Overview
This guide will cover many features any KEY skills i believe which need to be used and utilised in Modern Warfare 3, or generally in any Call of Duty game, these skills are obtainable by yourself and not the game so you can implement them on any Shoot ’em up games whether it be Call of Duty, Battlefield etc. I will be covering methods that will help the average gamer be accustomed to Call of Duty 3 using my own steps such as PASAK. PASAK is a 5-step method i use which identifies key attributes in Call of Duty and to expland i will go in to detail which such methods later on in the guide.NOTE: THIS GUIDE IS INTENDED FOR HEROIC SEARCH AND DESTROY ONLY BUT MY METHODS CAN BE BROUGHT IN TO ANY MODE YOU WISH TO PLAY.The guide index is shown below:Guide Name.Guide PurposeGuide Goals/ Outcomes————————————————Gun SelectionsAttachments/ Perks————————————————PASAK (5-Step Method i implement to improve a player in Call of Duty)-Positioning-Accuracy-Swiftness-Awareness-Knowledge———————————————–Heroic: Search and Destroy Tactics, -Objectives-Using Advantages-Thinking Outside the box———————————————–Changing your mentality as a player of Search and Desroy———————————————–Mechanical Gameplay- Position- Awareness- Using Physics (To YOUR advantage)———————————————–Intellectual Gameplay-Choosing the perfect Class Setup-Fooling the Enemy———————————————–Guide Feedback———————————————–My Youtube Videos———————————————–Guide Conclusion———————————————–Guide Evaluation———————————————–Contact Details———————————————–Cited Info
Guide Purpose
The intentions of this Guide is to improve the average Call of Duty player by using methods and my own opinions of how i play at a very high level, that of my interperations.
Later guides for beginners and advanced players will include further information which is not used in this guide to get a better insight in to the skill of the user again, whether it be for beginners or advanced players.
Who am i?
Well, my name is James. In-game many know me as Lanfear of 4SBS Clan (4SBS Lanfear). I used to be a Call of Duty Pro Player for a few months before education got involved (as it does!) after that i referred back to playing in Call of Duty leagues from CoD 4 to what is now MW3 (No i don’t play Black Ops 2 for obvious reasons, but intend on laying the next CoD Ghosts to which i’ll be writing many guides). I have played for many clans at the top of leagues such as KoB, S*E,
Team uK!
Guide Outcome/ Goals
The aims of this guide is to improve the general player in the skills and attributes listed below:
Outcome Criteria
-Has a deepened knowledge of the Phsyics of the game
-Improving the Mechanical Skill of a player (by improving attributes such as Accurary, Awareness etc)
-Can confortably create classes and edit when needed using the relevant perks/ attachments/ gun selections in relation to Heroic: Search and Destroy
Using my implemented methods such as PASAK relate to my methods and apply them constructively to the Search and Destroy experience or any game mode you wish to play.
Outcomes for Beginners:
1. To understand the way around a Search and Destroy map effectively using the objectives.
2. Applying the correct class and implementing key features such as distraction techniques to acheive objective goals.
3. Be confident with 1 on 1 combat, neutralising enemies and dissapearing from combat
Outcomes for Casual/ Medium Players:
1. Covering Plants/ Using Cover upon bomb plants to acheive complete a round sucessfully.
2. Using Key features to negotiate around a map with cover as access to move around only.
3. Using the correct attachments, clear out key pathways to ensure only small pockets of enemy players.
Outcomes for Advanced Players:
1. Applying Real Life phsyics in-game each round to ensure you are a step ahead of the opponent.
2. Confortably neutrilise opponents on way to securing a keypoint to ensure a safe plant or defend.
3. Taking in the mentality of a Search and Destroy player (easier said than done, believe me making sure all techniques mentioned are put in to practise and you can related to them personally)
Each Outcome will be highlighted in the guide to instruct the level of reader what part of the guide they want to read.
Gun Selection
It is true that the phrase ‘each to your own’ can be used when picking your gun, especially when it comes to Hardcore: Search and Destroy. But overall some guns are more ‘efficient than others’. I have done a rating system out of 1-10 scale with 1 being poor and 10 being excellent and getting the mean score of the 5 stats, followed up by an evaluation of each gun type.
