Call of Duty League
Best League Play loadouts for Cold War Season 3
Here’s the best League Play loadouts to use in Black Ops Cold War including weapons, equipment, perks, and Field Upgrades.
Black Ops Cold War’s League Play is the best place to play like the pros and test your skill in Season 3, so we’ve got everything you need to dominate competitive Call of Duty.
League Play is the ultimate way to play like the pros in Call of Duty without needing a full squad of friends to team up with on websites such as Gamebattles. This mode simulates the Call of Duty League, using the same maps and modes as you’ll see on the CDL stream.
Cold War Season 3 made various adjustments to League Play, such as removing Thermal Scopes, adding the Combat Record, and stopped matches from ending when a player left the game.
However, the competitive nature of League Play hasn’t changed, and the best weapons, perks, Field Upgrades, and more still apply. Here’s everything you need to dominate Black Ops Cold War’s League Play.
- Best League Play primary weapons
- Best League Play secondary weapons
- Best League Play Tacticals and Lethals
- Best League Play perks
- Best League Play Field Upgrade
Best League Play primary weapons
Your primary weapon is the be-all and end-all of your class. You won’t be able to use the Law Breaker Wildcard to equip two primaries, so what you pick is what you’ll need to use.
No matter your role, here are the best primary weapons you can use in Cold War Season 3’s League Play.
Krig-6 Assault Rifle League Play class
- Optic: Millstop Reflex
- Barrel: 19.7″ Ranger Barrel
- Underbarrel: Field Agent Grip
- Grip: Airborne Elastic Wrap
- Stock: Raider Stock
The Krig-6 is a great choice for any player looking to lock down spawns or hold an objective. We decided to use Atlanta FaZe’s Chris “Simp” Lehr’s loadout for the Krig, due to the versatility of the loadout combined with the great strafe speed and barrel choice. Its headshot multiplier even received a buff for Season 3, so make sure to aim high.
XM4 League Play class
For this XM4 loadout, we went with OpTic’s Seth “Scump“ Abner’s mobile and fast-paced XM4 class. To use these attachments, you’ll need the Gunfighter wildcard for additional attachments. Since League Play does not have restrictions on laser sights, you can feel free to equip the Steady Aim Laser.
- Optic: Microflex LED
- Muzzle: Infantry Compensator
- Barrel: 13.7″ Ranger
- Body: Steady Aim Laser
- Underbarrel: Field Agent Grip
- Magazine: 40 Round
- Handle: Airborne Elastic Wrap
- Stock: Raider Pad
AK-74u League Play class
- Muzzle: Spetsnaz Compensator
- Barrel: 9.3″ Extended
- Underbarrel: Spetsnaz Speed Grip
- Handle: GRU Elastic Wrap
- Stock: Raider Stock
The AK-74u is one of Cold War’s strongest SMGs. It has great range for a submachine gun, high mobility, and easy to control recoil. It’s effective to rush objectives with, but you don’t need to be directly in an enemy’s face for it to be effective.
LC10 League Play class
- Muzzle: Infantry Compensator
- Barrel: 14.5″ Ranger
- Underbarrel: SFOD Speedgrip
- Handle: Airborne Elastic Wrap
- Stock: Raider Stock
The LC10 arrived in Black Ops Cold War Season 2 and quickly became one of the best SMGs in the game. With a fast fire rate and minimal recoil, this is the perfect SMG to run onto objectives with. As there are no shotguns in League Play, the LC10 is one of the fastest killing weapons you can use.
LW3 Tundra League Play class
- Muzzle: Stabilizer .308
- Barrel: 28.2″ Tiger Team
- Underbarrel: Infiltrator Grip
- Grip: SASR Jungle Grip
- Stock: Raider Pad
The Tundra is especially helpful in Search & Destroy, taking down enemies with ease. We went with Simp’s loadout due to the mobility of his loadout.
Snipers in Black Ops Cold War are especially deadly, with no flinch penalty, precision accuracy, and quick bolt times.
Best League Play Secondary Weapons
Launchers and shotguns have been removed as secondary weapons for League Play, so you’ll need to make do with pistols and melee weapons.
