Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 demands more than just sharp aim and quick reflexes. Mastering its innovative movement system, strategic perk selection, and understanding the new maps are crucial for outplaying the competition. This guide provides essential tips and tricks to elevate your Black Ops 6 multiplayer game.
Mastering Omnimovement
A soldier shooting on their back in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Black Ops 6 introduces omnimovement, revolutionizing player movement. This system allows for fluid and dynamic navigation, enabling sprinting, sliding, and diving in any direction. While sprinting offers maneuverability, remember it delays aiming and firing. Utilize it strategically, not recklessly.
Mastering slides and dives is essential for offensive and defensive maneuvers. Evade enemy fire by leaping sideways around corners or diving backward into cover. The ability to rotate and shoot in any direction while grounded eliminates previous vulnerabilities.
Omnimovement is integral to Black Ops 6 and cannot be disabled. However, you can customize settings like sprint assist, mantle assist, and crouch assist to fine-tune your movement style. Practice in the Training Course before entering multiplayer matches to fully grasp the system’s potential.
Optimizing Perks and Wildcards
A gun on a rack in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Perks in Black Ops 6 are categorized into Enforcer, Recon, and Strategist. Selecting all three perks from a single category grants a powerful Combat Speciality:
- Enforcer: Eliminations provide temporary movement speed and health regeneration buffs.
- Recon: Briefly reveals enemies through walls after respawning, provides a HUD indicator for off-screen enemies, and eliminates death skulls.
- Strategist: Grants score bonuses for objectives and destroying enemy equipment, reveals enemy equipment through walls, and speeds up equipment and field upgrade deployment.
Wildcards from Cold War return, offering additional loadout slots. Perk Greed, unlocked at level 54, allows equipping a fourth perk. Until then, Gunfighter (unlocked at level 33) provides three extra attachment points for your primary weapon, offering a significant advantage.
Utilizing the Prestige System
The prestige icons in Black Ops 6.
The highly requested Prestige system returns, offering unique rewards and bragging rights. Upon reaching level 55, reset your level and unlocks (excluding weapon progression, weapon builds, cosmetics, and blueprints) to increase your Prestige Rank. Each Prestige grants a permanent unlock for a weapon, tactical, or gear item, best used on high-level unlocks. Progress through 10 initial Prestige Ranks and then grind through 1,000 Prestige Master ranks.
Maximizing XP Gain
A warzone in Black Ops 6.
XP is crucial for unlocking weapons, equipment, and progressing through Prestige ranks. Maximize your XP gain through these strategies:
- Complete Challenges: Prioritize daily and weekly challenges for bonus XP. Completing all three daily challenges grants additional XP. Don’t overlook Calling Card and Mastery challenges.
- Zombies Mode: Grind weapon XP efficiently in Zombies mode.
- Team Play and Objectives: Play with friends for potential squad bonuses and increased win rates. Focus on objective-based modes like Hardpoint and Domination for greater XP opportunities.
- Double XP Tokens: Utilize double XP tokens strategically during dedicated grinding sessions. Plan your gameplay around double XP events for maximum benefit.
Exploring New Maps and Mechanics
A player holds a dead player as a body shield in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Black Ops 6 introduces 16 new maps and the innovative meatshield mechanic. Learning map layouts, including optimal paths, sightlines, chokepoints, and secret routes, will provide a significant advantage.
The meatshield mechanic allows capturing an enemy as a living shield, offering protection and the ability to return fire. While effective, remember your vulnerability, especially from behind, and reduced movement speed.
By mastering these tips and tricks, you’ll be well-equipped to dominate the Black Ops 6 multiplayer arena. Good luck, soldier!