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Assault Rifles
M4A1
Accuracy: 8/10
Damage 7/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 5/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating: 7/10
Good overall gun for the type of player that likes mid-range shooting, can be effective hip fire if your an accurate player.
M16A4
Accuracy 9/10
Damage 8/10
Range 9/10
Fire Rate 4/10
Mobility 6/10
Overall Score Rating 7/10.
Although capable of very high damage in Search and Destroy Hardcore, the fire range means you have to be extremely accurate when using this weapon as it is a 3-round burst, furthermore if your reliant on your primary weapon this means you’d have to play a cover role for your team as the weapon is Long-Range primarily to Mid-Range max, hipfire is poor unless very skilled.
SCAR-L
Accuracy: 8/10
Damage 8/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 7/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating: 7/10
This weapon is perfect for the player who likes short/ mid range exchanges. The fire rate of the weapon is very desirable proving a very efficient weapon for protecting bombs on limited ammo. The hipfire of this weapon is extremely good too, the ironsight of the weapon is not the best along with the recoil affecting the mobility score. Good for the casual player.
CM901
Accuracy: 6/10
Damage: 7/10
Range: 8/10
Fire Rate: 8/10
Mobility: 7/10
Overall Score Rating: 7/10
A weapon of high rounds per second and also this weapon can operative efficiently at short-mid range which is renouned as one of the best cover weapons as mid-range on bomb defends. The accuracy is not the best but the hipfire for short distance firing is perfect for a player who likes CQC (Close Quarter Combat)
TYPE 95
Accuracy: 5/10
Damage 9/10
Range 8/10
Fire Rate 5/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating: 6/10.
This weapon is a 3-round burst Assault Rifle that is effectively similar to the M16 A-series. The sights for the weapon arent desirable as the M16 class although proves mighty effective at long range which can be used as a long-range cover weapon. Perfect for the advanced player which has very good accurary.
G36C
Accuracy: 7/10
Damage 8/10
Range 5/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating: 7/10
The G36 is a high-calibre Assault rifle which produces a high fire rate and is perfect for mid range to short range fights, i’d personally say the weapon is a CQC weapon and is in the top 3 Assault rifles for CQC fights. Recommended for a beginner player who requires improvement on aiming.
ACR 6.8
Accuracy: 9/10
Damage: 8/10
Range: 7/10
Fire Rate 8/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating: 8/10
A very good all around weapon perfect for mid-long range firing. The fire rate on the ACR is extremely good and provides very accurate fire in the right hands, only negatives are the mobility and the ironsights. Perfect for the casual gamer who can sucessfully defend bombs.
MK14
Accuracy: 9/10
Damage 9/10
Range 10/10
Fire Rate 5/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating: 9/10
A Semi-Automatic weapon which is mainly used for long range battles on maps with long roads. Perfect for any type of player who likes to engage in long/ mid range firing. Only negative is pretty in-effective at short range so will rely upon useless secondary weapon.
AK-47
Accuracy: 8/10
Damage: 10/10
Range: 9/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating: 9/10
The AK is one of the best Assault weapons for H:S and D as it is extremely accurate and can provide high sustained amount of damage, without a silencer the recoil is somewhat high but can be managed with triple fire. Perfect for all types of players for general use.
FAD
Accuracy 9/10
Damage 9/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 7/10
Mobility 4/10
Overall Score Rating: 7/10
Effective Weapon as Mid-long range, very accurate. Perfect for the player who likes to cover team mates on long paths/ roads. Highly recommended to use a silencer for this weapon
Lanfear’s Assault Rifle Rankings from Best to Worst:
1. AK-47
2. MK14
3. ACR 6.8
4. Scar-L
5. G36C
6. M16-A4
7.G95-L
8.CM901
9. M4A1
10. Type 96
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Sub Machine Guns
MP5
Accuracy: 8/10
Damage: 10/10
Range: 9/10
Fire Rate 10/10
Mobility 10/10
Overall Score Rating: 10/10
Perfect weapon all around for the rusher players along with players who like to push. triple firing this weapon can kill someone as a reasonable amount of distance, the fire-rate is perfect and personally i use this weapon with a silencer and is very efficient as shown in some videos later on in the guide. Perfect for casual-advanced players.