1911 League Play class
- Muzzle: Muzzle Break .45 APC
- Barrel: 6.53″ Task Force
- Body: Steady Aim Laser
- Magazine: 12 Rnd Speed Mag
- Handle: Speed Tape
Accurate and hard-hitting, the 1911 will be of great help while in a pinch. If your primary weapon runs out of ammo, quickly switch to this classic pistol for a quick kill.
Diamatti League Play class
- Muzzle: Muzzle Break 9
- Barrel: 7.8″ Extended
- Body: Steady Aim Laser
- Magazine: 24 Rnd
- Handle: Speed Tape
Although you can’t use dual wield in League Play, a single Diamatti will still be extremely helpful in League Play.
The three-round burst will rapidly delete enemies’ health and you’ll also be able to navigate the map quickly while carrying it.
Best League Play Lethals and Tacticals
While stims will likely be your best friend in regular Black Ops Cold War multiplayer, they won’t be available in League Play.
Semtex
For a Lethal grenade, there’s no better option than Semtex. They’re extremely easy to use and will explode shortly after impact.
Get an enemy weak and lob a Semtex at them, or throw it in front of you to dissuade enemies from pushing while you’re one-shot. Plus, if you manage to stick the enemy, it’s an instant kill.
Stun Grenades
Stun Grenades make clearing out rooms much easier. If you know an enemy is in there, throw a Stun Grenade in and push while their hands are thrown in the air.
Even if they have the Tactical Mask equipped, getting a tag with the Stun Grenade will provide vital information.
Smoke Grenades
Pro players have a Gentleman’s Agreement not to use smokes in the CDL but you can still use them with great effect in League Play. With how powerful Snipers are, you can cover your SnD push with easy by putting a smoke down in front of you.
Plus, while in your own smoke, you get much more information than the enemies outside of it do.
Best League Play perks
The best weapons need the best perks to complete the loadout. League Play offers a wide variety of perks to choose from, so we’ve picked out the most useful.
Tactical Mask
With Stims not being allowed in League Play, Stun and Flast Grenades will be a lot more common. Getting hit by these Tactical Grenades will put a stop to even the best-executed plans, and Tactical Mask will greatly decrease their effects.
Flak Jacket
Flak Jacket reduces the damage taken from grenades. If you’re not running perk greed, you’ll have to make the call between this and Tactical Mask. We recommend Tactical Mask, as you’ll be hit much more with stun grenades.
However, if your team aren’t using Trophy Systems, you may opt to use this perk instead.
Gearhead
With how important Field Upgrades are to winning matches of League Play, Gearhead is the perfect perk.
It will allow your Field Upgrades to recharge faster, and you’ll also be allowed to hold two. Getting onto a Hardpoint and chucking down two Trophy Systems in quick succession will make the hill extremely hard to push.
Ninja
Pulling of flanks is one of the most important strategies in League Play, and Ninja will make this a while lot easier.
Getting behind the opposing team and pushing out their spawns will be huge in winning respawn matches. And when you’re the last man alive in SnD, having quiet footsteps will keep the enemies guessing where you are.
Best League Play Field Upgrade
Trophy System
Trophy Systems are extremely powerful in the close-range fights of 4v4. While holding a Hardpoint, this Field Upgrade will hold off an onslaught of explosives coming your way.
As an added bonus, if you lose the hill with your Trophy Still on it, it will destroy enemy Field Upgrades as they put them down, and the damage could even kill them.
Take these weapons, perks, and more into League Play with you to dominate the competition and climb the ranks.
And if you’re looking for the best weapons multiplayer and Zombies has to offer, you can check out our tier list of every Cold War weapon and the best weapons to use in Outbreak.
Image Credit: Activision
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NYSL WarzoneMania Warzone Tournament: Standings leaderboard, bracket, teams, stream, more
Call of Duty League’s New York Subliners are hosting the WarzoneMania tournament in June, and here’s how you can watch it.
