Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Tips For Multiplayer

We got hands-on time with Modern Warfare 4 early on, and while it will feel familiar to many Call of Duty veterans, Infinity Ward has updated some of the movement mechanics and features from recent years. In this guide, we’ll share some of the best tips to help you rack up wins in 멀티플레이 when Modern Warfare 4 launches on October 23.

Practice the new movement

Modern Warfare 4 overhauls the movement from the last two years of Treyarch’s Black Ops games. This game strips away the fancy omnimovement, but Infinity Ward has reworked the mantling system, refined the sliding mechanic, and added a way to climb up pipes.

The best way to get practice with Modern Warfare 4’s movement system is to play the game’s new mobility course, which is found in the 멀티플레이 playlist menu. It includes a series of three difficulties, including tutorials for beginners, intermediate, and experts. There are rewards for completing the mobility course as well.

Without omnimovement, double jumps into windows and other high places are no longer possible. However, you can climb up pipes to reach otherwise inaccessible areas. These specific pipes are copper in color and stand out fairly easily. These are found on standard 멀티플레이 maps, Kill Block, and even Modern Warfare 4’s Zodiac map for Warzone.

Hipfire is your friend

Infinity Ward removed bloom from guns this year, which is a mechanic that previously caused bullet spread when firing from the hip, meaning some bullets did not hit their target.

Hipfiring is more accurate in Modern Warfare 4, so you don’t always need to aim down sights with your gun. If someone is sliding at you from around a corner, or perhaps you just find yourself in a close-range engagement, don’t waste time aiming. Just hipfire your gun.

Adjust your settings

Modern Warfare 4 has plenty of customization and accessibility settings. These include options to help make the game’s movement easier, refine your aiming, and help with issues like Tinnitus or motion sickness. Additionally, Modern Warfare 4 defaults to some cinematic-style visual settings that aren’t great for 멀티플레이. Disabling the settings for motion blur and depth of field will greatly help with the game’s visibility.

If you’re on console, we have a recommended settings guide for getting the most out of Modern Warfare 4 on PlayStation or Xbox consoles.

Build custom loadouts

MW4 Gunsmith feature

The base guns in Call of Duty always feel better to use with a good set of attachments equipped. This year’s Gunsmith will let you fully customize your guns, and it will recommend a few builds with the new Gunny bot system. This isn’t an AI chat bot, but instead it cycles through preset builds from the developer. These weapon builds are decent, but I find it doesn’t always recommend the absolute best attachments. You also don’t have Gunny unlocked until you rank up a few levels.

Try your Apex attachments

Modern Warfare 4 adds a new weapon attachment type called Apex attachments. Every primary and secondary weapon in Modern Warfare 4 has one Apex attachment. These are special add-ons you can unlock for each gun, which will drastically change how the weapon is used. Apex attachments are similar to the weapon conversion kits found in the recent Call of Duty games, but in Modern Warfare 4 they don’t cost one of your attachment slots. You can have a five-attachment build and still equip an Apex attachment, so there’s no reason why you shouldn’t test out some of these unique conversions.

Some of these special attachments sound a little outlandish, with one adding the option to fire throwing knives or another that adds a mounted strobe light, but some of them will likely be powerful options in 멀티플레이. For example, the Oden’s Apex attachment turns the assault rifle into a powerful and precise semi-auto sniper rifle.

Apex attachments aren’t unlocked until you’ve reached the maximum weapon level for a specific gun. Leveling up guns can feel slow in the beginning, but Call of Duty often offers double XP weekends, or you can always make use of any double weapon XP tokens you might have saved up.

Navigating Kill Block

Kill Block is a Gunfight map built as a unique modular battleground where the layout reconfigures with every match, producing hundreds of possible map combinations. It can be trickier to give callouts or find your bearings on a constantly shifting map, but the outer edges of Kill Block are divided into quadrants. Look for the grid’s letters and numbers marked along the outside wall to help with callouts.

Communicate and stay aware

Sound plays a key role in Call of Duty’s 멀티플레이. You’ll want to use a headset whenever possible to pick up valuable intel from the game’s audio cues. This helps boost map awareness, including hearing enemy footsteps more clearly and being able to pinpoint their positions.

Consider using a mic when you can. Multiplayer is a team-based game in almost all modes, so a headset with a mic is also recommended. This can feel especially important in objective-based modes, letting you help with callouts or discuss strategy.

That said, we know Call of Duty lobbies can be toxic. If you’d rather not talk to others, Modern Warfare 4 does include a solid ping system accessible via the D-pad. This lets you mark enemies and key map locations to give your team some basic intel.

The duty is better with friends

Partying up with friends can improve your odds of winning. It helps to have reliable teammates covering your back and calling things out alongside you, and hopefully they’re happy to play the objective or share intel. Try to team up with at least one or two friends to give yourself better odds of victory.