# Cronen Squall vs Oden in MW4

URL: https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/cronen-squall-vs-oden/
Updated: 2026-11-04

Cronen Squall is ahead on 6 of the 12 key stats that both weapons report; Oden is ahead on 3, and 3 stats are tied. Cronen Squall's biggest lead is horizontal recoil (6.3 against 15.2). Oden's is reload time (3300 ms against 3533 ms). Fire rate and magazine size are Activision's numbers; the other key stats are community-reported by CODMunity, read November 4, 2026.

[Open both in the compare tool](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/?w=cronen-squall,oden) [Build with Cronen Squall](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/?w=cronen-squall) [Build with Oden](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/?w=oden)

Same class: Assault Rifle

## Official numbers

*Official numbers for Cronen Squall and Oden, from Activision's launch weapon sheets*

| Stat | [Cronen Squall](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/cronen-squall/) | [Oden](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/oden/) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fire rate (higher is better) | 673 RPM Ahead | 413 RPM |
| Magazine size (higher is better) | 20 rounds Tie | 20 rounds Tie |
| Reserve rounds (higher is better) | 80 rounds Ahead | 60 rounds |
| Total rounds (higher is better) Magazine plus reserve | 100 rounds Ahead | 80 rounds |
| Unlock level | Player Level 55 | Player Level 39 |
| Weapon levels | 67 | 65 |
| Apex Attachment | Cronen Maelstrom | Oden Sentinel |
| Apex blocks | Laser and Underbarrel | Barrel and Muzzle |

From Activision's launch weapon sheets. A damage table and time to kill are not published.

## About Cronen Squall and Oden

### Cronen Squall

Open-bolt bullpup rifle with long-range accuracy, controllable recoil and heavy damage.

Apex Attachment, Cronen Maelstrom: Guided missile you steer with an infrared laser while aiming down sights. It also fires unguided but loses effectiveness at long range. It blocks laser and underbarrel attachments.

### Oden

Bullpup rifle with brutal impact and a lower cyclic rate.

Apex Attachment, Oden Sentinel: Turns the Oden into a semi-auto sniper rifle with a bipod, custom suppressor and sniper scope. It blocks barrel and muzzle attachments.

## Community-reported stats

Community-reported Base values with nothing attached, read from [CODMunity](https://codmunity.gg/weapon-stats/mw4) on November 4, 2026. Unverified.

Across the 31 rows with a direction, Cronen Squall is ahead on 17 and Oden on 3; 11 rows are tied and 0 rows are not compared because a weapon has no value.

- Official numbers: Cronen Squall is ahead on fire rate (wide), reserve rounds (wide), and total rounds (wide); Oden leads no row of this group. Level on magazine size.
- Mobility: Cronen Squall is ahead on crouch movement speed (narrow), ADS movement speed (narrow), strafe speed (narrow), movement speed (tiny), tactical sprint speed (tiny), firing movement speed (tiny), and sprint speed (tiny); Oden leads no row of this group.
- Handling: Cronen Squall is ahead on raise speed (clear), drop speed (clear), ADS out speed (clear), and ADS speed (narrow), and Oden is ahead on reload time (moderate). Level on sprint to fire speed.
- Recoil: Cronen Squall is ahead on vertical gun kick (very wide), horizontal gun kick (very wide), and horizontal recoil (very wide), and Oden is ahead on vertical recoil (tiny). Level on ADS idle sway and ADS gun bob.
- Range and bullets: Oden is ahead on bullet velocity (narrow); Cronen Squall leads no row of this group. Level on damage range and bullet penetration.
- Hip fire and flinch: no row has a leader. Level on hip idle sway, hip gun bob, hip turn sway, and flinch received.
- Fire rate and ammo: no row has a leader. Level on headshot multiplier.

Brackets give the size of the gap as a share of the larger value: tiny under 2%, narrow under 5%, moderate under 10%, clear under 20%, wide under 40%, very wide above.

The widest gaps across both tables are vertical gun kick (Cronen Squall 17.1 against 59.4), horizontal gun kick (Cronen Squall 3.5 against 8.5), and horizontal recoil (Cronen Squall 6.3 against 15.2).