The top Warzone players will compete in the Call of Duty League’s New York Subliners WarzoneMania tournament for a massive $100,000 prize. We have the NYSL Warzone Tournament standings leaderboard, stream, teams, and more covered for you.
The Call of Duty League’s New York Subliners are hosting a new Warzone tournament in June. WarzoneMania will have a prize pool of $100,000, and many of the most popular streamers will battle it out with each other.
Sixteen teams consisting of four players are battling it out against one another, but only one will be declared the winner.
Here’s everything you need to know about catching the WarzoneMania tournament when it goes live.
NYSL Warzone Tournament bracket
There will be no bracket for this competition, as the teams will not be competing against each other at different times to advance further in a bracket. All of the teams will be competing against each other at the same time in a kill-race format that will end after a period of five hours on day one and four hours on day 2.
NYSL Warzone Tournament standings leaderboard
We will update this article with the latest set of standings for the competition when they are officially made available.
Day 2
Team EMZ was able to continue their exceptional play on Day 2 by securing a score of 644 points to secure the top spot in the final standings and grab the NYSL WarzonMania tournament championship.
Destroy’s team was close behind Team EMZ all day and was able to secure second place with 621 points, while Team ANGELIKA was able to grab the final spot of the final standings that was guaranteed a share of the $100,000 prize pool.
Day 1
Team EMZ was able to secure the top spot during Day 1 of the competition with an impressive score of 603 points.
Only the top eight teams from Day 1 will have a chance to compete for a share of the $100,000 prize pool on Day 2, which means that Teams Renay, Teep, Zlaner, Huskerrs, and SuperDuperKyle will not be competing on June 8.
NYSL WarzoneMania Warzone Tournament stream
You’ll be able to catch the NYSL WarzoneMania tournament on the Subliners Twitch channel. With the CDL’s own Lottie Van-Praag hosting the event, StuDyy, JGOD, and IHOLDSHIFT will be behind the caster desk.
- Read more: Best controller settings for Warzone
Team captains include HusKerrs, EmZ, ZLaner, and Jukeyz, along with various other top Warzone content creators and pro players. You can check out the official stream below.
WarzoneMania format
WarzoneMania is a two-day event, with the first day featuring all 16 teams competing against each other in a kill race for five hours. The top eight will then qualify for the second day. The schedule is as follows:
- Day 1: June 7, 4-9 p.m. ET
- Day 2: June 8, 4-9 p.m. ET
The first prize of $50,000 will be going to the winner. Second place will take home $30,000, and third place will get $20,000.
WarzoneMania teams
Hosted by Chris Puckett and JGOD, on June 2, the NYSL WarzoneMania team captains picked their team members in draft form. In turns, the 12 team captains chose their squad mates from a selection of top Warzone players and streamers.
All 16 teams were then drafted by captains in a live snake draft. As per the tournament’s co-ed rules, the draft format ensured that each team will have both male and female players.
Here’s the complete list of WarzoneMania teams and players that will be competing for the top spot in the NYSL Warzone Tournament standings below:
- Team IceManIsaac
- IceManIsaac
- QueenShadows
- Bbreadman
- Exzachtt
- Team Destroy
- Destroy
- AngelAT
- clutchbelk
- DougisRaw
- Team EmZ
- EmZ
- Fifakill
- Smitty
- WarsZ
- Team Kalei Renay
- Kalei Renay
- Pieman
- UnRationaL
- BobbyPoff
- Team Angelika
- Angelika
- Tommey
- Stukawaki
- Frozone
- Team Swagg
- Swagg
- SeniseiSwishem
- Booya
- Rallied
- Team Huskerrs
- Huskerrs
- P90Princess
- JoeWo
- YKTDeleo
- Team Aydan
- Aydan
- Dani
- Scumnn
- Karma
- Team Jukeyz
- Jukeyz
- FiveByFive
- Mutex
- Metaphor
- Team TeeP
- TeeP
- HollyyLive
- Blazt
- Vikkstar
- Team ZLaner
- ZLaner
- BrittneyRaines
- SuperEvan
- ShadedStep
- Team Smixie
- Smixie
- Almond
- Newbz
- LEGIQN
Seeing these popular streamers battle it out in Verdansk ’84 to be at the top of the final NYSL Warzone Tournament standings will be quite the spectacle. Be sure to also tune in for Day 2 to see which lucky team will be taking home the first prize of $50,000.
