The Best Warzone 2 TAQ-V Loadout | An Underrated Meta-Weapon?

In Warzone 2, you might be sleeping on a great weapon, the TAQ-V. Here is our favorite loadout for the TAQ-V right now.

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This is the best TAQ-V Loadout in Warzone right now. | © EarlyGame

The TAQ-V is one of the new battle rifles, and if you can handle the recoil, you're going to love it. These rifles are basically heavy ARs; more recoil, but much higher damage. Now the recoil with the TAQ-V is still low enough you can use it in full-auto at short and mid-range, but for anything further than 40 m we advise switching to semi-auto.

We've put together the meta TAQ-V attachment setup below, including tunings. For a full loadout suggestion we've included our recommendations further down.

The Best Attachment Setup For The TAQ-V In Warzone 2

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Here is our current favorite TAQ-V Loadout. | © Activision / EarlyGame
Slot

Attachment

Attachment Tuning
MuzzleSakin Tread-40Recoil Stabilization (+0.80 oz) / Gun Kick Control (+0.35 in)

Optic

Aim OP-V4Default
Ammunition

7.62 High Velocity

Recoil Smoothness (-0.70 g) / Bullet Velocity (+9.00 gr)
Magazine

50 Round Drum

Default

UnderbarrelFTAC Ripper 56Recoil Stabilization (+0.80 oz) / Aiming Idle Stability (+0.40 in)

As a member of the TAQ family, we find the vertical recoil more aggressive than the horizontal, so we suggest using the Sakin Tread-40, but you could always go for a silencer if you want the extra bullet velocity. Besides the muzzle break, everything else here is doing what you would expect: increasing recoil control, ammo capacity, and bullet velocity.

You could go for a dedicated 3x, but we're finding the 2x just fine.

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The Best Loadout For The TAQ-56: Secondary, Perks & Equipment

Secondary: Lachmann Sub

LACHMANN SUB
This is our favorite Lachmann Sub build right now. | © Activision / EarlyGame

The TAQ-V is going to lose in close-range gunfights, so you really need to bring an SMG in the pocket. There are tons of good SMG options, but we find the Lachmann Sub to be very comfortable. It has fairly low recoil, good mobility stats, and a competitive close-range TTK.

Perks (Base, Bonus & Ultimate)

Hooray! No more Perk Packages, we can pick what we want.

Base Perk

Overkill / Bomb Squad

Bonus PerkResupply
Ultimate Perk

High Alert

These are definitely our favorite perks right now. Overkill allows us to take both primary weapons, Bomb Squad can keep us alive against a few extra nades, and Resupply will guarantee that we have Flash Grenades to use. The Ultimate slot is a little bit trickier, but we think for the average player High Alert is the best option.

Equipment (Lethal & Tactical)

You could pick a ton of different grenades, but this is our go-to:

LethalDrill Charge
Tactical

Flash Grenades

Flashbangs have always been strong in Warzone, but in Warzone 2 and MWII, they feel particularly strong. While the Drill Charge is just plain fun-to-use, and it's pretty decent against vehicles too.

The TAQ-V isn't the hard-meta, but it definitely isn't a bad weapon. You can see how it compares with everything else in this complete tier list of every weapon in Warzone 2.

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Jon Ramuz

Jon has a BA and an MA in English Literature, and as Content Lead for EarlyGame has written over 1,500 articles. He focuses on shooters, but also writes about entertainment and gaming in general....