CODMunity lists no stat change for the Cronen Maelstrom.

Oden Sentinel, community-reported effects from CODMunity: Horizontal recoil −89% (better), Hip idle sway −82% (better), Fire rate −66% (worse), and Vertical recoil −60% (better).

### Attachment effects reported for Cronen Squall

The community-reported attachments for Cronen Squall with the largest change to a key stat, according to CODMunity.

- [60 Round Drum](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/60-round-drum/) (magazine): Magazine size +200% (better).
- [30 Round Mag](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/30-round-mag/) (magazine): Magazine size +50% (better).
- [Locus PX3 Canted](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/locus-px3-canted/) (optic): Vertical recoil −30% (better).
- [RVX9 Thermo](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/rvx9-thermo/) (optic): Vertical recoil −30% (better).

### Attachment effects reported for Oden

The community-reported attachments for Oden with the largest change to a key stat, according to CODMunity.

- [30 Round Mag](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/30-round-mag/) (magazine): Magazine size +50% (better).
- [Locus PX3 Canted](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/locus-px3-canted/) (optic): Vertical recoil −30% (better).
- [RVX9 Thermo](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/rvx9-thermo/) (optic): Vertical recoil −30% (better).
- [Schlager 7x](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/attachments/schlager-7x/) (optic): Vertical recoil −30% (better).

*Community-reported base stats of Cronen Squall and Oden from CODMunity, row by row*

| Stat | [Cronen Squall](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/cronen-squall/) | [Oden](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/oden/) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobility |  |  |
| Movement speed (higher is better) | 4.55 m/s Ahead | 4.46 m/s |
| ADS movement speed (higher is better) | 2.24 m/s Ahead | 2.18 m/s |
| Sprint speed (higher is better) | 6.07 m/s Ahead | 6.03 m/s |
| Tactical sprint speed (higher is better) | 7.11 m/s Ahead | 6.97 m/s |
| Crouch movement speed (higher is better) | 2.16 m/s Ahead | 2.09 m/s |
| Strafe speed (higher is better) | 3.48 m/s Ahead | 3.41 m/s |
| Firing movement speed (higher is better) | 3.96 m/s Ahead | 3.89 m/s |
| Handling |  |  |
| ADS speed (lower is better) | 305 ms Ahead | 320 ms |
| ADS out speed (lower is better) | 340 ms Ahead | 380 ms |
| Sprint to fire speed (lower is better) | 210 ms Tie | 210 ms Tie |
| Reload time (lower is better) | 3533 ms | 3300 ms Ahead |
| Raise speed (lower is better) | 967 ms Ahead | 1200 ms |
| Drop speed (lower is better) | 600 ms Ahead | 700 ms |
| Recoil |  |  |
| Vertical recoil (lower is better) | 50.4 | 49.4 Ahead |
| Horizontal recoil (lower is better) | 6.3 Ahead | 15.2 |
| Vertical gun kick (lower is better) | 17.1 Ahead | 59.4 |
| Horizontal gun kick (lower is better) | 3.5 Ahead | 8.5 |
| ADS idle sway (lower is better) | 0.40° Tie | 0.40° Tie |
| ADS gun bob (lower is better) | 0.09° Tie | 0.09° Tie |
| Range and bullets |  |  |
| Bullet velocity (higher is better) | 660 m/s | 690 m/s Ahead |
| Damage range (higher is better) An index: 100 is the weapon's own damage range, and attachments scale it | 100% Tie | 100% Tie |
| Bullet penetration (higher is better) | 21.0 in Tie | 21.0 in Tie |
| Hip fire and flinch |  |  |
| Hip idle sway (lower is better) | 1.31° Tie | 1.31° Tie |
| Hip gun bob (lower is better) | 1.09° Tie | 1.09° Tie |
| Hip turn sway (lower is better) | 10.8° Tie | 10.8° Tie |
| Flinch received (lower is better) | 0.29x Tie | 0.29x Tie |
| Fire rate and ammo |  |  |
| Headshot multiplier (higher is better) | 1.30x Tie | 1.30x Tie |

"Ahead" marks the better value of a row; "not reported" means no value, not zero.

## Pick rates and tiers

Community-reported Other sites' own figures and opinions about Cronen Squall and Oden, not Activision data.