Also, check out how to watch the new JGOD $100K Warzone Tournament, in which the top players face off against each other in a 2v2 format.
Image Credit: Activision / NYSL
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JGOD ranks the top 10 players in Call of Duty: Warzone
Popular streamer and statistics expert JGOD has revealed his list of the top ten players competing in the WarzoneMania event.
Warzone statistics master JGOD has revealed his list of the top ten competitors that will be battling it out in the NYSL’s $100K WarzoneMania tournament.
Warzone’s playerbase consists of various skilled and experienced individuals, so it’s difficult to pick a favorite player. Everyone will have a different list, so fans are often eager to hear what popular streamers have to say.
JGOD is a popular content creator that has earned the title of statistics master due to his in-depth breakdown of the Call of Duty series. Now, he’s revealed the top ten players in the NYSL $100K WarzoneMania tournament.
This new Warzone tournament is hosted by the Call of Duty League’s New York Subliners and has a prize pool of $100,000. Many popular players will compete, and the winner will go away with $50,000.
- Read more: Best controller settings for Warzone
JGOD released a new video in which he revealed his list of the best players in this tournament. While many of his picks are fairly obvious to competitive Warzone fans, others might surprise you.
Here’s his list of the top ten competitors in the WarzoneMania event:
- Aydan
- HusKerrs
- SuperEvan
- Tommey
- ZLaner
- Jukeyz
- JoeWo
- MuTeX
- TeeP
- Metaphor
NYSL has sixteen teens competing, and each of them consists of extremely skilled individuals. For this reason, picking ten players and figuring out where to rank them wasn’t an easy task for JGOD.
Some of these, like Aydan, were easy picks, but many great players like DiazBiffle and Rated didn’t make his list. While this may irk some fans, it’s still an interesting list, and he probably has a good idea of their skillset.
It will be interesting to see how the players on JGOD’s list perform in the event according to their ranks and see how accurate his rankings were once the dust has settled on Verdansk ’84 following the two-day tournament.
Be sure to check out the new JGOD $100K Warzone Tournament, in which the top players face off against each other in a 2v2 format.
Image credits: Activision / JGOD
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Devs respond to match cancellation issues affecting League Play in Cold War
Treyarch have disabled the match cancellation feature in Black Ops Cold War after it caused problems in League Play.
Treyarch have listened to player feedback and decided to address some of the glaring issues affecting League Play in Black Ops Cold War, including match cancellation issues.
The Zombies invasion of Verdansk is about to come to its epic conclusion, and the highly-anticipated Season 3 of both Black Ops Cold War and Warzone is set to begin. So, the devs are working full-time to make this transition smooth.
Listening to player feedback regarding technical problems within League Play has been a main priority for Treyarch, and now they’ve addressed the issue with the match cancellations feature that has been plaguing several players.
Treyarch’s Community Manager Josh “FoxhoundFPS” Torres went on Reddit to respond to the alleged glitch in Cold War that prevented ping from tracking. In this same thread, the issue with match cancellations came up as well.
This feature would take effect as soon as one of the players in a match abandoned the game, canceling the match altogether. It was disabled a short while after it was first added, much to the confusion of players.
After addressing the ping glitch, Josh wrote: “Thanks for sharing. Match Cancellations have gone live early, and we’ll be disabling them soon. We’ll have more to share at a later date.”
It’s understandable why the devs thought it would be best to add a cancellation feature. If you’re the only one left on your team in a League Play match, then victory can be near impossible to achieve.
This new feature would ensure that players that don’t have the advantage of numbers on their side wouldn’t get punished. Hopefully, we’ll see get another update regarding this situation from the devs soon.
As with the recent dev action concerning Cold War PS5 controller issues and broken Zombies attachments, we expect all other technical problems to be tended to swiftly.
Image Credits: Treyarch
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