Modern Warfare 3 has hundreds of attachments (with many being virtual lookalikes that essentially do the same thing slightly differently), which makes building guns an incredibly confusing process! Looking up class setups online can be clouded by tons of clickbait and low-effort junk, so if you're looking for highly-researched and performance-tested class setups from an actual Call of Duty expert, you are in the right place! In this guide, we'll take a look at the best loadout and attachments for the WSP Swarm in both "regular" AND Akimbo version on Small Maps, such as Shipment, Meat, Das Haus, and Stash House.
Best WSP Swarm Build & Attachments
The WSP Swarm's famously earth-shattering recoil can easily be tamed with just the Marauder Grip and Zehmn35, with both adding Firing Aim Stability and the Zehmn pulling overtime to work on the excessive visual recoil. Pushing the boundaries with 3.8m/s strafe, the WSP Swarm fires fast and moves fast. With a record-breaking 220ms waist-up TTK in close range and generously competitive 275ms TTK up to 20 meters, the Swarm is the perfect maximum-aggression tool for those able to control the recoil and take advantage of the Swarm's flexibility. Just remember to always pull down hard and compensate for that extreme muzzle climb.
- Muzzle: Zehmn35 Compensated Flash Hider
- Stock: WSP Factory Stock
- Rear Grip: Marauder Grip
- Magazine: 50-Round Magazine
- Underbarrel: XRK Edge BW-4 Handstop
Base | New | Base | New | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ADS | 175 ms | 197 ms | Total Recoil | 100.52 | 81.37 |
Sprint to Fire | 88 ms | 84 ms | Range | 6.9 m | 6.9 m |
Strafe | 3.4 m/s | 3.8 m/s | Sprint | 5.9 m/s | 5.8 m/s |
Movement | 5.0 m/s | 5.3 m/s | TacSprint | 7.3 m/s | 7.1 m/s |
Best WSP Swarm Akimbo Build & Attachments
The WSP Swarm Akimbo build is just too much cheese with too little skill required not to post. The Conversion Kit turns this CQC shredder into a different kind of close-quarters combatant with absolutely outstanding hipfire performance.
Hipfire Minimum controls how tight the reticle starts, which influences how accurate your hipfire is as it continues to bloom and expand over prolonged firing. On the other end of the spectrum, Hipfire Maximum controls how far it can possibly expand to. Both of these are important, and choosing between enhanced accuracy or faster sprint-to-fire when choosing the laser is a hard decision; personally, I opted for enhanced accuracy. This build is extremely accurate and the hipfire reticle almost never expands, meaning that the accuracy is maintained over prolonged fire. As such, this Akimbo variant can reach impressive ranges with near-100% accuracy - up to 15 meters if you get lucky enough.
The Marauder Grip (recoil control) may seem a bit strange, but it actually makes a big deal: If you read my Advanced Stats guide, you'd know that Recoil Control also translates to Hipfire Recoil Control, so by adding a small amount of Recoil Control (with +FAS), this almost locks your aim in place and prevents the gun from bouncing all around. An absolutely crucial attachment! Just in case you're wondering about the Breacher Device muzzle as well - it is the only muzzle to increase hipfire accuracy and does a great job!
- Muzzle: S-37C DL Breacher Device S
- Laser: Hipshot L20
- Rear Grip: Marauder Grip
- Magazine: 100-Round Drum
- Conversion Kit: WSP Akimbo Brace Stock
Base | New | Base | New | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sprint to Fire | 88 ms | 132 ms | Range | 6.9 m | 6.6 m |
Hipfire Min | 2.0 | .33 | Movement | 5.0 m/s | 4.2 m/s |
Hipfire Max | 5.7 | 2.8 | Sprint | 5.9 m/s | 5.4 m/s |
Fire Rate | 1091 RPM | 1333 RPM | TacSprint | 7.3 m/s | 6.8 m/s |
Our Testing Process: What does "Mathematically Optimized" mean?
It means that I have personally conducted over 30 hours of dedicated testing across the entire MW2 & 3 attachment set, endlessly consulted high-quality external resources and databases, and tirelessly tested performance across separate attachment combinations to produce what I believe to be the optimal build of a weapon for a specific purpose. Weapons are carefully crafted considering every possible detail - attempting to deliver the mathematically best possible performance in every category - mobility, handling, recoil, range, and accuracy.
With my builds, I believe you should see creative, never-before-seen uses of attachments that create incredible weapons. Do keep in mind that these weapons will not do the work for you - while they have all been precision-crafted to reduce horizontal recoil as much as possible, some of them still have quite noticeable vertical recoil, and it is on you to manage that vertical recoil correctly. I sincerely hope you enjoy reading about this build and every other build I have to offer on Fanbyte!
DISCLAIMER: If you test these in the Firing Range, please note that the Firing Range is currently glitched and shows more visual recoil and different damage performance than actually experienced in-game; it is best that you test these in a custom match or online.