UMP45
Accuracy: 7/10
Damage 8/10
Range 6/10
Fire Rate 10/10
Mobility 9/10
Overall Score Rating 7/10
Not living up to expectations from MW2 but is still effective at short range, this gun is probaly the best for hip firing but is ineffectivate at medium/ long range. Perfect for the casual gamer.
PP90M1
Accuracy 5/10
Damage 7/10
Range 5/10
Fire Rate 10/10
Mobility 9/10
Overall Score rating: 6/10
Perfect weapon for short range exchanges. For the beginner player. Struggles with anything more than medium range firing.
P90
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 8/10
Range 6/10
Fire Rate 10/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating: 7/10
Good overall sub-machine weapon for beginners offers a good fire rate for hip firing,
PM-9
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 7/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 8/10
Overall Score Rating: 7/10
Average gun for CQC use. Decent fire rate which can prove vital in CQC exchanges.
MP7
Accuracy: 9/10
Damage: 9/10
Range 8/10
Fire Rate 8/10
Mobility: 9/10
Lanfear’s Rankings for Sub Machine Guns:
1. MP5
2. MP7
3. UMP45
4. P90
5. PM-9
6 PP90-M1
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Light Machine Guns
L86 LSW
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 10/10
Range 9/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating 9/10
Best LMG by far, not only does it provide high sustained damage for cover and assault, it benefits from limited recoil. Perfect for all types of players and all who wish to rip up people!
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 7/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 8/10
MG36
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 7/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 7/10
Mobility 8/10
Overall Score Rating 7/10
A really good all round weapon but low fire rate in comparison to other LMG’s. Perfect for someone who just wants to troll around with a noisy gun!
PKP PECHENEG
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 7/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 7/10
Mobility 6/10
Overall Score Rating 7/10
Average weapon for long distance shooting, recommended for someone who just wants to sit back and pick people off.
MK46
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 7/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 8/10
Overall Score Rating 8/10
Good accurate LMG with high fire rate and pretty satisfactory hipfire sucess rate. Recommended for the average gamer.
M60E4
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 9/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 8/10
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Gun Selection Continued/ Perks/ Attachments
Lanfear’s Ranking for LMG from 1-5, 1 being best 5 being worst.
1. L86 LSW
2. M60 E4
3. MK46
4. MG36
5. PKP PECHENEG
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Sniper Rifles
Barrett .50Cal
Accuracy 8/10
Damage 10/10
Range 9/10
Fire Rate 10/10
Mobility 8/10
Overall Score Rating 9/10
This all around Automatic Sniper Rifle offers everything you want to become an efficient Sniper in Search and Destroy, the hitbox for this weapon is huge too so hipfiring as a last resort is effective too. Recommended for all players of all skill levels.
L118A4
Accuracy 10/10
Damage 9/10
Range 9/10
Fire Rate 5/10
Mobility 7/10
Overall Score Rating 8/10
This single firing Sniper Rifle is very accurate at long distance, provides a perfect weapon for sitting back and making your bullet count. Recommended for advanced players only as you need very accurate firing attributes.
Dragunov
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 7/10
Range 10/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 8/10
Overall Score Rating 7/10
This Automatic Sniper Rifle is effective at very long distances but proves useful at medium range too, the damage is huge but the fire rate makes up for it.
AS50
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 7/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 8/10
Again, a good all around weapon useful as medium range for sniping in built up environments such as Mission map etc. Recommended for all players of all skill levels
RSASS
Accuracy 7/10
Damage 7/10
Range 7/10
Fire Rate 9/10
Mobility 8/10
Highly effective as medium range for sniping, useful for players of a low skill level as the hitbox is pretty significant.
MSR
Accuracy 8/10
Damage 9/10
Range 10/10
Fire Rate 6/10
Mobility 10/10
Effective bolt-action sniper rifle and is effective at super long distances, go’s well with a silencer for maximum efficiency.
Overall Score Rating: 9/10
Lanfear’s Rankings for Sniper Rifles:
1. MSR
2. Barrett .50Cal
3. L118A
4. Dragunov
5. RSASS
6. AS50
I’ve left shotgun out as i don’t deem it viable for Search and Destroy (Hardcore), although if enough demand is wanted i will add that section to it. Refer to feedback post.
