- Stock: Removed Stock
- Helps with: Movement Speed, Sprint to Fire Speed, Aim Down Sight Speed
- Hurts your: Accuracy, Recoil Control, Flinch Resistance, Aim Walking Steadiness
- Magazine: 9mm 64 Rounds Mags
- Helps with: Magazine Ammo Capacity, Reload Quickness
- Hurts your: Aim Down Sight Speed, Movement Speed
- Ammunition: Incendiary
- Helps with: Incendiary Damage
- Hurts your: Bullet Velocity, Damage Range
- Perk 1: Fleet
- Helps with: Weapon Swap Quickness, Movement Speed
- Hurts your: -
- Perk 2: Quick
- Helps with: Sprint Speed
- Hurts your:
Perks
- Fortified
- Forward Intel
- Scavenger
Lethal
- Gammon Bomb
Tactical
- Stims
What’s great about this loadout:
- Lethal
- Perfect for short and medium-range engagements
- Smooth Movement
- Amazing TTK
