Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Best Builds: The XM4

Despite being the stock weapon the game provides you with upon launching into multiplayer, the XM4 offers endless possibilities. It’s highly customizable, potent, and accurate, making it the ideal starter assault rifle for new players. But most importantly, even long-time veteran players will find it a viable weapon in competitive scenes, too.

With the right attachments, the XM4 will help you dominate any game mode, but it excels in larger maps with spacious shooting lanes. After all, this is an assault rifle and not a submachine gun or shotgun, so while it can handle an enemy in close quarters with some luck, you’ll find it most effective at range.

To improve the viability of the XM4, opt for these attachments:

• Muzzle: Compensator
• Barrel: CHF Barrel
• Rear Grip: Ergonomic Grip
• Underbarrel: Vertical Foregrip
• Fire Mods: Recoil Springs

With the Gunfighter perk active, add the following attachments to your XM4 for a more well-rounded, potent weapon:

• Optic: Accu-Spot Reflex
• Magazine: Extended Mag I
• Stock: Combat Stock

As you work on leveling up your XM4, you won’t have many valuable attachments immediately. But it doesn’t take long to unlock the Suppressor, Vertical Foregrip, and Extended Mag I—three critical components to our early-game XM4 build in Black Ops 6.

• Muzzle: Suppressor
• Magazine: Extended Mag I
• Rear Grip: Quickdraw Grip
• Fire Mods: 5.56 NATO FMJ
• Underbarrel: Vertical Foregrip

As the XM4 excels at mid and long-range encounters, moving quickly, putting enough lead downrange, and keeping off your enemy’s radar prove invaluable. The Suppressor takes care of the latter, while the extended magazine and rear grip keep you quick on your toes and in the fight longer. Other than that, the goal is to reduce weapon sway and horizontal recoil as much as possible.

For this XM4 build, we want to take the following Perks, Wildcard, and Equipment:

• Perk 1: Gung-Ho (Increases Sprint and Tactical Sprint while reloading or utilizing Equipment)
• Perk 2: Dexterity (Reduces overall weapon sway while jumping, diving, or diving)
• Perk 3: Double Time (Doubles the overall duration of Tactical Sprint)
• Specialty: Enforcer (Killing enemies grants a temporary speed buff and increases health regen rate)
• Wildcard: Gunfighter
• Lethal Equipment: Frag Grenade
• Tactical Equipment: Stim Shot
• Field Upgrade: Assault Pack

As mentioned previously, opting for the Gunfighter Wildcard will allow you to utilize three additional weapon attachment slots.

As you rank up in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, you’ll have plenty of time to learn the ins and outs of the XM4. But a few starting tips never hurt:

• With a high bullet velocity and overall low recoil, made infinitely more manageable by our chosen attachments, the XM4 is a powerhouse at mid and long-range encounters. As such, attempt to keep some distance between you and your opponent.
• With the XM4, aim for upper center mass around the heart, and allow the vertical recoil to gently bring your aim upward to score multiple headshots in quick succession.
• If you’re comfortable doing so, sometimes walking around in ADS with XM4 at the ready and quickly snap-shooting enemies as they line up with your sights is more beneficial.

If, for whatever reason, you simply cannot get behind the XM4, there are a few worthwhile alternatives:

• AK-74
• AS VAL
• Model L
• AEK-973

Sometimes, you can’t help yourself. You want a rifle that’s more accurate, more compact, or perhaps slings lead at a significantly higher rate of fire than what the XM4 offers. In the case of the latter, we recommend the AS VAL for a high rate of fire and low TTK.

You’ll want to grow comfortable with the XM4 as you use it frequently during the campaign. Thankfully, the single-player mode now features perks to help balance out any disadvantages you may encounter.

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