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Setting up classes with Primary Weapons
Class 1. We choose the MP
PASAK, Lan’s 5 step method to becoming a better player
As i was teaching many average gamers to become better in what ever area they thought they required to be i formulated a 5-step method with covered all areas of mechanical gameplay.
PASAK covers techniques in the mindset not just the mechanical skills, it teaches you to use all senses such as eyes, ears etc furthermore it tries to drill in to you that not to be tunnel visioned and think outside the box.
PASAK stands for:
(P): Positioning
(A): Accuracy
(S): Swiftness
(A): Awareness
(K): Knowledge
Before i explain what this is and why it plays such an important role in the Search and Destroy Hardcore scene today, please spent some time looking for my 5 steps video on youtube to become accustomed to this, Thanks.
The 5-Step Method to becoming a better playing using the ‘PASAK’ method.
Positoning
The 2nd most important method to use in Call of Duty. Many of player will get killed in Search and destroy not taking in to account his surroundings and that oh his enemies. In this step i will go in to detail on how to make your way around a map safety and by changing your mentality to Call of Duty. Positioning is key for Hardcore Search And Destroy as it defines you winning or losing a round in relaton to where your standing or moving to. The first rule i tell people when positioning correctly is when defending or being stationary on the spot in effect is that the cover your behind or infront of covers ALL possible angles of an enemy coming from behind or to the sides, that way your fully focused on your area to watch and shoot at if required. Not having ALL angles covered is fine but try make as many as possible to ensure an easy kill. If your using a weapon which DOESN’T have an silencer on, then after making fire, whether is be killing your enemy or if you missed, you need to move from that spot for the reason that enemies will see you on the map, it’s amazing how many people forget people can see them fire without a silencer on the map on HARDCORE because the map isn’t visable via the HuD or 1st screen interface UNLESS you press escape (which quite a few forget too), everytime you fire keep moving using cover unless your confident that you are in a safe as can be spot to ambush the enemy when needed, remember this is Hardcore Search and Destroy, 3 hits max and your going to die, doesn’t matter if your good old Arnold Schwarzanegger or not, your going to drop, also to remember this is Hardcore Search and Destroy not TDM or HQ you don’t respawn until all your party or the enemy party has died or completen their required objectives, and that can be up to 3 minutes! So in my opinion Search and Destroy makes you a better overall player if you play it for long enough, it’s been known that the best players play Search and Destroy whether it be Hardcore or Softcore because it draws all more of an tactical approach to the game unlike TDM where your running around like Usain Bolt picking people of left right and centre. It requires focus, tactical nouse, intuition etc – key skills that help you obtain what you hope would be a decent KD/A or score at the end of the round (s). Now back to Positioning, the reason why this is the 1st step in the 5 of my method ‘PASAK’ is that it’s a key fundamental when it comes to mechanical skill. What’s Mechanical Skill you may ask? It’s raw/ natural ability that aids you in what ever game you play, this can include, speed of clicking, accurary of aiming, it defines essentially what attributes you require to become the best player. Key points to consider when taking Positioning in to account are shown below:
– Do i have sufficient cover that the chances of an enemies are deminished enough that i can comfortably carry out a shot without being attacked from the blind spots?
– Am i positioned in a spot that is frequently used for grenade spams/ blind fire/ cross fire/ spamn fires, furthermore is the spot a narrow road/ alley, if so, they move from it.
-Is standing behind no cover in a middle of a road necessary when there is an indestructable tank i can crouch behind.
You need to change your mentality when it comes to positioning because your position in relation to the map is the 2nd most important thing in the map, not to be underestimated. using cover to stand/ crouch or even prone behind is definately key, and make sure that you always have an emergency plan if your getting outnumberd, expect the worse, expect the unexpected, THAT what makes you a better player, think ahead.. think about where the enemies can come from, think if a grenade gets chucked in behind you in cover where your going to run given that enemies may know where you are and might be aiming at you… think ahead, because THAT what makes you the next level player.
