It took lower than every week for Name of Obligation League professionals to ban the Mannequin L and XMG, however that doesn’t stop gamers from utilizing these overpowered ARs in customary Multiplayer matches.
We ranked the XM4 as the most effective AR in BO6 due to its class-leading hearth fee and glorious injury output. Whereas it doesn’t eradicate enemies quicker than the AK-74 or AS VAL, the XM4 has a a lot easier-to-control recoil sample.
In the meantime, you wouldn’t guess that the Mannequin L is so highly effective on paper. The AR lands in the midst of the pack for time-to-kill pace, ranks lifeless final for the category in hearth fee and bullet velocity, and second to final in aim-down-sight pace.
None of that issues as a result of the Mannequin L is lethal correct in medium and long-range engagements and maintains a formidable 300-millisecond time-to-kill as much as 51 meters. Expert gamers solely want round three pictures to eradicate enemies from any vary.
In response, CDL professionals banned each ARs, and Ben Nissim offered some context as to why that call was made.
“The Mannequin L is clearly busted, in order that obtained GA’d. The issue with the XM4 is that no one desires to see an M4 meta, and additionally it is actually good, and there are principally like seven on the map.”
This comes after the M4 was banned in MW3 as a result of it dominated the primary weekend of aggressive motion. Equally, most CDL professionals used the XM4 throughout Zooma’s $25,000 match over the weekend, and SMG gamers didn’t stand an opportunity in opposition to the AR.
Nissim claimed that professional gamers are presently within the strategy of attempting out a number of completely different ARs, just like the AMES 85 and GPR 91, to discover a higher steadiness between SMG and ARs.
Fortuitously, gamers aren’t certain by the identical restrictions as the professionals. So, with that in thoughts, try our favourite loadouts for the XM4 and Mannequin L.
As for aggressive followers, it’s nonetheless important to familiarize your self with different ARs as a result of the XM4 and Mannequin L most probably gained’t be out there in Ranked Play when that recreation mode releases in Season 1