The Marine SP is one of Black Ops 6’s best shotguns, and if you fancy blowing enemies away with it, you can use our guide to the best loadout, attachments, and perks to ensure that you bring chaos to any match.
Black Ops 6 is full of small maps, and close-quarters combat happens regularly. That’s where a powerful shotgun can come in very handy, the Marine SP could be the one for you–as long as you’re using the right attachments.
Best BO6 Marine SP loadout
- Muzzle: Modified Choke
- Barrel: Reinforced Barrel
- Stock: Light Stock
- Laser: Strelok Laser
- Fire Mods: Rapid Fire
First, the Modified Choke muzzle makes it easier to land a one-shot kill with a headshot thanks to the improved aim-down sight pellet spread. With this attachment, all of the bullets will be closer together and more accurate.
We’ve paired that with the Reinforced Barrel, which helps with vertical recoil control and increases your magazine size and damage range. The Light Stock will help your overall movement speed, and boost your hipfire and strafing movement speed too.
The Strelok Laser increases Hipfire to ADS accuracy, which tightens the spread of your pellets when you transition between hipfiring and looking down the sight. Finally, the Rapid Fire mod is useful to not only improve the gun’s fire rate but most importantly speeds up how long it takes to rechamber a shell, meaning you can get your shots off quicker.
Best Perks, Equipment & Combat Specialty for Marine SP
- Wildcard: Perk Greed
- Perk 1: Gung-Ho
- Perk 2: Assassin
- Perk 3: Double Time
- Perk 4: Flak Jacket
- Specialty: Enforcer
- Lethal: Frag
- Tactical: Concussion
- Field Upgrade: Assault Pack
If you’re using a shotgun, you need to be able to close the distance to your opponents and get up close and personal with them. That’s why we’ve opted for Double Time to increase your Tactical Sprint duration, and Gung-Ho to reduce movement penalties that happen when reloading. Assassin will mark enemies who are on a killstreak for you, while using three red Perks unlocks the Enforcer specialty, which gives you a health regeneration and movement speed buff when you kill an enemy.
We’ve also opted for the Perk Greed wildcard, allowing us to add Flak Jacket to this class to provide some defense from grenades and explosives.
The rest of the class comes down to personal preference, but we like the Concussion to stun enemies, allowing you to get closer to them, and a Frag grenade is always useful. Finally, the Assault Pack will keep you and your teammates stocked up on ammo, which can be handy when you’re using a shotgun.
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Marine SP pros and cons
| PROS | CONS |
|---|---|
| Good movement speed and mobility | Average range in class |
| Solid iron sights | Base weapon’s accuracy not the best |
Where is the Marine SP in BO6’s meta?
The Marine SP is the most popular shotgun in Black Ops 6 right now, boasting a 2.58% pick rate according to WZStats.gg. This is a full percentage point above its closest class rival, with the ASG-89 only managing 1.52%.
Still, it’s nowhere near being the most popular gun in the game, with the KSV sitting at 6.77%. Still, if you’re looking for a shotgun to use, this is probably the one to opt for right now and can be powerful in close-range situations.
How to unlock Marine SP in Black Ops 6
The Marine SP is the first shotgun available in Black Ops 6, so as soon as you hit Level 4 and unlock custom loadouts, you can equip it and start using it.
Best Marine SP alternatives
If you’re struggling with shotguns, then the obvious answer in BO6 is to move to SMGs, as they are great up close, and are dominating the meta. The KSV, C9, and Jackal PDW are all performing well, so try them out and pick your favorite.
If you want something with a bit more range, then the AS VAL and XM4 are the guns for you.
For more meta builds, check out our Black Ops 6 gun tier list. Also, you’ll want to make sure that your controller settings are optimized to avoid being hindered.