With the Pacific update, CoD Warzone received nearly 40 new weapons from the fresh installment Call of Duty: Vanguard. Fans are now experimenting with the new guns and discovering ever more absurd setups – such as absolutely deadly shotguns, of which you can carry 2 at a time.
Which weapon is it? Under the simple name “Double Barrel,” you will find the last shotgun that you can unlock in Vanguard. The weapon, originally designed as a hunting rifle, comes standard with one shot per barrel and short range.
You unlock the Double Barrel at level 49 in Vanguard. Since the Pacific update and Season 1, it is also playable in Warzone.
Although another shotgun ranks top in our best weapons from Vanguard, the Double Barrel can really shine in Warzone. Reddit user LordTuxego demonstrates in 10 minutes of gameplay how he takes out opponents one after another – sometimes with a single shot:
2 Double Barrel shotguns kill everything in close combat
What does the setup look like? The Double Barrel setup focuses entirely on close combat. For the shown scenes, LordTuxego uses only 7 attachments:
- Muzzle: M97 Full Choke
- Barrel: Sawed Off
- Stock: Removed
- Ammunition: Fire
- Grip: Cloth Grip
- Perk: Akimbo
- Kit: Fully Loaded
What makes the setup strong? With the attachments, you are especially strong and extremely mobile at very short distances. You forgo accuracy to be able to get to the opponent quickly and literally shove the barrel in their face before firing.
The damage is sufficient to kill opponents in some cases with a single shot. If this or the 3 follow-up rounds are not enough, the fire damage from your incendiary ammunition takes care of the rest. The Double Barrel setup is excellent for Run&Gun gameplay.
However, the great strength of the setup is the Akimbo approach. Running around with two absolutely deadly shotguns makes you… well, twice as deadly. Fans on reddit see it this way too.
Over there, Historical-Arrival61 remarks: “I thought they were crazy when they brought in dual pistols – And now shotguns? There’s no way they sat in the office thinking this was a good idea.”
SupaflyIRL also says: “Who could have predicted that dual-wielded short-barreled shotguns would be overpowered? Just ignore the cupboard full of ‘literally every time there were dual-wielded short-barreled shotguns.'”
What should I keep in mind? Despite the efficiency in close combat, you have 3 major disadvantages when using this setup:
- with 2 sawed-off shotguns, your range is limited even for shotguns
- since you only have 4 shots with high spread and recoil, mistakes are hardly forgiven
- to get the attachments, you need to grind hard – Akimbo only unlocks at weapon level 61
However, since you have more penetration and a higher rate of fire compared to other shotgun setups, your lethality is at least higher. Even with missed shots, you are still likely to get kills. If you’re looking for something for different distances, check out our other strong setups for Warzone:
- 2 new weapon setups in CoD Warzone offer “literally zero recoil” – Here’s how to build them
- New PPSh-41 annihilates your enemies in CoD Warzone and plays very simply
- New sniper grants you easy kills in CoD Warzone – expert finds them “massively overpowered”
Another disadvantage is that such OP setups frequently get nerfed directly. Whether and when this will happen to the Double Barrel, we cannot say yet. However, it is better not to rely solely on one weapon. You can find the tier list of all strong weapons on our site MeinMMO:
