Is the XRK Stalker the BEST Sniper Rifle in Modern Warfare III? (Best Attachment Setups)

I'm sure many will be asking since it was just released a few minutes ago. I will be covering the SBMM discussion blog in tomorrow's video as I won't have any time to get to it for today

Looking forward to the Inhibitor video. I'm having a lot of fun with that gun. I'm not the best quick scoper so that gun's high fire rate really helps me out.

Longbow is so bad now 😢

I still can't even unlock no stock, the last barrel, since attachments for the ram, etc. Is there any way to fix this?

The XRK Stalker Factory Barrel is locked for me for some reason ☹️

Strange. As a former EMT, a one shot kill would be more likely to the leg than an arm. The femoral artery in the leg, when punctured, can cause massive hemorrhaging and bone fragmentation, whereas a hit to the brachial artery in the arm, although very serious, is less life threatening.

I miss when COD used a more familiar name of the guns in the game

I switched to this after getting shit on. Then I went on a small ks & got a point blank noscope headshot hitmarker. Can anyone explain this?

Anyone able to access XRK Stalker Factory Barrel tho? Mines locked with no challenges posted or anything.

Is anyone else having issues with XRK Stalker Factory Barrel still being locked after hitting max level with the gun? Cannot use it. Any advice on how to fix bug?

When ya’ll keep calling it SBMM, you open the window for Activision to make this argument. It’s total BS though, I am absolutely fine being placed in lobbies with similarly skilled players. I love a close, competitive game. I can count on one hand the number of those that I have had this season (I’ve hit 250, so a good # of games), and my most played mode is Gun Game which your Stats don’t even track.

The problem is I either feel like I’m playing bots that I kill even when they catch me and u should die, or I am getting put as a bot inside someone else’s game that is going to shit on me the entire time. It isn’t “skill based” at all. It’s engagement based. It isn’t designed to match my skill, it’s designed to ensure I either win or lose a given game

Ace, I’ve actually noticed a lot of fire rate inaccuracies! Check out the guard for the Bryson 890 that improves fire rate. It shows the fire rate getting bumped up to ~3 rounds/sec but I’m not sure it affects it at all.

Lol and the CDR pistol has the fire rate of an SMG with the Lightning trigger, but the game can’t register 12 fire inputs per second. Although with a macro you can still shoot comically fast.

You got to do a performance build that wont crash your hardware or lag ppl out,,, certian conditions like dual lasers and high fire rate tank your systems ram or processing power type of shiet, the more powerful the lazer, though its more an mwz zombs or whatever

mags that hurt ADS speed on ADS build...

360 closer XD

Finally we're getting to the snipers! :D

Can we get one in the intervention in mw3

Thanks for confirming. I figured the no stock was bugged and I think the factory barrel is as well. I'm at top level with the XRK but that barrel is still locked and nothing telling me how to unlock it. Any suggestions Ace?

Possibly the best sniper in multiplayer imo, fast ads even with the 10 round mag and reliable hit box. Can't say the same for warzone though, might as well use explosive rounds FJX Imperium

The factory barrel will not unlock for me.
There is a silencer that supposed to unlock at level 16 for the KATT-AMR that is doing the same thing

I was incredibly disappointed with the sniper selection at launch. They were all so wimpy or ugly, but this sniper has quickly become one of my favorites in CoD history. Incredibly satisfying to use

They need to buff the fjx imperium intervention

For the quick scoping build, the Corio LAZ-44 V3 laser provides even faster ADS speed than the OLE-V laser

Would it be a situation where they are calculating the ROF based on how fast it is to empty your mag and completely excluding reload down time?

I’m just trying to understand the system as I’m not too well informed with the series honestly

I hate all the snipers in this game.

For the quickscope build, you can use even a 6x optic (and imo a strictly better one...) and still improve ADS speed by more than using the Helix LV stock.

Okay, now do the spx: the actual best sniper

instead of using high velocity rounds, try spire point

They nerfed the ole v laser so the corio laz 45 (I believe is the name) is now the best laser for ads time

Hell yeah cheeky quad feed, love to see it Ace.

By far my favourite sniper. Love it

quite surprised the xrk stalker's one hit kill zone is that big sinse i get hitmarkers like crazy with it

Anyone know how to take the stock off of the sniper? Or is that just locked by Activision with no way to unlock it?

I did not so that 360 kill coming to end the video. Beautiful!

Isn’t the mcpr better overall? Comparing both the mcpr stats are better but idk. Plus it’s way quicker with the 5 round attachment.

The last kill...Ok Ace, I see you.

I gotta say, the XRK Stalker is my favorite sniper in MW3 and I agree with Ace based on how it performs compared to the other three in the category.

I personally prefer the 6x-11x scope on the snipers, this snipers default optic zooms in to much imo

If you don't mind using a semi automatic. The KV can have 440ms ads speed while also having over 1,000 bullet velocity. It is technically the best sniper but yk. Bolt actions are cooler.

It took me til now to notice the image has a dude named "TheXclusiveBot" 😂

I personally felt this sniper a kind of miss. It looks cool, has some unique guard attachments, but we’ve had the FJX imperium as an average sniper, which is very similar.
Furthermore, the best all around sniper in my opinion is the MCPR, you can build that to be anything literally.

MCPR with a 5 mag is still the king sniper in this game. Blows the XRK out of the water.

Slightly related but is the FJX Imperium good? I keep going between that and this

It's quite puzzling why they keep adding bolt attachments that slow down your rate of fire on these bolt-action rifles. Does anyone even use these?

Can we add the Ace hud in the next patch pls?

Clean little 360 quick scope at the end. 👌🏼

That 360 kill at the end 😊 Ace has improved since his mw19 sniping clips for sure

I so wish XA would do warzone vids :( I know or at least i'm pretty sure he's said he has no interest in it, let alone the immense amount of work it would add to his plate, but this level of detail is sorely missed for Warzone