In Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War you can upgrade your weapons with attachments. Among them is a flashlight. It is much more powerful than you might think. Find out here why you can’t go wrong with the flashlight.
What is the flashlight in CoD Cold War? Flashlights are attachments that you can put on the barrel of your weapon in the gunsmith of CoD Cold War. The lights have numerous advantages, making them one of the best weapon upgrades in the game. You can increase the somewhat poor visibility of enemies with them.
If lights are available for a weapon, you will find them in the attachment slot “Body” and you must unlock them with some weapon levels. How to quickly farm XP for weapons, you can learn here.
Good reasons for the flashlight as a weapon attachment
In a video, YouTuber Drift0r elaborated on numerous advantages of the flashlight. For him, it is, along with the barrels that increase your bullet speed, one of the most important attachments in the Cold War multiplayer. We have embedded the video here for you:
In detail, the following advantages speak for the various flashlights in the game:
The flashlight identifies enemies: In CoD Cold War, the names of enemies are hidden at a certain distance, and you see them worse. That is not the case with the flashlight. The light keeps the names of the enemies clearly visible as long as you aim roughly in their direction.
This works both when you aim down sights or simply use the weapon from the hip. It also works when the enemy is at the other end of the map, which is a significant advantage, especially on the “Satellite” map.
The flashlight makes concealed enemies in bushes visible: A very significant advantage of the flashlight becomes apparent on the Cartel map. There are numerous bushes where enemies are almost invisible.
But when you have the light on, you see a small red dot above each enemy in the bush. So there is no hiding from the flashlight.
The flashlight is hardly visible itself: Since the flashlight is apparently so bright that it illuminates enemies even through bushes, one might think that it makes a good target. But the opposite is true. The light itself is hardly visible from the outside. The beam is so minimal that it should hardly be noticeable in the heat of battle.
All flashlights are useful: Forget what the descriptions of the individual lamps in the game say. According to Drift0r, they all seem to do the same thing, whether you aim or fire from the hip. So just take any flashlight. At least for the Cartel map, where the bushes pose a real danger, it is always useful to have a class with a flashlight weapon in your repertoire.
That’s it for the extremely useful flashlights. If you want more tips for cool loadouts, then this article might be something for you. Here we present the best loadout for beginners in the multiplayer mode of CoD Cold War. Have fun trying it out!