Awareness
Awareness, in my opinion is the most important step to my 5-step method to become a better player using mechanical skill. Awareness is the key ingredient to Call of Duty that defines whether your in the catergory of an average gamer or a tactically alert skilled gamer in the advanced region. With a high level of awareness you can become super alert on your surroundings, knowing for sure, where your enemies are, knowing what road to go or no to go down, key open space that is in the prime fire etc, improving your awareness will definately put you in good stead when it comes to Search and Destroy Hardcore. What makes you become a better player in
H: S and D is taking your surroundings in to notice, a few things to do are below:
– Listening to movement (Louder your output volume the more chance you can hear silencer rounds and footsteps)
– Checking your map (press ESC when you hear loud gunfire, check your enemies position and act safely upon that)
– Check your teams positions, is there a weak spot in the formation i.e is there not a spot covered that you may know the enemy can slip behind and cause a few deaths.
– Use your peripheral vision, don’t have tunnel vision. Be accustomed to not just aiming down your scope, check your surroundings too, you might see the slightest of movement.
– Checking key spots, yes checking key spots is vital as most of the time they may be there but mentally checking every capable position will improve your mental endurance and by doing that will vastly help you improve.
If you don’t have awareness you will NEVER become a good player, ask any reasonably good player, you need to use all your skills at your disposal, don’t be lazy… because then theres no point of trying to improve as a player.
As soon as you realise that these mental and mechanical skills are important to the game and can relate to them you will notice and improvement to your game, because it’s not just about shooting people after all.
PASAK 5-step method continued
Swiftness
This step might catch a few people by suprise because it doesn’t really stand out and it’s not clear and concise so let me explain my opinion of Swiftness is in relation the Call of Duty and why it plays such an active and important role in the PASAK method i implemented.
Swiftness is the ability to react, move and efficiently carry out key steps in helping the aid in completion of a round in Search and Destroy Hardcore, whether it be planting a bomb or killing one or numerous enemies, its about HOW you did that, it’s about what approach you took to ensure that you completed what you needed to do, in-effect, its the methodology of what you carried out.
Swiftness for example see a target, you neutralize him, using your mental mindset you quickly move from that location using cover, you presume another enemy is going to go to that location after the gunfight so you hide behind cover slowly waiting for an enemy to come. After 30 seconds you spot an enemy arrive, you neutrilize him, take out a claymore and then quickly manouvre around the map checking key spots for enemy positions, you check around the bomb spot for enemies, no enemies so you smoke a key doorway as distraction while your down for the plant.
Many steps above added together go towards how ‘swift’ a player is. having high amounts of swiftness you are very capable to act under pressure carrying out a step by step methodology to completing a round sucessfully.
When you neutrilize an enemy make sure you move swiftly from your position and continue using cover anticipating an enemy is moving to your last location.
Accuracy
The ability to be accurary with your weapons is essentially the most important mechanics you need as a player, because being accurate means you will stay alive, means you will converse more bullets and also gives you more chance to react after a gunfight to expect a counter attack (no im not talking about football LOL). Key steps to help you attain a better accurary is using a few steps shown below:
-Try a bolt sniper rifle, honestly, after a few hours switch to a different weapon and keep doing this for a few weeks, your accuracy will be slightly better.
-Use a 3-round burst weapon.
-While using an automatic weapon try double or triple tap instead of just firing, not only is it effective but you will conserve more bullets than the enemy given you are in sufficient cover.
-Doing headshots only in privates matched whether it be 1v1 or 5v5 etc will help.
When accuracy comes in to hip firing this is more important than ADS (aiming down scope). Close-Quarter Combat its not down to the player with the best reactions as you are close anyway, it comes down to accuracy. Making sure you are competant in Hip firing before you move to ADS as myself i can hipfire upto 20 Yards as i have been practising a lot. Generally having good accuracy will aid you a lot in Hardcore Search and Destroy especially on 1v1’s. Focusing on 1v1’s in Search and Destroy is what happens the most so practising on that is of key importance.
Knowledge
Knowledge is the ability to understand every bit of information that applies to the game and use that to your advantage. implementing knowledge into Search and Destroy is more than important than any other modes, because it helps you sub-conciously know where to move, key spots, weak spots, shortcuts, detailed mindset of map layouts etc. The key thing to remember in relation to knowledge is that not only can it give you an advantage it’s that you can obtain key positions when it comes to defending a planted bomb or on route to plant a bomb.