COD Warzone Season 4: Best meta weapon loadout of each type

Call of Duty: Warzone has entered Season 4, and there’s loads more content for the most dedicated battle royale fans to jump into this season.

If you want the best chance of dominating each match, then you’ll need the very best weapons at your disposal. In this guide, we’re breaking down the best meta weapon loadouts and builds – with some help from Codmunity – so you can go into each match prepared to win. It won’t be easy, but these weapons can guide you to victory.

Best Assault Rifle (AR) build, MXR-17 – COD Warzone

The new fan-favourite AR in Call of Duty: Warzone Season 4 is the MXR-17. If you’re looking for an efficient rifle that can take out foes from mid to long range with ease, it’s the most obvious choice.

• Optic: Fang Hoverpoint ELO
• Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor
• Barrel: 17” Greaves Scourge Barrel
• Magazine: Rhodes Drum Mag
• Stock: Winch Stock

Best Submachine Gun (SMG) build, Dravec 45 – COD Warzone

The Dravec 45 is the latest SMG enjoying the top spot in Warzone Season 4, and it’s easy to see why. As an SMG it is lightweight and easy to move around with, but it’s also fast-firing and stable — though it should of course primarily be used indoors or at closer ranges.

• Muzzle: Bowen .45 Suppressor
• Barrel: 19” EAM Horizon Barrel
• Magazine: Gator Extended Mag
• Laser: MFS Agile Laser Pro
• Fire Mods: Bolt Carrier Group

Best Marksman Rifle (MR) build, M8A1 – COD Warzone

The M8A1 used to be one of the best weapons in Call of Duty: Warzone — but now it’s just the best Marksman Rifle. That is, if you have the full auto conversion barrel. It’s basically an essential piece of the kit for the M8A1, and is only worth using if you have one ready to go.

• Muzzle: VAS 5.56 Suppressor
• Barrel: M8A1 Autostrike-X8 Conversion
• Magazine: Redline Capacity Drum
• Rear Grip: K&S Raze Grip
• Stock: MFS Striker Tactical Stock

Best Sniper Rifle (SR) build, Strider 300 – COD Warzone

The best Sniper Rifle in Warzone is the Strider 300. A sniper needs to be able to take enemies down with a single shot, and that’s what the Strider 300 is all about if you use this build. If you prefer, you can change the Magazine for an Optic of your choosing, just keep in mind the optimal range.

• Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor
• Barrel: 25” Bowen Grooved Barrel
• Magazine: Carnation Fast Mag
• Rear Grip: Hatch Quick Grip
• Fire Mods: .300 WM Overpressured

Best Light Machine Gun (LMG) build, SOKOL 545 – COD Warzone

The best LMG in the game is the SOKOL 545. This weapon has plenty of ammo in the clip and can be used to suppress enemies from long range for a long time, that’s if you don’t take out an entire team in a single clip.

• Optic: Fang Hoverpoint ELO
• Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor
• Barrel: 18.2” Parlous Heavy Barrel
• Stock: Taction Control Stock
• Fire Mods: Buffer Spring

Best Shotgun (SG) build, Akita – COD Warzone

It’s a bit uncommon to be running around with a close-range Shotgun in a world as large as Warzone’s, but that’s not to say it’s impossible. There are plenty of tight spaces and buildings where the right Shotgun can totally overwhelm enemies, and the right Shotgun is definitely the Akita.

• Muzzle: Fang Modified Choke
• Barrel: 14” Retriever Hunt Barrel
• Magazine: Bulk Feed Extended II
• Rear Grip: Paradise Gen-4 Grip
• Laser: EAM Scatterline Laser

Best Pistol (Handgun) build, 1911 Pistol – COD Warzone

It’s not that Pistols are bad in Warzone, it’s just that people don’t think about them first, and that’s why we’ve put the best Pistol at the end of the list. But hey, if you need a solid sidearm for your loadout, then this 1911 Pistol build is just for you — just make sure to use it at close-range.

• Muzzle: Monolithic Suppressor
• Barrel: 6.4” Long Slide Barrel
• Magazine: Sirius Extended Mag
• Rear Grip: Interlock Advanced Grip
• Fire Mods: Sear Fast Trigger