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Warzone Akimbo guide: the best Akimbo pistols in Warzone explainedIs Akimbo still worth trying?
Is Akimbo still worth trying?
OurWarzone Akimbo guidewill explain how to unlock the Akimbo perk for each pistol, before delving into stats and opinions on how to make the most of this unique pistol-only perk.
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How to unlock the Akimbo perk in Warzone
Unlocking the Akimbo perk for a pistol in Warzone requires you to complete a challenge unique to that pistol. Here are the exact challenges for each type of pistol:
You’ll need to have reached the required level in order to unlock the relevant perk before you can start the challenge. Once the challenge is complete, you’ll be able to attach the Akimbo perk to that pistol using one of your five attachment slots, just like with any other attachment.
What is the best Akimbo pistol?
If you want the damage stats for Akimbo pistols in Warzone, all you need to do is double the original stats - because all you’re doing is using two of that weapon at the same time. Check out the below table of pistol stats, taken from ourWarzone weapon statsguide:
So, if you want to figure out how much damage you can deal with a single shot with two Akimbo .357s, you just need to double the damage value - so 226 for a headshot, 154 for a chest shot, and so on.
But nowadays this setup has been nerfed to near-oblivion, and the emerging king of Akimbo appears to be theRenetti.It shouldn’t be that surprising; the Renetti is the top Warzone pistol in general at the moment thanks to its speed and handling. But more importantly, you can equip it with theMk3 Burst Modbarrel, giving you access to a blisteringly quick and powerful 3-shot burst - doubled thanks to the Akimbo perk.
The best Akimbo setup in Warzone
So let’s take a look at our pick for the very best possible Akimbo pistol setup in Warzone at the moment. We’re using the Renetti, of course - and our first two slots are clear:
After that, there’s another fairly clear choice for any Akimbo setup:
Hip-Fire accuracy is one of the most important things to boost when creating an Akimbo setup, and the 5mW Laser is the best of the best when it comes to this.
Two slots left, and one of them is definitely gonna go into extending our magazine capacity. We don’t care about the reduction to ADS speed, because it’s Akimbo! So:
And for our final slot, it’s a toss-up between the Monolithic Suppressor (because extra range is good, and suppression isreallygood) and the Lightweight Trigger for added fire rate. In the end, it’s your choice; I’d probably go for:
Just because at these ranges, the most important thing is bursting down your opponent before they kill you - and the Lightweight Trigger will help with that.
And that’s our Akimbo Renetti all ready to go! Give it a whirl in your next match: you’ll be astonished at how viable a pair of pistols can be in the current Warzone meta.
With that, we’ll wrap up this Warzone Akimbo guide. Hopefully you now have a firm grasp of how to unlock the Akimbo Perk, and what to do with it once it’s unlocked. Now, why not also check out one of our other Warzone guides in the interim?
