ISO Nightshade vs KG-7 Vulcan in MW4

Data updated 4 Nov 2026 · Latest official patch: 2 Nov 2026

ISO Nightshade is ahead on 9 of the 12 key stats that both weapons report; KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on 2, and 1 stat is tied. ISO Nightshade's biggest lead is fire rate (923 RPM against 41 RPM). KG-7 Vulcan's is horizontal recoil (8.7 against 13.3). Fire rate and magazine size are Activision's numbers; the other key stats are community-reported by CODMunity, read November 4, 2026.

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SMGSniper Rifle

ISO Nightshade is an SMG and KG-7 Vulcan is a sniper rifle. This pair has a page because both are among the 12 weapons with the highest Multiplayer pick rate in CODMunity's list.

Official numbers

Official numbers for ISO Nightshade and KG-7 Vulcan, from Activision's launch weapon sheets
Stat	ISO Nightshade	KG-7 Vulcan
Fire rate (higher is better)	923 RPM Ahead	41 RPM
Magazine size (higher is better)	30 rounds Ahead	10 rounds
Reserve rounds (higher is better)	90 rounds Ahead	20 rounds
Total rounds (higher is better)Magazine plus reserve	120 rounds Ahead	30 rounds
Unlock level	Player Level 4	Player Level 4
Weapon levels	64	75
Apex Attachment	ISO Trace	KG-7 Drillcharge
Apex blocks	Optic and Ammunition	no attachment types

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

About ISO Nightshade and KG-7 Vulcan

ISO Nightshade

Full-auto SMG with a fast rate of fire that balances controllability, mobility and close-range stopping power.

Apex Attachment, ISO Trace: RFID ammunition tags targets on impact and shows their movement and direction as a red dot on the optic display. It blocks optic and ammunition attachments.

KG-7 Vulcan

High-capacity bolt-action sniper rifle with a comparatively high rate of fire.

Apex Attachment, KG-7 Drillcharge: Side-mounted KG-9 Drillcharge rounds that drill into a surface and then detonate, for flushing out entrenched players. Activision lists no blocked attachment types for it.

Community-reported stats

Community-reportedBase values with nothing attached, read from CODMunity on November 4, 2026. Unverified.

Across the 31 rows with a direction, ISO Nightshade is ahead on 24 and KG-7 Vulcan on 5; 2 rows are tied and 0 rows are not compared because a weapon has no value.

Official numbers: ISO Nightshade is ahead on fire rate (very wide), reserve rounds (very wide), total rounds (very wide), and magazine size (very wide); KG-7 Vulcan leads no row of this group.
Mobility: ISO Nightshade is ahead on ADS movement speed (very wide), firing movement speed (wide), crouch movement speed (clear), tactical sprint speed (clear), strafe speed (moderate), movement speed (moderate), and sprint speed (moderate); KG-7 Vulcan leads no row of this group.
Handling: ISO Nightshade is ahead on sprint to fire speed (very wide), ADS speed (very wide), ADS out speed (very wide), raise speed (wide), drop speed (wide), and reload time (wide); KG-7 Vulcan leads no row of this group.
Recoil: ISO Nightshade is ahead on horizontal gun kick (clear), vertical recoil (clear), ADS idle sway (clear), and ADS gun bob (clear), and KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on vertical gun kick (very wide) and horizontal recoil (wide).
Range and bullets: KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on bullet penetration (very wide) and bullet velocity (wide); ISO Nightshade leads no row of this group. Level on damage range.
Hip fire and flinch: ISO Nightshade is ahead on hip idle sway (very wide), flinch received (very wide), and hip turn sway (wide); KG-7 Vulcan leads no row of this group. Level on hip gun bob.
Fire rate and ammo: KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on headshot multiplier (very wide); ISO Nightshade leads no row of this group.

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 fire rate (ISO Nightshade 923 RPM against 41 RPM), reserve rounds (ISO Nightshade 90 rounds against 20 rounds), and total rounds (ISO Nightshade 120 rounds against 30 rounds).

CODMunity lists no stat change for the ISO Trace.

CODMunity lists no stat change for the KG-7 Drillcharge.

Attachment effects reported for ISO Nightshade

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

50 Round Drum Mag (magazine): Magazine size +67% (better).
40 Round Mag (magazine): Magazine size +33% (better).
No Stock (stock): Vertical recoil +30% (worse).
212 LC40 Comp (muzzle): Horizontal recoil −25% (better).

Attachment effects reported for KG-7 Vulcan

The community-reported attachments for KG-7 Vulcan with the largest change to a key stat, according to CODMunity.

15 Round Mag (magazine): Magazine size +50% (better).
6 Round Mag (magazine): Magazine size −40% (worse).
Hanbit RTR Mk. I (stock): ADS movement speed +27% (better).
FT Hyperport 408 (muzzle): Horizontal recoil −25% (better).

