The Battle Royale Call of Duty: Warzone offers you the unique chance to re-enter the fight for the top after death with the Gulag. We give you tips on how to make the most of this opportunity.
What tips do we have? With our 10 tips for the Gulag in Warzone , we want to give you various methods for a round, hidden and special tricks, as well as general advice for fighting in the arena.
They are meant to help you win 1v1 duels, so you can rejoin the battle.
Why do I need to win in the Gulag? You only go to the Gulag after you have bitten the dust within a certain time in the round. There, you have the opportunity to be dropped back over the combat zone by winning the duel in order to restart.
However, you only have this opportunity once. If you play in solo mode, this is your second chance to win. If you play in squad, you’re saving your teammates from having to buy an expensive revive for you.
Where do the tips come from? We compiled the tips from our own experience and with the help of the video from YouTuber and CoD expert TheXclusiveAce. If you want to see some of the tips in action, we have embedded the video here for you:
1. Use the right strategy
To win in the Gulag, it’s important to follow a strategy. This can depend on various factors, such as your experience with the given weapon loadout or even your own skills with the respective input device.
What strategies are there? There are two strategies that are likely to lead you to victory, because the opponent either does not expect it, or falls exactly into your trap:
- run as fast as possible to the opponent and fire before he can react
- run to the center and aim where you expect the opponent for an advantage. Consider mounting your weapon
However, what you should absolutely not do is wait. If you just camp in your spawn, the opponent will surely overwhelm you. You are giving away every advantage.
2. Pay attention to your loadout
This tip is actually obvious, but is often overlooked by some players. During the preparation time, the entire loadout will be displayed to you, including the weapons and equipment you will get.
The loadout is identical for both players. This helps you assess what the opponent can do with it, but also to devise your own tactic.
Especially important is that you memorize what you have. If you accidentally throw a smoke grenade thinking it’s a stun grenade, you will likely perish quickly.
3. Work with your equipment
Many players rely only on the weapons given to them in combat. However, you should utilize the entire arsenal available to you.
With lethal equipment (grenades, Molotovs, Semtex, etc.), you can kill the opponent directly or lure him out of cover to ambush him.
With non-lethal equipment such as stun grenades, you can blind him for a short time, as well as recognize via a marker in the HUD if you’ve hit him.
In any case, you can locate him with the equipment. If you hit him, you know where he is. If you miss, you can exclude an area and work with that information.
4. Spray people before the match
This may sound more like a troll than a tip, but it actually helps. During the preparation time before a match, you can brawl with other spectators, throw stones or simply give them a new coat of paint.
This is a particularly clever trick that helps you recognize your opponent faster. Equip yourself with brightly colored sprays, such as yellow or red, and stand in front of an opponent. Then use the spray and he will be colored.
If you spray exactly the opponent who is up against you, he will stand out much more from the background and you may recognize him a critical millisecond faster than he recognizes you.
5. Use your silhouette and confuse opponents
If you are already in the arena and have the few seconds before the match starts, you can see your opponents through a silhouette through the walls. This helps you in two ways:
- if you pay attention to which direction he is looking, you can estimate where he will move
- if you turn yourself in one direction and then run in the other, you can confuse the opponent
This trick is a bit tricky, as it is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the opponent does not have to pay attention to your silhouette, on the other hand he could confuse you as well. In addition, it’s hard to position yourself “wrongly” while keeping an eye on the opponent.
6. Land headshots with the right weapons
This applies especially to two weapons: the .50 GS (Desert Eagle) and .357. Both weapons are instantly lethal with a headshot and end the match with a well-placed shot.
If you find yourself in a duel with one of these two weapons, try to get into a good position as quickly as possible. Then aim over sights (ADS) and already aim at head height.
If you then see your opponent upright, you can aim and fire more quickly, and if he approaches you crouched, the distance is not much further than from the torso. This gives you the possibly crucial advantage to win quickly.
However, keep in mind that you shouldn’t get too fixated on this. If you mess up the first shots, quickly try another tactic before you lose.
7. Move properly
This tip is likely already known to many players, but is often quickly forgotten in the heat of battle: Proper movement can not only save your life, but also secure victory.
In this regard, you should pay attention to two things:
- First, it’s worth constantly moving back and forth or even possibly jumping around corners. A moving target is harder to hit.
- Secondly, sliding changes your hitbox so that a “normally” aimed shot at torso height doesn’t hit you without readjusting. This is especially advantageous in shotgun rounds where a shot might otherwise immediately take you out of the game. Slide around the corner to deny the opponent the immediate kill.
8. Use close combat
Something that is often forgotten is close combat. This inflicts 90 damage with an equipped weapon. This is often directly lethal in Gulag matches when you hit the opponent with just a single bullet beforehand.
In the Gulag, you are usually very close to your opponent and only need to sprint a step towards him to hit him. Especially with weapons like the .357, which shoot a bit slower, close combat can mean a quicker end to the match.
But be careful: Try not to do this in shotgun rounds. While it can work here as well, most shotguns can easily take you out even if aimed roughly at close combat distance with a single shot.
9. Pay attention to stones
Stones are not just a fun feature in the Gulag, but also useful. On the one hand, they can kill your opponent if he is already close to death. On the other hand, they help you locate the opponent.
If you are in the arena and spectators are throwing stones, they usually aim at the players in the arena. If you pay a little attention to where they fly, you can roughly figure out where the opponent is.
Keep in mind to keep moving constantly as in tip 7. You yourself can become a target of the stones, and to avoid being hit, it helps to make yourself a harder target.
10. Regenerate your health points
This is something that many players probably do not know: in the Gulag, your health points regenerate almost like in the regular multiplayer. However, this takes some time.
If you’re injured and want to regenerate, you need to find a safe spot away from the opponent and the spectators. Because any damage you take (even from stones) resets the timer for your regeneration.
Despite all these tips, it can still happen that you lose – especially if the opponent has an unfair advantage due to a glitch. However, they should help you win more often in the Gulag.
