A glitch has caused the Sykov pistol to appear in Call of Duty: Warzone and it has been the talk of the town ever since. However, a Warzone expert hopes that the gun doesn’t make it into the game in its current form. MeinMMO shows you why the weapon is OP.
What kind of weapon is this? The Sykov corresponds to the Russian Makarov pistol, which was developed shortly after World War II in the Soviet Union. It is still in use and production today, but is gradually being replaced by a newer handgun in the Russian military. The Makarov is considered very reliable, but somewhat inaccurate (via Wikipedia).
In Call of Duty, the Sykov is currently a hot topic. A version of the weapon was found in the Plunder mode of Call of Duty: Warzone and some players suspect that the pistol might also be fully integrated into the game. So far, you can only use it in private matches of the Survival mode of Modern Warfare.
However, it wouldn’t be good for Warzone if the Sykov were to be fully integrated, as analyzed by Warzone expert and YouTuber “JGOD”. In a video, he demonstrates that it would be completely OP and would change melee combat in Battle Royale. We embed JGOD’s English video here for you:
Sykov could theoretically eliminate opponents in 100 milliseconds
Why would it be OP in Warzone? The Sykov comes with three strong attachments that give the gun insane firepower in close combat of Battle Royale:
- A barrel for fully automatic fire
- Drum magazines with 80 rounds
- Akimbo attachment to carry two weapons
Even the fully automatic barrel would let the weapon surpass the competition. But with 80 rounds without pause and the possibility of using it in Akimbo style, it makes the competition look old:
The time-to-kill (TTK) of all pistols from Modern Warfare is over 900 milliseconds for torso shots and without Akimbo. 500 milliseconds is considered a really strong value in Warzone, and pistols are usually more of a second or third choice.
With the fully automatic barrel and the outstanding fire rate of 897 rounds/minute, the Sykov already achieves 334 milliseconds here and would be stronger than the best submachine guns at close range. The MP5 from Cold War achieves 492 milliseconds here.
But it goes even further – with the Akimbo perk, you could equip two Sykov pistols and halve the TTK. Theoretically, it would then be unbelievable 167 milliseconds for torso shots at the shortest ranges. That is faster than the deadly double shot of the R9-0 shotgun with Dragon’s Breath, which allows you a TTK of 200 milliseconds up to almost 7.5 meters.
If you follow this thought experiment to the end and also look at headshot damage, it gets completely crazy. If the Sykov hits 4 headshots in Warzone, in fully automatic mode, the enemy is down after 201 milliseconds. With Akimbo, this value could drop to 100 milliseconds. Landing four headshot Akimbo rounds in a row is quite unlikely, but that value would still be in the game.
Release currently not foreseeable – But you can already test it
Is the Sykov coming to Warzone? Currently, no definite statement can be made regarding that. The weapon has been in the game for a while now, but has not yet made it to the Battle Royale. It may remain that way.
Although players found a blueprint for the gun in Warzone, hinting at a possible premium version of the Sykov, there is currently no evidence that this pistol or other new weapons from CoD MW will come into Warzone.
If you still want to try it out, you need to check out the Survival mode of Modern Warfare. There are even a total of three weapons from CoD MW in this mode that are not yet freely playable in Battle Royale. At our colleagues at GameStar you can find out how to test the 3 weapons.
Currently, however, it is more likely that other weapons will be introduced with the start of Season 2. A dataminer has sifted through the new files after a big Warzone update and was able to discover a total of four weapons that could come into the game with the next season.
