Warzone’s Verdansk is a large place and sometimes you’ll need a little extra range to defeat your enemies. The game offers plenty of sniper and marksman rifles to use, but you’ll want to equip the very best if you wish to claim those montage-worthy headshots.
Personal preference should dictate your loadout choice Warzone, but with snipers, there is a more obvious trade-off to choose between. After all, any of the game’s best options will let you knock a fully armored enemy with a well-placed headshot. However, both the damage range, fire rate, and bullet velocity (which dictates your drop-off at range) greatly vary.
Instead of messing around with attachments to make a gun something that it’s not, here are rankings for the best snipers in Warzone, with loadouts and attachments that maximize their individual efficiencies.
5. Best LW3 Tundra loadout for Warzone
- Muzzle: Stabilizer .308
- Barrel: 28.2″ Tiger Team
- Underbarrel: SFOD Speedgrip
- Handle: Airborne Elastic Wrap
- Stock: Raider Pad
While Warzone’s best players aren’t particularly infatuated with the Black Ops Cold War snipers (or even assault rifles, for that matter), the best option is undoubtedly the LW3 Tundra. Some have dabbled in the semi-automatic rifles or the Pelington sniper, but the Tundra hits harder and has carved itself a reputation as BOCW’s best ranged sniper rifle. Since you can’t use the Gunfighter perk in Warzone, you’re limited to five attachments — making the choices somewhat difficult.
As far as the best LW3 Tundra class, you can’t go wrong with the one made infamous by Damon ‘Karma’ Barlow’s R11 ace during the Challengers Cup.
Karma is arguably the greatest CoD player of all time, so it’s especially hard to disagree with his choices here. This class boosts the gun’s potential for speed and ADS, but, more importantly, helps its firepower and accuracy. It’s not the fastest or the deadliest, putting it somewhere around the efficiency of Modern Warfare’s balanced SP-R and AX-50 options. Like those guns, if you run this LW3 class, you should opt for a mobile AR or a steadier, mid-range-capable SMG.
4. Best AX-50 loadout for Warzone
- Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor
- Barrel: Singuard Arms Pro
- Laser: Tac Laser
- Stock: Singuard Arms Assassin
- Rear Grip: Stippled Grip Tape
A tried and tested favorite of the Call of Duty League, the AX-50 is probably the most balanced sniper in the entire game. While it can’t down people across the map quite as easily as the HDR, it’s a much more versatile option given its mobility, aim-down-sight (ADS), and firing rate advantages.
This AX-50 class maintains enough bullet velocity and accuracy to prove lethal from range, while still enjoying some mobility. You can be fairly comfortable pulling it out for a quick down during a gunfight before pushing with an AR or SMG.
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Making this gun even more mobile to use is the Tac Laser, Singuard Arms Assassin stock, and Stippled Grip Tape. Collectively, these will steady out your movement, giving you increased aim stability and decreasing your ADS speed.
3. Best HDR loadout for Warzone
One of Verdansk’s most dangerous snipers. If you’ve ever been downed from hundreds of yards away out of nowhere…it was probably an HDR. This gun is heavy and slow-moving, but its sway and drop-off at range are both entirely negligible.
- Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor
- Barrel: 26.9” HDR Pro
- Laser: Tac Laser
- Optic: Variable Zoom Scope
- Stock: FTAC Stalker-Scout
This is the HDR loadout for those who want to hit obnoxious shots. It’s not about moving around, downing an enemy, and rushing in with a numbers advantage. It’s about sitting back, taking out enemies from afar, and trying to knock Most Wanted contract-bearers out of their helicopters across the map.
Forget your VLK 3.0x Optic ARs and any SMGs when running this HDR, it’s slow and nasty from very far, so you’ll need a secondary that can handle work in the mid and short-range. That makes the FFAR 1 or CR-56 AMAX the way to go.
2. Best SP-R 208 loadout for Warzone
- Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor
- Barrel: SP-R 26”
- Laser: Tac Laser
- Optic: Solozero SP-R 28mm
- Ammunition: .338 Lapua Mag 5-R Mags
Like the AX-50, the SP-R is a balanced rifle, but on the other side of the spectrum. It’s not quite as fast as the Kar98k or as effective at range as the AX-50, but it’s a nice option somewhere in between.
For those who want to retain a speedy ADS and firing rate, but also want to knock enemies more easily at range, this SP-R class is perfect. And yes, this is the class that HusKerrs uses to crush the competition. You can pair this with a mobile AR, like the FFAR 1, or, if you’re feeling particularly confident in close-quarter scenarios, feel free to pair it with an SMG like the MAC-10, MP5, or MP7.
1. Best Kar98k loadout for Warzone
- Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor
- Barrel: Singuard Custom 27.6”
- Laser: Tac Laser
- Optic: Sniper Scope
- Perk: Sleight of Hand
With an incredibly quick firing rate and ADS speed, this rifle takes the top spot for its high kill potential. The Kar98k is best-suited to those with the mechanical accuracy to hit headshots on the regular.
At long ranges, you won’t be able to knock enemies so easily with a headshot. But, with the Tac Laser and Sleight of Hand equipped, you can whip this Kar98k out at a moment’s notice and get a couple of kills in quick succession.
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Not only does this class feel great to use, it also works incredibly well when paired with one of Warzone’s best assault rifles. This leaves you with an incredibly fun, balanced loadout.
Ultimately, snipers are the guns most dependent on feel in Call of Duty. You can’t spray and pray with a ranged rifle, you just have to be comfortable leading and landing headshots. The best way to choose your preferred option is to give each a chance until you hit upon one that suits you.