Community-reported base stats of ISO Nightshade and KG-7 Vulcan from CODMunity, row by row
Stat	ISO Nightshade	KG-7 Vulcan
Mobility
Movement speed (higher is better)	4.80 m/s Ahead	4.33 m/s
ADS movement speed (higher is better)	3.20 m/s Ahead	1.13 m/s
Sprint speed (higher is better)	6.33 m/s Ahead	5.80 m/s
Tactical sprint speed (higher is better)	7.43 m/s Ahead	6.67 m/s
Crouch movement speed (higher is better)	2.23 m/s Ahead	1.86 m/s
Strafe speed (higher is better)	3.67 m/s Ahead	3.31 m/s
Firing movement speed (higher is better)	4.26 m/s Ahead	2.80 m/s
Handling
ADS speed (lower is better)	240 ms Ahead	550 ms
ADS out speed (lower is better)	300 ms Ahead	504 ms
Sprint to fire speed (lower is better)	110 ms Ahead	270 ms
Reload time (lower is better)	3267 ms Ahead	4367 ms
Raise speed (lower is better)	967 ms Ahead	1367 ms
Drop speed (lower is better)	500 ms Ahead	700 ms
Recoil
Vertical recoil (lower is better)	40.9 Ahead	49.2
Horizontal recoil (lower is better)	13.3	8.7 Ahead
Vertical gun kick (lower is better)	36.5	14.5 Ahead
Horizontal gun kick (lower is better)	5.6 Ahead	6.8
ADS idle sway (lower is better)	0.54° Ahead	0.63°
ADS gun bob (lower is better)	0.09° Ahead	0.10°
Range and bullets
Bullet velocity (higher is better)	530 m/s	740 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)	9.0 in	27.0 in Ahead
Hip fire and flinch
Hip idle sway (lower is better)	1.63° Ahead	5.40°
Hip gun bob (lower is better)	1.09° Tie	1.09° Tie
Hip turn sway (lower is better)	20.9° Ahead	30.6°
Flinch received (lower is better)	0.22x Ahead	0.62x
Fire rate and ammo
Headshot multiplier (higher is better)	1.30x	2.60x Ahead

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

Pick rates and tiers

Community-reportedOther sites' own figures and opinions about ISO Nightshade and KG-7 Vulcan, not Activision data.

Community pick rates, tiers and builds for ISO Nightshade and KG-7 Vulcan
Figure	ISO Nightshade	KG-7 Vulcan
Multiplayer pick rate (CODMunity)	6.2%	4.0%
ggranked tier	Tier S, 761 ms time to kill	Tier D, 2,623 ms time to kill
DMZ Radar tier	Tier S	Tier A
Community builds listed	2 Multiplayer and 1 DMZ	2 Multiplayer and 1 DMZ

Latest official changes

The newest patch notes that change ISO Nightshade or KG-7 Vulcan, as listed on this site.

ISO Nightshade: First weapon tuning update, October 28, 2026

Left Lower Arm Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
Left Upper Arm Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
Left Hand Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
Right Lower Arm Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
Right Upper Arm Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).
Right Hand Damage Multiplier changed from 0.95 to 1 (+5.3%).

Patch notes of October 28, 2026

No change to KG-7 Vulcan is listed in the patch notes tracked on this site.

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Frequently asked questions

What do the Apex Attachments of ISO Nightshade and KG-7 Vulcan do?

ISO Trace (ISO Nightshade): RFID ammunition tags targets on impact and shows their movement and direction as a red dot on the optic display. It blocks optic and ammunition attachments. KG-7 Drillcharge (KG-7 Vulcan): Side-mounted KG-9 Drillcharge rounds that drill into a surface and then detonate, for flushing out entrenched players. Activision lists no blocked attachment types for it.

Where is ISO Nightshade ahead of KG-7 Vulcan, and where is KG-7 Vulcan ahead?

On CODMunity's base values (community-reported, read November 4, 2026): ISO Nightshade is ahead on fire rate (very wide), reserve rounds (very wide), total rounds (very wide), hip idle sway (very wide), magazine size (very wide), ADS movement speed (very wide), and 18 other rows. KG-7 Vulcan is ahead on bullet penetration (very wide), vertical gun kick (very wide), headshot multiplier (very wide), horizontal recoil (wide), and bullet velocity (wide).

How often are ISO Nightshade and KG-7 Vulcan picked, and what tiers do they have?

CODMunity's Multiplayer pick rate is 6.2% for ISO Nightshade and 4.0% for KG-7 Vulcan, so ISO Nightshade is picked about 1.6 times as often. ggranked places ISO Nightshade in tier S and KG-7 Vulcan in tier D. ggranked gives a time to kill of 761 ms for ISO Nightshade and 2,623 ms for KG-7 Vulcan; that is the site's own calculation, not a published value. DMZ Radar places ISO Nightshade in tier S and KG-7 Vulcan in tier A. 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.