In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare there are countless attachments to customize your weapons. However, some of them are significantly better than others. We will show you which attachments you should always take when available and which you should avoid.
What kind of attachments are we talking about? In this article, we generally discuss the best attachments available for all or at least most weapons. We will disregard the best attachments for specific weapons.
Keep in mind with this list that these are the generally best attachments. For specific weapons, other attachments or setups may be better. We have already introduced some of those setups for certain weapons:
- M4A1 – The best attachments and setups
- PKM – The best attachments and setups
- AK47 – The best attachments and setups
- MP5 – The best attachments and setups
- Crossbow – The best attachments and setups
What are attachments anyway? You can equip the attachments using the gunsmith feature on the weapons, thereby altering their stats or adding special properties. With a certain combination of attachments, you can even create secret weapons.
However, most weapons have different attachments available. You should always consider the following attachments when the weapon offers them as an option.
The best attachments in Modern Warfare
How did we select? We selected the attachments based on personal experience with weapons and Call of Duty, as well as an assessment from the well-known YouTuber TheXclusiveAce. His video on the topic is embedded here for you:
1. Patterned Grip Tape
What kind of attachment is this? The patterned grip tape is an attachment for the grip slot that increases aim down sights speed, allowing you to shoot faster after sprinting. Its only drawback is reduced aim stability.
Why you should use it: Your increased aim down sights speed is useful for all weapons and even essential for many builds. Skilled players even forgo optics to be able to aim faster.
Additionally, the only drawback is slightly worse aim stability. This means that your sights will sway a bit more while standing still and aiming. This is hardly noticeable in combat. Therefore, the grip tape is an ideal attachment.
2. 1mW Laser
What kind of attachment is this? The 1mW laser is an attachment for the laser slot that increases your hipfire precision. It has no relevant drawbacks.
Why you should use it: The 1mW laser significantly helps you to fire better from the hip. This is extremely useful for most assault rifles, submachine guns, and even LMGs. Especially players using Run&Gun builds need a laser.
The 1mW laser is so strong because it is not visible to opponents. The other two lasers (tactical and 5mW) are visible, revealing your position and taking away the advantage in most situations.
3. Monolithic Suppressor
What kind of attachment is this? The monolithic suppressor is an attachment for the muzzle slot. It increases your effective range and muffles the sound of gunfire at the cost of aim down sights speed and aim stability while moving.
Why you should use it: With the monolithic suppressor, you gain a 7.5% increased range. For most weapons, this means you can kill at a greater distance with fewer shots.
Especially with assault rifles and LMGs, which are rapid-fire weapons with a naturally greater range, this is substantial. You should only compensate for the aim down sights speed. With submachine guns, it is only worthwhile to a limited extent, as the base range is generally lower.
Muffling the sound of gunfire is, however, a nice side effect. If you are mainly after this feature, you should still use the monolithic suppressor since it is the strongest suppressor. Learn more about suppressors and how they work here.
4. Steady Aim
What kind of attachment is this? Steady Aim is technically not an attachment but rather a perk or skill. Nevertheless, it takes up one of the five possible attachment slots (“Perk” slot) and increases your reload speed.
Why you should use it: Steady Aim helps you reload faster, which is fundamentally advantageous for any weapon. This way, you are not reliant on using the secondary weapon when you run out of ammo in a firefight.
Especially in combination with the perk “Looting” and weapons with smaller magazines, you have a significant advantage over other players with an aggressive playstyle. However, it is always good to be able to reload faster than your opponent in medium to long-range engagements.
5. Compensator and Muzzle Brake
What kind of attachments are these? The compensator and muzzle brake are both attachments for the muzzle slot. We have summarized them here because they are good for different weapons but generally do the same thing.
Why you should use them: Compensator and muzzle brake are among the strongest attachments you can use to improve your aim. They simply help you hit better and eliminate enemies.
The compensator reduces horizontal recoil, while the muzzle brake reduces vertical sway. Which of the two attachments is stronger depends on the “spray pattern” of the weapon used.
Attachments you should avoid
These attachments you should not use: There are also some attachments we generally advise against. However, keep in mind: they are generally worse than others, but may be strong or important for specific weapons or setups.
Basically, we advise against them because you can use the slot better for another attachment that might be stronger than the ones mentioned.
- Tactical Suppressor: It reduces your range and only muffles sounds. Too many drawbacks.
- Fragile – Flatten and Wound: Both perks are not particularly useful since you aim at the chest anyway and either kill or get killed. The TTK in CoD is too low for them to be strong.
- Quick Melee: It is unlikely you will frequently come into close combat with a weapon to warrant using a slot for it. Moreover, the attack is only a few frames faster.
- Bipod: Essentially a good attachment, but not strong enough compared to other under-barrel attachments. It only works while crouching or lying down, not while standing.
- Tactical and 5mW Laser: As mentioned above, these two reveal your position. Only useful if you are constantly running and the laser points down to the ground right before firing.
Ultimately, which attachments benefit you and which do not depend on how you play, what suits you, and which multiplayer mode you play. With some setups, you can surely surprise the opponent because he does not expect the attachments:
