Best Axion build and loadout in MW4

Top Axion build in Multiplayer

The highest-tier Axion build in CODMunity's Multiplayer list, last changed on October 30, 2026.

• Versatile Absolute meta
  1. OpticZLR Type C
  2. MuzzleFSS IS40
  3. UnderbarrelFSS Fireline Grip
  4. StockCronen Blackstone-6P
  5. LaserXRK Clutch-LS

  What it changes

  • Vertical recoil: 48.9 to 41.4−15.4% better
  • Horizontal recoil: 13.7 to 11.6−15.4% better
  • ADS speed: 260 to 291 ms+12% worse
  • Damage range: 100 to 90%−10% worse
  • Sprint to fire speed: 210 to 225 ms+7% worse

  1 of 5 attachments has no listed stat change.

  CODMunity build codeA04-B18BD-Q5FL1-1

  Open in the builder: Axion Versatile build

What the top Axion build changes

Main stats the Versatile build makes better: Vertical recoil −15.4% (better), Horizontal recoil −15.4% (better).

What it gives up, main stats that get worse: ADS speed +12% (worse), Damage range −10% (worse), Sprint to fire speed +7% (worse).

1 of 5 attachments has no listed stat change, which is not the same as no effect.

Attachment by attachment in the top Axion build

Each attachment of the Versatile build as the community sources list it, with the biggest changes in CODMunity's game data.

• Optic: ZLR Type C (Mini Reflex). CODMunity lists no stat change for it, which is not the same as no effect.
• Muzzle: FSS IS40 (Light Silencer). Biggest listed changes: Damage range −10% (worse).
• Underbarrel: FSS Fireline Grip (Angled grip). Pros: Firing stability. Cons: Aiming speed. Biggest listed changes: Vertical recoil −9% (better), Horizontal recoil −9% (better), ADS speed +8% (worse).
• Stock: Cronen Blackstone-6P (Assault Stock). Biggest listed changes: ADS speed +8% (worse), Vertical recoil −7% (better), Horizontal recoil −7% (better).
• Laser: XRK Clutch-LS (Laser sight; the beam is not visible to enemies). Pros: Aim-down-sight speed. Biggest listed changes: ADS speed −4% (better).

Other Axion Multiplayer builds

2 more Multiplayer builds, from Very good tier down to Viable tier.

Axion builds in DMZ

2 DMZ builds, in the order the source gives; DMZ builds carry no tier.

Official Axion numbers

Activision's launch weapon sheet gives the Axion 705 RPM and a 30-round magazine with 90 reserve rounds. It unlocks at Player Level 52 and has 69 weapon levels. Among assault rifles its fire rate ranks 3 of 8 and its magazine ranks 1 of 8. Activision describes the Axion this way: Subsonic rifle with a slower rate of fire and strong stopping power at most ranges; subsonic rounds hide enemy skulls on kills. Its caliber is .300 BLK. Its Apex Attachment is the Axion Clearcut. Chainsaw-style rear grip with a handlebar foregrip, hip laser and canted aiming for mobile, hip-fire play. It blocks optic, laser, underbarrel, stock, and rear grip attachments.

Activision publishes no damage or time to kill.

Axion pick rate, tier and time to kill

Among the 8 assault rifles ggranked gives a figure for, the Axion ranks 2, 34 ms behind the M4.

ggranked's figure is that site's own measure, not an Activision number.

CODMunity's pick rate for the Axion was 1.6% on October 28, 2026; it is 5.2% now.

Builds for a goal

Community-reportedCalculated on this site from CODMunity's community-reported stat multipliers: for each goal, the attachments that do most for it within the Gunsmith limit. These are not a community recommendation and were not tested in the game.

A main stat outside the goal that an attachment makes worse counts against it at half of the weight of a goal stat. How the goals are worked out

• Recoil controlA calculation made on this site, not a community recommendation
  1. OpticLocus PX3 Canted
  2. MuzzleCorvus LVL-40
  3. BarrelCronen DC-Forge 40
  4. UnderbarrelFSS Fireline Grip
  5. StockCronen Blackstone-6P

  Gets better

  • Horizontal recoil−61.8% better
  • Vertical recoil−49.1% better
  • Bullet velocity+8% better

  Trade-offs: gets worse

  • ADS speed+53.6% worse
  • ADS movement speed−13.6% worse
  • Sprint to fire speed+7% worse
  • Movement speed−3% worse
  • Sprint speed−2% worse

  Open in the builder: Axion recoil control set

• Fast aimA calculation made on this site, not a community recommendation
  1. Rear GripGS50 Grip
  2. StockXRK FTR-30
  3. LaserSchlager VISIV-5

  Gets better

  • Sprint to fire speed−23.6% better
  • ADS speed−23% better

  Trade-offs: gets worse

  • Vertical recoil+11.3% worse
  • Horizontal recoil+11.3% worse

  Open in the builder: Axion fast aim set

• MobilityA calculation made on this site, not a community recommendation
  1. UnderbarrelMIRE-50 Tac Grip
  2. StockXRK Relay 7
  3. LaserFJX EVR7

  Gets better

  • ADS movement speed+15.3% better
  • Movement speed+10.3% better
  • Sprint speed+2% better

  Trade-offs: gets worse

  • ADS speed+7% worse

  Open in the builder: Axion mobility set

• Long rangeA calculation made on this site, not a community recommendation
  1. MuzzleFSS IS300
  2. BarrelSA DMN-L 30"

  Gets better

  • Damage range+45% better
  • Bullet velocity+39.2% better
  • Vertical recoil−9.8% better
  • Horizontal recoil−9.8% better

  Trade-offs: gets worse

  • ADS speed+23.2% worse
  • Sprint to fire speed+7% worse
  • Movement speed−4.9% worse
  • ADS movement speed−4.9% worse
  • Sprint speed−1% worse

  Open in the builder: Axion long range set

• Fire rate and ammoA calculation made on this site, not a community recommendation
  1. Magazine100 Round Drum

  Gets better

  • Magazine size+233% better

  Trade-offs: gets worse

  • ADS speed+15% worse
  • Reload time+14% worse
  • ADS movement speed−9% worse
  • Sprint speed−6% worse
  • Movement speed−5% worse

  Open in the builder: Axion fire rate and ammo set

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