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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6(BO6) has a wide depth to when it comes to every aspect of a loadout. There’s a consistent progression in unlocking new things to try out in your loadouts, and one of those things you’ll be unlocking for quite a while when starting out are new perks.
Perks might seem unrelated to Combat Specialties, but they’re actually integral to ensuring you actually have a Combat Specialty at all, as well as deciding which Combat Specialty you have active. These Combat specialties can dramatically affect your performance, and while you don’t necessarily need them, they are integral parts of certain builds.
What Is A Combat Specialty?
Combat Specialties act as a special, extra-powerful fourth perk. There arethree different Combat Specialtiesthat we’ll detail below, but all three of them function differently and enable you to do very different things.
How To Unlock Combat Specialties
Unlocking Combat Specialties is extremely simple, but it does mean making some important decisions. Equipping a Combat Specialty isn’t as simple as choosing and equipping which one you want. There arethree different varieties of perksin each of the three perk slots:Recon,Enforcer, andStrategist.
Equipping three different perksof thesame perk typeactivates the Combat Specialty that comes with that type.
This means you may need to sacrifice a certain perk you want to use in order to grab a Combat Specialty. Some builds will prioritize taking perks from different categories and forego including a Combat Specialty.
All Combat Specialties
All three Combat Specialties accentuate what the perks in that category already do, making for a build that has some clear cohesion.
Certain players are going to excel with builds of a certain type, but it’s going toreally depend on your playstylewhen it comes to whatCombat Specialty to prioritize.
Enforcer
This gives you atemporary speedandhealth regen buffwhen you kill enemies.
This is the mostall-or-nothing Combat Specialtyin the game. If you’re constantly in fights and constantly getting kills, this is going to make your life easier.
Recon
This allows you tosee enemies through wallsfor a couple of seconds after you respawn. It also gives you avisual notifierwhen someone thatyou cannot seeislooking at you, and ensures youdon’t leave skulls on the mapafter you kill enemies.
This is a fantasticintel and intel-denialCombat Specialty.Seeingenemy locationswhen you spawn is agreat way to gain a quick killor two upon respawning. Knowing you need to find cover before you get shot willsave your life, and killing enemies in secret ensures you canget flanks off more consistently.
Strategist
Thisincreases your Score gainwhencompleting objectives.You can alsodeploy Field Upgradesandequipment faster, and see enemy Field Upgrades and equipment through walls.
This Combat Specialty is going toget you to your Scorestreaks more consistentlyand make your higher-cost Scorestreaksexponentially easier to achieve.It keeps your Field Upgrade and equipment asmaller hassle to deployand keeps you from running into enemy traps.
Combat Specialty And Perk Synergy
Because of the perk limitations that you need to work under to gain a Combat Specialty, there is alimited number of perk combinationsyou can haveif you want one of these Specialties. Here are some of thebest perk combinationsthat work well with the Combat Specialty it activates.
Omniscient (Recon)
The Ghost build requires, obviously, theGhostperk in your Perk 1 slot, theTrackerperk in your Perk 2 slot, and theVigilanceperk in your Perk 3 slot. These three perks combine to make italmost impossible to detect you with equipmentand ensure you can pull off enemy flanks by finding their footsteps.
The Combat Specialty combines with this idea, allowing you to decide which angle you want to push upon respawning more easily andknowing when your cover is blownby knowing when an enemy has detected you.
Making The Most Of Each Life (Enforcer)
This build ensures you’re getting the most out of every life, bringing with itScavengerin the Perk 1 slot,Assassinin the Perk 2 slot, andBankrollin the third perk slot. These perks help ensure you cankeep fighting longerand that youget to your Scorestreaksquicker.
Youoften want to bein the thick of thingswith this build, and the Combat Specialty makes that a lot easier to do. You’re going to bemoving fasterthan the enemy expects, your health will pump back to full almost immediately, and you’ll have aconstant resupply of ammo.
Taking The Objective (Strategist)
This build only shines ingame modes with a central objective, likeHardpoint. The first perk slot bringsFlak Jacket, the second bringsFast Hands, and the final bringsGuardian. These three perks combined make it very difficult to move you off of an objective, allowing you totake less explosive damageandrecharge your health quickerwhen on the objective.
Combined with the Strategist Combat Specialty,you willfly through your Scorestreakswhile you’re on the objective because of the bonus.Plant yourself in a spot, and make the enemy move you off of it. When played well, they’re going to have a difficult time doing so.
