Best MX Guardian loadout for Modern Warfare 2 Season 5

Liam Mackay
MX Guardian Shotgun in Modern Warfare 2

The MX Guardian continues to dominate in Modern Warfare 2 Season 5, armed with its unrivaled full-auto capabilities. Here’s everything you need to build the best MX Guardian loadout for Modern Warfare 2 Season 5, including attachments, Perks, and Equipment.

A new Call of Duty update usually means new weapons, and while Modern Warfare 2 Season 5 hasn’t added a new shotgun to the current lineup, we did get a new explosive shotgun in Season 4. The MX Guardian Shotgun is a fully automatic Shotgun that devastates Modern Warfare 2‘s close-range meta, so you’ll want to ensure you have everything you need to create the best loadout.

Here’s the best MX Guardian loadout in Modern Warfare 2 including attachments, Perks, and Equipment.

Best Modern Warfare 2 MX Guardian loadout attachments

  • Barrel: MX-G Mobile
  • Laser: Schlager ULO-66 Laser
  • Stock: MX DCP-0
  • Rear Grip: XRK Rush
  • Ammunition: MX Pro Mag

We’ve built the best Modern Warfare 2 MX Guardian loadout to take advantage of its hip-fire capabilities, letting you rapidly kill enemies without the need to aim.

The MX-G Mobile barrel helps with movement speed, damage range, and hip-fire accuracy, while the Schlager ULO-66 Laser further helps with your aim from the hip.

Then, combining the MX DCP-0 Stock, XRK Rush Rear Grip, and MX Pro Mag will significantly boost your movement speed, allowing you to dart around the map while firing off a ton of Shotgun shells. You’ll find a slow ADS speed with this build so stick to close range where hip-fire can dominate.

MX Guardian in Modern Warfare 2.
The MX Guardian Shotgun’s full-auto mode dominates at point-blank range.

Best Perks & Equipment for MX Guardian in Modern Warfare 2

  • Base Perk 1: Bomb Squad
  • Base Perk 2: Scavenger
  • Bonus Perk: Fast Hands
  • Ultimate Perk: Quick Fix
  • Tactical: Flash Grenade
  • Lethal: Semtex

As you’ll be using Modern Warfare 2’s MX Guardian at close-range, you’ll want to equip the Bomb Squad Perk to prevent a rogue Semtex or Frag Grenade from cutting your streak short. Scavenger is essential to stay topped up on ammo, and Fast Hands allows you to reload the MX Guardian quickly. Finally, Quick Fix will ensure you’re quickly regaining health after each kill.

For Equipment, Flash Grenades will blind your opponents for a quick and easy kill, and Semtex deals solid splash damage to gain the upper hand.

How to unlock MX Guardian in Modern Warfare 2

Players can get Modern Warfare 2’s MX Guardian Shotgun by completing an unlock challenge that requires them to get 30 point-blank Operator kills with Shotguns.

This is quite easy to do in Modern Warfare 2. All players need to do is hop into a small map like Shipment and start shooting. With a weapon like the MX Guardian, it is possible to complete this challenge in one match.

Best MX Guardian alternatives in Modern Warfare 2

If you haven’t unlocked the MX Guardian yet or are looking for an alternative, then it’s hard to go wrong with KV Broadside or Expedite 12, as both will obliterate enemies at close-range.

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