{"id":23810,"date":"2025-01-28T14:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/broken-cold-war-shotgun-can-dominate-meta-smgs-in-warzone-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:52:14","slug":"broken-cold-war-shotgun-can-dominate-meta-smgs-in-warzone-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/broken-cold-war-shotgun-can-dominate-meta-smgs-in-warzone-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBroken\u201d Cold War shotgun can dominate meta SMGs in Warzone &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBroken\u201d Cold War shotgun can dominate meta SMGs in Warzone ActivisionTired of dying to SMGs at close range in Call of Duty: Warzone? Well, you might want to revisit a shotgun from Black Ops Cold War that is apparently \u201cbroken\u201d again. If you drop into a game of Warzone and take on a close-range fight with an enemy, chances are you\u2019re going to see an SMG \u2013 probably the Welgun or Owen Gun \u2013 being used against you. While the SMGs are incredibly deadly, thanks to their fire rate, they aren\u2019t the only option to dominate a close-range fight. As we\u2019ve seen before, shotguns can also be incredibly effective at times, especially if you\u2019re using the likes of the Dragon Breath rounds or meta JAK-12 build. Even though some players have been adopting the latter in Season 3, it isn\u2019t the only shotgun that players are finding success with. Some have managed to rack up wins using the Gallo from Black Ops Cold War, which is a throwback to a few seasons ago. Warzone guru Metaphor highlighted the Black Ops Cold War shotgun in his May 15 video, claiming that it is currently \u201cbroken\u201d in Season 3 and could be a viable alternative to SMGs. \u201cThese guns are a problem. Every time you die to one, you feel like you got cheated,\u201d he said. \u201cThis gun makes it feel like people don\u2019t have 300 hp. This feels like 250 hp and you are absolutely decimating people with this thing, as long as they are pretty up close.\u201d If you\u2019ve run the Gallo before, you\u2019re likely familiar with the YouTuber\u2019s build, seeing as it incorporates the Agency Choke, 21.4\u2032 Reinforced Heavy barrel, and STANAG 12-round tube magazine. Best Gallo SA12 loadout in Warzone Season 3 Muzzle: Agency Choke &#8211; Barrel: 21.4\u2032 Reinforced Heavy &#8211; Laser: Ember Sighting Point &#8211; Stock: Wire Stock &#8211; Magazine: STANAG 12-round magazine &#8211; As noted, shotguns still go under the radar in Warzone despite their effectiveness. As per WZRanked stats, the Gallo only has a 0.16 pick rate, so it is pretty slept on. Players may argue that shotguns are not worth running, given that you do have to be pretty up close to maximize their potential. Though, they\u2019re worth trying anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBroken\u201d Cold War shotgun can dominate meta SMGs in Warzone ActivisionTired of dying to SMGs at close range in Call of Duty: Warzone? Well, you might want to revisit a shotgun from Black Ops Cold War that is apparently \u201cbroken\u201d again. If you drop into a game of Warzone and take on a close-range fight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}