*Community pick rates, tiers and builds for Cronen Squall and Oden*

| Figure | Cronen Squall | Oden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Multiplayer pick rate (CODMunity) | 2.0% | 2.9% |
| ggranked tier | Tier B, 915 ms time to kill | Tier B, 960 ms time to kill |
| DMZ Radar tier | Tier B | Tier C |
| Community builds listed | 2 Multiplayer and 1 DMZ | 3 Multiplayer and 2 DMZ |

## Latest official changes

The newest patch notes that change Cronen Squall or Oden, as listed on this site.

No change to Cronen Squall is listed in the patch notes tracked on this site.

### Oden: First weapon tuning update, October 28, 2026

- Neck Damage Multiplier changed from 1.2 to 1.1 (−8.3%).
- Upper Torso Damage Multiplier changed from 1.2 to 1.1 (−8.3%).
- Lower Torso Damage Multiplier changed from 1.1 to 1 (−9.1%).
- Max Damage Range changed from 870 to 820 (−5.7%).
- Mid Damage Range 1 changed from 1,810 to 1,740 (−3.9%).
- Muzzle Velocity is now -0.07.

[Patch notes of October 28, 2026](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/patch-notes/2026-10-28/)

## Weapon pages, builds and tools

- [Cronen Squall: stats, attachments and Apex Attachment](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/cronen-squall/)
- [Oden: stats, attachments and Apex Attachment](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/oden/)
- [Best build for Cronen Squall](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/cronen-squall/best-build/)
- [Best build for Oden](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/weapons/oden/best-build/)
- [Open Cronen Squall in the class builder](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/?w=cronen-squall)
- [Open Oden in the class builder](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/?w=oden)

## More assault rifles comparisons

### Other pair pages with Cronen Squall

- [Cronen Squall vs Hyeon Burst](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/cronen-squall-vs-hyeon-burst/)
- [Cronen Squall vs Han 86](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/cronen-squall-vs-han-86/)
- [Cronen Squall vs M4](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/cronen-squall-vs-m4/)
- [Cronen Squall vs Axion](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/axion-vs-cronen-squall/)

### Other pair pages with Oden

- [Oden vs Hyeon Burst](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/hyeon-burst-vs-oden/)
- [Oden vs Han 86](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/han-86-vs-oden/)
- [Oden vs M4](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/m4-vs-oden/)
- [Oden vs Axion](https://codloadout.gitlab.io/mw4/compare/axion-vs-oden/)

## Frequently asked questions

**Q: What do the Apex Attachments of Cronen Squall and Oden do?**

A: Cronen Maelstrom (Cronen Squall): Guided missile you steer with an infrared laser while aiming down sights. It also fires unguided but loses effectiveness at long range. It blocks laser and underbarrel attachments. Oden Sentinel (Oden): Turns the Oden into a semi-auto sniper rifle with a bipod, custom suppressor and sniper scope. It blocks barrel and muzzle attachments.

**Q: Where is Cronen Squall ahead of Oden, and where is Oden ahead?**

A: On CODMunity's base values (community-reported, read November 4, 2026): Cronen Squall is ahead on vertical gun kick (very wide), horizontal gun kick (very wide), horizontal recoil (very wide), fire rate (wide), reserve rounds (wide), total rounds (wide), and 11 other rows. Oden is ahead on reload time (moderate), bullet velocity (narrow), and vertical recoil (tiny).

**Q: How often are Cronen Squall and Oden picked, and what tiers do they have?**

A: CODMunity's Multiplayer pick rate is 2.0% for Cronen Squall and 2.9% for Oden, so Oden is picked about 1.4 times as often. ggranked places both weapons in tier B. ggranked gives a time to kill of 915 ms for Cronen Squall and 960 ms for Oden; that is the site's own calculation, not a published value. DMZ Radar places Cronen Squall in tier B and Oden in tier C. These are community figures, not Activision data: CODMunity and the tier lists, read November 4, 2026.

Community-reported values: CODMunity, read November 4, 2026. Official numbers: Activision launch posts, updated October 24, 2026. Unofficial fan site; see Data and assumptions for every source and gap.